Soul

learner’s the Witch Of Cologne Is An Erotically-charged Novel Of People Swept Inexorably Along By Events They Could Not Control. In soul , Learner Relates The Story Of Lavinia And Julia Huntington, Passionate Women Trapped In Emotional Whirlpools That Threaten To Drown Them And Everyone They Love. in 19th Century Britain, Lavinia Is Married To An Older Man Who Seems To Appreciate Her Lively Curiosity. Lavinia Proves To Be An Apt Pupil In Both The Study And The Bedroom, Glorying In The Pleasures Of The Physical. in 21st Century Los Angeles, Geneticist Julia Is Trying To Identify People Who Can Kill Without Remorse. Stunned To Discover That She Seems To Possess The Trait She Is Looking For, Julia Is Reassured Of Her Emotions By Her Intense Passion For Her Husband And Her Delight In Her Pregnancy. in The Past, Lavinia’s Desire For Her Husband Grows, But His Cools As He Becomes Fascinated With Another. In The Present, Julia’s Love Overwhelms Her Husband, Who Leaves Her. lavinia And Julia Feel The Tortures Of Passion Unspent. Cold Logic Tells Them That The Deaths Of Their Tormentors Will Bring Them Peace. Separated By A Hundred Years, Two Huntington Women Face The Same Decision. Their Choices Will Echo Far Into The Future. publishers Weekly this Combination Period Bodice-ripper And Contemporary Medical Thriller Asks If It Is Possible For A Killer Trait To Be Passed Down Generations. In 2002, Julia Huntington Is A Genetic Researcher Working To Isolate The Gene That Turns A Person Into A Killer. She And Her Husband, Klaus, Are Expecting Their First Child When Julia Finds Out That Klaus Has Fallen In Love With Her Best Friend, And Her Life Goes Into A Tailspin. Julia's Story Alternates With That Of Her Great-grandmother, Lavinia, A Young Irishwoman Married To An Older Amateur Anthropologist, Col. James Huntington, Who Has His Own Secret. When Revealed, It Makes A Shambles Of Lavinia's Life. Will Nature Dictate How Vengefully These Two Women Treat Their Erring Husbands, Or Will Nurture Allow Them To Rise Above Their Baser Instincts? Learner ( the Witch Of Cologne ) Details The Science Behind The Question Nicely, But Underpowers The Story's Emotion And Drama. (may) copyright © Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved. In 19th century Britain, Lavinia Huntington's husband seems to appreciate her lively intellect and is eager to expand his wife's education from nature studies to the bedroom arts. Lavinia absorbs all he has to teach and glories in the birth of their son. In 21st century Los Angeles, Julia Huntington studies the human genome, seeking the origins of human emotion. As passionate about her marriage as she is about her life's work, Julia is delighted to discover that she is pregnant. Separated by nearly 150 years, Lavinia and Julia suffer the same shock when their men abandon them. Their powerful love becomes painful hate; their intense passion transforms into icy logic. The genes of the Huntington women have formed their emotions--now their life experiences drive them to make decisions which they, and those they love, may not survive. The housekeeper had brought Lavinia to the remote place before, to this gully south of the village where the peat bog finished in a sharp edge, sliced away like a layer cake.