Review: Fabulously Sexy mini-novella
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2012
4.5 stars (rounded to 5 stars)This incredibly short story is fabulously sexy. Loved it!Corryn is an administrative assistant for a high-rolling executive. She's also a 'slam poet'. When she is asked to perform a poem at her boss' party she loses her rhythm when she makes eye contact with Luke. Sparks fly, but she does not want to risk a fling with her boss' best friend. The tension mounts for six months as she encounters Luke on a near daily basis. Corryn hasn't been able to write poetry since the night of the party. She is filled with longing and frustration. She needs to make a choice.Well, it's obvious what her choice is. This could have been a raunchy erotic short story, but Anne Calhoun makes it something more. The sexual tension is taut, Corryn's discipline and denial feels genuine, and Luke's actions throughout the story are tiny clues. While the story is wrought with sexual tension Corryn's longing goes beyond sexual attraction. I felt this was fairly classy for an erotic novel. The ending was nice, but I wanted more. (I wish the ebook had been cheaper. Very very short story.) This story ended too soon!Memorable Scene"In bed with a woman, so often a man acts as though he's on a guded tour in a strange city with twenty minutes to see the sights and a list of highlights. . . . Luke explored me as if each individual patch of skin held the possibilty of some delightful surprise or unique memory. I lay back and became a tourist in my body, with his mouth and fingers as my guide."