There isn't a whole lot of plot to this, which is probably okay. It's all about the set-up and getting this woman to do the man's bidding.
The sex scenes are okay. Clearly he is remarkable in bed and she changes her tune toward him because he satisfies her so well.
I'm not generally a fan of these 'taming of the shrew' type books. I don't find enough story in these books. This was 'fair.'
2-1/2 guilty pleasure stars
A Scottish war. The losers have to sign a treaty with the might Highlander. He wants the daughter of the losing side's representative - Isobel. She finds him equally hot, but feels like she's betraying her people if she admits she wants to bed him.
But they have incredible sex and everyone is happy.
It's a really short read and steamy enough to be worth the time.
4 guilty pleasure stars
There's a set-up for the girl, Iona, to be the best archer, but this goes nowhere. Who cares?! We know there's going to be a guy who shifts into a dragon because of the title, and we know who it is when she gets pregnant, but it's supposed to be a surprise when he does finally shift (very late in the story).
There was just nothing here. A failed read for me.
1 guilty pleasure star
Mostly this didn't work because there was little motivation from either of the two characters. We get that the guy is in love with the chick but he hasn't been able to tell her, and she's just looking for the best sex she can find with real studs, but then she gets disappointed because they turn out to be jerks.
Because the guy can't tell her he wants her, she ends up dressing him in her panties and putting lipstick on him and setting up a dating profile for him - as a woman. And that's the end of it!
All around a disappointment. Nothing hot and exciting (unless you like reading about guys dressing in women's underwear, I guess).
1 guilty pleasure star
Okay, the writing was really good. I guess I can admit to that much. I know it was good because it was making me upset.
Jennifer loves Paul. Paul loves Jennifer. He'll do anything to keep the hottest woman on the school campus. Even when he sees her f*cking some stud at a Halloween party (who happened to be dressed just like him), Paul has to admit that he was more turned on then upset. But once he tells Jen of this, she gets a wicked gleam in her eye. The sex with the stranger was good. Real good. Better than with Paul. So they seek the stranger out - the college football quarterback - and Jen (with Paul's blessing) engages in a year's long sexual affair with the only guy who really satisfies her. Of course after each time, she returns home to satisfy Paul.
After the stud's graduation, Jen gets turned on by a professor and once again Paul gives her permission to satisfy her sexual urges with the guy - even going away on long weekend trips. Sometimes she teases Paul with videos of what she's going with the other men. It hurts Paul and it turns him on.
Oddly enough, when Paul and Jen plan their wedding and Jen's little sister arrives to help with the plans, she brings her boyfriend - who, just like Paul, gets a lite turned on watching his love be more sexually satisfied by someone else.
I gotta say, just writing this ticks me off. I want to slap Jen. I want to slap some sense into Paul. I guess there are definitely cuckolded men out there who would be turned on by this, but everything in the story just got me angry. I had to put the book down and walk away some days as I imagined this being done to me. Well, it wouldn't - not for long. I'd kick that woman out of there.
So while the book ticked me off, the writing was really good. I was definitely drawn in otherwise I wouldn't have gotten so upset. But I honestly don't think I can read the next book in the series.
3 guilty pleasure stars
Olivia calls her husband in a panic to tell him what's happened. He's not able to get away right now, but he calms her down telling her that he'll get a friend of his with a tow truck to come out ASAP. Fortunately this a very good friend because he services more than her car! With the husband's blessings, the friend helps relieve Olivia of some of her milk and she some of his. Everyone is happy!
I enjoyed this erotic short. It was definitely erotic! I can't say that I've ever been turned on by a lactating woman, but then I'm not a 'breast man' either. But any reason for some quick, no-strings sex seems great to me. I'd be curious to read this story from the mechanic friend's point of view!
4 guilty pleasure stars
Jessie is being sent to Las Vegas for a work trip and Martin isn't able to join her. This has her very UNexcited for the trip. However, Martin lets her know that he's got something special in mind. As long as she trusts him, she is to do exactly what she's told to do anytime any stranger gives her the code word "marshmallow." Suddenly Jessie's trip takes a whole new turn!
Jessie experiences a series of sex-with-strangers encounters in unusual places (even for Las Vegas) and the whole idea that anyone around her (women included) might suddenly give her the word has her wet with anticipation.
The entire trip is capped off with a special night with all the strangers, and one special guest, giving her an intense experience.
I really liked the concept of this book and many of the encounters were really enjoyable. Some were less exciting than others, though (the F/F scene really lacked any juice).
There's nothing too serious here - this is just erotic with a simple plot to go from sex scene to sex scene. Generally well written but not super steamy.
Cover art by Steph Brothers
3-1/2 guilty pleasure stars
Jacob is a red-blooded guy and Zoe is spicey hot and Jacob wastes no time in delivering himself to his soon-to-be daughter-in-law. Zoe questions herself some, but Jacob delivers in every way. He's not selfish in bed and, being even bigger than his son, Jacob satisfies completely. This is the best revenge Zoe could hope for.
But the best part is, she'll never tell Will, she and Jacob will keep it to themselves and find ways to be alone even after Zoe and Will are married, in order to satisfy their lust.
This was super hot and sexy. I found Zoe's narration to herself a little annoying, but the reason for revenge was well established and the sex super hot. This is one of those books I could have kept reading - let's hear about Thanksgiving! Let's hear about Fourth of July when the families get together. Let's hear about some real fireworks!
I'm looking forward to more stories by Mary Potter!
5 guilty pleasure stars
Taylor would like nothing more than to have Bain inside of her. But Bain, being a gentleman (albeit a horny one), won't take advantage of the drunken Taylor. But she wants to be taken advantage of!
