Review: Erotic Romance Set in an Exotic Locale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
“Two Can Play” is an erotic romance novel set in an exotic locale—Venice, Italy, where two people with their own painful pasts manage to connect and blossom into love.When Katrina meets Aaron, he’s just tried to steal her cab in the pouring rain—when she jumps in too, they’re instantly drawn to one another. They are both attractive Americans in Italy and are both millionaires (her through a Russian oil-tycoon father and him through the music business, though they keep this from each other). As they slowly get to know each other, they both realize that the emotional distance they from other people is breaking down—and they can’t keep their hands or their thoughts off of each other.I’ve really enjoyed the other K.M. Liss books I’ve read, and “Two Can Play” is no exception—she has a talent for writing likeable characters who aren’t perfect but who have interesting backstories. The story is told in alternating perspectives, so you get to not only know the two main characters but also see how they view certain shared events in their lives. Katrina is emotionally wounded from a trauma in her past, and Aaron is a cocky womanizer—but he is able to be so tender and supportive of Katrina once he finds out her secret that he became my favorite male lead in Liss’s stories. The dialogue between them is sparkling and electric, and it allows you as a reader to see them connecting on more than a physical level (though physical connection is plentiful in the book as well)—in the end, their emotional compatibility makes them a couple you come to care about. The sex scenes are sensual and hot, and I also enjoyed the themes of family that run through the book—how it shapes us, how we handle it, and how there’s always the potential for change.I would recommend “Two Can Play” to readers who enjoy romance, erotica, and character-driven fiction.