Ravish: The Awakening of Sleeping Beauty

After cooling down from reading Crave, the first book in the series, I dove right into Ravish. This a the modern day adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. Again, this is another highly erotic book by a talented author. Hot and steamy doesn't even begin to describe this series. After Aurora's parents make a pact with a voodoo priestess, so they could have a child, they quickly realize the mistake they make. When Aurora decides to have sex for the first time, the voodoo curse takes effect and she falls into a coma. The physicians all label her as Sleeping Beauty because she stays in this coma for six years, with no medical reason. Her parents hire Dr. Jacob White to try and awaken her. After Jacob dreams of Aurora, he tries to figure out what the dreams mean and if they are real. This is where the hot sex and erotic fantasies come into play. (Yes, pun intended) He dreams of Aurora whenever he falls asleep. They quickly fall in lust and love and try to figure out how to wake her up so they can have a life together. The author also included a secondary story in the book featuring Jacob's brother. They all intertwine into one story and flow nicely. Like I said before, this book is highly erotic, and should only be read by adults. I am looking forward to reading her next book, Enslave: The Taming of the Beast. [...]

Her parents overly protected Aurora Jacquard, but the twenty-one year old college student goes with her boy friend of four months Oliver to a Caribbean island where she plans to give him her virginity. In the middle of the sexual act, she suddenly falls into a deep coma. Over the next few years, doctors have tried to awaken "Sleeping Beauty" with no success; none can fathom the cause. Aurora's mom keeps searching while her dad has tuned bitter and angry. The latest expert to arrive is neurologist Dr. Jacob White. However, he is surprised when she enters his dreams; he is stunned when Carrie the night nurse wakes him because Rory's brain monitor displayed new patterns for the first time since the coma began; finally he is shocked when they make love in his dreams. Jacob begins to believe that when he sleeps he enters a place where Rory is somehow locked away. As the cold scientist falls in love with his courageous patient, he knows he is out of his venue. He needs the help of his brother's former girlfriend, an NYU professor who practices voodoo if he is to awaken his Sleeping Beauty. After modernizing Snow White (see CRAVE), Cathy Yardley does likewise to the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. This time a voodoo queen plays the evil role and Jacob the neurologist plays the part of Prince Charming. Jacob's brother a psychiatrist adds to the sense of RAVISH occurring in New York. Ms. Yardley provides a contemporary adult version of the classic. Harriet Klausner