"Great anthology"

Bad to the Bone by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Thirty year old high school teacher Marianne Webernec dreams of being tall, thin, and terrific, but knows she is average. However, she looks forward to playing out her favorite romantic fantasy at a "sex camp". However, instead of pretend, Marianne finds herself underneath and in other positions with real life espionage agent Kyle Foster as she is on the wrong side of the vacation island.

Let's Talk About Sex by Liz Carlyle. Radio host Dr. Delia Sydney provides advice to callers on her show "Let's Talk About Sex" though her own personal life has been a bit cold lately. When the power company cuts down her trees, she meets Sergeant Nick Wooduff. He teaches the sex doctor what lovemaking is all about when it is with the right person.

The Nekkid Truth by Nicole Camden. Photographer Debbie Valley is so good at her work especially shots of naked people that even the police use her at crime scenes. Thus though he would prefer anyone but her Detective Michael Scott asks Debbie to take pictures of a homicide. Debbie has wanted Michael for five years, but he ignores her except on a case though she flirts outrageously with him. Now she is helping him on a murder investigation, but also hopes this intimacy will lead him to her bed.

The three tales are fine contemporary stories that readers will enjoy as each entry contains delightfully charming lead couples that the audience will like. Whether the hero is in his official uniform or his birth attire, fans of erotic romance will enjoy the hi-jinks of this collection.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 25, 2003

Summary

Liz Carlyle -LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX -When a tanned and toned blonde blows by in a brand new Jag convertible, Dr. Delia Sydney isn't a bit surprised to see the driver is her ex-husband's wealthy new wife. Aggravated, dejected, and deeply in debt from her divorce, Delia tries to limp home in her old station wagon. Unfortunately her bad day only gets worse when the clunky Volvo spasms into death- throws and gives up the ghost in her grumpy next-door neighbor's driveway. Good-old boy Nick Woodruff's had a bad day, too. A Raleigh FBI officer on the rise, he's just been put on a two-week suspension for shooting a cocaine dealer in a bust gone bad. But when he heads out to the basketball court, intent on burning off a little testosterone, he almost plows his pickup into an old Volvo wagon someone's left blocking his drive. Just his luck. It's his rich, snooty next-door neighbor, Dr. Delia, hostess of the hot new radio show, Let's Talk About Sex.

All Nick wants to talk about is the fastest way to get Delia's car out of his damned driveway -and he tells her so. But when a tearful Dr. Delia climbs out of her car to apologize, he feels more like a heartless jerk than the southern gentleman he's supposed to be. He's no right to blame Delia for his bad day, and he knows it. Besides, he's always been a sucker for a woman wearing wicked shoes, and Dr. Delia's are black, spike-heeled and very, very pointy-toed. And suddenly, Nick realizes he's got two whole weeks with nothing to do, and talking about sex with Dr. Delia sounds like a real good idea.

Sherrilyn Kenyon -BAD TO THE BONE -BAD operative Kyle Foster is everything a woman dreams of. Sinfully handsome, lethal to his enemies, and quick to sacrifice himself for God, country and family. The only problem is, he has no family other than his sister. He doesn't even have a girlfriend. It's rather hard to maintain a relationship while being shipped allover the world on covert missions to help fight terrorism. So before he dies for his country, he wants a little hiatus so he can remember what he's living for.

Polly Paulson appears to be just what he needs. A temporary receptionist who works for the company he's hired to watch, she's everything that represents America. Smart, funny, feisty, and as pure as the driven snow (or so he thinks). The only problem is every time he gets around her, out goes the cool, calm collectiveness that has taken him from war zones to the darkest underbellies of the world's governments. Around her, he's a nervous wreck. Until his sister comes up with an idea to send the two of them off on a special vacation to Sex Camp. Since Polly dreams of a SEAL hero to sweep her off her feet, Kyle the real life government hero, ex-SEAL, decides he can show her just what he's made of. Once there, things heat up as Polly sees the real side of Kyle who is better than any hero she's ever read. Passionate and gorgeous, he's the epitome of hot. Until an old enemy returns to cut short their vacation and threaten both their lives.

Nicole Camden -THE NEKKID TRUTH -Debbie Valley is an internationally acclaimed photographer who also occasionally shoots crime scenes. She has a rare condition that doesn't allow her to recognize faces. She can't tell people apart, even people she knows really well. She got it when a cop car lost control on a turn and knocked her headfirst into the pavement. Detective Marshall Scott, the hero of our story, was one of the cops in the car, though he wasn't driving. In this story, five years have passed since the accident and Debbie is called on to shoot the scene of a body dumped in a lagoon in Oceanside. Debbie thinks she recognizes a tattoo on the victim's thigh and her subsequent search for the answer draws her and Detective Scott closer than ever before, But Debbie's condition has left her with serious doubts about her ability to love anyone, and it will take a brush with death, and Detective Scott's love, to convince her otherwise.