Personal Assets (Berkley Sensation)

This book was tastefully done for the genre without being cloying. The interactions between the characters gave each one personality without losing the appeal.

After her libertine, wealthy and well connected mother's untimely death, our young heroine, Beatrix, decides that she absolutely must find out what her mother really saw in that young man she married. More than being a 'trophy' husband Beatrix also had to find out if the company of exclusive boutiques will survive in his control and hands. As in real life, keeping a thriving business profitable after suffering such a catastrophe of the founding "mother's" death, the author manages to weave a plot of secret relationships, intrigue and insecurity that keeps the reader more than interested in the outcome. As with Emmas other works the author continues to surprise by bringing up new pictorals of real world erotica that are interspersed in the novel exactly where and when they should be. Simply delicious. The scene and description in the back seat of a taxi ride home between Philip and Beatrix was so real that the reader actually feels that they are vicariously part of the sizzling action .. Yummie yummie ...

Incredibly erotic writing (read hot s*x) and plot don't generally go together. Emma Holly makes it work. She creates characters we care about who have daring s*x. It's an amazing work of erotica and I highly recommend it -- unless you want your s*x scenes to be completely heterosexual.

No one does it like Emma Holly. She really is the only author I've ever read who can neatly balance hot, hot sex and realistic characters and relationships without sacrificing either one. Bea and Phillip, Bea's best friend and her lover, Simon are all superbly drawn. The sex scenes are all spicy and scorching (make the appropriate preparations beforehand), but none are really gratuitous. Each develops an aspect of personality or connection that keeps the reading of PERSOANL ASSESTS from feeling hollow.

I am officially hooked on Emma Holly! Having read Menage, a rather spicy Black Lace offering, I couldn't wait to get my hands on another book from this author. Personal Assets is one of the steamiest, insatiable and wonderful erotic romance novels ever written. Parisian boutique Meilleurs Amis (Best Friends) exudes elegance and eroticism. Beatrix trusts that her young and hot British stepfather Philip will look after her late mother's business. Bea has always loved Philip and she seizes the opportunity to seduce him. But in the midst of seduction, her best friend Lela falls for Simon, a powerful and good-looking businessman who threatens the future of Meilleurs Amis. Will carnal and heart desires get in the way of the aforementioned dilemma? There are various twists throughout the novel. The erotic scenes keep the juices flowing and your senses in full alert. I loved the scenes that centered on Bea and Philip. The sex scenes between Lela and Simon are also wonderful, but the sexual tension isn't as palpable. The man-woman-man menage a trois in Italy is my favorite scene. The romance in the novel is also wonderful. Emma Holly sure knows how to write erotic romance without the formulaic bells and whistles that accompany said genre. Her writing is sharp, the sex scenes downright explicit and the story is memorable. I shall read her other novels with gusto. Are you in the bargain for a book that contains pure animalistic passion? Pick this one up!

Nasty Evangeline Clouet was the driving force behind the success of elite Meilleurs Amis Boutiques found around the world in spots for the jet setting rich and famous. However, Evangeline pushed a lover too far and he killed her. The business is run by Evangeline's boy toy husband Philip Carmichael while her daughter Beatrix stays away preferring to paint.Bea arrives at the office and abruptly kisses her stunned stepfather Philip who she has loved since she met him as a teen. Soon she is under his desk playing with his wang as he listens to an accounting report that tells him the New York store is in trouble. Unable to resist Philip comes, but afterward tries to return to prim and proper. However, Bea knows she has the upper hand as he cannot ignore her lure. As they fall in love, a hostile takeover of the business occurs that places Bea best friend pulled between loyalty to her buddy and her lover, leading the takeover.Readers who enjoy erotic romance that does not wait to turn up the heat will appreciate this sex in the boardroom just don't read in a public place unless you want to be considered Meg Ryan in the restaurant scene of When Harry Met Sally. The story line is either boudoir but not always in the bedroom or at the boutiques' offices though none of the key players except for Evangeline comes across as a business barracuda. Fans will gain immense pleasure with this sex anywhere is convenient tale.Harriet Klausner