By : PENNY VINCENZI The Dilemma was my first book by Penny Vincenzi, which, in fact, made me seek a chance to read all the books she wrote. Franchesca, a smart and independent woman, when marries an overpowering real-estate tycoon Bard Channing confronts his possessive and selfish attitude to save her marriage and love. You start reading one story, but gradually with all various absorbing plot strings ultimately find yourself reading several stories at a time that do not distract you from the main line. It is not at all like a typical romance story centered round the only perfect woman, which in the end gets what she wants like in Danielle Steel's novels. A true-to-life narration involves a great number of diverse characters, which are not episodic, but integral, especially, Kate, a sensual and vivacious red-haired girl being confused and misled in her life by her tycoon-father's blind rage and trying to re-establish herself and regain her self-esteem. The reading is such a mellow and pleasant experience, which spares you the biggest fear of a reader that the pleasure will end up all too soon