Review: Stacie's Reawakening - Desires by Holly J Gill and Nikki Blaise
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2013
-- An eternity passed in a second.  Dan's eyes altered, seeming to grow black as he gazed at her.  "I want to make love to you tonight, Stacie.  Make love, not have sex.  I want to feel you skin against mine, all over."The emphasis he placed on those final two words was unmistakeable.--from Desires by Holly J Gill and Nikki BlaiseDesires follows the reawakening of Stacie to the joy and pleasure of sex and by association the rebuilding of her self-confidence after a violent marriage. Dan is there to help her through it all.  Stacie signs a contract that states that there should never be any emotional attachment with your tutor.But love doesn't give a hoot about a contract does it?I couldn't put the book down. I started reading at around 8:00pm and finished at 3:47am.  I loved the wit, I loved the angst, I most definitely loved Stacie's internal conflict.  It is this internal conflict that made me want to give Stacie a hug and tell her that everything would be okay. The happiness she felt when she realized that things would be alright was palpable that I was cheering for her  (except that I couldn't do a rah rah dance at 3:47 in the morning now, could I?)Although it's Stacie's POV all the way through, Dan's small gestures and the way he'd go out of his way to be the best tutor Stacie had, the way he looked forlorn when she left, made you see that Dan too was falling for Stacie.Desires is a sexy, funny, sweet, amazing book which many will find enjoyable.  I for one will think of a different thing now when I hear the phrase "willy nilly".Neither will I look at a geeky IT support person in the same way again.  Who knows what treasures lie beneath.......