This book has so much hot steaminess and so many sex scenes
that it could almost be erotica or at least an erotica romance – except that it
isn’t – because the emotional driver between the MCs is so strong that it has to be categorised as romance.
Gorgeous Charlotte Southwick is on her honeymoon
cruise – alone. Just before their wedding, Charlotte caught her fiancée in
flagrante delicto and naturally called it off. Charlotte had already made
non-refundable payments for the cruise (a VIP suite, no less) and a week in
Aruba, so pushed by her grandfather, she decides to go by herself. Lexi Bronson
is a bartender and a VIP attendant on the cruise ship. Charlotte and Lexi were
sweethearts in high school, but that ended when Charlotte went away to college.
Their love and lust for each other, which should have withered and died away
during their decade apart, blaze to an inferno immediately.
Charlotte (heart: throb, beat, skip, race, throb, beat,
skip, race…ad infinitum). You know that Leonardo DiCaprio movie Inception with its premise of infiltration
of the subconscious? We feel that Riley somehow delved into all levels of our conscious,
unconscious and subconscious, found our fantasy woman and wrote her as
Charlotte. We can’t even begin using adjectives for Charlotte. We’re sure Lexi
is also nice (or maybe even more than nice) but we were so completely swept away
by Charlotte that everyone else (including Lexi) became just supporting players.
Our swooning over Charlotte apart, this book is a great,
great read so obviously, we recommend that you dive into it as soon as
possible.
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆★
