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23 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Nice short story.... Jul 07, 2006
By H. Legette-Hill
"tigasinamon2"
Sharde has been in love (lust) with her hunky boss, Jefferson, for the past 8 years? That is a long damn time! Anyway, she decides that after her efforts of not getting his attention she was going to quit. She gets the opportunity when he invites her to spend the weekend at the cabin. She accepts. A storm blows through, causing them to be unable to turn around to go back home.
Sharde uses this time to proposition Jefferson for a sex only relationship. Even though she wants him to fall in love with her. Eventually Jefferson does realize what a gem Sharde really is. Sharde though becomes deeper entrenched in her desire to be more than just a lover to Jefferson. She wants a committment. When Jefferson isn't willing to give that to her, she calls it off and decides to quit her job to get away from his presence. Jefferson in the meantime realizes how much he's cared for her and tries to win her back. Be prepared for some raunchy sex and dirty talk. These two are hot for each other and can't get enough.
28 of 33 found the following review helpful:
 Another annoying black female character Feb 04, 2007
By mp541
"mp541"
I don't know what is up w/ Marilyn Lee when it comes to her black heroines. They are so weak minded and pitiful. Sharde has been pining for her boss from afar for years. She decides to take advantage of their retreat at Jeff's cabin and seduce him. Although he tells her he's not looking for a serious relationship, she lies by saying she can respect his feelings. However she plays along in a deceitful manner resulting in immature head games and shameful manipulation. Her deception was so bad that she drove Jefferson away because her dishonesty from day one about her true intentions with him. She was truly unlikable.
Another thing, what's up w/ these black women characters who fail to use protection and coerce these white male lovers not use a condom? With the terrifying stats on black women contracting HIV I find this appalling. I understand this is fiction but I think it really does send the wrong message. Lee has done this before with previous black female characters who seem to have an aversion to safer sex. The best love story she wrote was The Talisman where the lovers used protection and the story still came off erotic.
My friend forwarded me her followup to this book and unfortunately Darbie her faithful assistant has followed in the same footsteps of not wanting to use a condom, and this is from a woman who is having a one-night stand with a strange man who happened to share her hotel room by accident. I won't give anymore away but the man in question is already in this book.
I also feel Lee needs to move beyond the taboo factor of white men and black women being romantically involved and just tell a story where race is not being analyzed to death on the black woman character's part. It will improve Lee as a writer to deal with men and women relationships w/o the black woman having all these kind of racial hang-ups . Lee also makes these black women violent, oftentimes they are hitting their white male lovers. She is a black woman herself so I don't understand why she falls victim to the historic racist sexual stereotypes black women have been given by white society.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 A very solid read Aug 25, 2006
By M. Fleming
"Rescueknight"
This story is about want: what you want, why you want it, and what happens when you get what you wanted and realize that you want more.
Sharde Donovan has carried a torch for Jefferson Calder for nine, count them, nine years and wants a change.
She decides to give herself one month to change things with him, or leave and move on.
Twice burned Jefferson for his part sees Sharde as one of the boys (the ultimate male compliment) and not as a romantic interest, until they are snow-bound in his cabin.
After the interlude, an incredibly hot one, they return to work and per his choice , with the relationship as it was when they first decided to go up to the cabin -- no sex.
Ms. Lee's writing is tight with excellent pacing. She gets you where you need to be easily. A feat because of the book's length. Her characters, both primary and secondary, are well thought-out as is the plot.
The secondary characters are well-treated and have much to offer the story. Darbi is Sharde's sounding board and Benton does the same for Jefferson.
The dialogue is strong and real, again, with excellent pacing. That for me was the best part of this book. You will read lines that you don't usually see in a lot of books, it will surprise and delight you. I can't give specifics without ruining this for the next reader.
Happy reading.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 I'm sorry I read this Oct 01, 2008
By P. Jackson
"Interracial Romance Lover"
I'm sorry to say that I bought three of Marilyn Lee's interracial romances and this was the first one I read. Sharde was the most unlikeable, manipulative, stupid representative of Black women in interracial relationships. I should know because I have been in an interracial marriage for 15 wonderful years and I assure you I didn't do any of the things that this girl did. Halfway through the book, I threw it across the room but my husband insisted I finish it just to know what happened. There would be no way I would ever be friends with a girl like her. She was just unlikeable.
Her love interest was just as bad. I know this was supposed to be an erotic romance and I'll agree that it was erotic but romance? Ha! Don't waste your money unless you believe that a man must be "caught" through manipulation. How about meeting, dating and falling in love?
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
I was pleasantly surprised. Sep 08, 2006
By Jenny Melfi
Sharde was in love with her boss Jefferson for 8 years and decided to do something about it. If it didn't work out, she would move on. Jefferson saw Sharde as "one of the boys", and not as a lover. They spent a weekend at a cabin and became lovers. Sharde wanted more, Jeff didn't, because he had issues from two previous failed relationships. Sharde decides to quit her job and then it really gets intersting! I knew going in that it would be erotic and explicit. I didn't expect a lot. The thing is, I was drawn in. I cared about the characters a lot. The book was well-written, interesting, different. I was pleasantly surprised. I'd love to see several of the secondary characters in sequels. Kudos to Marilyn Lee. Keep up the good work.
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