Erotic-Romance

REVIEW:  Rule of Three by Kelly Jamieson

REVIEW: Rule of Three by Kelly Jamieson

Dear Ms. Jamieson: I’ve kind of drifted away from menages but this book was free. I thought the dynamic of the three falling in love was really well done. My minus is that I really needed to see the other issues worked out – how would her family take it; what kinds of decisions would(…)

REVIEW:  Enamored by Shoshanna Evers

REVIEW: Enamored by Shoshanna Evers

Dear Ms. Evers: I think my expectations played a part in my dissatisfaction with this story.  I was expecting something a little more serious and perhaps dark and angsty; but instead the relationship between the two came off as more flippant. Marc Wilde and Mistress Lauren are very good friends. They play at the same(…)

REVIEW:  His Risk to Take by Tessa Bailey

REVIEW: His Risk to Take by Tessa Bailey

Dear Ms. Bailey: I enjoyed your debut book, Protecting What’s his, quite a bit and I was told that this novella would feature a hero cut from the same dirty talking clothe. They weren’t wrong, but this novella suffers from length related problems. Troy Bennett is a homicide cop for the NYPD, recently transferred from(…)

REVIEW:  The Seduction Hypothesis by Delphine Dryden

REVIEW: The Seduction Hypothesis by Delphine Dryden

Dear Ms. Dryden: The Seduction Hypothesis is the sweetest book I’ve ever read involving stainless steel butt plugs and a spreader bar with a set of neoprene ankle cuffs. The hero Ben is just adorable. A few months ago he stupidly broke up with his now ex-girlfriend Lindsay because he’d panicked, an act he’s regretted since(…)

Why I Now Hate Erotic Romance

In the history of American Arts and Letters there have been many persons convinced of their own ability to write. Since they speak the language, they are certain that they can wield a pen and produce a story, transferring the errant imagination into a book. Writing, in this view, is considered an extension—albeit a skilled(…)

REVIEW:  Claimed By Him by Red Garnier

REVIEW: Claimed By Him by Red Garnier

Dear Ms. Garnier: I’ve been a fan of yours since “Satin Sash” for your ability to write emotionally charged love scenes and I’ve read everything you’ve written, although most of it has been shorter works including this one.  I still think you write great sex scenes but the actual falling in love and character arcs(…)

REVIEW:  The Fetish Box by Nicole Camden

REVIEW: The Fetish Box by Nicole Camden

Dear Ms. Camden: One of my favorite romances is The Nekkid Truth, a novella in the anthology “Big Guns Out of Uniform.” For the longest time, that novella was the only published thing to your name and I’ve recommended it frequently. I’ve even told people that the novella was worth the entire price of the(…)

REVIEW:  Play With Me by Alisha Rai

REVIEW: Play With Me by Alisha Rai

Dear Ms. Rai: This was a 33,000 word novella featuring two high school + college lovers who separated and then reignited their romance. Tatiana Belikov always tried to meet the expectations of her adopted parents except when it came to one thing, her boyfriend. Wyatt Caine was a bad boy with poor prospects who worked(…)

REVIEW:  Escorted by Claire Kent

REVIEW: Escorted by Claire Kent

Dear Ms. Kent: I’m not sure where I received the recommendation for your book but I do remember I picked it up because it was free. Ordinarily the premise – male prostitute – wouldn’t appeal to me but from the opening scene I was hooked. The heroine, Lori Addison, is a virgin and she’s having(…)

REVIEW:  Inked Ever After by Elle Aycart

REVIEW: Inked Ever After by Elle Aycart

Dear Ms. Aycart: It may have been a mistake for me to read this because while I had read a previous book in this series (Heavy Issues) it was not the book featuring the main couple in “Inked Ever After.” Thus I was lost. “Inked Ever After”, I learned after some research, is actually the(…)

REVIEW:  After Hours by Cara McKenna

REVIEW: After Hours by Cara McKenna

Dear Ms. McKenna: After Hours is a gritty romance. It’s set in the economic wreck that is much of the state of Michigan. The protagonists work a “high security ward designed specifically for men who suffered from persistent, disruptive psychotic episodes.” The story contains poverty, violence, and people who just barely make it through each day. The(…)

REVIEW:  Beyond Control by Kit Rocha

REVIEW: Beyond Control by Kit Rocha

Dear Kit Rocha: This is the second book in your post apocalyptic series. My main problem is that the two main protagonists are in a power struggle, but I’m not sure what their efforting toward. Dallas and his gang of O’Kanes built Sector Four into a formidable territory outside the walls of the protected land(…)

REVIEW:  Uncommon Pleasure by Anne Calhoun

REVIEW: Uncommon Pleasure by Anne Calhoun

Note: The comments are closed on this review because it is our book club pick. Don’t forget to join the conversation later today and all through the week. Dear Ms. Calhoun: I am so glad that you are back publishing longer length works (not that I minded the holiday novella). In Uncommon Pleasure we meet(…)

REVIEW:  The Italian by Lisa Marie Rice

REVIEW: The Italian by Lisa Marie Rice

Dear Ms. Rice: I’m a big fan of your work and willingly paid $4.99 for this novella despite its brevity.  While I enjoyed reading it, the novella was more of an interlude than a complete story.  Stefano Leone is a judge working to bring one of Italy’s strongest mobsters to his doom. For three years,(…)

REVIEW:  By Private Invitation by Stephanie Julian

REVIEW: By Private Invitation by Stephanie Julian

Dear Ms. Julian: I requested your book because I’d seen a number of favorable reviews and I love an ugly duckling story, which, at first glance is what I thought this book was. Unfortunately, while the premise was promising, I found myself disengaged from the characters and found the action made the book quite easy(…)