Pleasure for Pleasure (Harlequin Blaze, No 84) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jamie Sobrato (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Blaze | Publication Date: April 1, 2003

Josie Marcus is back in town. The last time Trent O'Reilly saw her, she was driving away, leaving him naked on the beach. Now this could be his chance to finally put an end to his desire for her too-tempting self. She's running the local sex therapy clinic, so he'll pretend to need private sex lessons. When he has her hotter than she's ever been, he'll walk away, leaving her unsatisfied. Great plan. So why isn't he heading for the door?

Josie has never been able to resist the sexy Trent. Problem is, whenever they start heating the sheets, she panics and runs away. However, his scandalous offer is just the resolution she needs. If she can control the sessions, she'll stay calm and then she can get him out of her system. But trading sensual pleasures with him is so steamy she wants to stay...forever!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373790880
• ISBN-13: 978-0373790883
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,380,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars heated romance, April 12, 2003

By 

Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
(#1 Hall OF FAME REVIEWER)    (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Pleasure for Pleasure (Harlequin Blaze, No 84) (Mass Market Paperback)

Her mother asks marriage counselor Josie Marcus to return to her hometown of San Francisco to watch the business while she goes to Prague. Her mother runs the Lovers For Life Center that offers a variety of sex education classes on as wide a range of subjects as one could imagine.

Josie grew up embarrassed by the open display of affection that her mother emitted. She is very reserved, but her counseling work enables her to run the Center and even lead the discussions. Trent O'Reilly owns the building that contains the sex clinic and his sports equipment store. He is owed two months rent by his tenant, but Josie does not have the money. Trent has known Josie since high school where he desired her, but she always fled when they got hot and bothered. He offers her a chance to pay off her mother's debt, sex education for the rent. Josie accepts to help the only boy she was ever attracted to improve his skills though she herself is not much more than an amateur, but will both stick around this time?

The lead couple is an engaging duet struggling to overcome a failed history though both secretly share a crush. The story line contains an erotic story line (duh this is a Blaze) that is fun to follow. However, the reader needs to accept Josie's out of character agreement to Trent's business venture that turns her into a whore and him into her John. Still PLEASURE FOR PLEASURE is a heated romance worth attending as the protagonists are quite a duet.

Harriet Klausner

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Recommended, April 11, 2003

By 

C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Pleasure for Pleasure (Harlequin Blaze, No 84) (Mass Market Paperback)

Following in the steps of Josie Marcus' mother would intimidate the most daring of souls. Certainly demure Josie finds it difficult to continue her mother's outrageous classes at the Lovers for Life Center when her sexual history would fit the back of a postcard. Certainly a background in marital counseling has not prepared her for lecturing on sex. When a long time attendee observes Josie's professional reputation hinges on her having a frisky love life, Josie realizes that she must take action. Then a voice from her past offers the perfect solution while exchanging pleasure for pleasure.

Trent O'Reilly owns the building housing the Lovers for Life Center as well as the extreme sports shop next door. With two months rent in arrears, Trent heads next door to collect personally. His shared history with Josie had deterred him much to long, and now its time to collect. But seeing Josie again for the first time in three years makes Trent want to collect more than just rent. He would like a bit of retribution for her dumping him on the beach three years ago without his boxers. So in exchange for private sex lessons, he offers to waive six grand in back rent payments. Little does Trent realize the ramifications of such an agreement.

Author Jamie Sobrato pens a scorching romance in PLEASURE FOR PLEASURE. As Josie and Trent learn to gain and relinquish control, they discover an erotic path of pleasure that leads to love. Josie is a fascinating mix of sassy and demure in her determination to never be like her mother, and yet enters an unorthodox agreement of exchanging personal sex lessons for rent. This troubling agreement will bother readers who perceive this exchange as prostitution, but taken with the spirit of the novel, savvy readers will understand Josie's choice as a powerful choice to take control of her past and her future. PLEASURE FOR PLEASURE comes recommended.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blazing New Writer - Hot Story, May 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Pleasure for Pleasure (Harlequin Blaze, No 84) (Mass Market Paperback)

This Blaze romance takes an interesting twist in the story line that will grab your interest and make you want to find out what is going to happen on the next page. As an avid reader of romance, I would recommend this book!