The Saint is in the middle of Reisz’s series, Original Sinners, and is billed as the prequel. I haven’t read the books before this one, so I read this as a newbie to the series, and as an amateur to the themes in the book. As an introduction to her world, it was frustrating at times to only get the surface of the story or miss the nuances of a picture. But it was doable, although … Continue reading The Saint by Tiffany Reisz
Goodreads has this book rated at a 3.82 of 5 stars and Amazon had it at 4.5 of 5 stars. Hmmm…maybe I have read too many Erotic Romance novels but this just didn’t flick my switch so I think those ratings are a bit high. I would go with 3.5 of 5 stars. So what is wrong with this book? Nothing except it seems a bit mild to be classified as an Erotic novel. The … Continue reading Call Me Saffron by Talia Surova
This emotionally compelling m/m romance is the story of Rock and Carter. Rock is gay, an ex-soldier who’s lived with the ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ policy his whole life, starting from childhood with his military father. He’s finally ready to come out (at least privately if not publicly), and has picked Carter to be the man with whom he wants to share that experience. Carter is a male escort that Rock has seen at the … Continue reading Bonds of Denial by Lynda Aicher
Purely Professional was pretty fantastic. I’m going to have problems, again, being critical. Now, I would classify this as somewhere between erotica and erotic romance. The sex is integral to the relationship, but it is a relationship and there is an HEA of sorts at the end. So, Bridget writes for Sultry magazine, “sex-positive magazine for sex-positive women,” and they want edgier content, so Bridget’s new boss is kind of threatening about it and in … Continue reading Purely Professional by Elia Winters
This book is an erotic contemporary romance that tells the story between Angie/Lina/Angelina and Evan. They know each other for years, they are in lust from the get go, but the resolution of their story is so choppy that you finish the book with the feeling than in a couple of years there is going to be a nasty divorce. So… not good, not good. The book kicks-off in the middle of a funeral for … Continue reading Wanted by J. Kenner
I wanted to love J Kenner’s Wanted, I really did. Here are the reasons why: It was my first foray into erotic fiction! It was nominated for a RITA award! It has 4 stars on Goodreads! I was reviewing it for SBTB and wanted to gush (!) about how glorious it was, leave CAPS lock on and using an excess of exclamation marks! Despite my good intentions, it was a struggle to get through the … Continue reading Wanted by J. Kenner
