A Review/ Sheriff/ Eryn Blackwell/ Ellora's Cave

Title:  Sheriff
Author:  Eryn Blackwell
Publisher:  Ellora's Cave
Genre:  Historical-Quickie
Length:  Novella
eBook ISBN:  978-1419928383
Publication Date:  July 2010
Format:  eBook

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Book Blurb:

Lorella Constonce runs a boarding house in 1887, Giddings, Texas, not a brothel. If she ran the latter, she might know how to entice the sexy Sheriff Jefferies to more than just her dinner table. The need to hide something from him doesn’t help her cause.


Treydon Jeffries has a dead body in town and he suspects Lorella knows more than she’s telling. Treydon’s determined to discover her secrets, even if he has to seduce them out of her. With as many fantasies as he’s had about Lorella, he wouldn’t mind taking charge and finally putting her where she belongs—in his bed.

Publisher’s Note: This story was previously published elsewhere.



My Review:

This was a very fast read at only 48 pages in length.  It was a well done erotic historical western.  The characters were engaging and the plot moved at a good pace.

Lorella Constonce considers herself an average looking woman and has secretly been attracted to the town sheriff who comes to her boarding house twice a day for meals.  She has some secrets from her past and due to her busy schedule hasn't really made too many friends in town.  She has a new secret and is somewhat scared because of what she knows.  She's somewhat of an enigma for the town due to the fact that she is single, independent and is earning her own income in a time when most women are married and living with their husbands or single and living with their parents.

Treydon Jeffries is the town sheriff, he's a physically imposing man standing over 6 feet tall and he's fast with a gun, as some people in town have forced him to exhibit.  He's just and follows the law to the best of his ability, he also has a small secret- he's been attracted to Ms. Lorella for months but can't figure out just how much of himself he wants to commit and how to commit.
When he is called to the scene of a murder not far from Ms. Lorella's he notices a small boot print and figures that a woman was a witness and sees his opportunity to put his plans into work.

Both Lorella and Treydon are alone and have no other commitments, both have a built in sense of justice and both like to play games and have a bit of fun.  They are a perfect match for each other but they must first learn to completely trust each other with their secrets.  The ending of the story is fairly well done, although I would have liked a more complete resolution to the mystery of the dead man found at the beginning of the story.  The spicier elements of the story were well written, there is a little bit of bondage and one scene that includes a little bit of anal play.  This is the first book by Ms. Blackwell that I have read and I look forward to reading more of her work.


My Rating:   4 out of 5 Stars

FTC Disclosure:  The book reviewed was purchased for review by the site owner.

New Release Monday and Tuesday

There are quite a few new release books for these two days, both Liquid Silver and Total-E-Bound release their books on Monday's and then Loose Id and Samhain Publishing release on Tuesday.  Ellora's Cave releases something almost daily during the work week.


Monday's Release from Ellora's Cave

Icarus



Monday's Releases From Total-E-Bound

Whilrwind Relationship

Ordering Olivia

The Darkest Pleasure

A Madam into a Mistress

Cruising

Gay Best Friend


Tuesday's Releases from Samhain Publishing

MBAM

MBAM

MBAM

MBAM

MBAM

MBAM


Tuesday's Releases from Loose Id

At Piper's Point

Best Little Spinwash In Texas

Trueblood 5: Fight To Remember

Nature's Own

Tuesday's Release From Ellora's Cave

All For Shayla

Go Forth And Shop

A Review/ Consent To The Cowboy/ Abby Wood/ Carina Press

Title:  Consent To The Cowboy
Author:  Abby Wood
Publisher:  Carina Press
Genre:  BSDM/Erotica/Western
eBook ISBN:  978-1426890345
Publication Date:  June 28, 2010
Length:  145 Pages
Format:  eBook
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Book Blurb:

Surrounded by beer-swilling, skirt-chasing cowboys her whole life, barmaid Daphne Norris has no intention of ever settling for any of the men in her Podunk hometown. So when bronc rider Will Hanson sends shock waves to her core with just one glance from his striking green eyes, no one is more surprised than her.


But Will is no ordinary cowboy, and he can see that Daphne is no ordinary small-town girl. He can sense in Daphne the quiet strength and devotion needed to satisfy a man like him, a man who needs to be on top, in every aspect of his life.


Daphne hasn't ever succumbed to her submissive desires before, and Will awakens her in ways she never imagined. While she's not prepared to give him her heart, she agrees to Will's offer of three days of intense pleasure, and then she's walking. But Daphne falls hard and fast, and now she has a decision: return to a normal life, or give up everything for Will...

 
My Review:

This is the first book that I've read written by Ms. Wood, it was a fairly fast read.  It's an interesting mix of BDSM and contemporary western.  The interaction between the characters was well written.

Daphne Norris is an interesting heroine, she's truly unsure of what she wants in life, she just knows that who she wants to be with is different than any of the men in town that she has dated.  She wants someone who is strong and independent and that she can trust and rely on.  She has unresolved issues from her childhood, when her father abandoned both her mother and her.  She has the bad habit of dating men in town who she knows won't meet her expectations and she refuses to become intimate with any of them.  She meets Will Hanson at a local rodeo and is instantly attracted to him but when he offers her what she really wants, a Dom of her own, she is afraid to commit.  She';s afraid to take a chance and trust someone.

Will Hanson is a strong, handsome and very wealthy rancher who started out as a bronc rider at the age of 16.  He's had a somewhat sad and possibly tortured past, but we don't get much of a back-story on him.  Of the two main characters in this book, I actually liked Will more because he actually did what he said he would do.  He knows the lifestyle that he wants and recognizes that Daphne would be the perfect submissive for him if he can just convince her to stay.  He offers her the perfect opportunity to see what it would be like and she accepts his offer, but she's really not planning to stay with him from the start- it's not a genuine acceptance on her part.  He then pursues her again and again it's Daphne that stands in the way of their relationship really moving beyond the physical and into something deeper and lifelong. 

It's not until near the end of this book that Daphne finally recognizes that she is copying the behavior pattern of her dad, which she has stated she hates and that she finally begins to let go of the past.  Will is a tremendous help in that regard and so is Daphne's dad, who has come back to town and is working on making amends with his daughter. 

As I stated earlier this book is definitely in the BDSM category and the characters have colorful dialogue.  There is use of a whip and also of clamps so reader beware that some boundaries are definitely crossed.  I think that overall the story has great potential and I would have liked to have seen deeper character development and perhaps some changes in the dialogue between Will and Daphne.

My Rating:  3 out of 5 stars

FTC Disclosure:  This book was purchased for review by site owner.

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