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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sasha White at her best, September 10, 2008
This review is from: My Prerogative (Mass Market Paperback)
Kelsey Howard has a straightforward, unashamed appreciation for sex. She also feels a never ending desire to please her mother, to help her perfect sister plan her wedding, and to keep in touch with friends who seem satisfied with not keeping in touch. Kelsey enjoys sex with others or by herself, lights off or on, drapes pulled or open, but it isn't until she realizes she has a voyeur that things become especially interesting. When she and Harlan, the nameless, faceless man whose window faces hers, actually meet and form what begins to look like an actual relationship, Kelsey is more confused than ever.
Harlan is an artist who is on the cusp of being discovered. His work is dark and intense, just like Kelsey, so it's only natural that he begins to paint her. He watches her from the darkness of his window but soon makes himself known and carefully pursues her, refusing to give in to what she thinks she needs from him. He wants to treasure and protect her, and take away the often-haunted look that he sees in her eyes.
This book is exactly what readers expect from Sasha White with in-your-face sexuality and shameless acts of every shape and form. Kelsey likes everyone to think she knows exactly what she wants and that her brazen actions prove it, while the truth is that she's in a painfully desperate search for something but she doesn't know what. Harlan immediately sees this - I think this man is the most patient, understanding hero ever. He knows exactly what Kelsey wants, needs and craves and while he wants her to belong to him, he doesn't want it to be in surrender of herself. You see, Harlan can see who Kelsey really is and he's willing to wait for her to see it too. Kelsey is a very interesting character. There were times I wanted to cry for her, cheer for her and even a couple of times that I just plain didn't like her.
I encourage everyone who enjoys romance - no, I challenge everyone who enjoys romance, to read this book. There was one sex scene in particular that I didn't care for, but not so much that I couldn't get past it. The incredible emotion and self-discovery in this book is worth any discomfort you may feel at raw and edgy sex. You don't have to be a fan of BDSM to appreciate the heartfelt emotion of Sasha's work. While Kelsey has relationship issues with several people in her life, so much so that readers may begin to wonder if all of the pieces will ever fall into place for her, the ending is amazingly satisfying and quite frankly, it left me breathless.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Edgy, entertaining erotic romance, September 2, 2008
This review is from: My Prerogative (Mass Market Paperback)
Kelsey is a bartender in her thirties, who has a taste for the nightlife and all its advantages. Kelsey doesn't like relationships, in fact she runs from commitment like one would expect a male hero to. Instead, she takes what she wants from men, and gets rid of them when she's finished. But she's starting to feel the pressure from her mother to get a real job, and from her younger sister (who is getting married) to maybe settle down for once. And that's not at all like Kelsey. She does what she wants without regard for anyone else's opinion. Besides, how could she possibly meet a man who would satisfy her physically and emotionally, and accept her without reservations?
Then one night, Kelsey discovers that she has a secret admirer in the building across from hers. And her secret admirer likes to watch. After a few night of him watching her pleasure herself and her one-night-stands Kelsey issues a challenge to the man and invites him over. She wants to see if he can handle the real her.
But Harlan isn't like other men. He accepts Kelsey's passionate nature and encourages it. He knows that she's not a one-man woman, but as long as she reserves her heart for him, he's fine with it. Setting about breaking down the walls that she's built around her heart, Harlan romances and pleasures Kelsey until she has no other choice but to accept him. Or so he thinks... but it takes more than finesse to snag a woman like Kelsey, and does Harlan have what it takes?
My Prerogative was erotic, intense, and entertaining. I read it whenever I got a few minutes free, and I actually liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Kelsey is sort of an anti-heroine. She isn't sugar and spice and everything nice. Rather she's pierced, fierce, and unapologetic. And I actually loved that about her. I liked the fact that she put her own needs first and didn't need a man for any sort of validation. She was perfectly comfortable being on her own, which is why she was so startled by her attraction to Harlan. For a woman who's used to taking what she wants from men and getting rid of them when she's through, the idea that any man could be enough for her is daunting. And at first she fights her attraction. But as much anti-heroine as Kelsey is, Harlan is equally as much alpha hero and he's going to get what he wants--Kelsey. If you like erotic romance that's not afraid to go outside the box, you'll definitely enjoy My Prerogative.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lust, lust and more lust, September 3, 2008
This review is from: My Prerogative (Mass Market Paperback)
In Vancouver thirty years old Kelsey Howard enjoys her life as a "footloose and fancy free" single. She prides herself that she answers only to her self though recently has felt slightly disjointed. She knows why as she has completed her entire "life's to-do list" and has no goals left to achieve. Kelsey realizes she would love to have a mate who can match her desire for desire, sex for sex, and love for love. However, she also assumes no man can stay hard enough to fulfill her sexual cravings.
However, she soon realizes that a voyeur is watching her prancing in the nude in her apartment. Instead of fear, Kelsey finds she wants to meet her peeping Tom. She knows only one way to do so; go after him. Harlan Shaw has become a voyeur after seeing his "muse", the naked woman with the breasts at the window; he wants her because he holds her culpable for no blood flowing to his brain.
Lust, lust and more lust to the infinite degree when sex machine Kelsey meets the one who has a permanent hard on for her. The heroine makes this erotic romance work because she offers no apologies for her loose behavior yet in site of hopping from man to man, Kelsey still dreams of meeting a man who will love her. Sub-genre fans will enjoy the sexploits of Kelsey unbound, full of trouble and sexually wicked.
Harriet Klausner
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