"Hot! Explosive!"

Warning! This book is very sexually explicit and highly erotic. Some might find it offensive, but I loved it!

The story opens with Michel des Anges waiting to meet the woman who has paid him a small fortune to spend a month teaching her the erotic and carnal delights he has learned in his years as a much sought after male prostitute. Michel has not plied his trade in over five years, ever since the fire that scarred him so badly that no woman can bear to touch him. His soul is also deeply scarred, by the events that drove him to a life of prostitution at an early age. He knows that his involvement with this woman may very well end in tragedy but he is compelled to take the chance by his need to have a woman want him in spite of his scars.

Anne Aimes is a thirty-six year old spinster who has spent the majority of her life nursing her elderly and sickly parents. Upon their deaths Anne has inherited their wealth. She knows that any man who marries her would be doing so only to gain her money since she is plain and well past marriageable age. She does not plan on ever marrying, but she has a hunger to learn the pleasure a woman can experience when intimate with a man. She plans on experiencing everything Michel can show her and saving the memories to hold her for the rest of her life.

The coming together of these two is a highly charged passionate explosion. The business arrangement quickly changes into a relationship between two extremely sexual and emotionally wounded people. They desperately need love and acceptance from each other but are afraid of encountering the betrayal and rejection they have previously experienced in life. Anne doesn't know that Michel is keeping secrets and that because of her involvement with him she is in mortal danger. Michel does not know when disaster will strike, or from what direction it will come, but he knows his enemy will not allow him to be happy for long. He is terrified of the consequences to both himself and Anne. I found that the combination of eroticism and in depth portrayal of the two people's feelings and needs made for a fascinating read. I didn't want to put it down and resented the intrusions of daily life into my reading enjoyment.

Reviewed by Janice Bennett
Posted January 16, 2002