July 21st, 2009 — 3 Stars, 3.5 Stars, A-C, Beauty and Fashion, Book Review, Business, Contemporary, Erotica, Friends, Plump/Endowed Heroine, Rogues and Rakehells, United States of America
Tally’s Gift is the third novel in Quartzton Trilogy.
The last of the unhitched friends are thrown together when calamity strikes and the others are out of town. Playboy Brett Huntsman has broken nearly every limb in his body. The poor guy is strung up and unable to move. Tally Bennett comes to check up on him to ease his sister’s worries and this is the last place she wants to be, luckily it’s only for tonight.
Somehow they manage to have hot and sweaty sex on the bed, but that doesn’t mean Tally is interested in more. Tally Bennett, you see has been burned in the past. A man she thought was the love of her life threw her over for money and a stick figure blonde. Ever since then Tally has been good at keeping her distance whether she’s with a guy or not. Sweet Meadows keeps her busy and that’s good enough for her for now.
When circumstances make it impossible for Sophie to return to take care of her brother, Tally agrees to nurse him back to health. Brett, being male, milks it for all he’s worth and suddenly Tally and Brett are starting a six week no strings attached sex-fest. Of course it doesn’t stay that way soon feelings get involved and desires change.
Tally’s Gift in short is fun and sexy—though I’m not convinced sex that busted up is entirely feasible, but I’m willing to go along with it. This was my favorite novel in the set.
Rating: 3-3.5 Stars
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July 10th, 2009 — 2.5 Stars, 3 Stars, A-C, Book Review, Contemporary, Erotica, Firefighter, Friends, Rape/Abuse, United States of America, Widow or Widower
Grace on Fire grabbed me in the first sentence:
“Grace Muscat’s totally frigid. I’d be scared my dick would freeze off if I put it in that
icebox of hers.”
Firefighter Don Marshall, the man of Grace’s dreams, just compared her vagina to a freezer in the middle of a bar to his friends unsuspecting of her presence. Ouch! That’s quite a blunder for a hero! I immediately wanted to see if Elle Amery could save him from a fate worse than death…
In order to beat Don Marshall in the game of love Grace turns to Wyatt Bennett, the brother of one of her best friends for sex lessons. He would help her overcome her fear of men and erase all the abuse her husband Duane heaped on her (which is extensive) before he died.
Wyatt Bennett has loved Grace for 10 years, ever since he kissed her when she was fourteen. It’s been two years since she was widowed… if he waits any longer for her to heal, he just might end up losing her again. But when she asks for sex lessons in order to be a good bed partner for the likes of Don Marshall, Wyatt sees red. Eventually he decides to help her out in hopes of making her fall in love with him.
Despite the darker undertones to the story, Grace on Fire is a good read. Not as much sex in it as you would think based on the concept, though there is plenty. There was one instance of the dreaded lathed instead of laved as Smart Bitches has discussed in full. It’s interesting how it ends and took me
Grace on Fire is the second of a trilogy by Elle Amery. You do not need to read them in order, but you appreciate characters and their relationships to each other better by doing so. If I’m right, the trilogy matches three brother/sister pairs which also equals two sets of three best friends (6 people in total).
Sophie Huntsman with Jake Muscat in Saving Sophie.
Grace Muscat with Wyatt Bennett in Grace on Fire.
(My guess…) Tally Bennett with Brett Huntsman in Tally’s Gift.
Rating: 2.5-3 Stars
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August 19th, 2008 — 1.5 Stars, Arabia/Middle East, Artist, Category, Contests, Guest Reviews, Kidnapping, Kings, Princes, Sheiks, Chiefs, P-R, Sheik/Desert
Cara Lynn writes to us her first romance novel review in response to the $10 gift card contest! LRP is very happy to have her with us today! If you would like to win a copy of a book by the author of this novel please see the end of the post for more information.
It’s pretty unfair for me to review this book, as this genre isn’t my particular favorite. However, they do get published!
When Tally finds herself kidnapped by Sheikh Tair, a fierce desert warrior, she comes up against the proverbial immovable mountain. I am not surprised. Tally is a photographer, and she has taken some compromising photos, or they could be. And not only that, her translators are more than they appeared, as they are enemies of the Sheikh. He isn’t at all convinced that she is innocent. However, he is more than willing to put her into his harem and to test her loyalties more than once.
She is determined to escape, but not knowing the land, finds herself in dangerous situations, where she needs to be rescued. And you guessed it, by Tair.
Ultimately, the Sheikh marries her (as you can tell by the title) and they fall in love – or do they. Perhaps they fall in lust. As in many Harlequin books, there are banter and arguments, but underneath it is respect for the man who is always wealthy and rich. Let’s face it, who would put up with these attitudes if he weren’t! The woman is always denigrated to an extent, which grates on me after a while – or from the beginning. It seems like an intelligent woman would use that intelligence to discern what kind of man the man is and not waste her breath on verbally fighting him. Of course, part of that is supposed to be sexual tension. How to rate the sex in this book? I didn’t feel like they had any chemistry. But that’s just me. Perhaps you did. I appreciate the fact that the sex is not crude. On the other hand, she doesn’t think she’s in love with him. And on the other hand, she is not a virgin, so she knows the ropes. And they both think the sex is great.
If you want a mindless read, or if this is your genre, you will enjoy this book. I’d have preferred it, if she had determined how he governed, what his daily life was like, what the issues of survival were, how she could contribute if she were his consort. (I can’t see her ruling.) Because she is less than prepared along these lines, she finds herself kidnapped by the men who had been her translators. She is rescued in about a page. I think this could have been extended too, over some of the other things in the book. But it fits the genre. After all, the Sheikh’s mother is from the West and married his father in similar circumstances. Perhaps one of the earlier Sheikh books by another author tells the generic story of their meeting.
Rating: 1.5 Stars
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