Manhattan Passion (Black Lace)

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Summary: Hot *and* romantic!
Review: I was amazed by this book, just couldn't put it down. Believe me, there is a lot of passion in "Manhattan Passion." The love scenes just sizzle, and they are completely woven into the story--not gratuitous at all, just hot. Julia is a fully drawn personality, with real desires and thoughts--and boy does she have a lot of pent-up desires unfolding throughout these pages. It's a great read, fun, romantic, and the mystery about her disappeared husband keeps you turning pages. I thought maybe being a "Black Lace" book there would be a bunch of meaningless love encounters. It wasn't like that at all: This is a real novel that has all the heat of one of "those" kinds of books but with real romance and real characters: You care about what happens to these people.

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Summary: A contemporary erotica novel that sizzles ....
Review: The story will grab you from the first sentence as our heroine has decided that she's had enough and wasn't going to take it any more.

Grabbing whatever cash she could get her hands on she dons her fur coat and steps out into the streets of Manhattan for her new life. With the help of her school girfriend, Zoe, and Vivian Li, the young and lithe neighbour, she starts to explore the world of 'no holds barred' sex and sensuality .... The fact that her husband was the ONLY man she had ever been with in her married life seems to add that spicy naughtiness and realism to a great geat erotic story ....

The author certainly not only knows women and what goes through their minds, but, she is also able to write about it making the reader feel he is there and vicariously taking part of the deflowering of an 'every day' common woman ... WOW

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Summary: Sexxx and the city!
Review: This is one great contemporary erotic novel! Manhattan Passion gripped me from beginning to end. Even though I prefer erotica written in third person, this one is as entertaining and as fun as a chick-lit novel. Julia, an art conservator at a New York museum, decides to leave her husband. David is a drug addict, but Julia suspects that there are more serious problems with him, especially after he disappears with all of their money. While she tries to regain her finances, Julia discovers her sexuality working at the Where Everything Happens club. There are some sensual and insatiable scenes as Julia shatters all of her inhibitions...

What I like most about this novel is the plot development. There is a plausible story that moves in a fluid and steady motion. And, as mentioned earlier, the one-person narrative gives it a fun, contemporary feel not unlike a chick-lit novel. Also, there are no gratuitous sex scenes in this novel. Each erotic scene is well structured and illustrates Julia's slow metamorphosis from a repressed married woman to an uninhibited and wanton sexpot. I love the scene between Julia and Jack and how she is able to decipher the difference between having sex and making love. A truly erotic scene! The only thing that I didn't like about this novel is that sometimes the dialogue is a bit disjointed at times. The author is unable to get the voice and message across, making the dialogue seem wooden. Other than that, Manhattan Passion is great contemporary erotica! Antoinette Powell is a great new author. A great new offering from Black Lace! Highly recommended...