Dangerous Pleasures

This book was a really great read, but to be honest, the ending was wack! This is the first I've read of this author, and I'm not sure I'd read another one of her novels. Like I said, it was a very good read up until the last two or three pages, if only the ending wasn't so vague. Hopefully she'll make a sequel. If so, I'd definately read that one!

I've read the "Pleasure Series" in Bertrice Small's previous books, and it just gets better with each one. I would definitely recommend this book. It's hot and sexy and tells a story that will keep you interested.

I have read every book by Bertrice Small and I have really enjoyed the Pleasures series. I think next to the first one this one is my favorite. I agree with a previous reviewer that some of the plot was too short and there wasn't enough tension. In some ways Annie gave up too fast and I didn't like how the relationships ended. I wanted her to be happier with her kids because of what she'd done not the nanny. Overall I'm thrilled with this new book and really hope she comes up with a new one in the series. I have recommended these to all of my friends!

Great read and good extension of the series. Can't wait for the next one.

In Egret Pointe, fortyish Widow Annie Elizabeth Miller raises five children by herself with no social life since her husband died in London. When her mom calls whining that her dad ignores her for golf, Annie knows this is an omen. Soon the high school calls to inform her that her two oldest Nathaniel and Amy are on detention; that is followed by the middle school informing her that her twins Lily and Rose are suspended. Finally her youngest stay at home Wills rejects the nap that Annie desperately needs. Her corporate litigator sister Lizzie who knows Annie's "strength" façade hides a depressed miserable person, submits her name to a contest sponsored by Channel, a spa catering to female desires. Annie wins a week at the spa. She has the time of her life sexually and otherwise. Shockingly she is offered a position at the spa, which would eliminate her financial woes and her sexual abstinence, which she accepts. However, her family, especially her kids who depend on her, wonder how far will success and pleasure spoil Annie Elizabeth Miller. The sequel to PRIVATE PLEASURES is a pleasurable erotic tale starring a fortyish mother of five who has no life of her own with the only person interested in her well being her sister. The transformation of Annie from only raising five kids to sex siren works; she classically displays defense mechanisms defending herself psychologically with initially altruistic and suppression states to altruistic rationalizations. She defends her changed behavior from a stay at home mom to BDSM and multiple-partners. Fans will enjoy Bertrice Small's fine character study while pondering the wise wisdom of teenage philosopher Amy that eventually you reach an age that sex does not matter (not). Harriet Klausner