Review: One Night with You by Toni Dare

Title: One Night with You
Author: Toni Dare
Format: E-book (Kindle)
Date Read: August 7, 2013
Rating: 4/5

Recommend: Yes

Summary: Cass Jones is a plus-sized fashion designer. By accident or fate she meets heart-throb Andreas Katsakis and after one night she flees in Cinderella-esque fashion, leaving behind a signature piece of her clothing line.

Review:

I was given a copy of this book by the author in exchange for an honest review.

In this steamy Cinderella-esque story that starts with a hotel room mix-up, an expensive suite is double booked, and originally it had been booked to millionaire Andreas Katsakis and then booked for Cass Jones for the night after she pitched her plus-sized clothing line.

The mistake was discovered when Andreas arrives and after a shower climbs into bed only to find it occupied by Miss Jones. After a steamy sexual encounter Cass flees, leaving behind a signature nightgown from her collection, and leaving many questions unanswered for Andreas.

This book easily captured my attention and sucked me into the story. Toni Dare has a flare for the erotic, and her writing style is one that will keep you captivated from beginning to end.

The only complaint I have with this story is some of the time jumps are jarring and tend to pull me briefly from the story. It isn't horrible but it is noticeable. Also, it is short! I want more of the steaminess between Cass and Andreas! They are a fantastic couple and I do hope that Toni revisits them again!  

Review: Steel and Lace by Adriane Leigh

Title: Steel and Lace

Author: Adriane Leigh

Format: E-book (Kindle)

Read: Jan 25, 2013

Rating: 4/5

Recommend: Yes.

Summary: Carter Morgan is a wealthy CEO and playboy, who almost always has a model on his arm and very rarely lets anyone into his heart. He usually gets what he wants when he wants until he meets Eva Austin. That's when the sparks fly.

Review: I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This story is a short, quick read and unfortunately it does leave me wanting more. Needing more between Carter and Eva. It does tend to leave me wanting, to a point, but do enjoy the short glimpses that I get in the relationship between Eva and Carter.

I do understand that it is to be a four part novella series, that comprise about a 300 page read when all is said and done, and am not entirely keen on this particular way of writing a series, but it works for some. I do love the fact that it was a quick read, and it was decidedly in your face and fantastically written and well crafted.

The sex scenes within this novella are fantastic and had my mind whirling at about a thousand naughty thoughts a second, which is definitely a good thing! The heat is there, oh very much so, and I love me some heat. It is a unique combination of Christian Grey and Gideon Cross which tends to send my libido into overdrive – really. I'm not joking here.

So, do I recommend this book, based on the first installment of the novella, decidedly so. I will be looking for the remaining parts of this series.   

Sexy Saturday: Adult Content Ahead

Disclaimer: Today's topic is going to be of an adult theme.  We are touching on Erotica.  Sex and romance and more sex.  As you all know I read lots of things and this is no exception.  So, if talking sex makes you uncomfortable, today's entries and reviews are not for you. You've been warned.

Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa (C) 1991 

SEX!

Alright! That's today's topic.  Or rather today's topic is erotic literature.  Harlequin novels, things of that nature.  Though, truth be told I really can't stand Harlequin novels (though one of my favorite series is published through their Teen division so I can't complain too much).  "Mommy porn," "smut," "erotica," "romance," and so many other descriptive words can describe literary works with this particular theme.  I mean there are published novels that have soft-core scenes in them, there are novels that have hardcore themes in them.  You can find fetish novels and I'm fairly certain that you can find an erotica novel concerning any little thing that makes your body crave that mindblowing orgasm!

Today's theme will include five reviews, the entire Fifty Shades series as well as two other erotica pieces that I've read recently.  Four of these reviews are examples of good erotica the fifth one, not so much.  It was horrid and painful, and truth be told I've heard better in some old '70's porn they were that bad.

What do you look for when you seek out an erotic novel to tickle your senses? Do you have a favorite author you turn to? A particular theme or do you just reach for any particular erotic story?  Does the cover image of an erotic novel help in your decision to read it?

