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Very enjoyable book. Some parts of it were a little...different but all in all I really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more by the author.
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Determined not to repeat her mother's mistakes, high school dropout and unrepentant heartbreaker Charity Wills jumps at the chance to attend college for free. There's just one little catch...
She must travel to the estate of reclusive physicist B.G. Grantham, who likes to play sex games as exotic as the particles he studies-and is obsessed with the thrill of being refused the one thing he craves. But Charity is more than up to the challenge-especially when Eric Berne, her sexy "keeper," lends a hand.
Behind the locked doors of Grantham's isolated mansion, the games begin. So does the education of Charity Wills-who's about to discover that the possibilities for sensual indulgence are beyond anything her wildest dreams ever allowed...
She must travel to the estate of reclusive physicist B.G. Grantham, who likes to play sex games as exotic as the particles he studies-and is obsessed with the thrill of being refused the one thing he craves. But Charity is more than up to the challenge-especially when Eric Berne, her sexy "keeper," lends a hand.
Behind the locked doors of Grantham's isolated mansion, the games begin. So does the education of Charity Wills-who's about to discover that the possibilities for sensual indulgence are beyond anything her wildest dreams ever allowed...
320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 5,2004
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320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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November 1, 2005 by Berkley
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9780425205037
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0425205037
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English
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I'm a USA Today bestselling author who LOVES the hot stuff, both to read and to write. My favorite obsessions are all things coffee, almost everything on HGTV, and dreaming up new stories.
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Very enjoyable book. Some parts of it were a little...different but all in all I really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more by the author.
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An erotic tale of a woman who will get whatever she wants if she lives in a house where sexual experiments are conducted. There is hardly any privacy, and she must do what they ask or leave. She ends up in love with two guys, who also love each other, but other science experiments are happening, adding a scientific coat to this already bizarre story.
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Recced by the Smart Bitches.
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Emma Holly's trademark erotica!
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Way too steamy for most, and I didn't really like any of the characters. And the story was a little weird.
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This is a weird book. The premise is peculiar but I can go along with it: a reclusive genius physicist, BG Grantham, and his best friend and lover, Eric, put together a game whereby they carefully screen a couple of candidates, choose one, proposition them and invite them to BG's mansion for a month of sexual games, after which the candidate will be fully funded to go to university. Eric chooses lovely Charity, who turns their games on their head and falls for both men, while learning about physics and electrons and time loops.
Let's be honest, the premise is bizarre and not entirely successful. I wouldn't care, except that the physics stuff really dampens it and the side-plot of mystery, ghosts and espionage is confusing and distracting. Shame there isn't much to be distracted from. I've read a couple of Emma Holly's books and they were really good, with great chemistry and steamy sex scenes and simple but believable plots. I didn't find the sex scenes particularly enthralling or even very passionate, so there wasn't anything for the book to hang on.
There's nothing wrong with Holly's writing or character construction, it's the content that's the failure. A dismal, disappointing, boring read. But the men were interesting and hot ;)
Let's be honest, the premise is bizarre and not entirely successful. I wouldn't care, except that the physics stuff really dampens it and the side-plot of mystery, ghosts and espionage is confusing and distracting. Shame there isn't much to be distracted from. I've read a couple of Emma Holly's books and they were really good, with great chemistry and steamy sex scenes and simple but believable plots. I didn't find the sex scenes particularly enthralling or even very passionate, so there wasn't anything for the book to hang on.
There's nothing wrong with Holly's writing or character construction, it's the content that's the failure. A dismal, disappointing, boring read. But the men were interesting and hot ;)
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This book was a lot of fun! I thought the characters were likable and the premise was interesting. The sex was hot and varied and there was lots of it!
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[Addendum to my review two years after first written: for those to whom I've been saying there is much better out there than the Fifty Shades books, I really should be giving them this title as an alternative.]
Emma Holly has made a wonderful achievement in this book. She has written an erotic romance so good that I will read it again and again, without the use of any suspense or paranormal elements. This talent of hers deserves recognition, I enjoyed this book as much as any I've read by Jayne Ann Krentz or Nora Roberts.
A side benefit is that one of her characters did a better job of explaining quantum physics theory to me than any college professor or tome I've ever encountered before.
If one is a romance fan who is uncomfortable with erotic romance, this is the one to try to change your mind, if one can keep an open mind about the nature of happily-ever-after.
Emma Holly has made a wonderful achievement in this book. She has written an erotic romance so good that I will read it again and again, without the use of any suspense or paranormal elements. This talent of hers deserves recognition, I enjoyed this book as much as any I've read by Jayne Ann Krentz or Nora Roberts.
A side benefit is that one of her characters did a better job of explaining quantum physics theory to me than any college professor or tome I've ever encountered before.
If one is a romance fan who is uncomfortable with erotic romance, this is the one to try to change your mind, if one can keep an open mind about the nature of happily-ever-after.
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