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Top of Her Game (Black Lace)
by
Emma Holly (Goodreads Author)
Has city slicker Julia met her match in a rugged Montana cowboy?
t's not only Julia's professional acumen that has men quaking in their shoes - she also has a taste for keeping men in line after office hours. With an impressive collection of whips and high heels to her name, she sure has some kinky ways of showing affection. But Julia's been searching all her life for a man...more
t's not only Julia's professional acumen that has men quaking in their shoes - she also has a taste for keeping men in line after office hours. With an impressive collection of whips and high heels to her name, she sure has some kinky ways of showing affection. But Julia's been searching all her life for a man...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
April 5th 2007
by Black Lace
(first published 1999)
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Apr 30, 2008
Laura
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of romantic erotica
Shelves:
romantica-erotica
What a fun book! There were several times when I had to put this novel down, because I was laughing so hard I couldn’t stop. But that’s Holly, isn’t it?
Julia Mueller is an icy dom from New York City, who has sexually mastered her egomaniac boss. But now she’s thirty-two and looking for love. Thing is she has no idea what that feels like, or if she will ever experience it. When her boss sends her on an executive trip to a dude ranch with three of his top VPs, her mission is to find out which one...more
Julia Mueller is an icy dom from New York City, who has sexually mastered her egomaniac boss. But now she’s thirty-two and looking for love. Thing is she has no idea what that feels like, or if she will ever experience it. When her boss sends her on an executive trip to a dude ranch with three of his top VPs, her mission is to find out which one...more
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Now this is just me, but I would like a little romantic connection between the H/H. This book just seemed like the heroine was having relations with anyone and everyone. It was like a chorus line. Next, please.....
Just not for me.
Just not for me.
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Apr 20, 2011
Annika
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
e-book,
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Very erotic book as expected from Emma Holly combined with a storyline. The story is about Julia Muellers struggles with beeing a dominatrix and her (imagined) inability to feel love, maybe beeing some kind of freak because she likes the power trip. And that's already my main criticism with this book, I didn't really get her problem respecively it was not presented very persuasively. Her mental struggles where not in harmony with her actions. Mixed into it is her "childhood trauma" of seeing her...more
I haven't read many Emma Holly books, mainly her historical erotic romances and some of the Demon series. This, however, IS the second contemporary book I read by Emma Holly, and I have to say that overall I did NOT like either of them.
Here is what bothers me: Indiscriminate promiscuity by the main characters who ultimately fall in love with each other. And I don't mean outside of the book or in their past. They both sleep with other people in the book and I have to watch it happen!!! I have to...more
Here is what bothers me: Indiscriminate promiscuity by the main characters who ultimately fall in love with each other. And I don't mean outside of the book or in their past. They both sleep with other people in the book and I have to watch it happen!!! I have to...more
I suspect that your opinion of this book will be vastly influenced by the contrast between your expectations and what you get. This isn't erotic romance, although it has a HEA. Despite my label, it isn't even particularly romantic erotica, in the most part. There's a lot of pretty gratuitous bed-hopping. if you go in knowing this is what you're going to get, and wanting it, you'll probably like this book. I wanted something more along the lines of Emma Holly's erotic romances, and would have pre...more
I was on Chapter 2 already when I noticed that the cover says that the book is an erotic romance. That explains why every other page, the author would describe sex. And this is a book about S&M. I hate this book. It doesn't even have a story. But well, a book describing itself as an erotic romance couldn't have a good story. Eeew reading this book was like watching porn. A bad porno movie at that.
Hard for me to say that I didn't love an Emma Holly book, but I sure didn't love this one. Why? Difficult to say... just something about the characters and the overall storyline that seemed empty. Not up to what I think of as EH's standard. I wasn't aroused by the "erotic" scenes. I didn't feel empathy or sympathy for either the Hero or Heroine.
In fact, when the book was over, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to think or feel.
And that's likely the problem.
In fact, when the book was over, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to think or feel.
And that's likely the problem.
Top of her Game is another great contemporary erotic romance from Emma Holly. Her complex characters and inventive sex scenes are present here. There is some dominance and submission in this one but nothing too weird. I know I say this in every Holly review but I wish she would abandon writing paranormals and go back to contemporaries like this.
I continue to be a big fan of Emma Holly. This book was very sexy and a lot of fun to read! The BDSM aspects of the book were written tastefully and realistically. The various characters and their relationships were interesting and dynamic.
I did finish this one, barely, but I probably should have DNF'd it. There wasn't even one character that I liked in the story!
Cowboys and hot sex - what's not to like about that?? Great read!
Jul 07, 2010
Kat Krist
marked it as to-read
emma holly is great at writing fantasy hotness. pick up any book of hers and you will not be sorry
Erotic romance on a cattle ranch in Montana.
Fun and VERY hot. 1000 Shades of Better then those other books.
Mar 07, 2008
Sharon
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
any erotica lovers
Shelves:
erotica-romance
This is my absolute favorite erotica book. It could be because I have a cowboy fetish, but it's wonderful. The main woman is strong, normal-sized, and smart. It's great to read about women who should be idolized in the sex world!
Ms. Holly writes great sensual stories. This one was good one about a woman who's made it in her career, but not so much in her personal life. I enjoyed it, despite the cowboy...
It wasn't the dominatrix side of the heroine that turned me off, it was that she would have sex with any and everyone, whether she liked them or not. Just doesn't do it for me.
Just a tad too much for my personal taste. Not enough romance for me.
Oct 02, 2011
~Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure~
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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character-cowboy-girl,
character-dom-me,
genre-contemporary,
genre-western,
genre-romance,
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sexcontent-bdsm-elements,
sexcontent-oral-play-sex,
sexcontent-toys,
sexual-mix-f-f,
sexual-mix-m-f,
character-business-wo-man,
sexcontent-anal-play-sex,
a-favorite-author
I enjoyed the sexual firsts tales over the fireplace.
May 20, 2013
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marked it as to-read
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