The Ravishing of Lesley

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Summary: You Shouldn't Miss This One
Review: As a rule I find books that mimic "The Story of O" (beautiful young girl is "tamed" through a curriculum of rape, bondage, whipping etc. into a state of submission to her "Master") to be so predictable as to be sleep-inducing as opposed to erotic. "The Ravishing of Lesley," however, is a brilliant exception to that rule. If you're going to read one book of this genre, "Lesley" is that book.

The difference, of course, lies in the skill of the author who, in this book, gives us a believable heroine who reacts in totally believable fashion to the assualts upon her body and mind. Even the villains are well-conceived and their actions are "reasonable" given the premises of the situation.

Do yourself a favor and try this one!

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Summary: beware of this one
Review: First of all - the one star is because the website does not have a zero star option. This was a story so unerotic and so completely off-putting, I do not know why it was even published by Blue Moon. These erotica publishers buy entire catalogs of old "erotic" books from the 50s and 60s and republish them, and although the average is good, and some are very good, there are also some which are really bad. This one is really bad. There is no sex in it. There is a lot of hinted violence and non-consesual activity along with pop psy exploration of the heroine's thoughts and feelings. Very unappetising. This is not what I look for in erotica. If I wanted moralising I could get it at the church for free - I do not want to pay 8 bucks plus shipping and handling for what is essentially a bad sermon.

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Summary: Ravishing erotica!
Review: I have read various erotica novels that have left me satisfied -- so to speak. The Ravishing of Lesley is both erotic and profound. After she abandons her husband and children, Lesley makes a journey to a beautiful villa in England, where she sets out to vent her deepest sexual desires with gusto. The sexual descriptions in this book are quite explicit -- the most important element of a good erotica. Also, there's a great deal of profound meaning in this novel. Are you a big fan of erotica? Then I suggest you read The Ravishing of Lesley.

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Summary: It's more than a ravishing it's enslavement of Lesley
Review: There are three main parts to this story, the first takes place somewhere in Northern Europe, probably France, the second at Florville somewhere on the Mediterranean coast, and finally, at a villa in some old Iron Block country such as Hungary.

In the first part Lesley is the houseguest of Kurt, an obviously wealthy man of leisure, along with Hassan, Kurts friend, Connie, the recently obligatory Oriental in all erotic books and movies, Maggie the young English slut, both of course being the hired help, and finally they are joined by Judith the young sixteen year old student that for one reason or another joins the happy household. At this point lesley is just very very content being allowed to explore her sexuality with total abandon after having left her probably British husband and two little children to explore and expand her sensual side.

The second part of the book deals with Leslie and the rest of the happy group on the train trip to Florville and finally to the villa itself. It is here that Lesley discovers that the women are just captives of their own wants and desires and that although they are now being treated as posessions, their desire for both male and female passions keeps them de facto prisoners of Kurt, Hassan et al.

Finally, Claire who runs what is no more and no less than a white sex slave ring in 'Hungary?' appears on the scene and eventually takes posession of all the women brought to Florville by Kurt. Calire embarks and the final lessons of submission and trains them for ultimate sale to wealthy men of means.

Lesley of course finds little time to think of escape, though she does to some extent complain, and ultimately finds herself a slave to her own body and her body's unquenchable desire. The author takes the reader gently down that slippery slope as we watch and vicariously enjoy Lesleys' total surrender and ultimate ravishing and abandonment.

The editorial review does little justice to this incredibly erotic Blue Moon book that certainly would entice any readers who harbour those delicious rape and submission fantasies.

Definitely a MUST HAVE for your erotic library ....