Extremely naughty, Better than nice
920480
Couldn't put it down... a VERY hot read and I highly recommend it.
613438
The story is very explicit and great in the erotic aspect. But I am too much of a robin hood admirer to deal with the couple change up. For anyone like me who cherishes the story between Robin and Marian might think twice about reading this. If you can get past it the book is well written with steamy scenes.
3966317
I suppose I've learned my lesson: sexy cover (not the one here, but the new one on Amazon) + freebie does not always equal a good book.

The idea of the blurb sounded like it could be interesting, depending on how it was handled in the story. But as I started into the book, I realized quickly that this book was not going to work for me at all.

First, it's not just that she's an orphan, but both parents were murdered. And they weren't just murdered, they were murdered by some serial killer. And she escaped but has had the guy after her ever since. But of course the cops can't find him, and ignore the warning signs that he is indeed out there somewhere and stalking her . . . as soon as this was thrown in to the story (chapter two, I think), I rolled my eyes and started skipping.

And the sex phone operator --- oh, it did not turn out as fun as it could have been. Especially when Ash calls in and they (later) start to have phone sex. Really, do people get off with a conversation like this:

"I stimulate your clit, and soon you come." [Note, that's not a direct quote, but rather me paraphrasing how ALL these scenes go]

Wait, you're right . . . reading that sentence gave me three fantastic orgasms. o. 0 No, just no. I can understand that as a virgin (of course . . . ) she was not prepared to talk dirty for these scenes, but every scene, whether it was for the job or for Ash and Cat, was so very clinical and just wrong. There was room to play with this idea, or to make it very sexy between Ash and Cat. Instead it was the most boring sex descriptions ever. Sounded like a scientist was giving a play-by-play of a porno, actually.

I admit, I skimmed through more than 60% of this book, and sadly it never improved for me. The only positive thing I can say is this: it was free, so I didn't waste my money.
615021
Description: Bae, a young half-Korean Englishman, needs to make a little money to escape his small town, so he takes a job person sitting Steve, the temporarily blind brother of Jim Jones. Neither brother is quite what he seems, and Bae's boring job takes a turn for the steamy.

The Good: I really liked Bae, and Steve was a hoot. The sex was very hot. It's a very compelling and quick read.

The Bad: Though I found this novel through a search for interracial gay romance, it's not quite that. Also, the cover is kind of horrible.

The Naughty: Erotic, explicit language, menage.

Editing issues: Minor. Two typos.

Publisher: Wittengen Press

Length: Short Story

Final Grade: C+

Happy Reading,
Theodora
723246
The story in this book is fantastic!  However the oral and other sex scenes, and language were too nasty for my taste.  I would have given it 5 stars if there was a "cleaner" version.  But that's my sort of taste.  Some people get off on that stuff, I personally find it repugnant, gratuitous, and unnecessary.
2159904
The plot was good, the writing was skilled, I liked the story, and the main characters were intense and interesting.  However, the sex scenes were graphic in the extreme and the language used to describe the lovers' interactions was pornographically crude -- and that ruined the book for me. Simply not what I want in a romance. If you're into that kind of thing, you'll love this book.  If you're not, just a heads up as to what to expect.
2989658
I have to say that the other reviews of this book are really entertaining. I think all the reviews from 1 star to 5 stars have merit. I know that sounds odd; but truthfully I was as annoyed as all the other reviewers about the cliffhanger at the end, especially, when there was no clear release date for the next book. Although, I did notice in the discussions that the tentative release date is 3/10/15. So If you're interested in reading this book, I'd wait until after Claimed is released. Then you won't find yourself screaming at the author for leaving you hanging.
This kind of narrative is definitely an acquired taste. It's not just erotic romance, folks. It's dark erotic romance, which is a sub genre. I've read some really dark stuff that has no redeeming value whatsoever and just made me want to take a shower afterwards. But, Owned is pretty good. It's well written and edited. The characters are compelling and the story development does keep you reading. Although, it ends in a cliffhanger, it's not a "chapter book." It's a full length story. (Spoilers ahead.) I figured out about halfway through about Kanye and Jett's real mission. And by the way, this is all fantasy, so this story has no relationship to any reality in the special forces world. Don't even think that.
Moreover, although this is a book that explores BDSM, this is not really a BDSM relationship. Ellie is kidnapped. This is not safe, consensual kinky sex. Ellie gets caught in the crossfire of a sex trafficking ring and is subjected to that twisted world. Kanye tries to protect her, but some readers would find his brand of protection definitely lacking.
Most of the book is taken up with sex between Kanye and Ellie and the weird, but endearing before and after care that Jett provides. So don't expect a lot of plot. (One reason for my 3 star review.) These kidnapping stories with BDSM (and there are a ton of them in erotic fiction) can be really horrible if the H turns out to be a true sadist and evil person. Kanye isn't. He falls madly in love with Ellie and wants to "keep her" forever. So there is some romance here.
On the other hand, I'm so glad Ellie let him have it at the end. I do hope in the next book, she doesn't let him off easy. I'm even hoping she smacks him around and makes him pay big time. So the next book should be the "grovel novel" which is one of my favorite genres of romance. I assume there will be an HEA though. Hey, even the dark erotic romances can have a happy ending.
2916951
Yes, Phans could have enjoyed a spiced-up version of the story but for heaven's sake, this is not what I expected.  The writing is ok but the characters are a uniformly degenerate bunch who don't inspire any sympathy.  On the contrary, they deserve each other with their enjoyment of degrading each other.  The virginal Christine is no such thing in this telling and enjoys being sadistically exploited. Even poor Raoul comes off (there's a LOT of that!) as a pervert and I had to laugh at the transformation of Mme. Giry and Carlotta into sex addicts.

