Review: Sex Symbol
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2011
Lucy Harper is co-owner of a decorating business in the small town of Peace, Mississippi. Still trying to recover from being dumped by her boyfriend, Lucy surrounds herself with friends. Everything is grinding along until Lucy finds out her ex-boyfriend is thinking about starting a family. Needing an escape, Lucy turns to a bar owned by a great friend. That night begins a sequence of events that turns everything Lucy thought she knew about her friends, town, and life totally inside out. But it does get her closer to the sexy new neighbor she has been lusting after.Eramus Creed is a retired bounty hunter with a lot on his mind. Keeping secrets has always been Eramus' life and after moving to Peace, he sees no reason to stop the practice - that is until he meets Lucy. The instant need he feels toward her begins to draw him into the strange events surrounding her.  Eramus is well aware of what is hiding in plain sight and how to combat it. Nothing is going to get to Lucy, except him.Lucy wonders if she is going insane as everything she knows is being turned on its head. First, her best guy friend ends up in bed with her, then her business partner is scared to death of her ex, and lastly her sexy neighbor is digging huge holes in his yard.  All should be easily explained but the truth in this case is much stranger than fiction.  Even worse, someone has marked Lucy as his mate and expects her to fall into line.  Hmm, guess he didn't bother to learn much about Lucy, her friends, or her new boyfriend. Lucy isn't going to take any of this without out a fight, and she has just the friends to help her.Learning about things that go bump in the night can be both sexy and scary. Lucy learns this first hand in Sex Symbol.  I was with Lucy about getting closer to her new sexy neighbor.  Watching as Lucy learns about not only things that go bump in the night but those who protect against them, was eye-opening to say the least. I loved how Lucy took it all in with grace and humor, well until the marking thing. Eramus grabbed me when he immediately decided that not only was Lucy for him, but he wasn't going to let anyone harm or imprison her. The other characters just added so much to the story that it had me flipping pages as quickly as I could to see who was doing what next. I absolutely loved the final battle, watching Lucy, Eramus, and friends kick ass. Sex Symbol starts fast and doesn't let up with lots of erotic sex, adventure, danger and the discovery of what true love is.joReviewed for Joyfully Reviewed