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Christie Kelley has published a couple of books since this one first came out.
A WOMAN YEARNING FOR A TASTE OF THE FORBIDDEN…
Buffalo Soldiers rip At twenty-six, aspiring novelist Avis Copley intends to wear spinsterhood as a badge of honor. But when she discovers a volume of erotica that ignites a searing fire within her, Avis realizes just how much she doesn’t know about the actual pleasures of the flesh. Determined to learn more, she devises a daring plan…
A MAN READY TO TEACH HER MUCH, MUCH MORE…
Avis chooses Emory Billingsworth, a fellow novelist-not to mention a beautiful specimen of manhood-to instruct her in carnal pleasure. But when the brash earl of Selby, Banning Talbot, a man she has known for years, unearths Avis’ true intentions, he claims she’s made a dangerously bad choice. Volunteering his services for one wicked night of reckless, abandoned passion, Banning promises he will satisfy all of her deepest longings. Yet Banning cannot begin to imagine the effect his willful, voluptuous, and very eager student will have on him-or how far an innocent lesson in desire can go...
I found the idea of an innocent Victorian lady finding a book of erotica to be intriguing. The book is a basic formulistic Regency romance. This is not a bad thing and is not meant to be a criticism. There are rules in the world of romance. The author must have a heroine who is just interesting enough to make the reader care about what happens to her. However, the author can't make her to much of a Mary-Sue. She needs to have some flaws. Something in her background that is doled out a little at a time. This again helps keep the reader intrigued. The same sort of rules apply to the hero. He has to be just distant enough to make him intriguing with a slight hint of something in his background to make him possibly dangerous. However once again he must have a flaw or some secret in his past that the heroine helps him overcome. The villain has to be written so that he has no redeeming qualities.
For the most part Ms Kelley followed these rules. The only issue that I truly had with Avis was how contrived her shooting skills seemed to be. There was a little bit of information about her knowledge of fire arms that seemed to come out of nowhere and was never utilized or explained better. I found Talbot's character to be well written and intriguing. Emory's character was interesting.
While the book may not qualify as the best book I have ever read it is definitely far from the worst. I enjoyed reading it The sexual scenes are not so graphic or frequent as to make the book unreadable for those that would rather skim over those parts.
I look forward to reading more of Ms Kelley's books particularly Every Time We Kiss in which we get a chance to know more about Lady Jennette Selby who was introduced in Every Night I'm Yours.
Every Night I'm Yours is a 348 page paperback. Overall it took me about three hours to read.
Ms. Kelley's website is Christiekelley.com
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