I’d been curious about the rest of Alisha Rai’s oeuvre since reading A Gentleman in the Street, a book that was funny and declaratively feminist. It’s also, you know, erotica — and quite an adventurous one at that — so its focus was much more on physical couplings than an emotional connection. Still, I liked Rai’s style, so I wanted to see which of her themes translated across her other books. From that, I can’t say what prompted me to start with Glutton for Pleasure, […]
I have that Madonna song stuck in my head now
3.5 stars Sara Dillon, Chloe Mills’ best friend, dumps her cheating fiancee and relocates to New York when her BFF and her Beautiful Bastard of a boyfriend open a new set of offices there. Out celebrating Chloe’s engagement, Sara meets a tall, sexy stranger in a nightclub and ends up hooking up with him, without even exchanging names. Turns out her sexy f*ck buddy is an old friend of Bennet’s, Max Stella, and he can’t get the alluring lady from the nightclub out of his […]
I am so glad I read the Wild Seasons series first
Beautiful Bastard: 2. 5 stars Beautiful Bitch: 3.5 stars Combined rating: 3 stars Chloe Mills only has a few months left of studying for her MBA, working as an intern for perfectionist business prodigy Bennett Ryan. She gets along famously with his father, the founder of the company and his older brother, but she pretty much detests her boss and he seems to delight in finding fault with everything she does and says, demanding almost impossible things from her. But behind their seemingly mutual loathing, […]
A Tingle-y triceratops encounter
It’s said, mainly by politicians, that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. But fuck it; I started my very first CBR with a Chuck Tingle book, so I am determined to start my 2nd CBR with a Chuck Tingle book. One time counts as age-old tradition, right? (This decision brought to you by Wine! – helping you make bad decisions since 8000 B.C.) Dr. Tingle (no, really) is apparently known for 4 types of erotica: dinosaurs, unicorns, bigfeet and […]