Posts Tagged ‘Stephanie Bond’
Under the Mistletoe by Linda Howard and Stephanie Bond is a fun read. Especially at this time year. I was a wee bit concerned that Linda’s portion is half the size of Stephanie’s, but each story was an excellent read.
Bluebird Winter by Linda Howard, features Kathleen, about to give birth in the middle of a raging Christmas blizzard. Trying to save her baby, she tries driving to the nearest clinic and bam, finds herself in a snow drift. The hero, in the form of Doctor Derek saves both her and the baby, marries them and have a lovely HEA. Sounds short and sweet, but really, there’s a lot of story going on there for just the 120+ pages it’s written on!
Naughty or Nice by Stephanie Bond was a giggling good time read as well. Hotel manager Cindy has one disaster after another, just as the hotel inspector shows up. Unfortunately she thinks he’s an adult toy salesman. =) It’s lots of good fun, in a Christmas setting.
You’ll enjoy this one, it’s lots of fun reading, I read it all in one evening with a bowl of popcorn and Christmas tunes wailing in the background.
carrie
4 out of 5 tails
I love Stephanie Bond. I’ve read most of her books and enjoy her sense of humor. Until I got to this one. It stopped me cold.
The premise is a group of ladies who start a book club with a little added spice. The librarian, Gabrielle Pope, is nearing 40 and challenges the other women of the group to take their favorite erotic book and make it real. Find themselves a man to practice it on, so they don’t end up like her. She’s not even 40 for pete’s sakes! Sorry, for me the premise just doesn’t make sense. As a matter of fact, I moaned and groaned throughout the book, not in suppressed lust, but in agony. Several times I even tossed it off to one side, then started reading again, owing it to myself to wring my full $4.99 out of the book.
Granted, it’s four short stories all crammed into 209 pages. That makes it tough for anyone, even Stephanie Bond to write a good story. And the one, I didn’t mind so much. Cassie, an architect, tries to win back her ex-boyfriend, using Lady Chatterly’s Lover as an example. After that, it goes downhill.
Shy retiring Page seduces her boss, with a dominatrix overtone. Yes, including a black leather bustier. Party girl Wendy seduces her best friend via Fanny Hill and icy Jacqueline goes for The Slave.
Maybe I’m a prude, and that’s why I didn’t like the book, or maybe not. There’s some terrifying writing reminding me of the 70’s romances I used to read (yes, I am that old) but the plots themselves are just truly unbelievable.
Buy it if you’re a fan of any of the above mentioned books, otherwise save your $4.99 for something more exciting like a bag of Hershey chocolates.
carrie