Bain doesn't understand why he's so drawn to Taylor (Taylor knows why she's drawn to Bain - he's hot!) but slowly, after they finally consummate their lust, he realizes that she can see and smell things about him - his dragon-ness - that no human should be able to see or smell. Unless, of course, they are bound to one another.
Bain protects Taylor from some rats who disrupt her work (and really ... supernatural shifter rats) and in the process, Taylor is fully aware of who and what Bain is. But it's all okay because, well, he's super hot and good and bed and she's pre-destined to be his mate.
There's a lot of great writing here. The sex is great. The story is just involved enough to make it worth reading.
My only complaint is that early on Taylor whines and whines and whines about not getting laid and how she REALLY wants this guy Bain but he keeps turning her away. It's a little over the top. We probably could have gotten rid of two of these moments and still completely gotten the sense of how much she wanted him and how he was too nice to take advantage of her. Other than that, though ... super hot. I'm going to look for more in this series.
4-1/2 guilty pleasure stars
A young (but of legal age) woman is devout in her religion and has promised to save herself for marriage. But she's begun to grow curious and has been fooling around with a boy, who just happens to be the son of a church deacon.
The deacon and his cronies accuse the girl of being wanton and insist that she's not a virgin and trying to lead the boys on. In front of the church priest, the girl swears she's still a virgin. The deacons insist that her virginity be proved and they will check her out themselves. The priest asserts himself and says that HE will inspect the young woman - right there, right now. They may be in the room, but they will not witness her sex directly.
With great care and apologies to the girl, the (HANDSOME) priests has her remove her panties, sit on his desk and open her legs to him. He inserts his finger gently to discover her hymen is still intact. He declares this to the men gathered and insists that they leave.
Once gone, the girl and the priest realize how much this moment turned them both on and they both want it to go further until she surrenders her virginity to him.
This was so tremendously well written. A great setting with anger and fear and the girl feeling so small in a room full of dirty men.
The build-up was tremendous. Her being inspected by the man who really turned her on, but while being judged by the other men was simply superb. We really got to feeling all the confused emotions she was feeling.
Even the jump to the sex seemed so perfectly in line with everything that had happened up to that point. Plotwise it made perfect sense.
I will read this again and I will look for anything ever written by Emme Cox!
5 guilty pleasure stars
Yeah ... no.
The best part of this book was the beginning, setting up the character of the woman who was curious to experience the lesbian and submissive lifestyle. I could sort of accept this - people have curiosities. But answering a blind ad, visiting someone you don't know, being COMPLETELY submissive with no discussion or direction about things like safe words (come on - in the lifestyle, these would be prerequisites) ...!? It just doesn't feel authentic.
And the sex ...? Well, not being a submissive myself, I couldn't get into the woman's pleasure at being so totally dominated.
No, this just didn't work for me.
1 guilty pleasure star
Hannah can't take her eyes off the stud, and it seems he's pretty attracted to her as well.
When they finally decide to act on their lusts and he's just about to enter his new step-daughter, Hannah's mother returns home and creating a coitus interuptus. No worries! He makes a surprise, quiet appearance in her room later that night!
This was actually pretty hot. The near-sex was a well written and the reader feels the sudden deflation as much as the character did. Seriously - we're hot, bothered, and ready for the action! What's disappointing, though, is that the finish later that night is not nearly as hot as what we were ready for earlier.
I'll also admit I was hoping for something more of a May/December story, but that's on me and my expectations.
3 guilty pleasure stars
A nineteen year old college student takes on a babysitting job for a recently widowed father. The man's work has demanded more and more of his attention and he's often not able to return home until much later than anticipated. The young student is aware of this but takes the babysitting job anyway.
Returning home, looking exhausted, the young babysitter takes pity on the poor, handsome father and offers herself, completely, to him.
I'm a father and I've had some really good looking babysitters watching my kids and this would absolutely be the sort of fantasy I would have had. Too afraid to take advantage of a young girl, she would need to make her intentions known.
There's a nice, slow build-up of excitement. Almost too slow. I wanted him to take her the moment he knew she wanted it. Still, it was a great read for fulfilling a fantasy.
One note about the book... This is much shorter than what is on my Kindle. I think 50% of the book is taken up with ads for other books by Kelli Wolfe. Of course I DO want to read them!
4-1/2 guilty pleasure stars
I'm always game for some good BDSM fiction, but this, unfortunately is not good fiction.
We can get porn for free on the internet. We READ porn (or erotica, if we want don't want to sound like a dirty old man) because we want a little something more. A little story. A bit of thought and reason and insight on the characters. We don't get any of that.
Some weak plotting and even weaker writing take away from any excitement its mean to invoke.
1-1/2 guilty pleasure stars
cover design: Christopher Kramer
Ellie, a young human girl on display and for sale in a marketplace, is purchased by two monster orcs who promise (threaten?) to make Ellie swoon with desire. It's a horrendous thought, but damned if they don't do just what they promise.
I loved this short! I loved the M(orc)F action. I loved the M9orc)M(orc)F action. And I even enjoyed the MM (orc) action! There was nothing 'gay' about it (other than the action itself - it was just two blokes getting off).
The sex was wonderfully described. I'd like to share some here, but Blogger isn't fond of explicit descriptions.
This was great and I'm looking forward to more stories by HC Summer and more fantasy erotica like this.
5 guilty pleasure stars
PS I like this cover much more than the one found on Goodreads!
In general, I thought the writing quality was quite poor. I'm taking a wild guess that the author doesn't speak/read/write English ...