Take out the graphic sex scenes and what's left isn't at all satisfying.

I'll bet sailors around the world are blushing, I for one learned a few new names for my body parts.

A better title would be "OHHHH! CHRISTINE!"
2641737
I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving a free copy. I'm not sure if the author was trying for  erotica, romance or humor. Readers get an odd mix here. Still, a good storyline. Fiona is made out to be way too naive. I mean she is 18 and having sex so a lot of that I'm so innocent I don't know how real life works is just too much. At a point I thought perhaps she was mentally disabled. But it was never indicated that she was. Her Daddy crap got old real fast for me. Because of the over top innocence attached to it. At a point it stops being sexy and makes Grey the pervert. To take advantage of such a innocent. Had the girls been made to possess a brain, I might have enjoyed the story more. I gave this an average rating simply because it is a good storyline, the author was very clear in the description of the characters and honestly, it was quite funny.
1948155
Holy crap, the first scene between these characters is amazingly hot. I could have done without the piercings and virgin stuff tho.
50615
This is the 1st review I have ever written or even been tempted to write. I love erotica in pretty much all subject matter, but I couldn't get with this one.  I don't understand why Jenna supposedly loved Ryan, when he apparently ignores her for weeks at a time.  When she told him her fantasies, he barely acknowledged her. I couldn't believe that any man would immediately (no questions asked, no confrontations, no reservations) accept responsibility for a child that thinks isn't his, especially in this situation
 I love hot sex scenes and "forbidden themes", but it really grossed me out that in the space of mere minutes (I'm not exaggerating); she went from performing oral sex on one brother to kissing & having sex with the other.  She then decides that she has made a decision, but a couple of hours later she's having sex with the 1st brother again.  Keep in mind that this wasn't a mutual decision by all three to have a mnage relationship; both men at this point were waiting for her to decide whom to marry.  I thought it was really contrived to have Ryan all worked up over "something important" that he needed to tell her about her pregnancy, it was just a lazy ploy on the part of the author to get Jenna & Ryan alone again. The big news being that she was pregnant with twins...wow, really...  It was no secret that Jake was the father, so Ryan could have and should have told them together, in my opinion.
I couldn't loose myself in this book and to me that is always a bad sign.  I kept questioning everyone's decisions.  I didn't even enjoy the supposedly steamy sex scenes.  I doubt that I will ever read anything by this author again.
1665754
I admit, I only read the first half of this book. It was too kinky and I was disgusted. Another reviewer comments, "it all flowed believably throughout the book." Well, I shudder to think of living a life where I hang out at a BDSM club with my boss and he sets me up with someone who could "dominate" me with a bullwhip. Yeesh. I don't ever want to see my boss or coworkers walking around in buttless chaps.
Won't be purchasing any more Angela Knight, and I'm actually ripping up my copy of
Without Restraint" and trashing it--I wouldn't inflict this book on anyone else.
485177
If you're looking for a tongue-in-cheek erotic story about sex with a machine, this is not it. Nor is the story handled in a humorous way. This is an erotic romance featuring...in essence a Transformer like Bumblebee. And somehow it kind of works. The author explains that these aren't machines, they're aliens who look like our machines. They don't feel like metal, but rather something a little softer and much warmer. The robot, Blaze, has feelings of his own and seems like a person, so you can sometimes forget you're reading about a chick going to town with a robot. The first part of the story is spent covering how they hurt each other's feelings. That humanized the alien and made it easier for me to believe the romance. And then of course is the make-up sex. With a car. And then with his robot version. *hangs head* Yeah, I read it all. And I'd read the next one if it were free, too.
100839
THE FOREVER KISS is a raw, sexually charged paranormal romance about a vampire desperate to protect an innocent girl from being raped and killed by a stronger, exceedingly evil vampire and his minions.  From page one, this book jumps right into the sex.  Lots of it.  There's sex between the hero and heroine - both regular and vampire-style.  There's also a heck of a lot of sexual deviancy and rape in this book, all surrounding the evil characters.  In fact, rape is all they seem to think about.  Luckily, the rape scenes are not graphic.  But they're there, so this book is most definitely not for the squeamish.

