11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Black satin fantasies -- Very highly recommended, January 17, 2002
This review is from: Acting On Impulse (Midnight Fantasies) (Harlequin Blaze) (Paperback)
The only way single folks see any action in Virtue, Kansas is from their backseats in little country lanes. With no hotels, no motels, and no privacy, the small town is simply unconducive to a satisfying love life. So best friends Meg and Trudy made their plans for escape, destination: New York. But her mother had another baby to add to her brood, making the total seven, and delaying Trudy's departure by three and a half years. When she finally makes it to the big city, best friend Meg is already married and pregnant, leaving Trudy to troll for sexy men to expand her sexual repertoire on her own. Of course, that means a bit of matchmaking is in store.
When she purchases a huge four-poster bed, Trudy's friends pitch in to help put it together. Meg and her husband bring along his best friend, sexy Wall Street man Linc Faulkner. Linc has agreed to escort Trudy around the city for a couple of weeks to point out hotspots and places to avoid. He expects a hayseed without attraction. Instead, Trudy's impetuousness, enthusiasm, and spontaneity take him by storm. The bed proves to be too big to set up in her tiny bedroom; she asks that they set it up in the living room instead. That, combined with an accidental discovery of a box full of sex books, proves to be Linc's undoing. No matter how hard to tries, him imagination can't let go of that satin covered haven.
Both Trudy and Linc have sworn off marriage. They are young, single, and wildly attracted to one another. So Trudy decides to use Linc to begin her adventurous discoveries of New York's finest men. A bit of role playing, a lot of seduction, and they are both ecstatic. To preserve the mystery, she never allows Linc to stick around long enough for a cuddle: no sleeping over, no emotional entanglements. It seems like the perfect relationship. That is, until Linc suddenly starts dreaming of white lace and wedding bells, while Trudy is still thinking back streets and forbidden fantasies.
ACTING ON IMPULSE by Vicki Lewis Thompson absolutely blazes! With a heated story line, daring fantasies, and marvelous characterizations, ACTING ON IMPULSE will fulfill the most demanding reader's appetite for adventuresome liaisons. The characters are not only wonderfully developed, but reveal well-thought out motivation. Linc's shift from playboy to dreams of marriage is charming and convincing, while Trudy's reticence is understandable. The very sexy secondary plot likewise sparkles with a very pregnant, happily matchmaking best friend. A sensual delight, ACTING ON IMPULSE comes very highly recommended.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sexual Fantasies "R" Us, But..., January 13, 2002
This review is from: Acting On Impulse (Midnight Fantasies) (Harlequin Blaze) (Paperback)
I have to say that I really got annoyed with the female lead, Trudy Baxter, in this story. I was surprised that Ms. Thompson made her such a stereotypical Kansas-hayseed-coming-to-the-Big-City character. It just didn't ring true, and her behavior was inconsistent. She's a gosh-golly type about being in New York City (shades of "That Girl" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), yet her sole goal in being there seems to be to have sex with as many men as possible. She'd apparently "sampled" everyone her small town had to offer. She's saved money for years to go to NYC but there's no indication that she wants to expand herself culturally - just sexually. She's in her mid-twenties, yet her mental attitude towards sex seems to be about age sixteen with no thought of STD or the potential dangers of unknown partners. But, when the story wasn't focusing on her background, her personality seemed to mature. As I mentioned, inconsistent.
I realize that this book was released under the Harlequin Blaze imprint, with all that implies, but there didn't seem to be any problem with the other characters being well-developed and more believable in their behavior. The other characters and the story itself balanced out my annoyance with Trudy, so in the end, I can say that I did enjoy the book. The story itself had some interesting issues concerning families, love, and overcoming conditioning. The romance was sweet - it was one of those "two people who want nothing to do with marriage unwillingly falling in love" types. The secondary characters added depth to the story. The sexual situations were graphic, inventive and plentiful. If you like reading about sexual fantasy fulfillment, then this book is for you. Ms. Thompson doesn't dissolve the story into euphemisms at key moments, and she wasn't adverse to settting some of the sexual encounters in out-of-the-ordinary places.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good. The best part is the role playing ideas., April 12, 2008
This review is from: Acting On Impulse (Midnight Fantasies) (Harlequin Blaze) (Paperback)
Trudy dresses up in different costumes and role plays during sex. She is creative and interesting in how she acts and what she does. She moved to NY City from a small town and wants to date different types of men. Her friend Meg asked Linc to show her around town for the first couple of weeks, and that is where the story starts.
Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: twelve. Setting: present day NY City and Virtue, Kansas. Copyright: 2002. Genre: contemporary romance.
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