Dirty

Dirty not only weaves a complex character and story line but pulls it all off while putting into print some of your steamiest fantasies. Elle's character is deep, emotional, and hardcore. She is able to detach herself at times in her mental narration from her actual being and evaluate herself with a strict sense of her flaws and her perfections. You can't figure out if you admire her or pity her and in the end you realize its both. She's the very persona of the "naughty librarian" type brought to life through words. The complicated relationship she has with Dan is something any commitment fearing woman can relate to. This is a captivating read, that'll make you blush and at the same time discover the fact that we all have secrets and a past, we can't let those control our lives. A really nice guilty pleasure.

This was an amazing book. It took me two days to read this. It was so real to what ordinarily happens in our lives. If you get this book. Read it. Read it. Read it. You will go back for more books by this author.

A repressed heroine with no color in her wardrobe, no joy in her life. A typical background for such a woman. A hero destined to drag her out of her bleak existence. You've seen it all before, right? Not even close. Elle is one of the most complex, real characters I've ever read. She diverges from stereotype in unique ways, and resolution is not only difficult to find, it's as complex as the character. At the end of the book you know she still has a lot of work to do...but the most important element of any book for me, hope, is there in spades. This book isn't a romance, per se, because the focus is on more than the male/female relationship. But it's also the epitome of romance because it's about falling in love and doing the hard work such a fall requires. From what I've seen, Hart's next book is going to be even better. I can't wait!

I have read just about everything Megan Hart has written, from her fantasy to her erotica and have been impressed with how Megan can write it all and very well. In fact, I haven't read anything Megan's written that I didn't enjoy. Even the short erotica stories have a plot in them. Here's a woman, Elle Kavanaugh, who has a good job, her own house she's fixing up herself, a brother living on the other side of the US and a mother she loves but can't stand to be around or talk to. However, this woman has no relationships with anyone other than her brother. She refuses to get close to anyone and has sex with more men than I could name. Talk about a plot! DIRTY has that and more. You see, Elle's life slowly changes once she meets Dan Stewart, who little by little, begins to break down Elle's walls by simply being there for her and accepting her on her own terms. Little by little, we learn exactly what happened in Elle's past to make her into the woman she has become. And we watch, as brick by brick, her walls slowly come down. First, she begins a friendship with a coworker; then the relationship with Dan and that's followed by Elle spending time with a neighbor, an older woman living alone. We watch as Elle finally starts to deal with her past and let it go. This is a wonderful story and one you don't want to pass up.

Elle Kavanagh lives a successful, primarily solitary life in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She's cordial enough with her neighbors and co-workers but has very few real bonds of friendship with any of them. Even her sexual relationships are just encounters here and there with very few of the men who know her real name. Elle isn't ashamed of who she is or what she's done in or out of bed. She's been perfectly content with life as it is - until now. No one could have guessed that she'd meet a man in a candy store who would change her life. From the moment Dan Stewart meets Elle he knows there's something special about her. He's got nothing against getting down and DIRTY but he isn't interested in a one night stand either. Dan understands that Elle is uncomfortable with dating. Rather than push to put a label on their relationship he agrees not to date . . . instead they'll do whatever Elle wants. Surely she'll see how good they are together and want more than a sexual relationship with him. Megan Hart exceeded my expectations when I picked up DIRTY, her newest release. I knew there would be smoldering sex scenes, after all this is an erotic novel, but I didn't expect to become emotionally involved with the characters' lives and want to befriend each of them. Ms. Hart treats us to Elle's personal journey as she struggles with the events of her past and how they've affected her beliefs and attitude in her adult life. I loved Dan's easygoing attitude and the way he's able to accept all of Elle's quirks while making her comfortable just being herself. While the central focus of this book is on Dan and Elle there are a couple of awesome subplots which kept me on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what would happen next. Wonderfully written Ms. Hart. Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)