White Lace and Promises

I purchased and read this book in one sitting, which is not something I usually do. I love Peggy J. Herring's writing. I have always found it be passionate, her characters well defined and believable. Unforgettable is the only word I can use to describe this one. It's a must read, really. In "Those who Wait" I had found the characters to be fun, however they seemed a little shallow, but, boy was I wrong. Peggy did a magnificent job of giving them depth and believability. Well done Peggy, another winner!!

Peggy J Herring Does 'It' Again--I could not put it down! Their neighbors 'Love' to watch and So Did I!) I was physically and emotionally drawn into every sexual adventure and display of love and caring from beginning to the very end. OB-Gyn, Dr. Maxine Weston and her lover Hair Salon Owner, Betina Abbott have a long term, caring and loving relationship which is filled with hot sexual adventures in some very interesting places. Dr. Weston, a much sought after OB-Gyn has a thriving business partnership, but she always has time to fulfill Betina's and her own wild private and public sexual desires. Betina pampers Maxine whenever needed and is always ready for hot, steamy sex at a moments notice. When an ugly reminder from Betina's past sends her into a bout with depression, the medication affects her sexual arousal and makes her begin to question her whole life and future. Maxine steps up and shows Betina and all of us how a loving and caring partner will stand by you in your time of need. If I ever have a similar challenge, I hope to have a partner who will go through the fire with me and be this supportive.

This is a unique romance. It starts with Maxine and Betina five years into their relationship. Their romance is as passionate as it was in the beginning and they are so comfortable in their life together that they both feel the happiest they have ever been. The author writes wonderfully romantic, passionate, erotic love scenes that always either move the story forward or are used to highlight the relationship of the characters. I readily enjoyed the playful locations Maxine takes Betina to have fun. Their caring for each other is readily apparent. They are very unique individuals and they both bring different things to the relationship and yet they almost universally agree with the direction each one wants to take their life. I loved the story and the writing is terrific. The humor is delicious and Betina's dialogue with her anatomy make Maxine and the reader shake their head and laugh out loud. I especially liked reading about Maxine's career, she is a surgeon and OB-GYN. This is the first romance I have read that deals with emotional depression. I liked that the author took the time (half the book) to show the couple before the onset of the depression so that you can see they have a solid base to recover to. Because it is a romance, the author does an admirable job in making everyone sympathetic and not allowing the story to turn morbidly dark. No one is a bad guy but neither are they perfect. The plot and the characters are so life like that I could perfectly imagine this story happening to people I know (well, maybe not the Ferris Wheel or the ambulance!). As an added bonus the author has brought back the women from her novel 'Those Who Wait'. We get to revisit Elaine & Cheryl and Blanche & Phoebe.

I've been toying with the notion of reading a lesbian romance for a couple years, but none of the book descriptions sounded interesting enough to hold my attention. I ran across this one and was intrigued since I too suffer from depression and understand the 'sexual dysfunction' effect of medications. I have to say that Herring did a decent, maybe even good, job of describing the confusion of suffering from depression. Granted, we only see and hear Betina's suffering from her partner's point-of-view, Maxine. I believe a much better piece of general fiction could be written by focusing on Betina's point-of-view through the progression of this disease. The only other complaint I have is the excessive amount of surgical procedures Maxine performed, mostly hystorectomies. These two, minor, complaints aside, I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed reading White Lace. There was a good balance between storyline and not-quite-gratuitous sex scenes. I'm willing to give lesbian romances a second shot. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a romance with a REAL storyline and real characters.

White Lace and Promises, by Peggy J. Herring, is an excellent book. Not only does it talk about hot lesbian romance, Its a love story. I don't know about you but I grow tired of reading fantasy stories of a perfect world, where everything just falls in place. Peggy deals with real life and working through lifes problems together and working through what ever life throws at ya. my life I have spent dealing with depression and I loved the way her characters evolve and grow and stay together. In all of Peggy's book her characters end up being friends and I am living it with them. So if you want to read an excellent book full of tingling romance and one which deals with and works through problems with love......read White and promises. It was a must read for me. One in which I will read over and over.