Review: Rated a Great Read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2012
Memorable Scenes:- the stay in the shelter during the 'kidnapping' > awesome and subtle little hint of BDSM- Conrad's proposal and what followed > beautiful and hot!This novella didn't have a lot of secondary characters and I didn't mind that at all as the focus remained on Freddie and Conrad, their chemistry and the development of their romance, which is something I like in historical and contemporary romance.This being said, I was very happy to hear from the author that there is a story for Nash, Freddie's older brother and there are stories coming for Walter (Freddie's twin brother) and Thomas (Conrad's younger brother) because these brothers intrigued me to no end, even if they weren't in the limelight that much.The hero and heroine of THE LESSON PLAN are as much opposites as anyone could imagine. Winifred "Freddie" Langston is an impulsive and willful wild child and Conrad Pearce is composed, sensible and reserved. Freddie and Conrad are the quintessential opposites that attract and Jackie Barbosa spun a lovely tale around them. The sex scenes are exquisitely done. The sexual tension is built up slowly and gradually to the brink of snapping and when it does, the heat flares.I was hesitant to start reading THE LESSON PLAN as I'd just finished a sublime historical romance and wanted to avoid the inevitable comparisons if I immediately read another historical. So I read some contemporary romances to cleanse the palate and then started THE LESSON PLAN. I shouldn't have worried because if I go by this book alone Jackie Barbosa writes great historical romances and I've been missing out by not having read them sooner. Her writing has this something to it I cannot pinpoint but I know I love.THE LESSON PLAN is an excellent historical erotic romance infused with subtle humor and delivered through crisp writing with characters that you can't but love.Rating:8.1 out of 10 - GREAT READ!!