Darker than Love

Rating:
Summary: Certainly is a great story .....
Review: however I couldn't give it the full five stars since I felt it was somewhat lacking on the eroticism scale since I think the author tried to hard to push the envelope ...

The story evolves with a stock beautifull virgin, Clarissa, who has been betrothed to the dark and sinister (whatelse) Lord Maldon. Clarissa's recently married father takes off on his honeymoon with his young new wife, Alice, leaving poor, and let me tell you, frustrated but smouldering virgin, Clarissa behind, waiting to meet her, arranged marriage, husband ....

The worldly Lord Maldon, who, by the way, owns several houses of ill-repute arrives in London early to do a tatse test of his upcoming nuptials .... the fact that Clarissa has fallen in love with a young Italian artist forces Maldon to kidnapp our happless virgin and put her through the paces ....

Those readers that enjoy 'willing rapist' and some mild B&D will certainly rate the book at the 5 star maximum....

Rating:
Summary: Lush, graphic sex in Victorian England ignites the reader.
Review: This historical romance-type setting for erotica, provides many lush and graphic sexual scenes. The woman-dominated-by-man theme may initially be uncomfortable to modern, sexually liberated women but the intense sensuality of the encounters soon surpasses one's reservations. It offers a total diversion from real life with the plot resolving in a satisfying, sensual manner that is ultimately respectful of Clarissa, the woman controlled by her lusty appetite.