Because of that, some familiarity with Shakespeare's play would be a definite asset, as there's some pretty cool parallels (Easter eggs, almost?) that wouldn't be appreciated as much. who bow? What does that even mean? Yeah, so there's a sinister ancient society of 'men who bow,' but this book also contains, in no particular order: a bunch of Army Green Berets charged with treason, Zydeco, blackmailing, explosions, cryptic text messages in Shakespearean English, a drug epidemic, pirates, global arms-dealers, a strip club, murders, a 17th-century witch, and Cajun food, all packaged up in the frame of a 'Romeo and Juliet' retelling.

“Juliet’s daddy always told her to stay away from men who bow.” Boy was I wrong! This is kind of a Dan Brown-ish romantic suspense, with centuries-old conspiracies and characters searching for secret clues. I've read a few romantic suspense novels lately, and picked this up expecting it to be just another average ex-military macho dude trying to win back his ex-wife. So, while I'm reiterating that the first third is confusing and difficult to get through, the rest of it is over-the-top awesomesauce. I've literally talked about it in the Target checkout line with people. Since then, I haven't been able to get this book out of my head. UPDATE 3/5/18: OK, so I read (and reviewed) this originally back in December/January.

Every Deep Desire by Sharon Wray