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"'FEMALE FANTASY OFF THE LEASH.' NEW WOMAN"
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When a mysterious young man stumbles into the life of the recentlywidowed Claudia, he reignites her sleeping sexuality. But is the handsome and angelic Paul really a combination of innocent and voluptuary, amnesiac and genius? Claudia's friends become involved intrying to decide whether or not he is to be trusted. As an erotic obsession flowers between Paul and Claudia, and all taboos are obliterated, his true identity no longer seems to matter.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Black Lace have an enviable reputation as publishers of mildly erotic romantic novels, and I bought this one because it had been given an award for erotic literature, and I wanted to see just how erotic I found it. It seems that the award was more for the plot than for its erotic content, because I found the sex very muted. There are hints about fairly hot activities such as spanking, but only in a surprisingly detached style. da Costa has written much more arousingly elsewhere about this. The plot concerns a young, handsome, virile young man who is found wandering, with lost memory, by a forty-something widow who runs a successful business. She has friends who have strongly sensuous tendencies, and it is inevitable, despite these other sexual distractions, that she and the young man will become lovers. There is a mildly orgiastic party, much in the same way that less restrained erotica has really orgiastic parties, to broaden its who-plays-with-whom base of partners, and there is a happy ending. I would imagine the book could well appeal to women who need some mildly erotic stimulus, and as this is, I suspect, the Black Lace market, who am I to carp? However, I did find it a bit uninspiring.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
...erotic novels written by a woman that I ever read. And by that I mean: one of the first that spoke to me as a girl/woman, and told me that I was not alone in wanting something other than the Ray Gordon type sex machine in every orifice bonk-a-thon.
Not that The Stranger has no rudies in it, however. It does. It's sexy and wild and sexy and lovely, and it would hold a place in my heart whether it was one of the books that influenced me and opened my eyes or not. Its status as a classic of the genre, a classic to me, and a really good read are all intertwined, and on all levels it can be recommended.
If you love erotica- or even if you love really hot romance- The Stranger must be read. Portia Da Costa must be read. In fact, don't just buy this book. Buy In Too Deep, too, and see how a master of the genre has not only kept up the quality of this early work, but continues to mature and produce wonderful books that are now both erotic, and firmly romantic.
Can't recommend enough, in case you haven't guessed.
Not that The Stranger has no rudies in it, however. It does. It's sexy and wild and sexy and lovely, and it would hold a place in my heart whether it was one of the books that influenced me and opened my eyes or not. Its status as a classic of the genre, a classic to me, and a really good read are all intertwined, and on all levels it can be recommended.
If you love erotica- or even if you love really hot romance- The Stranger must be read. Portia Da Costa must be read. In fact, don't just buy this book. Buy In Too Deep, too, and see how a master of the genre has not only kept up the quality of this early work, but continues to mature and produce wonderful books that are now both erotic, and firmly romantic.
Can't recommend enough, in case you haven't guessed.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Isn't this every woman's secret fantasy??
26 Jun 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Wow! This book was really hot! All I can say is, I would LOVE to find a guy like that wandering around the grounds of my estate. Their early encounters are perfect -- taut with the uncertainty of the unknown, the forbidden, but still with a strong erotic charge. And things only get better as each explores previously-hidden, or forgotten, passions.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Great enjoyment every time!
3 July 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I found this book to be very refreshing in the fact that its central character is a 40 something widow, and not some bimbo that no one can relate to. I absolutly could not put this one down the first time I read it, and I still get enjoyment out of it many times after that first read. I think the Black Lace Series is truly a step ahead of the competition when it comes to writing women's erotica. Ever time I can, I try to expand my collection, and you should do the same. And then, introduce your friends. Their sure to love it as well!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
40'ish widow ... a young man .. it's so HOT and so 2003 ...
2 Aug 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Where in the world were women like Claudia a few years back when I was young?
Portia da Costa has done it again with an erotic account that veritably sizzles as the pages are turned. Claudia, recently widowed, comes upon a young man skinny dipping in the creek of her English countryside estate. Rather than throw him off her property she finds it much more exciting just enjoying the view as he enjoys the solidtude and flexes his muscle.... LOL
Of course a late night thunderstorm finds the stranger on Claudia's doorstep where he passes out from fear, confusion, and of course we later find, amnesia. Yummie or what .... 'Come in said the spider to the fly' comes to mind as Caudia takes him in and lets the poor boy rest to recover his energy. Needless to say Claudia has a very very strange bedside manner if she wanted him to recover ... if you know what I mean ..
The author spins a tale that keeps our interest as the Claudia awakens to a new and hidden part of her sexual awareness that was very much so surpressed during her blissfull married life. The greatest thing is that this is now one of the few English erotica books that the characters are able to taste the fruits of the flesh without having to beat the living daylights out of each other first or even use kitchen utensils to get it on .....
So it's also hardly a surprise that this 1997 Black Lace printing is 'sold out' and you can bet Im not selling my copy either ......
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