Pamela Ann
Author of Chasing Beautiful
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Works by Pamela Ann
My Summer in Venice 7 copies
Crushed (Torn, #7) 6 copies
The Alpha Bundle 4 copies
Chasing Beautiful: The Prelude 3 copies
The Torn Series Bundle (Torn, #1-5) 3 copies
Breathless Beginnings Anthology 2 copies
Torn Series Set: Emma 2 copies
Pieces: The Duet 2 copies
Sexy Alphas 1 copy
Torn Series [A Box Set] 1 copy
Torn Series: A Box Set Trio 1 copy
Created 1 copy
Untitled (Torn, #8) 1 copy
Nice (Formula Men, #2) 1 copy
Barcelona (Formula Men, #3) 1 copy
Torn Series: Books 1 & 1.5 1 copy
Monza: Book 2 (Formula Men) 1 copy
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- Ann, Peiri
Antonette, Felisha - Gender
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Although I normally read both of these authors, I wasn't sure how well they would mesh together. I'm pretty impressed with the finished result. Pamela's classiness was there, along with Ashley's levelheadedness.
Violet is for the most part analytical. She goes about life in the logical way of how she is suppose to behave according to her standing in society. After being dumped, because of her lack of sexual skills, by the man her high class family had chosen for her to marry, she stumbles show more upon an article looking for phone sex operators. Taking an educational standpoint, she decides to give it a go.
Levi, a fellow socialite, has a completely straightforward way of thinking about women. He only wants sex from them, but he wants it to be mutually beneficial. He'll make sure to scratch your itch in favor for you scratching his.
Violet and Levi bump into each other often at events. Neither can contain the goads and insults directed at the other. Volume 1 just gets us started. I'm looking forward to reading about the crazy situations these two will find themselves in.
I really enjoyed the dialogue, the sparring between Violet and Levi, Violet's phone sex conversations, etc. I will be reading the next installment.
***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***
toni
FangirlMoments and My Two Cents
FULL REVIEW CAN BE FOUND AT http://fangirlmomentsandmytwocents.blogspot.com/2014/09/restricted-volume-1-by-a... show less
Violet is for the most part analytical. She goes about life in the logical way of how she is suppose to behave according to her standing in society. After being dumped, because of her lack of sexual skills, by the man her high class family had chosen for her to marry, she stumbles show more upon an article looking for phone sex operators. Taking an educational standpoint, she decides to give it a go.
What better way to find out what men really wanted from women? They'd call and tell you their darkest fantasies because they were too chicken to tell their wives or girlfriends...if they had them. If I was inadequate in some way, I'd be able to figure out how to fix it and be the girl men expected me to be.
Levi, a fellow socialite, has a completely straightforward way of thinking about women. He only wants sex from them, but he wants it to be mutually beneficial. He'll make sure to scratch your itch in favor for you scratching his.
"Real men are liberators while the other half sucks on romance and pansy-related bullshit out there. Women's hearts are made to be cherished while their bodies are engineered to pleasure men."
Violet and Levi bump into each other often at events. Neither can contain the goads and insults directed at the other. Volume 1 just gets us started. I'm looking forward to reading about the crazy situations these two will find themselves in.
I really enjoyed the dialogue, the sparring between Violet and Levi, Violet's phone sex conversations, etc. I will be reading the next installment.
***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***
toni
FangirlMoments and My Two Cents
FULL REVIEW CAN BE FOUND AT http://fangirlmomentsandmytwocents.blogspot.com/2014/09/restricted-volume-1-by-a... show less
Pamela specializes in the emotion of being torn in love, having feelings for more than one person at a time. She loves old books like Pride and Prejudice and Anna Karenina so she tends to write modern versions of these up and down, back and forth romances with usually a hefty dose of sex added.
In this book, there isn't as much angst as is present with most of Pamela's other books. Although erotic in nature it is not full of sex. It's more about the desire, the chase, the wanting. Also show more Bartered is told from both Hugo and Isobel's points of view so we know how each is feeling at certain points.
Hugo is a very wealthy and prominent man. He seems to have a great life, but there is pain in his past that isn't fully explained yet.
Isobel is a girl just trying to find her place in the world. She's a young college student with a long-time boyfriend. She has crap parents and is offered to Hugo as repayment for a debt by her father.
This isn't a human trafficking type story. It's a bargain that Isobel will be will Hugo's for 6 months, after which her father's debt will be considered paid in full. Keep in mind that Hugo really is a decent man, and her father is not. Hugo did not seek out this agreement. Also, Isobel agrees to this setup, which was suppose to be a no feelings involved deal, but of course it doesn't quite work out that way.
If you are familiar with Pamela's other books, you know that characters from one of her series tend to pop up for a cameo appearance in another. We come across several here: Callum, Jacques, Luca, Dimi and more.
I have mixed feelings about Isobel. I know she's young and dealing with a lot so I try to look past some of her actions. I really like Hugo. He isn't perfect, but he comes off as a really genuine person. I plan to continue with this story when the next installment comes out.
***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***
toni
FangirlMoments and My Two Cents
FULL REVIEW CAN BE FOUND AT http://fangirlmomentsandmytwocents.blogspot.com/2014/08/bartered-by-pamela-ann-r... show less
In this book, there isn't as much angst as is present with most of Pamela's other books. Although erotic in nature it is not full of sex. It's more about the desire, the chase, the wanting. Also show more Bartered is told from both Hugo and Isobel's points of view so we know how each is feeling at certain points.
Hugo is a very wealthy and prominent man. He seems to have a great life, but there is pain in his past that isn't fully explained yet.
