Review: Spicy but Shallow
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2014
Ian, Earl of Westbrook, has been convinced to take a spy job with the government where he's been asked to go to a house party for a rather impoverished but noble family on the coast suspected of smuggling, harboring smugglers, or something like that. His entrée was supposed to be courting the beautiful daughter who has many suitors.He finds himself strangely drawn, however, to the oldest daughter, Faith Pelly, after he catches her reading an illustrated sex book in the library. Faith has been experimenting on herself, despite being a Regency "maiden", and has a great interest in everything in the book. Thus Ian undertakes to teach her all about the position and acts in the book while seeing if he can convince her to share the details about whatever smuggling is going on on her family's property. Though he was averse to trying to seduce the younger daughter for fear of marriage, he doesn't seem too averse to seducing Faith.I guess I shouldn't go into a book whose primary purpose seems to be erotic hijinks expecting historical accuracy, character development and intricate plotting. Don't get me wrong, the book was entertaining, but it felt like a spoof. I like spoofs quite a bit, but if I didn't, I might have liked this book less.Recommended for readers of historical erotic romance who don't take their books, or their settings or historical accuracy, too seriously!