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REVIEW: Tempted Tigress by Jade Lee

Dear Ms. Lee,

Tempted TigressI remember when “White Tigress” was released and all the hoopla about it being set in historical China and the tantric-esque sex. I bought it but actually started reading the series with the second book “Hungry Tigress” and followed with “Desperate Tigress.” It was at that point that I readily admit to getting tired of all the tigress sex stuff. I can only read but so much about stroking jade dragons and rubbing breasts 79 circles in one direction then 79 circles back before the cinnabar cave comes into action. I adored the historic facts about China and the glimpses you gave of it and its people but then it’d be back to the same old sex again. Ho hum. For this reason, I skipped the next two books and really had no intention of trying this latest one. Then I read the AAR review and perked up. It’s….it’s….something different! I quickly emailed Jane to see if we’d gotten an ARC for it. No, she said, suck it up and head to a bookstore. Which I did. But I did have a …