Review: Not a Historical, Certainly No Romance, and Barely Erotic
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2014
First of all, can someone tell me WHY this book is listed in the Historical romance section?  I found it when I did a search for e-books under that category.  It was free, and I like erotic romance novels, so I downloaded it.  Based on the book blurb, I was pretty certain it was not a historical, so that doesn't bother me--I'm actually just curious as to how such a book as this one ended up in that category.Well now to the book.  This was an ok read for me, but only just.  This is the second book I've read by this author...there were actually three or four of her short stories being offered for free on the same day, so I grabbed them all.  In this story, Beth--a player--helps her co-worker, Sandy, to get busy.  Sandy is one of those pathetic creatures, who is shy and insecure.  It doesn't help that she wears clothing that makes her look frumpy.  A casual conversation at work, with her colleague Beth, leads to Sandy being "entertained" by two hunky dudes at the same time.  The backstory and character development are minimal, as is unfortunately the case with most short stories, and the sex is so, so.  Not quite hot, but a little better than lukewarm--IMHO, of course.Again Ms. Padraige uses a layout, whereby the story is presented in subsections, each of which has a subtitle, for example "Living in a Rut" is the first part of the story, where Beth tells us about Sandy, and how the whole threesome idea came to be.  The next section is entitled "Dinner at Betty's" and so on.  In any event, IMO, because of its super short length, this book is an easy read.  I would not recommend it; however, as there are so many other--and, IMO, much better--erotic short stories available.  FYI, this book contains m/f/m sex, there are multiple orgasms with the same female--different males--and there is no condom use (I know from reading other reviews that some people find this a turnoff.)  Happy reading!