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Summary: Robin Schone's work is very hot, and very moving, as well
Review: I bought this book for Robin Schone's work alone, and it was well worth it. The hero, Connor, is a secondary character from Ms. Schone's earlier work, THE LADY'S TUTOR but this is a stand alone book. It is not necessary to have read THE LADY'S TUTOR, but it is a great book also. In A MAN and A WOMAN (Robin Schone's story in this FASCINATED anthology) Connor, a 53 year old eunuch and Megan, a 48 year old widow,come together in a beautiful lesson about love and passion and acceptance.
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Summary: One Great story
Review: There are four hot stories in this anthology. Three of them are really good, but one of them is great. (The first "erotic" anthology from these gifted women authors "Captivated" was also quite good.) This book is worth buying for the Robin Schone story alone (although the other three make very good reading). The last story, however, about a widow and a eunuch, is original, touching and will stay with you. Very often these novels are fun to read for the moment but then the plot escapes you. This one will never leave you.
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Summary: Schone Shines Again!
Review: A fabulous short story. Schone's knack for creating the flawed, scarred hero is marvelous. She brings depth to her characters and develops an intricate plot within a short story quite well. Only Ms. Schone could bring a eunich and a widow together in a moving, believable plot. I loved it. Definitely a keeper.
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Summary: Hot, hot, hot hot!
Review: I look forward to reading Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson, Thea Devine, and Robin Schone's novels as I do no others. Their works are fresh, memorable, and most of all, HOT! Considering the last effort made by these authors in an anthology, Captivated, Fascinated is sure to be the cream of this month's crop of books! This book is worth five stars definitely!
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Summary: Very Hot!.......Don't read expecting just "Romance"!
Review: Actually the only reasong this book got a four from me was because of the Thea Devine story "The Pleasure Game".I love Susan Johnson, i actually own all but two of her books, but in this particular one i didn't enjoy her story all that much, it seemed to end way to quickly. Although i thought the idea was good, it seemed like the love thing just suddenly appeared, after all they had done was just have blissful sex, in a hotel no less!What a great way for her to repay a debt, is all i'm gonna say. Small's "Mastering Lady Lucinda" was very devious and enticing. Lucinda, is an independent woman, now that her husband has died, and she doesn't want to marry again, except maybe for love, like her spouse advised. Her "Bishop" brother thinks she should be taught otherwise, so Lucinda gets "mastered" by a man who defintely knows how to please a woman. I'm not a huge fan of Robin Schone, but i did enjoy her tale, "A Man and a Woman". She seems to be able to pull off the romance, and the erotica, which i've found most writers are one or the other. Megan is a widower, and she wants to experience the feeling of a man, just for "one" night. Muhamed is a Arab, looking for a prostitute to "teach" him how to make a woman feel pleasure, the ultimate pleasures. She becomes the prostitute he desired, and together they experience those ultimate pleasures. My Favorite, like i said, Thea Devine's "The Pleasure Game", was a enticing little piece in which old friends become lovers. Jeremy, he actually has been asked by Regina's father to make sure she doesn't get herself into trouble, seeing as she has been heard talking about "wanting" a specfic rake,(by the way, Regina is a virgin, completely) and poor Regina, she overhears her father ask him this, so she makes a propostion, she asks jeremy to "teach her" how to be a mistress, along the way she decides she wants to be Jeremy's mistress. It ends with a twist, and the sex is hotter than hot..like watching a video with a lover almost. Grab your lover after reading that one...and use him.....or her....throughly. All in all i loved this book, i'm totally glad i bought it...especially if i want to get into the mood really quick. It's wortht the read, although i wouldn't advice reading straight through it.....i know i couldn't have handled it...i would've died, from sheer pleasure. Enjoy!
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Summary: Again, Robin saves it!