This being the second Angela Knight book I've read, I've noticed it's a theme of hers to have a modern-day reporter heroine put in mortal danger by a sexually perverted killer, with the damaged (and otherwordly) warrior-hero being the only one who can save her.  Read JANE'S WARLORD and compare it to this book, and you'll see what I mean.

Anyway, I'm kind of uncertain about how I feel about THE FOREVER KISS.  I read it in 4 hours straight, so it kept my attention.  But all the sexual violence grossed me out a little bit.  It wasn't exactly a feel-good type of romance.  Would I re-read it?  Honestly, I'm not sure.
3075119
Nora Sutherlin is a famous erotica writer in need of a new publishing house - she is writing a different type of book and wants it handled differently.  Zachary Easton is the editor assigned to her manuscript.  He walks into the deal with severe prejudice about the types of books she writes and the type of writer she is - but the more they work together the more he realizes the talent under all the smut.

I have so many thoughts floating around in my head right now, it is hard to organize them all and pick out the highlights.  Forgive me if this review is all over the place.

When Nora first appeared on page, I hated her.  I was completely turned off by her personality and found her repugnant.  Midway through the book I started to warm up to her, mostly because of the genuine affection she showed for Wesley.  By the end of the book I felt sorry for her, liked her and felt that I really didn't know her that well at all.  The characters in this book are all so complex I feel like we have barely touched the surface of them.

The one thing that bugged me the most about this book was the way I felt the author's and Nora's voice spoke to me.  I don't know how to describe it except to say I felt like book quotes, Latin, and French were placed in the book to impress the reader rather than to have a real purpose to the story.  The other thing that irked me was the use of the term Vanilla Sex.  Like anything outside of BDSM was boring and Vanilla.  If you are having boring sex... it's not Vanilla.  It's wrong.  LOL

Surprisingly, despite the subject matter, this was probably the least arousing of the erotic literature I have read.  First of all there weren't that many sex scenes.  The sex really does take a backseat to the emotional struggles of each of the characters.  The sexiest scene to me was probably one of the tamest... a simple hand job.  It was intimate and intense, sweet and terribly sexy.  I loved it.  A second runner up would be a scene between Nora and another female.

This isn't a lighthearted happily ever after kind of story.  It's an uphill battle with what we want, what's good for us, what we can never have.  It left me feeling bereft.  I don't understand the appeal of ending up hospitalized after a beating from the one you love, but I understand the need to be whoever you have to be to be with the one you love.

This book is delightfully disturbing, sinful and sad.  It is also beautifully written, hard to put down and impossible to forget.

Cherise Everhard, April 2013
267554
"Story of O" is an erotic tale about a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer intent on giving herself completely to her lover as a slave. O consents to spend two weeks at Roissey, which is a training facility that teaches women how to become completely submissive to their masters and other male members of this exclusive "club." O is constantly whipped and flogged, chained to her bed every night, and practically gang-raped by the men at Roissey. However, although the violent sexual descriptions make O's experiences seem like rape, she actually consents to everything that happens to her, including transforming her entire life after leaving Roissey and making herself available to all the other male club members whenever they request her.

I did not enjoy this novel at all. O is completely submissive, both physically and psychologically, and she doesn't have to be. She takes no pleasure from these sadistic encounters: The only thing that pleases her is when she receives affection from her lover, Rene. The author of the book makes a point of having the male characters ask for O's consent over and over again, and she continuously gives it to them. I do not understand it, and I certainly cannot sympathize with O because of it. Also, the violent and sexual descriptions in this novel are very extreme even for my taste...and I'm certainly no prude!

Overall, this is a horrendous example of the lengths some women will go to in order to please a man. I guarantee that it will disturb everyone who reads it.
4631733
Very sexual, everything, even clothes hanging out of a wardrobe seems to turn the girl on. I guess it should have aroused me but the excessive sex talk actually did the opposite; I excepted more depth in the character, which I guess was silly. It's just a pure erotica - saying stuff like "I can smell you though the phone" (I kid you not.)
After a while I just admitted to myself that I was reading a stupidly ridiculous erotica and it became fun. It's very well written, and not believable at all - it makes fifty shades or werewolf romances seem like non-fictions. The main character is pretty horrible (slutty/bitchy/rude) and I lost interest quickly, (didn't finish book two) but I've read worse stuff.