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Exuberance Is Beauty (Book 1)

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Reads 65,892
Votes 2,306
Parts 23
Time 7h 32m

rosegluckwriter

1940s adventure art asylum cheating chicklit featured historical historicalfiction illicit infidelity literary litfic love obsession psychological romance sexism thriller violence war ww2

(Featured Story 2016 & 2017) Oregon, 1940s: Eve Miller, a young war widow, rebels against the ordinariness of womanhood in the post-war era. Eve is enlightened as she succumbs to the sensual temptation of an adulterous affair. In its aftermath, Eve Miller's life unravels and leads to unexpected violence and moral isolation. Exuberance Is Beauty, is a contemporary interpretation of Adam and Eve's biblical allegory and Eve's fall into desolation. The story examines the consequence of erotic obsession and the repentance the female protagonist must pay for her sins of the flesh.

Exuberance Is Beauty has been described as "an intense psychological thriller," "hauntingly beautiful," and "terrifying."
  
  
  WHAT WATTPADERS ARE SAYING ABOUT JEFF:
  
  * controlling, heartless, psychopath man! 
  * I really don't like Jeff, he's a bully and controlling her life.
  * Manipulation then seduction, a typical narcissist. Poor Eve.
  * Jeff is such an evil narcissistic...I bet he does mistreat his wife...physically and threatening to dump her if she doesn't back his projects and that he has had affairs regularly...It will all come out eventually. I just loathe him 
  
  
  WHAT WATTPADERS ARE SAYING ABOUT EVE:
   
  *Why do I feel Jeff will ruin her chance of happiness?
  * I am trying to understand Eve but to be sincere I just cant. Jeff's behaviour is disgusting but it was wrong for her to follow him to his bed. I understand that she feels she now has control over her life but I just have this bizarre fear that she'd go back to him again, it seem as if they are obsessed and dats not love
  * I felt bad for her knowing that the only reason for all of this is a man- a controlling, heartless, psychopath man! 
  * She didn't deserve any of this 
  * What a frightening life this character led.  I only hope some of the women that were tortured during this time frame were able to recover to some degreeAll Rights Reserved

1940s adventure art asylum cheating chicklit featured historical historicalfiction illicit infidelity literary litfic love obsession psychological romance sexism thriller violence war ww2

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Reverence

"I have no reason for staying here then. I'm not going to put myself in your so-called missions. Let me go back to my country as I have no partake in your operation" I said. Surpassing the beast, I take heavy steps towards the door when he pulls me back by my arm. I was taken aback when he pulled me, losing the balance I stumble on my tracks and with his strong pull I land on his chest. I immediately push myself back when he snakes his arm around my back making me unable to move from his grasp. We were so close now that my front was almost touching his making us look like hugging. He lowers himself and says "If you have a death wish then go ahead. The moment headquarters hear that you're no use to them, they will kill you without sparing a glance at you". Reverence This story depicts the story of two individual from different sides of the world who falls hardly for each other. If one is fire then the other one is water, making it next to impossible to meet at one point. Our male protagonist 'Aron' is smitten with our female protagonist 'June', however he doesn't show his emotions fearing that it will make him look weaker. He carries a strict and scary aura around him which makes people think that he is a ruthless person. On the contrary he is quite the opposite from inside. And our female lead carries a carefree nature who doesn't care about anything but herself. She is a savage quick witted person who can do anything for her own survival if required. When these two polar opposites crosses path with, we can expect a lot of drama and action, eventually seeing these fall for each other. Disclaimer: Viewer discretion is advised due to explicit scenes of sexual content, as well as graphic depictions of bloodshed and killing. This content may not be suitable for all audiences and viewer discretion is strongly advised.