Stairway to Heaven Shannon Leigh

Stairway to Heaven

First Published 2005
??? Pages

ISBN: 1-59279-414-9 (Electronic)
Reviewer
Amanda
August 2005

On a quest to cure cancer, Rhea journeys to South America where she will live and work in a small, native village. She knew it would be different, but is not completey prepared for how much of another world it will be. As she arrives, Rhea and her assistant espy a handsome man watching them in return, but the man who greets them sees no one there.

Later, a woman from the village explains that they have seen the Guardian to the Stairway to Heaven, and one of them has been chosen. In her dreams, Rhea meets this Guardian, and is offered her greatest desires in return for giving him life. From then on, he becomes a part of her life, though yet intangible.

Only when Valos, as she has named him, vanishes, will Rhea truly comprehend how much she loves him.

Impossible love made possible is one of the most appealing plots in existence, and this take on it is very different. Though slightly racy, the overall emotion evoked is one that is heartwarming. We all want to achieve a dream, and when Valos and Rhea do so, you will cheer.

 
 

Synopsis
When Rhea, a biologist for Providian Pharmaceuticals, is sent to search for a suspected cure for cancer in the mighty Amazon Forest, she finds a whole lot more than just a myriad of exotic wildlife and lush vegetation. Shortly after arriving near the Huitoto village, Rhea starts seeing a tall, dark-skinned man with the body of an Adonis and eyes as decadent as the richest of chocolates. Funny thing is, no one else can see him. The scientist in her demands a logical reason for Valos's existence, but when he invades her dreams and awakens the pent up desires sheltered deep within her soul, the woman in her can't deny him. Struggling to maintain her crumbling sanity, she must discover if this man, who calls himself the Guardian of the Stairway To Heaven, truly exists and can fulfill the biggest needs of her heart, or if he's just a figment of an overactive imagination, brought forth by her latest failed relationship.