Review: Her Best Yet!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
Edible is the third and final book in Ella Frank's Exquisite series - a series that has beautifully combined very sensual eroticism and swoonworthy romance.  Ella's done this so well to date and Edible is no exception and, in fact, for me at least, I think it's the best of the series.It's Rachels' turn to find a little happiness with the darkly dominant and very sensual Cole who we first met back in Entice.  At the beginning of Edible, Rachel cuts a really very sad and lonely figure.  She's lost both her parents, her beloved older brother Mason has fallen in love and even her high school crush Josh, Mason's best friend, has settled down and Rachel is working two jobs - making pastries at Exquisite and  running her mother's flower shop.Shelly and Lena have labelled Rachel Super Domme after they spent an evening at the infamous club Whippped but Rachel really is very far removed from that Domme persona she's trying so hard to project.  Rachel had once given herself 100% to a dominant boyfriend who had betrayed that trust with cruelty and abuse and now Rachel is scared to submit to any man again, despite being really rather a bone-deep submisive.Cole spots this the very first time he sees her at Whipped.  He recognises the suppressed submissive within instantly and feels an intense and incredible connection to her and knows he has to claim her, to dominate her but Rachel is going to take some convincing.How much did I fall for Cole in this one?  I loved just about everything about him.  He pursues Rachel relentlessly, seeing right through her facade to the girl beneath and he knows she is what he wants and he is what she needs more than she realises.  With a storyline such as this, there's a fine line between making your hero appear creepy and stalkerish rather than hot, demanding and very alpha and the author needs to walk a fine line but Ella Frank manages it beautifully.  I  was absolutely falling for Cole right from the get go!He's very dominant, bossy and arrogant and really rather single minded but he just exudes an incredible sexy confidence and projects amazing strength and determination in just about everything he does - especially in the bedroom and, when Rachel, finally allows him in, they fit together like two pieces of a puzzle finally slotting together.  It was hot, hot, HOT!  Super-steamy with a gentle D/s theme - no restraints, no punishment, no pain, just control and domination.  Loved it!Rachel was a great heroine - I felt her pain and loneliness at the beginning of the story when everyone around her appears to have found happiness and settled down and she's floundering, scarred emotionally by the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend and scared to let down her defences and just be who she was born to be - a natural submissive.  Thankfully Cole is like a knight in shining armour riding in on his trusty steed and rescuing her just as she was truly beginning to lose herself.  When she finally lets herself go, she's fearless and sexy and a perfect match for Cole who soon realises this as the story gallops along.It's incredibly sexy  Ella Franks' writing is powerfully evocative and every scene came vividly to life in my head as I read this. The electrifying connection between Cole and Rachel was palpable and I loved how they both appeared to heal the other, soothing away all that emotional hurt and allowing the real and relaxed Cole and Rachel to come to the surface and truly seize that happiness that they both so richly deserved.  This kind of story is just perfect for me - exactly right mix of eroticism and beautiful romance to keep me captivated and engrossed from beginning to end.  Ella Frank's scenes really do take my breath away  and I loved Cole's dogged perseverance, their mind-blowing passion and their all-consuming love for one another.  Plus, there's an incredibly heart-warming and charming epilogue.4.5 super steamy and sexy stars