Ties That Bind

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Summary: Very Entertaining
Review: I enjoyed reading both stories, the authors are two of my favorites. You will love this book if you are into some bondage and two guys and one girl thing. If not, than this book is not for you. Although both stories are about sex the characters seem to be able to form a relationship, which somehow turns in to love. Both authors make their characters work for what they want, so that when you are getting toward the end of each story you don't want it to end.

Rating:
Summary: Very Entertaining
Review: In the first book of the Bound Hearts series Lora Leigh introduces us to a very dominate Alpha male, Cole Andrews and the woman he loves and desires above all others, Tess Delacourte. Tess must decide if she can embrace the desires that burn in her and if she can abandon her control and trust in the love that Cole is offering. She is given a week to experience all of her darkest desires and must accept Cole for who he is or let him go forever. The is one of the most erotic love stories I have had the pleasure of reading. I very much enjoyed reading this story and am looking forward to reading more stories written by Lora Leigh.

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Summary: A Scorching Romance by Popular Romantica Writer Lora Leigh
Review: In the first book of the Bound Hearts series Lora Leigh introduces us to a very dominate Alpha male, Cole Andrews and the woman he loves and desires above all others, Tess Delacourte. Tess must decide if she can embrace the desires that burn in her and if she can abandon her control and trust in the love that Cole is offering. She is given a week to experience all of her darkest desires and must accept Cole for who he is or let him go forever. The is one of the most erotic love stories I have had the pleasure of reading. I very much enjoyed reading this story and am looking forward to reading more stories written by Lora Leigh.

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Summary: Erotic short stories...
Review: Jaid Black's Sins of the Father - Candy & James begin by making a bargain. She marries him (many stipulations in the marriage contract - including absolute obedience) and he doesn't destroy her family's finaces in a business take over. This didn't exactly come out of nowhere. He used to work for her father - deceased - until her father had fired him years ago - for no apparent reason. She agrees mostly because she's wanted him since she was a kid and she figures she'll get out of it eventually - An erotic tale that lets the characters develop.

Lora Leigh's Surrender is the story of Tess and Cole. Tess has been avoiding Cole for awhile after he made a hard pass at one of her father's parties. She was interested but put him off. She is somewhat repressed - living with her very controlling and unhappy mother. She goes to visit her father and ends up spending the week with Cole who is more then willing to fulfill her every desire (including a threesome - which seems to be LLeigh's thing).

Both stories were good. JBlack has a better understanding of how to write short stories but LLiegh's story was also good - though her characters didn't develop as much.
The book all together with both stories is still pretty short and in both stories I wished there was more to them - but enjoyable.

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Summary: Lora Leigh's Surrender
Review: Lora Leigh's story Surrender is a stimulation of your erotic senses. This is the first in her Bound Hearts series and is riveting. This is the story of Tess Delacourte and Cole Andrews. Tess is a teacher with hidden desires she does not want to face. Cole works for Tess's estranged Father Jason at Delacourte Electronics. Cole is Jason's hand picked successor and the brother to Jason's second wife Missy. Cole is a dynamic,tough businessman who is used to getting everything he wants and he wants Tess. The relationship between these two is heated and intense. The addition of Cole's best friend Jesse adds a new dimension to the intensity of desires between the pair. This is a spicy hot read full of forbidden desires. Surrender is a great addition to Ms. Leigh's growing list of keepers for the erotic reader.

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Summary: Could have been 5 stars
Review: Okay, these two stories were absolutely erotic and the sex scenes sizzling, BUT....bondage stories can be written without the humiliation aspect. Tittilation without humilating the women would be preferable. I kept thinking that if a guy tried pulling that attitude on me, he would have gotten a knee in the groin, no matter how good the sex was afterward.

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Summary: Another scorcher from Jaid Black!
Review: Ties that Bind is one of the most smoldering erotic anthologies I've read as of late, and Jaid Black's Sins of the Father is the highlight of the book. Candy Morgan is James's nemesis. Her father had promised him a lucrative career and a place in the family, but then he discarded James without a moment's hesitation. Now Candy must surrender to James's dark desires and commands if she wants to keep her side of the business running. But little did she imagine that James had an unexpected agenda...

The erotic scenes in Father are insatiable beyond compare! The novella is full of Black's signature eroticism and mouthwatering descriptions. She is a great new voice in erotic fiction. I haven't been able to put down her books and I look forward to reading more of her stuff. Lora Leigh's Surrender, the other novella in Ties that Bind, is also a scorcher. These quickie reads will burn a hole in your sheets! I shall look into reading more of Ellora's Cave authors in the future. In the meantime, I recommend this book along with Jaid Black's The Possession.