Wendy the Super Librarian‘s review of Erotique: Jillian (Erotique #2) by Susan Lyons
Erotic romance short story ebook released by Spice Briefs 1 Feb 10
I was pleasantly surprised by the first story in Susan Lyons’ new erotic short story trilogy for Spice Briefs, so I happily settled in to read book two on my lunch break. While it wasn’t without charm, sadly it didn’t work nearly as well for me. Mostly because I found myself unwilling to suspend my disbelief in regards to the heroine’s work place relationships.
Jillian just helped land a big account at work, and she’s ready to unwind. She’s thinking bubble bath, a naughty novel and a glass a wine. However her boss, Carrie (the heroine from book one Erotique: Carrie) has another suggestion. She gives Jillian a guest pass to the exclusive private sex club she belongs to. Since the club caters to all sorts of fantasies, Jillian figures why not? Little does she know that her boss has also given a guest pass to their sexy colleague Sandro Rodriguez. Both Jillian and Sandro are very hot for each other, but she’s been putting on the breaks because of a past disastrous relationship with a former colleague. Nope, our girl has learned her lesson. No more mixing business with pleasure. Sigh, but now here she is with hunky Sandro in a sex club. Whatever shall she do?
When reading erotic stories, I’m usually pretty good at shutting reality out and going with the fantasy. However, I just couldn’t do it this time. Carrie is Jillian’s boss, and unlike a lot of boss/employee relationships in Romance Novel Land, these two aren’t best buddies. It’s strictly a working relationship, and yet Carrie just blithely hands over a guest pass to a sex club? Hello?!
Then there’s the fact that Jillian is gun-shy about getting naked with Sandro because of a past relationship with a former coworker. Yeah, her ex? Spread it around the office that Jillian was a “sex maniac” because she liked to have a lot of sex. Ohhhhhkay then. It’s entirely possible that the men I know in real life are a pack of drooling deviants, but this one strained. And frankly if he was gossiping about her sexual preferences at work, why exactly did she not sue his ass for sexual harassment?
The erotic elements of this story are nice, steamy and vanilla – sure to please readers who don’t want to wade through a river of kink to get their kicks. I also suspect it will work a lot better for those readers who can more successfully shut out reality than I apparently can.
Grade: C
Summary:
Jillian had been careful not to combine her personal and professional lives…even if that meant turning down a date with her sexy colleague Sandro Rodriguez. Still, she was in the mood for some fun and couldn’t resist a guest-pass to the private sex club Erotique from her boss, Carrie. Jillian hoped to relieve her cravings with a hot guy who understood how to tease and arouse her—but she never expected that man to be Sandro! And he was determined to show her just how fun mixing business with pleasure could be….
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