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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Little OUT of Control..., August 30, 2010
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Kayla Perrin writes a story that is not new: A May/December marriage where the Elsie (wife) has issues stemming from her own childhood lacking a father figure, Robert the much older husband provides wealth, security and the desired father presence. After realizing that she is in an ivory tower, Elsie slowly starts to wake up to reality; she is being controlled by her older, rich & powerful husband. The trips, maids, country club dinners, and beautiful home does not measure up to what Elsie really wants: Hot, steamy sex from her husband who has to rely on the `little blue pill'. Elsie finds out after years of trying to get pregnant that Robert has had a vasectomy - he does not want any more babies and she wants to be a mother for the first time. After THIS happens, I really wanted Elsie to be more methodical in her breaking away in independence from Robert - but Elsie throws the baby out with the bath water (No pun intended) and leaves. This gives Robert ample control over her life, her friends and her flower shop. This rich wife should have had her own rolodex to fall back on - Elsie has little backbone and little heroine abilities. The story is good but Robert's antics are just not dastardly enough, Elise is not a smart woman after coming from the ghetto and the sex scenes are not erotic enough for me: Perrin uses the term `eating' so much for oral sex; I did NOT read this book while eating - ever...The masturbation scenes left me...dry. Dion comes into the story and Elise does not do a background check on him? No way that's believable! They have sex on the first date! The story is a good one, although the plot is not. At the end what goes around comes around and they live happily ever after...What? Did you think the plot was going to be DIFFERENT???YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL IF YOU THOUGHT OTHER WISE!!!! The saving grace of this story are the questions that the reader comes to: What does it take to make a marriage happy, should the wife settle for less control and weak sex when she gets all the other perks? How much should a wife tell her husband about her past?
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4.0 out of 5 stars
engaging erotic romance, September 14, 2010
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Eight years ago elderly millionaire Robert met much younger waitress Elise. He courted her, made love to her and married her. Living with Robert as his wife, even though this makes her his third spouse, in Charlotte, she felt like Cinderella as he took her to the most expensive places by private jet. However, now Elise feels like a bird in a gilded cage. Her spouse controls every nuance of her life smothering her. She begins to want her freedom as the price of being under her husband's domination 24/7 is too exorbitant though she understands she will be left with nothing if she leaves him. At her flower shop, Elise meets high school football coach Dion and is attracted to the hunk, but vows not to act on her feelings until she learns Robert betrayed her with a major omission. This engaging erotic romance is told from the perspective mostly of Elise, a fascinating character with deep rooted psychological issues. That approach enables the audience to understand the heroine especially what she has seen in her spouse and in the coach. However, that also limits how controlling Robert is as that the martinet never is fully developed and the ending too simple of an escape from the triangle. Still fans will enjoy this engaging contemporary as the bird in the cage tries to fly solo for the first time in almost a decade. Harriet Klausner
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Page Turner, September 8, 2010
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This was story of a insecure but beautiful girl who falls in love and marries a man 30 years older than her and how she comes into her own. Elise was a young waitress who was sweep off her feet by the older, wealthy and manipulative Robert Kolstad. They have an relatively uneventful life for eight years, but as with most women Elsie begins to change. She is coming into her own and beginning to see that Robert just might not be everything she thought he was. Robert is getting older and is beginning to feel insecure about his young beautiful wife. He start off subtle about his attempts to keep Elise dependent on him. Without truly realizing it, Elsie has loss herself and become somewhat of a Stedford wife. She dresses the way Robert wants her to dress, does what he wants her do and acts how he wants her to act. She's feeling un-fullfilled, which all the more reason she is desperate to have a baby. In walks Dion, Mr. Fantasy and Elsie world is turn upside down. Suddenly she's having erotic fantasies about a man she has never met, which also causes her to question herself. Elise accidentally stumbles across Robert's ultimate betrayal. She is too through and decides to leave him. Dion just happens to walk into her Florist shop again and Elsie gets the nerve to flirt. Suddenly she and Dion are involved in a streamy romance. Robert is not a man to be denied what he feels belongs to him and begins to ruthlessly destroy Elsie, in an effort to make her come back. Elsie is more determined than ever to end her relationship with Robert, but there seems to be no limit to what he will do to keep her. By the way, Robert's little sidebar information he provides about Dion, seems to be another manipulative lie on Robert to get inside Elsie's head and have her questioning her decisions again. I have met my fair share of Roberts in my life and I just thank GOD I was able to recognize them for who they were before things went too far. I read about 5 or 6 books a week and many of them are good, but few of them inspire me to take the time to write a review. If I write a positive review it is because I highly recommend reading it. This is one of those books. I truly enjoyed it and refused to put it down until I finished it.
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