Review: Loved it
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2012
Readers who enjoyedUnexpected Consequencesby Cara Bristol will not want to miss this smoking hot and highly emotional sequel, False Pretenses.  The heroine in this novel, Emma Dupree, made a brief appearance towards the end of UC as the single woman at the Rod and Cane Auxiliary Wives meeting.  She's a smart, independent woman determined to expose the well-kept secrets of the organization and boost her career at the same time, but all doesn't go as planned.  Her sleazy ex-boyfriend keeps showing up at the worst times, violating her privacy and causing other mischief.  She's become good friends with Melania, the heroine readers will remember from UC, as well as other wives in the auxiliary.  To top it off, her new boyfriend, Dan, has a couple secrets of his own.  Her reservations about sending the damning article to her editor grow, and so does Emma.  I love the personal transformation her character undergoes as her relationship with Dan becomes more serious and she questions her previously held strong beliefs concerning the Rod and Cane Society.The spanking scenes in this book differ a little from those in UC as Dan was originally attracted to the Rod and Cane Society because he has a major spanking fetish and is tired of rejection in the vanilla world.  Although he's not opposed to domestic discipline, and in fact believes Emma could benefit from it.  The sex and spanking scenes between Dan and Emma as their relationship develops are off-the-charts HOT.  Despite their flaws and the false pretenses both characters were operating under, I loved both Dan and Emma and was cheering for their happy ending.If you're looking for a well-written erotic romance novel with spanking and domestic discipline themes portrayed in a realistic way, I highly recommend False Pretenses as well as its predecessor,Unexpected Consequences.  It's also not necessary to read the books in order since enough backstory is provided in the second book.  Both are great stories, but if I had to choose a favorite between the two, I'd go with False Pretenses.  There was an intense emotional edge to this novel, no doubt due to the secrets Emma and Dan were hiding, that held my interest to the very last page.  I look forward to the next installment in the Rod and Cane series!