Little development - lots of sex
927613
Poor character development, highly unlikely situations (I know it's fiction, but still), and just difficult to really form any kind of connection to the main characters. I enjoyed the side plot of the best friend and the barista a lot more.
2641724
Is there explicit sex? Yes. Is there full frontal nudity? Yes. But if that's all you expected to find between the covers -- of the book, I mean -- you'll be pleasantly surprised at the amount of character development and world-building that goes on in here. I'd like to give the book 4 stars for surpassing my expectations, really, but the problem is that I just can't get a feel for where this book is going. A young Batman-style superhero makes a promise to his dying Alfred-style mentor to give up the superhero life and be the CEO he needs to be for the sake of his family's company. But where, or into what, will he channel all the restless energy that used to go into his superheroing? A high-society sex club run by his former Catwoman-style archnemesis seems to hold an answer, but will he take "the road discreetly traveled"? Again, writer Joe Casey expertly builds a world here, slowly unfolding a rich cast of characters with building tension. Artist Piotr Kowalski, unfortunately, can't seem to bring the sexual heat to the book that I feel it deserves. There is no erotic thrill permeating the art a la George Perez's "Sachs & Violens". The sex is not glamorous or hot -- it's just...there. Matter of fact and in your face. It's hard to see where is the allure. (Maybe that's the point?) I'll have to get the 2nd volume just to see where this goes. Hopefully there's a payoff -- climax? -- up ahead.
4318828
It is simply a short page of sex. lol It does have a tiny bit of character development or reveal, but basically just a intimate scene that has no real relevance to the story-line of the books IMO, however, it has the potential, with a bit more added to it, to become more than just a piece of extra sex which I don't really care for personally.  Others may feel differently so read at your level of description. The Author herself is an excellent story teller and I am fully vested in the series so far, but this was just too short to cost money IMO.
1699550
The author had a nice idea, but failed to implement the plot very well.  The sex was hot, though, so I guess that's good enough.
2316285
I like a good story with a little romance. This was not that. Very little story with so much sex it gets boring.
148499
Grateful that the sex was minimum, but wish the intrigue and character was greater. Never really felt drawn into the relationships. Finished the book because I purchased it. Sorry.
589456
I read the first book Passion. It was very erotic. The characters seemed developed. There is Passion, a widow with a husband who under-appreciated her and Mark was a man who could discern. I do admit, Mark did engage in bed sport, but we'd like to believe that in Passion he was enthralled by her innocence, whereas the other girls were just women to him.

Matthew is not his brother. He's shallow, but interested in Patience. I don't know if Ms. Valdez didn't want him to come off as a jerk, but his motives for wanting Patience seemed without merit. He totally lost me in the first pages, because I understood Mark and Passion's meeting and why it went so far, but I think the writer needed to flesh Patience and Matthew out. In real life too, would a brother-in-law and sister-in-law want to create bad blood by hooking up with each other. Mathew especially is growing through some heavy stuff, that I hoped would make him less randy goat and more thoughtful businessman. It would have been a great time for a slow-burning friendship leading to love.
3795504
I like a good romance and this story had little romance with a whole lot of sex as page filler.  Not my style.
4045991
This book was a good premise for a story bogged down with a whole lot of interior dialogue, a lot of things like, "it reflected across his/her face", and a whole lot of saying not doing.
There was some action, but again, a whole lot of she feels this, and he feels that, and not a lot of telling...not sure how Caine and Lexie were this great love after a month together when he thought she was a selfish, spoiled brat when they weren't in bed, and she thought he was just her Dad's puppet, again when they weren't in bed...they knew NOTHING about each other except that they had great sex, and we're supposed to believe it was this great love they hung onto while they were apart??? No, didn't buy it...Lexie and Caine during their time together spent most of it assuming what the other thought and felt or having sex...and at one point Caine thinks how during their MONTH together he could easily read her face and now he can't and it made me laugh out loud!! Potential was there, but the execution was just not.
4741277
I like the story line but to much sex for .I was very disappointed because of that. The constant sex took away from the story for me...sorry
3828635
It took a while to get through this book because I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped. Priest came highly recommended from fellow readers so I was anxious to jump in but ended up disappointed. I felt minimal connection to the main characters, and felt the sex scenes were there to get as much butt slapping, oral, dirty talk and raunch as possible, and none of it added substance to the book or character development. It started picking up at the end but it was predictable so no big surprises there. I love a good erotic novel but this missed the mark.

Despite my less than stellar view of this book, the writing itself was fine and felt polished from an editing standpoint (save an issue or two, but that's to be expected as I've come to see in numerous books!) I'll give Sierra Simone another chance, this book has potential and fell short, but I have hope for her other work.
4426426
The writing is fine, but I had no idea this book would be so full of ongoing sex scenes.  A few might be ok for me,  but when it becomes the main focus, I lose interest.  Just not enough of a storyline.  I find myself glazing over pages and pages to get to something interesting, yet I still feel like it's fluff.  It was a free download through Prime, so no money was paid, but unless you are someone who delights in reading about sex, sex and more sex,  I don't recommend it.
3844034
A little heat in romantic story is great but unfortunately it overwhelmed the development of this story and H & h relationship.  You only got glimpses of who each of them were & what made them fall in love with each other.  Spices are meant to highlight food, not be the statement; so should sex scenes to a romance.  So, while I like a little sizzle as much as the next gal, I want to have the development of the h & H to be the focus.  It was just the opposite here & very disappointing.  This author knows how to write real stories but didn't bother this time.  Sad & disappointing as she's capable of so much more than this short story made into a book by too many sex scenes as filler.
416222
Love really was more interested in sex.  Some funny parts but mostly more of the same drawn out information about a man who had bad luck with women.  Last few pages helped the title issue (not to spoil the plot - if you could call it that)
1725169
Some seriously hot sex, but mostly 4 fucked-up stinking rich people playing head games with each other. Not much discernible plot beyond "The Game" and what might have happened to the previous Princess.
3693648
This book started off strong. The whole concert scene was hot and mysterious. But than it started to fall flat but than it picked back up. Tanner was just little to dominate for me. By the end of the book I'm thinking she should run. It was a lot to do for someone. Still I enjoyed the sex scenes.
103905
2.5 stars
After reading the essentially good reviews for this book I decided to take a chance on it as it was only $0.99.  It's not bad, it simply could be better. For one I would like to know what exactly had happened to Noelle's first two husbands from the Manporium.  Yes, they are dead, but HOW?  The reader is given a teaser, but no real answers. Also the primary conflict between what Noelle wants and what her mother wants for her is never really resolved.  Instead this is just left hanging for more intercourse between Aya the created man and Noelle.
Noelle as a character has little self assurance and although she knows her rules of her world she cannot seem to realize that her parents may have simply wanted a second child and not a "perfect" one.  She can be a bit irritating, but given that her Christmas list and her list of wants for a "perfect" man got jumbled together she rolls rather well with the end result in Aya.
Aya himself is of course highly dominant as there is some bondage and dominance between himself and Noelle.  I can't say I am as fond him as some of the other reviewers.  For someone who at one point seems to understand that this relationship, at least sexually, between himself and Noelle is developing at a far faster pace than the ones between her and and her prior husbands he gets upset that she forgot to update her home so that he was cleared to enter and inspite of the fact that he arrived early.  WOW.
On a whole I found the pace of this book to be slow yet steady, the erotica to almost be overdone and the plot a little thin.  Won't be rereading this one anytime soon.