The Academy [Paperback]

Elizabeth Stewart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 25, 2008

How far would you go to have everything you ever wanted, including wealth, power and the man you’ve loved for five long years?

That’s the question facing Daria Evans who’s come all the way from Earth to the small, distant planet of Utan to negotiate a rich mineral contract for her employer, the mega-conglomerate Unitech. Success will mean a vice presidency (the first female to attain that rank in the company’s history), prestige, money and most importantly, a wedding date.

But to get the contract, Daria must enter The Academy and learn its sexual secrets. What waits behind the barred door? Passion. Pleasure. Pain. Inside, she must face her deepest fears and greatest ecstasy at the hands of her masked, mysterious and incredibly sensual guard.

Editorial Reviews

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"...one exhilarating ride...will keep you turning the pages." -- Connie for A Romance Review, March 2003

"...some themes are timeless...The Academy is a very erotic story...definitely worth reading." -- Alane for Romance Junkies

"I read this story in one sitting and found it to be very entertaining. It was very unusual and original." -- Laura Lane for Sensual Romance, May 12, 2003

"If a tantalizing and sexually charged story is your thing then you will love what The Academy can teach you." -- Torie West for The Romance Studio, March 28, 2003

About the Author

Liz began her career at age three when she started telling her own stories to her dolls and favorite stuffed bear. Her older sister taught her to write at six so she immediately began writing down her stories and reading them to her family. At seven, she decided to become a writer. She won several creative-writing contests in grammar school and by the time she'd moved on to high school, she was working on the school newspaper and had a "lending library" of her popular stories that circulated amongst her peers. Her first paying writing job was in her teens working for the local newspaper, interviewing celebrities who appeared at the local theater-in-the-round.

Liz married, had children, and took a "real" job while she went to college at night, finally earning her degree in Business but never giving up her writing. During this time, she continued to learn her craft and hone her skills. Five years ago, she decided to devote herself to writing seriously. In that time, she's had several short stories published and finished four novels. Her work ranges over several genres from romance to the paranormal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing (October 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843605643
• ISBN-13: 978-1843605645
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,862,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Kind of slow with mechanical sex scenes..., March 7, 2005

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I was in the bargain for a romantica centered on BDSM. I picked up The Academy because I thought it would be interesting to read a BDSM novel with a futuristic setting. Daria Evans visits the planet Utan to negotiate a billion-dollar contract for her superiors. If she succeeds, she will get a big promotion (vice president) and her fiancé will finally set a wedding date. But things don't run as smoothly in Utan as she had thought. The beings who inhabit the planet feel that Daria thinks she is superior. They also don't like that she is judgmental about their sexually uninhibited ways. So in order to get the deal for her company, she has to become part of The Academy, where she learns to shatter her innermost sexual inhibitions and experiences feelings she had never felt before in the arms of her disguised master.

I like that Daria is not able to adjust to life in Utan and she feels that humans have superior intelligence and have more sexual boundaries than the Utanians. That sort of thing happens often in this world when an American visits a country they think is beneath them. I also think that her transition from a sexually repressed woman with abandonment issues to an uninhibited, wanton sexpot is quite realistic -- at least more realistic than most erotic books. However, the story development is a little too slow for my taste. Also, some of the erotic scenes are not very... well, erotic. The sex scenes were quite mechanical, especially the ones centered on Analet (a blue-skinned sex kitten from a neighboring planet called Carus) and Benwar. I could not picture blue-skinned, silver-haired people in my mind as I read the scenes. That is one of the main reasons I don't read futuristic stuff often. All in all, The Academy has an interesting premise with a realistic sexual transition. Unfortunately, the most important aspect of this sort of book -- the erotica -- failed to impress me.