Jeanie Cesarini

While secrets Vol 3 was readable but forgettable, this was less readable and more in the wall banger category. World building was negligable, and the romances were neither hot or romantic, not much tension, not much of anything. I read this book last week and couldn't focus on a single tale, there isn't one stand out here to save the anthology. Even Emma Holly, normally so reliable, gave a not very interesting story of a Princess and 3 guards/lovers. Happy to go in the resale pile and won't even remember owning it unless I reference it here!… (meer)

Not a wall banger, t he 4 stories were readable, but none of them were especially memorable for me, and absolutely none of them were keepers. The Jeanie Cesarini one, with the undercover FBI agents playing porn stars was just silly, while the Anne Jacobs medieval was not engaging. I didn't mind the BJ McCall one (in a totally original twist, it was cops doing undercover work) but no police lieutenant with men to supervise would go undercover as a stripper. So the world building in none of them was especially sharp, and neither was the erotic tension, but it was readable.… (meer)

I really enjoy these Secret books. They introduce to me to some new authors and keep my comfortable with my old standbys. This books contained these stories. An Act of Love by Jeanie Cesarini. I enjoyed this one which was about an old "retired" movie star coming together with a rising star and helping her overcome a horrid sexual past. It started out a bit weird but turned into a sexy, sensual story worth reading. The next story was Enslaved by Desiree Lindsay. It was a bit too historical for me with the flowery language and all but still worth a read. It's all about hidden desires and had a few too many ill-placed morals for me but the reasons do become clear later in the story. The Bodyguard by Betsy Morgan and Susan Paul which was about a female and male body guard and their starlet client who's "drug of choice was men". As she heated up her bedroom while they had to watch on cameras to make sure she was safe, they tried to avoid heating up each other. It had a good theme but went way too fast and was way too short. The ending was very abrupt and had me looking for the rest of the story. Emma Holly's The Love Slave was the star of the book for me. (of course!) It was about a princess and her three love slaves. It had her usual open-minded approach to sex, wit, charm and really left me with a good feeling.… (meer)