A haunting love story: This tale of the love affair between a lonely spinster college professor and a campus maintenance man is heartbreaking, achingly beautiful, and tastefully erotic. The author's imagery evokes the tragic story of a once-in-a-lifetime love that is doomed from the start. *****Amazon.comShy and plain, Leona writes books on 17th Century love poetry, but her own experience of love is meager. Her last affair, if you can call it that, was nine years ago.Into her barren world of manuscripts walks Bliss.He's one step from illiterate, a gap-toothed bumpkin, a hillbilly. And married.Hes also physically beautiful, and he doesnt seem to know that Leona isn't.His lips searched hers; her answer was urgent. She reveled in her need. Nine yearsHow could I have gone so long? Its a wonder I didnt rape the janitorBut I am raping the janitor. Soft kisses were pressed to her breast, and in the rush of her pleasure, she felt his tenderness. She hadnt waited nine years, she realized. Shed waited all her life.Originally compared to Edith Whartons ETHAN FROME and D.H. Lawrences LADY CHATTERLYS LOVER, Bliss was adapted into a movie starring Lynn Redgrave.