Review: A pleasurable way to spend a couple of hours
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2011
At first, I was a little turned off - not because of the subject matter but because I felt like some of Zoe's (the sister) actions were totally illogical.  With the Jaguar she drives and the swanky house and additional office across town and expensive vacations, Zoe was making a mint as a Dominatrix but she sends her wallflower sister off to handle one of her clients without giving any instructions or techniques to help Chloe do the job and fool the client.  I can't imagine a highly successful professional in any industry having a novice fill in for them without giving instructions.  Of course, all of this is explained as you get into the book so I was glad I kept reading.  The other thing that sort of got my goat was her total lack of action, nary a peep to protest it, when he turned the tables on her and took over their interlude.The story took less than two hours to read.  The writing was good - it didn't make my brain hurt to try to read it.  I noticed that the author seems to have an affinity for the verb "relent" (I'm a geek and counted.. she uses relent, relentless, and relentlessly 8 time in this little story), but that was just a little quirk I noticed as I read.  The sex was definitely not the steamiest thing I've ever read and it most definitely didn't make me squirm about like some things I've read, but it was more the sweet kind.  These were basically two people who were both looking for the same thing and happened to find it in each other.  I don't want to spoil the ending for anyone, but I was happy with the way it ended.  I think the story would have been ruined for me had they'd professed undying love.I liked the little bit of character development in the book.  With short stories like this, especially of the "naughty" sort, many authors tend to forgo character development in an effort to just get their point across.  You get a glimpse of who these people might be... you get to see some of their passion and some of their vulnerability.For anyone who might be turned off by the possible inclusion of domination/submission themes in this story (or those who might be expecting that there are when they purchase the book), there are no D/s scenes nor are toys (i.e. ball gags, whips/crops, etc.) used, with the exception of an Andrew's cross, which is minimally used.In the end, it's probably about 3.5 to 3.75 stars.