A Secret Place (Black Lace) [Paperback]

Ella Broussard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Black Lace | Publication Date: May 14, 2010

Maddie is a busy girl with a dream job: location scout for a film company. When she's double-booked to work on two feature films at once, both filmed in the English countryside, she needs to manage her time very carefully. Luckily, there's no shortage of fit young men who are willing to help. She also makes friends with the locals, including a horny young farmer and a particularly handy mechanic. The only person she's not getting on with is Hugh, the director of one of the movies. Is that because sexual tension between the two of them has reached boiling point?

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A story of lust during a long, hot English summer

About the Author

Ella Broussard lives in Devon, UK, with her family.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 289 pages
• Publisher: Black Lace (May 14, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0352333073
• ISBN-13: 978-0352333070
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,043,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother, September 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: A Secret Place (Black Lace) (Paperback)

Black Lace books are supposed to have interesting plots and exciting sex scenes. This book has neither. Oh sure, the heroine, who isn't really all that likeable, has lots of sex. She'll sleep with almost anybody at the drop of a hat. However, there's not a lot of detail in the sex scenes and who cares anyway since Maddie and the reader never get to know anything about any of her partners. There is no buildup, no getting to know any of the men and hoping she will get together with them soon.

I read all the Black Lace books, so obviously, I'm not a prude, but I couldn't like Maddie because she was such a slutty woman. I guess the reader is meant to find her near public sex acts daring and titillating. I just found her unsympathetic and got bored by the lack of detail and character development.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ho-Hum, February 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Secret Place (Black Lace) (Paperback)

After reading the previous reviews, I decided to order this book, but was very disappointed. The story primarily consists of a not-particularly likeable heroine having sex with just about every man she meets. Very little time is spent on characterization, and there is almost no buildup of sexual tension. The sex itself is light on details and relatively unimaginative. If you like your stories with a lame plot, shallow characters, and lots of white-bread sex, this book is for you! (But not for me.)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful fun, July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Secret Place (Black Lace) (Paperback)

I love the imagery in this book. Knowing the Dorset area a bit makes the story live for me.

I really have enjoyed all the Black Lace books I have, the descriptions of love making are a lot more 'romantic' and sexier than those stories especially written for men - which I am.