"Steamy romance"

Near New York University, reticent library worker Amelia Edwards dreams of making love with Mr. Sexy, Jay Wagner. However, she knows this is an unrequited fantasy that will never happen in reality because the hot Jay will never look twice at a wallflower like Amelia.

Jay learns that Amelia is a frequent contributor to TrueConfessions.com under the alias, Good Girl. He looks up Amelia's public confession only to be shocked to see a "Jessica Rabbit" inside her geriatric "Minnie Mouse" look. Even more stunning is to realize he is her fantasy male. Taking advantage of his knowledge, Jay begins a sexual and sensual assault that leaves Amelia reeling and both of them in love. However what will happen to their relationship when she realizes he has accessed Good Girl's entries on TrueConfessions.com?

SENSUAL SECRETS is an entertaining contemporary romance that is filled with cyber heat as well as the normal blaze between the two lead characters expected of this imprint. The story line is torrid though why the crippling shy Amelia places her soul on the net, though explained at the climax, seems a stretch. Still Amelia's deliberating shyness makes her a memorable protagonist whom readers will either pity or adoringly encourage. Jo Leigh furbishes a tale that grips the hearts of her audience due to Amelia.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted April 11, 2002