For me, when I turn to erotica, I want something that is going to spark my imagination - the naughty part of it.  I want something that is going to inspire me to be a bit creative, and I also look for a good story.  Something with character development intertwined with the sex, something with description.  Yes, I have a vivid imagination, but I want to know what the author's imagination has come up with.  Sometimes I do look at the cover art, but honestly, if I can't find some sort of spark in me by reading the first paragraph or so of the story I won't read it just may save it for another time when I want something to merely kill time.

Now, to review erotica, that is a completely different story, because it can be a touch tricky, at least for me it can be.  This is what I look for when I venture into reviewing the erotica that I read:

1. Is there some form of character development? 
2. Is there enough description to keep me reading?
3. Can I move past the cheesy lines to actually enjoy the story? 
4. Could I picture myself in the lead female's position?
5. Is there a sense of reality to this story? 
6. Did it spark my imagination, did it do what it was supposed to? 
7. Does this book have the potential to be pulled off the shelves at the library? (such as the case of the Fifty Shades series by E.L. James.)

If it meets all of these then I am likely to give it a fairly high rating.  If it falls short of the mark on a few things then I'm likely to give it a rating somewhere in the middle.  If I can't get past the cheesy lines in the story or I can't simply get into it or I end the novel feeling cold, then I'm likely to give it a low rating.  

If I can't find anything to read on my Kindle, or anything decent in physical book I do venture to an erotic literature site online, Literotica.com.  Here you can find everything from poetry to multiple part novels that will cater to every little whim of your sexual fancy! 

Reviews

Review: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Review: Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

Review: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James

Review: Take Control: Erotica Romance Short Story by Marion Francis
Review: Coveting My Neighbors Wife by Epic Sex Stories

Review: Take Control - Erotica Romance Short Story by Marion Francis

Title: Take Control – Erotica Romance Short Story
Author:  Marion Francis
Rating: 1/5

Summary:  Austin meets Karen.  There is sex.  There is bad dialogue.  That’s all.

Review:  Adult book.  Adult review. Thank goodness this is a free book, or I would be crying at the waste of money spent on this fifteen minute, horrible story.  I actually finished it, but couldn’t find  the effort or the interest to give it anything higher than one star.  The lines in this one are absolutely horrid, prime example is this little gem here:

"Austin, I want to leave now. I want you inside of me melting your hot stick of love between my legs"

and then there is this one here:

"Yes baby release all that warm juice in me now"

This book seriously is nothing more than Kindle smut, and bad smut at that, and very rarely do I stumble across something THIS bad that I couldn’t even take anything pleasurable away from it – aside from the ache in my sides from the laughter at some of those lines.  I recommend this for a  good laugh but not for that surge of pleasure from an erotic story.

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Review: Coveting My Neighbor's Wife by Epic Sex Stories

Title: Coveting My Neighbor’s Wife
Author:  Epic Sex Stories
Rating: 5/5

Summary:  The hot wife needs money to save her husband's life, so enters a Faustian bargain with the horny neighbor: money for unlimited sex-on-demand. But he has no idea how long the sex freak has been denied pleasure, forcing him to step up his game to give her what she so badly needs. Their relationship blossoms, but what will the husband do when he finds out? (Taken from Goodreads.com)


Review:  Adult book.  Adult review.  This was a free book from the Author on smashwords.com, and if you are looking for a quickie story that has hot sex, a touch of blackmail and starts off with an indecent proposal then this is most definitely for you.  The witty dialogue helped move the story along easily, and the sex scenes had enough detail to keep me interested throughout the story as did the interactions that did not involve sex. Everything eventually falls into place for the couple and they do have a happily ever after spawned by their affair (though not that either of them were in happy places to begin with). 

This was a short book, and thus it is going to be a short review.  I love the sex in this book, the adventures that the couple have in the time that they are together.  It spans about ten months or so and highlights various events that occur during the ten months they were together.


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