How often did I see these demure, beautiful women and think them angelic, only to be proven wrong when they turned out to be after one thing? Money was a powerful thing to behold.
Isobel is a girl just trying to find her place in the world. She's a young college student with a long-time boyfriend. She has crap parents and is offered to Hugo as repayment for a debt by her father.
And though I despised my situation, I couldn't very well hate the man who'd agreed to my father's bartering tactics.
This isn't a human trafficking type story. It's a bargain that Isobel will be will Hugo's for 6 months, after which her father's debt will be considered paid in full. Keep in mind that Hugo really is a decent man, and her father is not. Hugo did not seek out this agreement. Also, Isobel agrees to this setup, which was suppose to be a no feelings involved deal, but of course it doesn't quite work out that way.
If you are familiar with Pamela's other books, you know that characters from one of her series tend to pop up for a cameo appearance in another. We come across several here: Callum, Jacques, Luca, Dimi and more.
I have mixed feelings about Isobel. I know she's young and dealing with a lot so I try to look past some of her actions. I really like Hugo. He isn't perfect, but he comes off as a really genuine person. I plan to continue with this story when the next installment comes out.
***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***
toni
FangirlMoments and My Two Cents
FULL REVIEW CAN BE FOUND AT http://fangirlmomentsandmytwocents.blogspot.com/2014/08/bartered-by-pamela-ann-r... show less
Emma, Emma, Emma. What can I say, you loved and lost (Carter) and loved and lost again (Bass) and now, you must put your big girl pants on.
I am all for you loving to your hearts desire and being dominated by a man (Bass, Yes please) but you cannot be defined by your love of a man. You must strong and confident.
Emma most definitely creates a new persona following/during this book and while at the press junket. She has grown from book one.
Bass is a good piece a hunk of man. He is do painfully show more passionate about Emma he does not know what to do. When love, which he has never experienced, happens with Emma and then he loses it, well his heart shrinks two sizes too small. He must find a replacement for pained heart and his insatiable needs ÃÃwink, winkÂÃÂ.
Carter tries to reenter EmmaÂês lifeÂÃ_ LetÂês say I am leaving that door open, even though I want it sooo closed. I love CarterÂês character. You hate him, feel bad for him, feel said for him, love him, fight with him and then you are just exhausted. In my opinion, if he really wanted Emma, he would have been open and honest about his fears and feelings from the beginning and we would not learn about them in his POV. You love her you nut, stop with the soliloquy and tell her your concerns and why you are a jerk in relationships.
So frustrating.
And then you give me the end of the wonderful story and everything is going as expected, the writing is smooth, I am at ease, I am at peace and then you give me the coup de grace. Really.
So I patiently wait to see how the film did, if they live HEA, if Emma is reviewed well, etc. I need more. I am a masochist because I keep reading this book and Scornfully yours all over again.
I love how this book reads; it can be read alone or with the series. I am currently reading only EmmaÂês books and then I will branch into the others.
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I am all for you loving to your hearts desire and being dominated by a man (Bass, Yes please) but you cannot be defined by your love of a man. You must strong and confident.
Emma most definitely creates a new persona following/during this book and while at the press junket. She has grown from book one.
Bass is a good piece a hunk of man. He is do painfully show more passionate about Emma he does not know what to do. When love, which he has never experienced, happens with Emma and then he loses it, well his heart shrinks two sizes too small. He must find a replacement for pained heart and his insatiable needs ÃÃwink, winkÂÃÂ.
Carter tries to reenter EmmaÂês lifeÂÃ_ LetÂês say I am leaving that door open, even though I want it sooo closed. I love CarterÂês character. You hate him, feel bad for him, feel said for him, love him, fight with him and then you are just exhausted. In my opinion, if he really wanted Emma, he would have been open and honest about his fears and feelings from the beginning and we would not learn about them in his POV. You love her you nut, stop with the soliloquy and tell her your concerns and why you are a jerk in relationships.
So frustrating.
And then you give me the end of the wonderful story and everything is going as expected, the writing is smooth, I am at ease, I am at peace and then you give me the coup de grace. Really.
So I patiently wait to see how the film did, if they live HEA, if Emma is reviewed well, etc. I need more. I am a masochist because I keep reading this book and Scornfully yours all over again.
I love how this book reads; it can be read alone or with the series. I am currently reading only EmmaÂês books and then I will branch into the others.
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Have to say I both liked and hated this book.
Hate:
The dialogue was really strange and stilted at times.
I know Emma was only 20 but she seemed both too immature and too worldly almost at the same time. (I think a character should pick one level of maturity and stick with.) She was way too mature when she told her parents her news about her decisions for her future.
And being from Southern California I don't think continually driving from Santa Barbara to LA is as blithely done as in this book. show more One word, "TRAFFIC!"
Love:
Have to say the only reason I finished this book was because the author created enough tension over who Emma would be with, Bass or Carter. (My vote was always for Bass!)
I also wanted to get to the filming of the movie; I would have liked to read more about it than was written; always leave 'em wanting more. show less
Hate:
The dialogue was really strange and stilted at times.
I know Emma was only 20 but she seemed both too immature and too worldly almost at the same time. (I think a character should pick one level of maturity and stick with.) She was way too mature when she told her parents her news about her decisions for her future.
And being from Southern California I don't think continually driving from Santa Barbara to LA is as blithely done as in this book. show more One word, "TRAFFIC!"
Love:
Have to say the only reason I finished this book was because the author created enough tension over who Emma would be with, Bass or Carter. (My vote was always for Bass!)
I also wanted to get to the filming of the movie; I would have liked to read more about it than was written; always leave 'em wanting more. show less
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