Review: Well, this is the second anthology written by these authors, and like Captivated, I find that the anthology is saved only by Robin Schone's contribution, "A Man and A Woman." As usual Robin writes with her trademark sensuality and you feel for the characters, especially the hero, who is a previous character from Robin's "A Lady's Tutor." As in Captivated, I thought Beatrice Small's story was dismal. All it was were two character's having sex. The characters were not portrayed in depth at all. I stopped reading the story halfway through. No stars here. Susan Johnson's story was ok. There was no insurmountable demons on either part of the heroes, making it a little slow. But at times it was amusing and little charming. The heroes were also not so bad. Thea Devine's story was also bad. The characters had a purly sexual relationshiop in my opinion and Devine's fixation on nipples is annoying, just like in Captivated. All in all the only story that was worth the reading was Schone's. And since I have to rate the whole book, I gave it three stars. These authors need to remember that although it is erotic romance, there actually has to be growth and love between the characters, not just sex!
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Summary: Extremely Disappointed
Review: I am an avid fan of Bertrice Small. In fact I have read 90% of her books. Year after year I look forward to her upcoming published works. Mastering Lady Lucinda is vulgar and crude and not up to her usual standard. Surely there is more than one way to describe intercourse without using the "four letter" word over and over. This book lacks imagination.
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Summary: Please stop it with the arab stereotypes!!
Review: Bertrice Small's and Robin Schone's stories were the only ones that were decent read's in this book. I think that it is very hard to develop the sense of being in the book when the stories are short. I feel like there is some plot and character development the ends up left out to make the story shorter; I will so that these stories are hot and if you like to turn up the AC and steam-up the bathroom then you will enjoy this book.
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Summary: GREAT!
Review: Mastering Lady Lucinda by Bertrice Small***
Lady Lucinda Harrington is a filthy rich widow and refuses to be made to marry again-unless it's for love. To avoid scandal, her brother, the bishop, demands that she live with his family until she is remarried. Sassy Luci lets her gentleman callers know she has no desire to marry any of them. If she can just get the last three candidates to accept defeat... Instead of giving up, these three decide she needs to be tamed into a proper lady and kidnaps her (with her brother's help) and sends her to The Master for the summer. Lucinda's heard about the Devil's Disciples but has no doubt that she will not be tamed. This historical romance is very erotic but needs more romance. Risking It All by Susan Johnson*****
Felicia Greenwood is about to lose Villa Paradise to her Cousin Dickie. She's had a year to come up with the funds, now down to the last week she is desperate. The only item of value left is aunt's diamond tiara, which she sells, and heads to the casino to win the additional fund to make her payment. This being her first time gambling, Felicia is soon wearing the face of distress. Flynn Suffolk noticed the flame-haired woman when she entered and watched her from afar while he continued his winning streak. Seeing her distress, he goes to her rescue and after helping her win, they retire to Hotel de Paris. Felicia has no idea she spent the night with the DUKE OF GRAFTON. This historical romance seems modern, at times. The hero is the usual rake that becomes possessed with a strong willed heroine, which Ms. Johnson always does a superb job portraying. The Pleasure Game by Thea Devine**
Lady Regina Olney is having her third season and has set her eyes on Marcus Raulton. Her father, Reginald recruits her childhood friend Jeremy Gavage to distract her. Regina overheard their plot and turned the tables on Jeremy by requesting he teach her how to become Raulton's mistress. It didn't take Jeremy long to give in to that temptation. This story was disappointing to me because the couple did nothing but copulate and even then the hero was cruel and selfish. The heroine was too submissive to his harsh handling. They fell in lust but never love. A Man and A Woman by Robin Schone*****
Mrs. Megan Phillins, the lonely 48 year-old widow of a vicar, has not been touched in 24 years. Her husband has been deceased for 2 years and she is still wearing her mourning clothes. She has checked into an Inn on her way to her homeland and overheard an Arabian man request for a prostitute. Wanting to have just one night of pleasure, she sits in waiting for the lady of leisure to arrive and pays her to leave and allow her to go the Arabian instead. Muhamed is a 53-year-old eunuch who wants just one night to know and pleasure a woman's body. I thoroughly enjoyed this story; this couple is so open to each other. They were involved not only physically but emotionally as well. He has a weakness she was determined to help him with and he was determined to please and reassure her.
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