- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Cheek (4 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0352339039
- ISBN-13: 978-0352339034
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.5 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 763,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Surely there has never been a woman more sensual, more irresistable, than svelte dancer Chloe Dubois. She is a heady combination of innocence and sultry seduction, and Japanese-American businessman David Imakita will risk everything he has to keep her: his career, his friends, even his integrity, such is her power over him.
But who is this temptress and what does she want? Is it just love? David's ex-Sumo bodyguard, Sato believes Chloe will cause havoc in their ordered lives, and turns up information on her that is far from pretty. The warning signs are there, but it is already too late for David, who is under her spell and besotted. Will this unrepentant temptress overturn her wild ways and accept the opportunity to change her life for the better, or will the dark family secrets of her past resurface and destroy them both?
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A dazzling, character erotic thriller that goes deep into the soul of sexual tension!
Surely there has never been a woman more sensual, more irresistable, than svelte dancer Chloe Dubois. She is a heady combination of innocence and sultry seduction, and Japanese-American businessman David Imakita will risk everything he has to keep her: his career, his friends, even his integrity, such is her power over him.
But who is this temptress and what does she want? Is it just love? David's ex-Sumo bodyguard, Sato believes Chloe will cause havoc in their ordered lives, and turns up information on her that is far from pretty. The warning signs are there, but it is already too late for David, who is under her spell and besotted. Will this unrepentant temptress overturn her wild ways and accept the opportunity to change her life for the better, or will the dark family secrets of her past resurface and destroy them both?
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad,
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This review is from: In the Flesh (Black Lace) (Paperback)
Like most people, Emma Holly is easily my favourite Black Lace author. Her ability to mix good characters with strong plotting and sexual variety is unparalleled.And the two lead characters in this story make an intriguing match. David Imakita owns a successful computer games company, maker of the popular Laura Fleet game. Chloe Dubois is a stripper - the model for the aforementioned game. But Chloe is not all she appears to be. She has a sound business mind (which David is unable to see) and a privileged background. Whilst David, as an Asian-American, struggles to fit into an Asian lifestyle that he was not born into, Chloe (without compromising) endears herself to the very people that he is trying to impress (its classic Pygmalion / Pretty Woman stuff). So a great couple of characters and an intriguing plot, concerning Chloe's background and the for the two main characters to rescue each other. So why is it that you either love this book or hate it, and I have only given it 4 stars (brilliant for most books, but shocking for an Emma Holly!)? Where the book seems to fall down is in the sex. Emma Holly's other great talent is hot varied sex, but with only three characters 'doing it', the variety isn't there. Also I am afraid to say that the traditional Asian reserve does leave me somewhat cold. But, a good plot and top-notch characters. By any body else's standards an excellent read. Hopefully the restricted sex thing was just an experiment that didn't quite work.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: In the Flesh (Black Lace) (Paperback)
In The Flesh is excellent! Holly has paired together two of her best and strongest characters to go head to head in a tale that is a romance as well as erotica. Like all EH books the storyline is seamless and well written, but I may have to call In The Flesh my favorite. After Velvet Glove I was not looking for a story that mixed in elements of light bondage, In The Flesh does that perfectly. Actually it is barely there, and it is intrinsic to the romantic theme in the story. I keep underestimating Ms. Holly's ability to top herself and every time she proves me wrong.
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3.2 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews) 31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not so much erotica as romance with explicit sex,
By Marchez Vite "marchezvite" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In the Flesh (Black Lace) (Paperback)
This is the first Black Lace book I have read. I was expecting (hoping?) that it would be essentially erotica, but I found it to be mostly a romance story with some explicit sex scenes. These sex scenes I found hottish - not amazingly sensual and creative, but sufficient to warm me up a little. I did not find that the sexuality moved the story along (as I would expect in quality erotica), but rather the story stopped when the characters became sexual.The story itself concerns Chloe DuBois, an exotic dancer, who is rescued from some dimly imaged fray by David Imakita, a multi-millionaire executive of a computer games company. I suppose when you have beautiful people with lots of money, your plot can go most anywhere...I didn't really buy the plot, but I decided this wasn't intended to be Great Literature, and just kept reading. It's interesting that the author, Emma Holly, apparently did a fair amount of research on Japanese culture to write character David Imakita. I respected this, but was disappointed that it was not really woven into the plot in an integral way. Neither does she really tackle the issue of an interracial couple. Black Lace books are marketed as erotica for women, written by women. I would have thought that I'd find myself really in sync with the female protagonist, but instead I found her, while sympathetic, a simple "type," plucked from a made-for-TV movie. On the other hand, I was really intrigued by the male characters -- David and his bodyguard Sato -- and wished she had gotten into their heads more. This book was not so compelling that I raced through it, but it was interesting enough to finish. I found the erotic element rather ho-hum, but not dreary enough to keep me from trying another Black Lace (or Emma Holly) book again. 17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad,
By Dirty Bird - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In the Flesh (Black Lace) (Paperback)
Like most people, Emma Holly is easily my favourite Black Lace author. Her ability to mix good characters with strong plotting and sexual variety is unparalleled.And the two lead characters in this story make an intriguing match. David Imakita owns a successful computer games company, maker of the popular Laura Fleet game. Chloe Dubois is a stripper - the model for the aforementioned game. But Chloe is not all she appears to be. She has a sound business mind (which David is unable to see) and a privileged background. Whilst David, as an Asian-American, struggles to fit into an Asian lifestyle that he was not born into, Chloe (without compromising) endears herself to the very people that he is trying to impress (its classic Pygmalion / Pretty Woman stuff). So a great couple of characters and an intriguing plot, concerning Chloe's background and the for the two main characters to rescue each other. So why is it that you either love this book or hate it, and I have only given it 4 stars (brilliant for most books, but shocking for an Emma Holly!)? Where the book seems to fall down is in the sex. Emma Holly's other great talent is hot varied sex, but with only three characters 'doing it', the variety isn't there. Also I am afraid to say that the traditional Asian reserve does leave me somewhat cold. But, a good plot and top-notch characters. By any body else's standards an excellent read. Hopefully the restricted sex thing was just an experiment that didn't quite work. 19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ten Stars!,
By K. Hewitt "kahtt" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In the Flesh (Black Lace) (Paperback)
In The Flesh is excellent! Holly has paired together two of her best and strongest characters to go head to head in a tale that is a romance as well as erotica. Like all EH books the storyline is seamless and well written, but I may have to call In The Flesh my favorite. After Velvet Glove I was not looking for a story that mixed in elements of light bondage, In The Flesh does that perfectly. Actually it is barely there, and it is intrinsic to the romantic theme in the story. I keep underestimating Ms. Holly's ability to top herself and every time she proves me wrong.
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