I realize now that the reason the age thing struck me as so "off" is because I quite often read May/December romances, where the heroine is much, MUCH younger than the hero in a Historical setting.
That sort of pairing seems quite common back then, so it was a bit startling to have so much emphasis put on a mere four years, lol, It appears we have a double standard, what else is new! Anyway, I'll admit I don't often read about the woman being older, as I prefer the opposite, so I will defer to the author here.
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Historical Erotic Romance is my favorite genre, so I was excited to start this one, I had read Ask For It by the same author, which is SUPER hot, so I expected this to be the same,
Have to say, I was a tiny bit disappointed, Yes, there is sex and it's quite explicit, there just wasn't as much of it as I'd expected, Perhaps the scenes there were just weren't long enough, Yeah, that could be it, I like me some long drawnout lovin', now, D And again, I did go into it with a certain mindset having already read Ask For It,
That aside, there was one minor annoyance that drove me a bit crazy, Throughout the book, there is constant mention of how Isabel is older than Gray, At one point she is shocked by her strong reaction to him physically, thinking herself past the point of such desire, . . there's several mentions of her possibly being too old to bear children, . .
Isabel is FOUR years older than Grayson, FOUR. For the majority of the book, he'sand she's, Sorry, but I thought that such a minor age difference as not to merit all the brouhaha, I know women got married really young back then, and in fact, if you weren't married by your early twenties you were considered an old maid, I get that. I guess I still think there should've been a slightly larger age gap between them for the big fuss, Likeyears. That would have made it more believable, imo,
Isabel and Grayson were both very likable characters, and I did enjoy the rocky path they took from strangers to lovers, and finally to true companions who were desperately in love.
They both had their reasons for keeping their distance at first, so it takes them awhile to get there, Otherwise, there'd be no book, right
There was a side story with Isabel's brother Rhys and a charming girl named Abby that I REALLY loved, I adored this couple so much I wish they could've had their own story!
To sum it up, I enjoyed this book, but it's not one of my absolute favorites.
Definitely worth a read, though!
For the Machalo Group Smut Challenge:
, Pick a random one.
Since I've been on a HR kick lately, I decided my random smut choice would be in this genre, And, it was very very smutty,
Strangely, the hot smutty scenes were between a husband and wife, Yay, fidelity!
Marriage is so sexy!
These two married for varying reasons, but were only friends, They both had other lovers and were happy with it, But, when his mistress dies in childbirth having his child, he takes off for four years, When he returns, he wants a real marriage, His wife is none too thrilled with that idea, She even decides to hold a dinner party with potential mistresses for him to choose from, That is so thoughtful! What a great wife!
He's not interested, and they soon get down and dirty together, Of course, their old lovers all conspire together to break up the happy couple, and his mother is downright evil, but hey, we all know how well it works to try and keep two people in lust love apart.
There is also a bit of a side story with her brother falling in love, It was okayish. But, the thing that struck me weird was about how he kept describing his chick's boobs, He kept talking about her "long nipples" and it was squeaming me out, Long nipples Really That's attractive And, all this time I've been fighting gravity as much as humanly possible! Who knew that I should just let them fall towards Earth and then all the hot, youngyr old studs would find me irresistible
She'll be fighting them off with a stick!
Oh well, to each his own, I guess!
Regardless of how much story there seems to be, this book is pretty much smut.
I did think the story was cute, but it ended kind of abruptly, This book seriously needed an epilogue, For one, I hated the story, For two, I disliked the MCs, For three, it was toooooo long, Ick. Needed a historical fix and this one fit the bill nicely, It is way too hot here to be online writing reviews so this one is short, Loved it. Great writing. Highly recommend it. I thought once I was on holidays I would have more time to read and review the opposite is true,
Well Hot Damn, There is Smoke coming off this book!!!
This book getsAngry Sex Stars
What a raunchy, beautiful, sexy, love story.
Gerald Grayson is "Hot Shit" and he knows it, Married women want to be his mistress, while the single women compete to be his wife, His mother is hounding him to marry but he just wants to be left alone to his own rakish leisure, So Grayson strikes a wedding bargain that will allow him him that freedom, But even a Rake has a heart! And the bigger they are, the harder they fall!!
Growling, he said, “There is a heart and mind attached to the cock you enjoy so well.
Altogether they form a manyour spouse, You cannot fragment the whole and take only the pieces you want, ”
Isabel Pleham, aka Pel
Pel is a ravishing beauty with a body built for sin, Every man dreams of having her, except for her husband, Grayson, That's because he is in love with another woman!! But Pel has other interests and a long list of options, . . “You have no right to accost me like this, ”
“I have every right, Did you fuck him”
"Yes," She turned her head to glare at him, "I fucked him all night, In every way imaginable. I sucked his" Grays mouth took hers so hard she tasted blood, His tongue slid into her mouth, thrusting in a brutal rhythm, . . He held both of her wrists in one hand, while the other reached for the hem of her gown and yanked it upward,
I won't give much away other than to say I loved each of these characters, They Sizzle and leave me in a wet
puddle anytime they make love, Grayson is a skilled lover and a determined man, He has one of the dirtiest mouths in bed and he can go all night,
And when he isn't screwing his wife into a coma, he's seducing his way into her heart with the sweetest words,
“I pledge my troth to you, my wife, Not for my needs, as I did before, but for yours, You have given me so muchfriendship, laughter, acceptance, You have never judged me or chastised, When I did not know who I was, you cared for me anyway, When I make love to you, I am content and I wish for nothing else, ”
“Gerard. ” His name, spoken in her broken voice, struck deeply,
“Will you let me in” he implored,
“Why”
“I want to give all that I am to you, . . "
OMG, Gerald just makes my heart melt as he seduces and woos his wife, I love books where couples fall in love after they've said, "I do, " Both characters had their faults, but I loved that they were always honest with each other and that honesty became the foundation for a wonderful love story,
Sylvia Day's characters are so vivid, I loved the secondary characters and cared about the scenes that didn't involve the main couple, There was a secondary love story that was downright adorable and sexy, I can't recommend this steamy historical enough,
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