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Title: Delighted by Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson, Nikki Donovan, Liz Madison ISBN: 1-57566-823-8 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Disappointed rather than delighted
Comment: While previous erotic romance anthology like Captivated and Fascinated blends seamlessly sizzling passion and poignant heartfelt characters, Delighted seems contented only to bombard the readers with sex and... more sex. You begin to wonder why Robin Schone - a frequent excellent contributor was excluded and brought in new entries from Nikki Donovan and Liz Madison.
This is not to say the budding talents are not good. Liz Madison threw in an impressive debut with a medievial romance in England 1250 which tells of Victoria Woodville, a female warrior grappling with the daunting task of protecting her homeland from a despot who craves on territorial expansion. She falls in love with an ally - Stephen de Burgh of Normadic origin and learns to trust him in battling the enemy together. Her style reminiscent of Virgina Henley pleases but lacks the spark of originality and erotic abundance. Nikki Donovan pens "Enchanted" - a surreal tale about the intimidating Beast of Lord kidnapping the lady Esmay to remove his curse through carnal relations. The entry suffers from an overload of sex with a contrived romance between undeveloped characters to whack its flaccid premise.
Veterans Bertrice Small and Susan Johnson scores better, both playing the elements of erotica and romance to a perfect pitch. Particularly Johnson in "Out of the Storm" who proves herself a maverick in creating sensual dialogues and a sizzling couple. She notches up the erotic atmosphere with an unconventional relationship between Lady Darlington and her stepbrother Prince Radovsky through a fateful meeting in the storm. Bertrice Small stretches the boundary with a love story between a courtesan and an enamored customer. It is erotically charged and her female protagonists is particularly strong and cunning though some may be put off by some debauched scenes of threesomes.
The romance element is sadly missing in this erotic anthology which strays towards giving readers a hot sex read. They may be delighted but without a stronghold of memorable romance, it falls below the expectations. Disappointed is the word.
Rating: 4
Summary: Buy for two of the stories
Comment: I found two of the stories worth the price of the book. Nikki Donovan's and Betrice Small's stories were interesting and well executed. Like other reviewers, I found the Nikki Donovan's Enchanted tale (Beauty and the Beast) to be delightful and highly erotic. Betrice Small's story on true love not caring about the circumstance of someone's life was enjoyable (and erotic). Unfortunately, I found the editing mistakes in Liz Madison's story to be disruptive to the story. I didn't think women were named Victoria in 1250 AD nor had chocolate been discovered by the English at that time. These editing mistakes seriously distracted from the storyline. Susan Johnson's character arguments over who is in charge detracted from the sex. They don't like each other so why is good sex worth it?
Rating: 3
Summary: What's missing?
Comment: ...Oh yeah, ROBIN SCHONE!!!!!! Robin's unique ability to truly combine the erotic and the romantic and to make both work is missing in this book of shallow tales. I have to say these stories were erotic, but the lacked the tenderness, the depth of character, and teh deep, challanging, intruiging erotica that I have come to expect with Robin's stories. Perhaps I have been spoiled, but without Robin, this book wasn't worth the price of a trade paperback.
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Title: Fascinated by Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson, Thea Devine, Robin Schone ISBN: 1575666065 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Captivated: Ecstasy/ Bound and Determined/ Dark Desires/ A Lady's Pleasure by Bertrice Small, Thea Devine, Robin Schone, Susan Johnson ISBN: 0758202687 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Taken by Surprise by Thea Devine ISBN: 1575668165 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Lady's Tutor by Robin Schone ISBN: 0758203926 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Gabriel's Woman by Robin Schone ISBN: 1575666987 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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