To be treated as chattel, to know that a man had total control over my life and fortune would be difficult to accept. Elizabeth was remarkable as she stood up to both her husband and father, but without the support of another man Ramiel she would have been helpless. That part still rankles. Ms. Schone has treated us to a book which is highly explicit and erotic, but eroticism with a difference. It's intelligent, refined, never harsh or distasteful.
Some parts even have an elegant feel.
She doesn't give us sex for sex's sake, but each interlude builds to a wonderful level of trust and awakening. We're given dialog that's more erogenous than some love scenes I've read. If you've read some well-known authors and have been dissatisfied, then be prepared for romantic erotica the way it should be written. The Lady's Tutor is a DoubleDay Book Club Selection. Its theme and the erotic execution of that theme may shock some people, but many, many more will be delighted, justifiably so.