Sex as a Second Language

Lust In Translation #1

by Jamie Sobrato

A single woman in Rome. Sleeping with hotforeign men. Waking up blissfully alone. Sharing all theyummy details online. It's life just the way sexcapadeblogger Ariel Turner likes it until the ideal Italian bedbuddy comes along.

Now she's found a candidate for that position.Marc Sorrella is drop-dead gorgeous and he has themost delicious moves!

Unfortunately Marc seems a bit too interested in Ariel'spast and her blog—places she definitely doesn't want himto go. The best way to distract him? Turn the tables anddig around in his past. What she discovers just mightrevoke his eligibility for a spot on her top-ten-hotties list!

Genres: Harlequin, Harlequin Blaze, Romance, Fiction

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

Jamie Sobrato has dreamed of being a writer ever since composing her first bad poetry at the age of 8. Now that she’s seen 18 of her novels published in the US and around the world, she’s grateful for those grade school teachers who had the grace not to cringe at her early efforts. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Jamie now lives in Northern California, where she is at work on her next book. When she’s not writing, she is usually reading, hiking, or hanging out with her two kids.

Reviews

[Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seksi bo... sangat direkomendasikan buat pembaca setia harlequin di luar sana! bercerita tentang seorang penulis blog 'misterius' (not-so misterious juga ya, secara pembaca bakal digiring ke fakta kalo tokoh utama ceweknya lah si penulis blog) yang rutin memposting tentang pengalaman2 seksnya dengan berbagai cowok. Buku pertama di seri Lust in Translation ini witty dan sempet nyerempet2 ke chicklit. Tapi yah, pas ke tengah, opini gue ini digiring lagi ke fakta kalo novel Sex as the Second Language emang beneran harlequin.

[Netanella · Rating 3 out of 5]

An American emigre in Europe for 5 years moves from country to country, blogging about her travels and her sexual exploits. She hooks up with a CIA operative when her last boyfriend is caught up with terrorist activities. Plot was neat, but the book wasn't all there for me. Perhaps it was the aspect that Ariel had sex and then wrote about it anonymously online, but the sex to me was described very mechanically. Maybe it's because both Ariel and Marc tended to have long thought monologues with themselves while they were giving head. Really?? That just got annoying.

[Jess · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay book. Another Harelquin Blaze book. About a girl who blogs her sexlife but runs into trouble when her she breaks it off with a terrorist in Greece and meets and undercover CIA operative. It was okay. Not a stellar book.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ariel Turner is sleeping her way across Europe and blogging about it on the way. Of course CIA operative, Marc Sorrell is interested in her for her links to a former terrorist conquest. If you skip the plot, it is fairly steamy.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fun. I chose it because she was a traveling blogger. Hello, I totally sympathize with that. It was okay but like most art about someone promiscuous (i.e. the movie Spread) the lead character totally changes, which I don't dig.

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars only because it is set in Italy.