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Forbidden Fruit

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REVIEWER'S OPINION:
Well done erotic scenes with good stories. There were two couples in the story. One couple was a female professor and her student - a forbidden relationship, yet they couldn't stay away from each other. I was melting with the way they used food. The tasting and feeling of food was sensual and sexual. A second couple involved a woman who needed to be commanded and taken over. Gideon did that. He was mysterious and secretive. There was almost no talk early in their relationship. For their first encounter, he saw her, grabbed her hand, and took her into a janitor's closet without a word before or after. He told her what, where and when to do things. They had sex in public places with a risk of being seen. Their relationship was also well done. I had trouble deciding between 4 or 5 stars for Amazon. I rounded up to 5 since I would definitely recommend buying it, for someone looking for good erotic scenes. Note for some readers: there is one scene with rear door activity.

STORY BRIEF:
Mia is a professor teaching an Alternative Sexuality class. Jagger is 26. He was tired of being a successful chef and left his job to go back to school to major in psychology. He is immediately drawn to Mia. He asks her to coffee. He continues to pursue her. She is afraid of falling in love due to events in her past. The classroom topic of types of sexuality is a small part of the story. Most of the story is about relationships and events outside of the classroom.

Mia's best friend is fellow teacher Karalee. She is used to controlling her relationships with men and has never wanted to have a committed relationship. She meets Gideon who turns her world around with experiences she has never had or allowed herself to have before.

DATA:
Story length: 277 pages. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: 25. Total number of sex scene pages: 87. Setting: current day San Francisco, California. Copyright: 2008. Genre: erotic contemporary romance.

OTHER BOOKS:
To date I've read the following Eden Bradley books.
4.5 stars. Forbidden Fruit, Copyrt 2008. Review Date 10/31/08.
3 stars. Exotica. Copyrt 2008. Review Date 6/03/09.
2 stars. The Dark Garden. Copyrt 2007. Review Date 5/25/09.
1 star. A 21st Century Courtesan. Copyrt 2009. Review Date 4/17/09.

Mia Rose Curry is a college professor. Her course in alternate sexuality is constantly full and keeps her busy. She doesn't have time to indulge in affairs, content to leave her fantasies at home where she can pamper herself as often as she likes in the privacy of her home. Mia's desires hit her hard when she comes face to face with Jagger James, a student in her class. Jagger makes her think of the forbidden. Jagger makes her think of letting down her inhibitions. Jagger makes her yearn for the impossible - forever with this beautiful but illicit younger man.

Jagger James has returned to school in order to get a degree in something. As a trained chef, Jagger was tired of the rat race and constant chaos, which made him despise his trade. Joining the most popular course at the university, Jagger is floored and can't help but stare at his professor, Mia Rose Curry. Everything Jagger has ever wanted in a woman is staring back at him and while he knows that relationships between students and their professors are strictly taboo, he can't help but tempt fate. He wants Mia Rose and so his tempting seduction begins.

I will never look at another piece of fruit or artfully presented chocolate again without remembering Forbidden Fruit by Eden Bradley. Truly one of the most decadent and satisfying novels I have ever read, Forbidden Fruit is a sensual and artistic smorgasbord of emotions. Each character, whether it is Jagger or Mia, is alive with senses and feelings and yearnings, almost afraid to reach for what drives them. Together they were compliments of the other; each giving as well as taking.

Eden Bradley never fails to capture my attention as a reader. From beginning to end Forbidden Fruit was truly magnificent. I have no choice but to Joyfully Recommend this wonderful written, extremely passionate, and sometimes naughty tale of forbidden love. It made me shiver!

Talia
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

This book covers a lot of sex kinks and taboos. The main characters are Mia and Jagger. Mia is 33 and teaches a human sexuality class; Jagger is 26 and her student. His age and his being her student were Mia's initial hang-ups, making her resist her attraction to him. She resisted for several chapters, but he really pursued her, and how could anyone continue to resist something so fine like him sitting in the front row of the lecture hall?

He's tall and handsome, with smooth brown skin, like coffee w/ lots of rich cream. He has gray eyes, short curly hair, tattooed tribal armbands and a goatee. All this hunkiness combined with being so sweet and tender at the same time? I thought he was awesome. He really wanted Mia, couldn't stop thinking about her, or fantasizing about her. Just a hot hero. Jagger is so sensitive and sensual. He's like a warm drop of golden, sweet honey. He's not an over the top alpha or anything, but still so very yummy. He calls her baby and baby girl and really wants to give her all his love. He tries very hard to make her see that and to accept that.

So even though it has some sexy interracial romance going, and the age difference and the student/teacher taboo happening, those aren't the conflicts or issues. The main issue is Mia's childhood and her early romantic past. These painful experiences cause her to feel she is unworthy of love and that anyone who loves her will abandon her eventually. She really struggles with the idea of opening herself completely to Jagger, exposing every deep-rooted fear and anxiety about loving a man again, being with him in every way, knowing that nothing in life is certain or forever.

For his part, Jagger is also reluctant to get deeply involved again, but he is so attracted to Mia from the very first day of class. He's unable to do anything but want her. Jagger, who had a painful breakup not long ago, is a chef who has lost his love for food and cooking. That's why he's in her class, working on a Master's and a new carreer maybe. Mia's food fetish reawakens his passion for cooking. I've never read a book which explored food fetish, and this aspect of the book was so erotic. Jagger fulfills Mia's every desire, even ones she's not brave enough to voice. During sex they use wine, chocolate, caramel, whipped cream, powdered sugar and more- it was so HOT. He even lays out the dining room table with chocolate, fruit and edible flowers, but it's Mia who he has climb up onto the table and become the centerpiece. Jagger's sexy kink, the erotic slip and slide of water, is also detailed with sex and masturbation in the shower/bath.

