Heavy Metal Seduction: Voices and Lies
Tonya RamagosContemporary erotic romance
Available from Extasy Books
2005
| Alicia absolutely loves the band, Facade.
But it's the lead singer, Derek Kadin, who catches her attention the most.
His voice is beautiful, and he's sexier than Vin Diesel. She even loves the
little bit of personality he shows on his band's message board. But he's out
of her reach. And her current problems are more important than her fantasies.
She's become what her mother wants, dressing and acting like something she's
not. She even has the boyfriend her mother adores. William Templeton is a
businessman at heart, set to take her father's place when he retires. He says
he loves her, but he can't since he doesn't know her. He gives her a ring
that is wrong for her, makes love with restraint and control, and wants her
to move out of the homey cottage she loves into a big, gaudy house. He
doesn't even wait for her to say yes to his question of marriage before he
slips the ring on her finger. So when William leaves on business, she decides
to take the time to figure out how to tell him she can't marry him, and how
to be what she wants, rather than what her mother wants.
But a problem intervenes. Her sister, Star, needs her to take her place at the expensive, somewhat exclusive Bed & Breakfast she owns. Alicia agrees, never expecting Derek Kadin to show up under an assumed name. When he does, she doesn't let him know she knows he's Derek Kadin instead of Derek Smith, and he doesn't tell her he's a metal singer, but they hit it off immediately. Heavy Metal Seduction: Voices and Lies naturally used a fairly common fantasy amongst women: to meet that incredibly sexy musician and have him make love to you, romance you, fall in love with you. Surprisingly, it was handled better than I expected, with more realism than the average romance with that plot. I liked Alicia for the most part, but had a problem with the way she handled the situation with William. It made her human but, while I briefly sympathized with her, I felt it was all her fault for displaying herself has something else and going along with assumptions about what she liked, rather than William's fault. Of course, the use of slight deception by both Alicia and Derek made for a rather interesting aspect on their trust issues, and I found the conclusion realistic for the story. I liked the approach to the romance in this story. Yes, attraction and sex played a large part for both characters initially, but Derek and Alicia both found themselves feeling emotions other than lust the more time they spent together, time that didn't involve sex. But since I've mentioned sex, I must say it was an enjoyable part of the book. Not the average sex I read in erotic romances, it had a carnality all its own. Overall, Voices and Lies made a very enjoyable erotic romance, with characters I liked reading about.
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Reviewer: Tara Black |
