Everything Forbidden

This is the best romance story I have read in a long time! I must say I read it cover to cover and enjoyed every page. JM is a very talented erotic writer. The hero and heroine have great chemistry together. Ethan (hero) is so sexy and manipulative. Miranda (heroine) knows Ethan is a rake but she is willing to make sacrifices for passion and goes for it. Some writers make it hard for you to believe the hero is or were a rake. But JM shows the hero is a true rake and then after being with Miranda he changes. Very good sex scenes throughout the entire story. And as their love grows the sex scenes get even hotter and better. I almost didn't read this one because it had so little ratings. But I'm glad I read it anyway because I was very pleased with this story. I look forward to reading more books by this author. VERY WELL DONE!!!!

Very well written! The characters are all so well drawn the reader should have no trouble picturing them and the action taking place. Ethan is hot hot hot! Instead of hitting the reader over the head with the first reacation of Ethan and Miranda to each other, it is developed slowly, primarily by having Miranda discover her sensual natue through observing Ethan's outdoor trysts for years prior to their first encounter. This is as much plot driven as love story driven. Ethan's evolutio is well done. I bought the second book as soon as it was available, and hope there will another book that brings the youngest sister into the series while also letting us see what has happened to the two elder sisters.

For three summers, Miranda Albright secretly watches her neighbor, Ethan Hamon, Earl of Rothschild, as he and his lovers perform wickedly depraved acts on the grounds of his country estate. When her father dies and her family is near financial ruin, Miranda approaches the wicked earl for help. The earl negotiates a bargain. He will support each of Miranda's three sisters for one seaso, both financially and socially. In return, Miranda must submit to his passions for three months. Even though Miranda wishes for the passion she has witnessed from her hiding place, she fears the bargain she has struck with Ethan. Although she relishes what Ethan can do to her body, she fears what Ethan can do to her heart. I love historical romance. I love erotic romance. I adore the two combined! Jess Michaels says in her bio that in every romance she buys, she searches out `the good stuff'. Well, she sure can write `the good stuff'! Everything Forbidden is a scorching hot romance. Oh, to be debauched by Ethan Hamon! Eye-crossingly erotic with a heartwarming happily ever after, Jess Michaels' Everything Forbidden is delicious Annmarie Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Miranda Albright is unable to forget the day she caught her family's neighbor, Ethan Hamon, the Earl of Rothschild, seducing his current lover. That image has stayed with her for three years providing Miranda with the courage to deliberately seek out the earl just to spy on him with his lovers. Miranda's idyllic spying must come to an end however, when her family falls on hard times with the death of her father. Not only are they penniless, but Miranda has younger sisters that need a Season in order to find a husband. Unable to finance their seasons, Miranda has no choice but to make a decision that changes her life. She goes to her virile next door neighbor and offers the only thing of value she has in return for helping her sisters--her virginity and three months of any sexual pleasure of his choice. Vowing not to let her heart get involved, Miranda enters into the relationship with Ethan having no concept of the sinful and sensuous times ahead. Slowly falling under his spell, Miranda knows that her time with Ethan is limited. When he asks the one thing of her she can't give, her sorrow knows no bounds. Denying herself the only man she will ever love, Miranda vows to continue on--if only she can convince her heart. I can not stop thinking about EVERYTHING FORBIDDEN and the way the characters related to each other. I have always been intrigued by the English societal hierarchy and the laws relating to females. Women such as Miranda actually didn't have a choice, heaven forbid, after their fathers and husbands were no longer around to provide for them. While some might fault Miranda for her proposition to Ethan, I found her choice to be a no-brainer. She had watched this man make love and seduce women for years so she knew he would agree. She had guts and when she loved, she loved entirely. Ethan's character is more complex. The product of a hell raising and promiscuous father who watched his mother drink herself to death, Ethan's heart was hardened against finding a wife and love. That is, until he met a tiny sprite of a woman named Miranda. EVERYTHING FORBIDDEN by Jess Michaels soothed my historical loving soul. Add in romance mixed with sensuous and forbidden pleasures and Jess Michaels now has a fan for life.

**This was my Recommended Read for October 2007!** Miranda Albright has a secret. Actually, more than one secret - but it all started when she first spied her decadent neighbor making love to a woman on the grounds of his estate. Although innocent, the young Miranda was captivated by the sight, and found herself drawn irresistibly back to the spot summer after summer when the handsome Earl was in residence at his country estate to spy on him and his various lovers. Now Miranda's family is in dire straits financially and the only way she can save them is to offer her innocence to the Earl himself, Ethan Hamon. But Ethan wants more than her innocence. He wants her available to him for his debauchery for three entire months, to play with at his sensual whim. Little does he realize that before it is over, the sweet Miranda will have snared him heart and soul. Sometimes a book resonates with you so strongly, but you cannot quite place your finger on what exactly about the story struck you so. For me, Jess Michaels' new book Everything Forbidden is just such a novel. Yes, the characters are compelling, the romantic dynamic is absolutely heart-wrenching at times, and the plot is entertaining. But there is more to this story than just those elements. The way Michaels puts it all together makes you feel every moment as if you are in the book yourself. She builds empathy for all of her characters with seeming ease, and the book becomes more than just a story, at least while you are reading it. It might be said that there are only so many tales to be told in the world, and while this may be true, the difference in a good story and a great story is the authors ability to make me forget I have ever before seen a similar plot. Jess Michaels has done just that with this book. Ethan is a captivating leading man cast as a hero tormented with convictions that he can never have what his heart desires most. Breaking through his walls proves difficult, but not impossible for a heroine with the tenderness and spunk of the beautiful Miranda. For anyone who loves historical romances, this touching book is a must-read! Do yourself a favor and buy your copy of Everything Forbidden now. You won't be sorry!