Velvet Glove

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Summary: velvet glove
Review: SUPER HOT EROTIC BOOK FOR ADULTS !! HAVE YOUR PARTNER READY !!

Rating:
Summary: velvet glove
Review: SUPER HOT EROTIC BOOK FOR ADULTS !! HAVE YOUR PARTNER READY !!

Rating:
Summary: Like a One-Night Stand
Review: This book left me feeling like I'd just had a one-night stand. It was mildly enjoyable, if you're ok with casual sex a la the 70's, but afterward it just felt dirty.

Had there been no pretense at romance, I might have liked the book better. However, I had a hard time believing that there were any real feelings going on between Audrey and Patrick, and couldn't for the life of me figure out what Patrick would see in Audrey. Basically, the heroine is an empty-headed nymphomaniac and the hero is cold and aloof. I think some statements about Audrey being warm and intelligent or something like that are made somewhere, but every action she took throughout the book showed nothing but stupidity and weakness.

I mean, she takes off with some old guy she barely knows and lets him chain her up and torture her while totally abandoning her apartment, job and friends without a word to anyone. Real smart. Then when she escapes him - literally - she can't wait to jump back into another slave role with another man she barely knows. At least this one is a little better looking. Audrey comes off as nothing more than an witless sex slave. Patrick seemed cold and distant, and I never felt as though I knew him well enough to care about him. It was also hard to respect him after he supposedly fell in love with helpless, naive, incredibly easy twenty-something Audrey.

As in many of Emma's books, the heroine is unable to be in a room with another human for more than five minutes without seducing him or her. This gets old, and a little gross. She really has no standards at all.

I think the most appealing scenes were between Patrick and a transexual man, but they would have been better if Audrey hadn't been present.

So while there were some steamy moments, in the end I couldn't get past Audrey's weak personality and undiscriminating nymphomania. I much prefer Ms. Holly's historical romances, where the characters are better developed and the romantic aspect more believable.

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Summary: Rich, lush, and loaded with fantasy!
Review: This was the first Black Lace series book I picked up-- and I was hooked. Audrey's journey from her first cruel master to Tommy's welcoming-but-frustrated arms, to the upscale lair of Patrick (complete with live-in friend & female impersonator) makes for an interesting tale. The complicated relationship that springs up between Audrey and Patrick is completely plausible, and the story unfolds as both romantic AND erotic. Lots of D/s, S/M-- and a wide variety of partnerings-- straight, bi, and otherwise! Looking forward to reading more from this author. Thanks for the Washington, DC setting, Emma-- we loved it being here! Kudos from the DC Scene!

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Summary: Rich, lush, and loaded with fantasy!
Review: This was the first Black Lace series book I picked up-- and I was hooked. Audrey's journey from her first cruel master to Tommy's welcoming-but-frustrated arms, to the upscale lair of Patrick (complete with live-in friend & female impersonator) makes for an interesting tale. The complicated relationship that springs up between Audrey and Patrick is completely plausible, and the story unfolds as both romantic AND erotic. Lots of D/s, S/M-- and a wide variety of partnerings-- straight, bi, and otherwise! Looking forward to reading more from this author. Thanks for the Washington, DC setting, Emma-- we loved it being here! Kudos from the DC Scene!

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Summary: Great Read
Review: Very erotic AND romantic. Well-drawn characters. A decent plot to move the story along. Extremely sexy. Enough BDSM to be exciting, but not so much or so violent, that the average reader is turned off. This is one book, I'll enjoy reading again and again. If you buy only one of the Black Lace Series, and you enjoy a little spanking and bondage, this is the one to get.