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Paradise Awakening (Passion in Paradise #1)
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Jaci Burton (Goodreads Author)
Serena Graham is looking forward to the vacation of a lifetime-a week at Paradise Resort, a Caribbean hideaway where she'll be able to indulge her every sexual fantasy with complete abandon and total anonymity. For the next week, she's Sexy Siren Serena and she'll do whatever she wants-with whomever she wants.Michael Donovan planned a week at Paradise Resort to research hi...more
Paperback, 180 pages
Published
August 15th 2003
by Ellora's Cave
(first published August 3rd 2003)
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Laura
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fans of romantic erotica
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Auntee
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romantica-erotica
This is the first novel in the “Passion in Paradise” erotica series, and all I can say is WOW! My GR friends have been recommending Jaci Burton to me all year, and now I can see why. She’s an excellent writer, the romance is sweet, the sex is erotic, and the HEA ending was perfect and never felt contrived like in some erotica novels.
Serena is a college professor teaching in a small Kansas town. The only problem is she’s not into the kind of vanilla sex these small town men seem to...more
Serena is a college professor teaching in a small Kansas town. The only problem is she’s not into the kind of vanilla sex these small town men seem to...more
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This was my first "erotic" book and it was definitely an interesting read. I do not know much about the genre, but I would guess that it was pretty good compared to other erotic books.
The sex scenes were a steamy, which I would guess is high on the list of what is good in the genre.
Burton does a pretty good job with character development as well, although I think Serena was a more rounded character than Donovan. Donovan seemed a bit stunted and his character seemed to n...more
The sex scenes were a steamy, which I would guess is high on the list of what is good in the genre.
Burton does a pretty good job with character development as well, although I think Serena was a more rounded character than Donovan. Donovan seemed a bit stunted and his character seemed to n...more
I wasn't looking for a serious book and its a good thing too. This is a light bit of erotica. Detailed sex scenes but nothing too racy or boundary pushing. Two people find themselves sharing a room for the week at a sex club due to a mixup with reservations or something like that. The get along well together. Very well together.
This is a fantastic, short, read. The chemistry will have you turning pages from the very beginning. I loved every creative scene, and the booked was packed with steamy sex. Definitely a keeper.
wow! Actually a really good book. Its short and qick but Jaci Burton sure knows how to write to keep the pace flowing fast. I also love how she really gets you to love the characters and actually care about them. Its really a light erotica book...tastefully written. I will def read more of her books.
Managing isn’t the same as living.
- Michael
Love was a dream—a forgotten fantasy.
- Michael
Hurt me? You didn’t hurt me. Confused me, yes, but hurt me? I’d have to care about you for you to hurt me. I’d have to love you for those words to stab at me. And I don’t. I don’t care about you, nor do I love you.
- Serena
- Michael
Love was a dream—a forgotten fantasy.
- Michael
Hurt me? You didn’t hurt me. Confused me, yes, but hurt me? I’d have to care about you for you to hurt me. I’d have to love you for those words to stab at me. And I don’t. I don’t care about you, nor do I love you.
- Serena
Pretty good for erotica. Even has a happy ending.
Jaci Burton is always a treat.
This is a very tame romantic eroticia novel, on a fantasy island type setting. If all it takes is talking dirty to scandalize you, you will be shocked by this book. If it takes a bit more, this book won't seem all that wicked. It's a mostly vanilla relationship between a man and a woman who end up happily ever after.
The book ended up being not as sexy hot as it sounds like it would be, but it was a good read.
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