DANGEROUS PLEASURES

Author: Bertrice Small ISBN: 9780451223975 8/2008 EROTIC Publisher: NAL

Widowed with five children, stay at home mom Annie Miller has been just getting by—and growing restless because of it. Thinking Annie just needs a vacation, her sister enters her into a contest sponsored by The Channel, a network that caters to delivering women's fantasies. Annie wins the grand prize, a week at a luxurious spa—and gets a treat when she turns on the flat-screen TV. The one working channel lets Annie program—and experience—her own personal fantasy each night. Suddenly she's living out dreams she didn't even know she had. But now that she's experienced a complete sexual awakening, how will everyone in her former life handle this humble homemaker turned vivacious vixen?

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Since Annie Miller's husband Nat died in a freak accident while on a business trip, Annie has been left carrying the heavy burden of paying bills, and the sometimes taxing job of raising their five children alone. Annie's sister Lizzie tries to ease the financial burden where she can, but she also recognizes the unspoken needs of her widowed sister. Lizzie's favorite cable channel is having a contest, which proves to be the perfect opportunity to do something nice for Annie.

Annie wins a trip to the channel's new spa that has opened in her small town of Egret Pointe. Her prize is a gift of total relaxation, being pampered and feeling utterly relaxed for a week. But when it's over, is it really over? Because after a few minor suggestions, Annie is given a much needed job that changes her life.

The sex is jaw dropping, the transformation from soccer mom to business tycoon is fast and furious, and the secrets in the shadows left me speechless.

I've read a lot of Bertrice Small's historical romance novels and I love them all, but this genre was new for me and I think that she did an excellent job with this book. Her smallest detail to her characters is like a series of paintings that draw you into the story, and I love it. Great job.

Sheila Smith