Nights In Black Lace [Paperback]

Noelle Mack (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2008

Paris after dark is as naughty as it gets - and the midnight parties at Oh! Oh! Odette are the naughtiest of all. Because Odette Gaillard is in business purely for fun. Hot fun. She parlayed her modelling income into millions as a designer of gorgeous, super-sexy lingerie for couture clients, rock singers, and movie stars, and now her profits go to charity. C'est Bon. Beautiful models from all over the world fly in for Odette's dazzling, extravagant shows and the sexiest, most successful men around vie to watch them strut their stuff.Bryan Bachman, a freewheeling American athlete, bought a raffle ticket with his last euro and won a coveted front row seat on the catwalk. Cool. Great view. And a hot French chick to sit next to - okay, shoot him now. Odette is just as thrilled. Never has she seen a man so handsome or so sexy, or with such natural fashion sense. Bryan wears the top half of a wetsuit - unzipped! Over a tank and jeans - ripped! Oo la la. And he just said yes to a very private showing of her most erotic confections. Modelled by Odette, of course. Just for him...only for him...

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Aphrodisia; 1ST edition (October 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758221908
• ISBN-13: 978-0758221902
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,828,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Really good plotting, characters, and steamy sheets, but the ending left me hanging, June 8, 2009

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This review is from: Nights In Black Lace (Paperback)

Plot Summary: An American man in Paris, and a former runway model turned fashion designer meet during the Oh! Oh! Odette underwear show. Bryan Bachman is an adventurous marine biology grad student whose short stop in Paris is flipped up-side-down by his encounter with Odette. She's a sophisticated, beautiful, savvy businesswoman, and Bryan is acutely aware that Odette is way out of his league. Their sex life sparkles, but industrial espionage at Odette's atelier has everyone suspecting that Bryan is stealing her designs. Meanwhile, Odette wants Bryan to stay in Paris, but he's running out of money, and he has too much pride to let her pay his way.

I was pleasantly surprised by this erotic romance, which featured strong plotting and character development along with red-hot sex scenes. I think Noelle Mack has the mixture just right, and it reads like a contemporary romance except with more detailed bedroom adventures. Odette had enough diva moments to keep her character convincing without turning her into a witch, and I was thoroughly impressed at how well Mack portrayed the all-American Bryan.

The highlight of the story was getting to spend time in a fashion designer's atelier, and I enjoyed all the details about Odette's daily activities. I think the author has done her research, and it injects the story with a nice dose of realism. Normally I don't give a hoot about high fashion, but viewing it from a business angle makes it seem like a legitimate enterprise, instead of a foolish way for rich women to entertain themselves.

I was fully prepared to choke on an over-abundance of sex scenes (the back cover features a warning label about the sexually explicit content), but I needn't have worried, because the frequency was just about perfect. I will say that some of the `back door action' was on the kinky side for my taste, and when characters do things that I have no interest in myself, it turns the sex into a sideshow event rather than a turn-on. Still, even though some of the sex scenes didn't adhere to my personal preferences, it did reinforce Odette's character as a wildly uninhibited Frenchwoman. Bryan and I were in the same boat, as the shocked, provincial Americans.

Unfortunately, I had a few problems with the story that are holding me back in regards to the rating. The industrial espionage that threatens Odette's business started out as a terrific subplot that was completely abandoned at the end. We never find out for certain who is responsible for leaking her designs, or how Odette managed to solve that crisis. It's maddening how the reader is left dangling.

The ending abruptly fast-forwards to a predictable `happily ever after' between Odette and Bryan, but there's no explanation on how they managed to bridge their considerable socio-economic divide (she's a millionaire and he has two bucks in his account), much less resolve how Bryan can afford to live in Paris. This book needed another chapter to tie up the loose ends, for both their relationship and the crisis at Odette's company. Sadly, a lot of the credibility that sustained the story through the beginning and middle was lost by the ending.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Simply okay, January 22, 2009

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This review is from: Nights In Black Lace (Paperback)

The only problem I had with this book was believing the two would have a happy-ever-after once the passion fades. Odette and Bryan are very likeable characters, but complete opposites. And I had a very difficult time liking Bryan, who basically puts his life on hold to cater to Odette's lifestyle.

And trying to read through the fashion world of Paris was slightly boring, even though the story is peppered with nicely written erotica. This story didn't 'wow' me, but it was worth reading for entertainment. I would suggest buying this book used.

4.0 out of 5 stars Sexy story, January 17, 2012

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Bella March "Bookaholic, Book Reviewer" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nights In Black Lace (Kindle Edition)

At the end of a hiking trip in Europe, Bryan Bachman takes a detour through Paris. On a whim, he buys a fashion show raffle ticket, winning a prized seat by the catwalk. Waiting for the show to start, he spots the most stunning woman peeking out from behind the curtains. Odette, former model and founder of Oh! Oh! Odette clothing and lingerie spies the sexy American in the audience and decides it's time for a fling. Days later, however, the two are still together, exploring their every fantasy, but can this savvy Parisian and beach-comber American find more than a temporary affair?

Culture, couture and sizzling sex are to be found in abundance in this sensual, entertaining read by Noelle Mack. Bryan and Odette are a prime example of how opposites attract, and keep on attracting. The insight into the fashion world kept this reader interested. The explosive sex scenes kept me panting for more.