"A wonderful collection of steamy romances!"

THE FLAME by Nina Bangs - Serenity So-Fine, curator for Galactic Museum of Erotic Arts, travels back in time 695 years to buy Justin Hill's "The Flame." A slight mix-up in- flight, though, lands her at Justin's door a year before the erotic statue is created. She has only three days to inspire Justin's creation. Instead, Justin teaches Serenity about everything she's denied in her time.

I enjoyed this story. Serenity's description of the future makes me glad I live in the present.

THE WEDDING NIGHT by Cheryl Holt - Stephen St. John, Viscount Banbury, is a rake and likes his life just the way it is. So he's having difficulty adjusting to the fact that tonight he has a bride, one he married out of convenience. Ellen and her family have traveled from America to England to find a titled gentleman. Setting her sights on Stephen, her plans are a little different than his. He plans to live separate lives, she plans to make the marriage real.

This is a tender story in the end. I'd have loved to learn the events leading up to the wedding and get to know her family.

BURN INC. by Kimberly Raye - When Gerry's business partner, Roxeanne, suddenly marries, Gerry is faced with producing and providing relationship guidance on their 10th and final episode of erotic videos. Not having had a relationship in years, Gerry decides she needs help and places a call to Dr. Love, a relationship therapist, to seek guidance. Logan can't believe his brother would marry someone he just met and seeks to find out what kind of woman Roxeanne is. When he shows up on the set of Burn Inc., he finds a half-naked woman. After engaging in the best sex of their lives as complete strangers, they both acknowledge their trust issues and eventually work them out together.

This story was quite sexy with a bit of humor. I enjoyed it very much.

POSSESSING JULIA by Patricia Ryan - Julia will be getting married in two weeks. The problem is she's a widow with a son, but is still a virgin. When Clay Redmond, Julia's deceased husband's cousin, arrives, an agreement is made that they'll go away so Clay can teach her the ways of the marriage bed. Neither one knows the other holds a secret that will mean so much in the near future - Clay having always loved Julia, and Julia knowing the name of her son's true father.

This story was emotional and very steamy. I had a hard time putting it down.

Reviewed by Tammie Ard
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted June 20, 2003

Summary

THE FLAME by Nina Bangs
Museum curator Serenity So-Fine has traveled back in time from the year 2700 to retrieve the infamous erotic sculpture The Flame. But the work's sensual creator, Justin Hill, is about to take Serenity to places even she's never been.