Review: Satisfying erotic novella
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2013
`His Absolute Obsession' by Cerys du Lys is the first novella in `The Billionaire's Paradigm' series; erotica with a storyline.  This series is a stand-alone sequel to `The Billionaire's Ultimatum' series, for those who may be familiar with du Lys' works.This was my first taste of du Lys' fiction.  What I particularly liked was that she made the effort to build a storyline so that the book wasn't just a compilation of successive sex-scenes, like so many novels within the erotica genre are.  In fact, there was far less erotica involved than I'd first expected, not that I was disappointed, as the story drew me in and I enjoyed it regardless.The story centres around Elise, a student and part-time librarian, and Lucente Storme, a young and charismatic Director of Public Relations for a prominent, well-known corporation.  The two find themselves stranded in close quarters when a snow storm closes them both in the library where Elise works.  Having never met Storme before, but having formulated her own not-so-favourable opinions on him, based on his public persona (which include rumours of his not-so-vanilla sex life) Elise finds herself at odds beside this undeniably attractive, wealthy and smart man...a lethal combination and one she finds oh-so-tempting, against her better judgement.I didn't find this particular novella overly BDSM-focused, though I don't know what the author's other stories are like.  I am, however, keen to read on and find out, particularly having sampled a few of her other novellas, which were included as additional extras in this volume.  Yes, the author generously includes three samples to give you a taste of her style: `His Absolute Attraction' which continues the story of Elise and Lucent Storme (the second novelette in this Billionaire's Paradigm series), `His Absolute Conditions' (the first of its predecessor series, the Billionaire's Ultimatum), and `Sex Kitten' (an urban fantasy/paranormal erotica novelette).  All in all, value for money, at only 99 cents for this kindle edition.The author asserts that she releases her compositions as `novellas' for those readers who simply can't wait for the full-length novel - and yes, she will be releasing the series of novellas (possibly between six and nine) as a full-length e-book or novel upon completion, if you prefer to wait to purchase and read the lot in one go.  So the choice is yours, and I appreciate that the author has given us this option.  To say I was perfectly happy to proffer such a small contribution for something that, though short, kept me happily entertained for a few hours of my afternoon, would be an understatement.A satisfying read.