Review: Wow!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Slave to Passion is the second book in Sarah O’Rourke’s Estate series. I really enjoyed the first book so I was very excited to read Slave to Passion. It did not disappoint at all, and if possible, improved on the first one.Madison and Hunter are former advisories and current colleagues. Hunter has been attracted to Madison for quite some time but her marriage and other complications have gotten in the way. Now he’s ready to admit he wants her and nothing, not even Madison herself, is going to get in his way. One night he seduces her and their passion is off the charts. Hunter wants her for more than one night, but Madison is repressed and doesn’t believe that the two of them are a good idea.I really liked Madison. She is a fascinating character because she is a complete contradiction. She is a tough as nails lawyer with a reputation of being a hard ass. But Madison is afraid of her sexuality. Madison’s ex-husband had taught her to be disgusted by her passion and yearning. Hunter needed to retrain her mind to, not only accept her body’s natural desires, but also to embrace them.Hunter is a hot steamy, intelligent, handsome lawyer who is used to winning and this time the prize is Madison. He is able to convince her to spend a weekend with him at The Estate where anything your sexual imagination can dream up is possible.Madison and Hunter are not your traditional romance novel heroine and hero and I like that fact. Madison is 35, divorced with two kids and is a recovering alcoholic. Hunter is 46 and had been married and divorced three times. But it was these very qualities that made them so believable for me. I liked their real world issues because it made them relatable.Ms. O’Rourke also knows how to write steamy sex scenes that leave me wanting more. The scene is the office when Madison and Hunter get together for the first time is one of the hottest scenes I have ever read. The Estate sounds so fascinating that I want to know how I can get my own membership.But what impressed me most about Ms. O’Rourke’s writing was that in the midst of some of the hottest sex in a book, Slave to Passion was surprisingly sweet. I melted a little watching Hunter chip away at Madison’s walls. When he reassured her instead of getting angry at her continued protests, I thought “Aww, I want a man like this.”With two great books to the Estate series, I can’t wait to see what Ms. O’Rourke comes up with next.  And again, if she could hook me up with that Estate membership . . .