I loved this book and I could probably go on about it. And I haven't even said anything about the secondary characters Karalee and Gideon and their issues and kink, which was completely hot, controlling Dom action. Just be warned- lots of sex, one scene going into the next, as the two sets of couples explore their kinks and their new loves. So it's double the sexiness. Great book to read when you want something erotic with some sweetness to it.
(There is no menage; just lots of hot, erotic sex by the pageful.)

I recieved this book in the mail. I ordered it because a portion of the novel was in Cosmo a couple months ago. I began reading it at 11:00pm and couldn't put it down! Eden Bradley creates images in your mind. You can actually visualize what is happening in this story. It was wonderful to read!

Professor Mia Rose Curry teaches a college course in alternative sexuality where no topic is taboo. In her personal life, however, she has never felt free to explore her own unusual sexual fantasies.

Then Jagger James walks into her classroom and into her life. The sexy ex-chef presses all of Mia's buttons in ways that leave her helpless to his romantic onslaught. But the relationship can't work, can it? He's a student, he's a younger man, and then there are her own deep-seated emotional roadblocks to overcome...

Yummy! No word could describe FORBIDDEN FRUIT better. Eden Bradley has a knack for penning extraordinary erotic romances, and never has this been more evident than in this delicious story.

Mia is a woman afraid of her own sexuality, even though she teaches her students about alternative sexuality. Quite a dichotomy one might think, but her job may just be therapeutic for her. But even though her mind knows that there is nothing wrong with her fantasies, that doesn't quite change the fear she harbors about really letting herself go with a man.

Lucky for Mia, Jagger can't take no for an answer where she is concerned. His persistence pays off when he unwittingly stumbles on her private fetish and her resistance crumbles. Jagger's courtship is a perfect balance of perseverance and consideration, a combination that woos her as much as one of his secret skills does.

Once again, Eden Bradley delivers a tasty little story as big on romance as it is on kink. FORBIDDEN FRUIT is not to be missed by fans of this author, and will be a perfect introduction for readers who haven't yet experienced this talented writer's work.

**Courtesy of Wild on Books**

This was just a fantastic book on so many levels! The characters were real, the story lines were entirely plausible and it felt like the story could be happening anywhere to ordinary people. The only thing that might have been improved was Mia Rose's repeated emotional angst as it seemed to drag out. The sex was sooo good and there was lots of connection between both sets of heroes and heroines. Love the idea of the second plot line. The food with the sex was very well done and seemed light and fun. I highly recommend this book. It was well worth the money.

I have just started to read books/stories by Eden Bradley. My first story by her was "Sanctuary" in the anthology(Exclusive). I fell in love with that story and sought out her other works.

I was not sure what to expect from this story. I will admit that I had a good vision of the lead male Jagger James. I kept seeing the face of the actor Jessie Williams. He was Leo in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and currently on Grey's Anatomy. I liked that he was figuring out his life and his weakness made him more human to me. If I wanted from anything of his character it would have been great if he had a little more alpha male to him other than that I liked him.

As for Mia the female lead...I could understand her hang ups and almost feel her pain. I lost patience with her character trying to express her issues. But was happy when she just let herself feel.

I enjoyed these two as a couple and their scenes were HOT. Eden does a good job with her characters and their emotions.

This book also had a second story about two co-workers Karalee and Gideon. I liked it but wish they got more time in the book. Their relationship was even steamier with a bit of edge.

I will plan to read more of her work soon.


Forbidden Fruit

Mia Rose is a college instructor who teaches and thus explores her fetishes through a human sexuality course. She has never really been challenged in her classroom until handsome Jagger sits down, questions her and makes her question herself regarding her own dark desires. When Jagger pursues her she first wants to say no, but there is something about this man that won't let her walk away from the sensuality he brings to the forefront. She is thus forced to put aside her own fears regarding what she desires, to explore all the things that are dark and forbidden.

Ms. Bradley really knows how to write erotica that will captivate the reader. She delves into so many different aspects that you are never bored with the content. As to that Mia and Jagger are compelling characters, due to the fact that they seems so real and the reader can easily identify with their thoughts and emotions. The secondary storyline revolving around Mia's best friend Karlee is an added bonus. If you like your stories hot and steamy with a strong storyline, Ms. Bradley is an author you MUST add to your "not to be missed" author list!

San Francisco State University Professor Mia Rose Curry teaches a class on alternative sexuality that allows her to fantasize without doing as she trusts no one. Her class is extremely popular as students enjoy learning about fetishes, bondage, and voyeurism, oh my. Although several students have come on to her, Mia knows better than to mix with a pupil; instead she conceals her desires from everyone behind an academic façade.

However, this term she has a problem when hunk Jagger James enters her classroom. From the moment she sees the Golden One she wants him, but tries to pretend indifference. Jagger knows she is his food fetish and plans to dine on his teacher just like he demands she feast on his banquet.

This is an entertaining erotic romance starring a professor and the student who makes her deepest hottest fantasies come to life. Though their pairing seems on the surface wrong (even Mia Rose knows that) due to the nature of their academic relationship, Eden Bradley makes it seem right. Sub-genre fans will relish dining on this FORBIDDEN FRUIT as Jagger teaches Mia Rose "ain't nothing like the real thing" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) when love is involved.

Harriet Klausner

This book was really good... it had 2 stories going on... so it was kinda like getting two books in one... Although the other story was not into as much detail as the main story it was still good and it seems to leave room for maybe a whole other book.