Review: A short sensual erotic novella that will leave you wanting more!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2011
I am not one to read short stories. I have never liked them and they have never done anything for me. They feel rushed and it's just not possible, I think, to connect with the characters. I am also not much of a fan of BDSM. I mean, I like it, if it's done right, not too hardcore that is.Well, I am sooooo eating my words now! This is one hot, beautiful, romantic short story, with a side of light BDSM. Oh, how I loved this novella! This is my first read by this author and it won't be my last. Anne Calhoun was able to write an erotic romance with a story line that can hold it's own. I think it's very hard for an erotic writer to have romance in their stories and it not just be about sex. I am definitely a fan of Anne's now and I will be getting more of her books, very soon.Natalie is fighting to save her marriage with Shane. She has gone as far as to enroll them in marriage consoling where Shane shows up late and nothing is accomplished. They leave, Shane goes back to work and finds out that he has made partner at his job. This is fantastic news since that wasn't suppose to happen until next year. Natalie meets up with a friend, Chris, at a bar in Manhattan where she wants advice because she is in the process of laying people off. Shane, deciding that he wants to share the news with his wife, leaves and spots her across the street with Chris at the bar. Shane walks in and starts assuming Natalie is having an affair with Chris. Shane and Natalie go home and the fighting leads to smoking hot beautiful love making.There was only one thing that bothered me with the novella. There is no way anyone can spot someone across the street at a bar in Manhattan, like Shane did with Natalie. I live very close to Manhattan and have been to the city many times. There are just too many people for that to happen. But, I let it slide. Every author is allowed one mistake :)