Fascinated: 4-in-1 (Mastering Lady Lucinda / Risking It All / The Pleasure Game / A Man and a Woman)
by Bertrice Small (Author), Thea Devine (Author), Susan Johnson (Author), Robin Schone (Author)
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A new anthology of erotic, sensuous historical romance tales presents four original tales, including "Mastering Lady Lucinda" by Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson's "Risking It All," "The Pleasure Game" by Thea Devine, and "A Man and a Woman" by Robin Schone.Tags
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I bought this book, because I had previously purchased Captivated and enjoyed it, so when I found out tthat the same authors had done it again, well I just had to pick it up. All four stories are unique and original, they each are quite hot in their own way, but the one that stands out for me is A Man and A Woman by Robin Schone. Ms. Schone has brought to us two unusual characters in that one is an eunich and the other a middle-aged widow. While this is an unusual combination, Ms. Schone provides both lightness, and seriousness to the story. And as for the erotic content, well let me just say you better have a fire extinguisher handy.
A bit of an improvement on Captivated, but Robin Schone's story is still the only one that really deserves those three stars.
Stories 1, 2, and 4 were very stimulating and kept my attention and were ones I couldn't put down. Story 3- while it was good, I had a very hard time wanting to keep reading. It was easy to put down and do other things. But all in all I enjoyed and it was very stimulating.
Mastering Lady Lucinda, by Bertrice Small (2 stars)
Risking It All, by Susan Johnson (1 star)
The Pleasure Game, by Thea Devine
Regina overhears her father asking family friend Jeremy to distract her from the man she is chasing, Raultson. In order to confound their plan, and insight jealousy, Regina asks Jeremy to show her own to deal "with a man of experience" by teaching her all the tricks a mistress would know. (2 stars)
A Man and a Woman, by Robin Schone
An 53-year-old Englishman, who became an Arab eunuch at the age of 13, finds love and a sense of manhood with a widow whose husband refused her the comfort and companionship of touch after discovering she couldn't bear children. They go together to tell his family he didn't die long ago show more but still lives. (Excellent! -- 5 stars) show less
Risking It All, by Susan Johnson (1 star)
The Pleasure Game, by Thea Devine
Regina overhears her father asking family friend Jeremy to distract her from the man she is chasing, Raultson. In order to confound their plan, and insight jealousy, Regina asks Jeremy to show her own to deal "with a man of experience" by teaching her all the tricks a mistress would know. (2 stars)
A Man and a Woman, by Robin Schone
An 53-year-old Englishman, who became an Arab eunuch at the age of 13, finds love and a sense of manhood with a widow whose husband refused her the comfort and companionship of touch after discovering she couldn't bear children. They go together to tell his family he didn't die long ago show more but still lives. (Excellent! -- 5 stars) show less
I agree with the reviewers who said the Robin Schone piece is the only reason to read this book. It's her entry that bumps the collection up from 1 star.
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Bertrice Small was born on December 9, 1937 in Manhattan, New York. Primarily known as a historical romance author, she also wrote erotica and fantasy romance. Her first novel, The Kadin, was published in 1978. She wrote more than 50 romance novels during her lifetime including The Love Slave; Love, Remember Me; Hellion; Darling Jasmine; Betrayed; show more Bedazzled; A Memory of Love; and Lucianna. She died on February 24, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Susan Johnson was born in 1956 and grew up in Australia. She is a former journalist. She lives in London with her husband and two sons. Susan Johnson was born in 1956 in Queensland. She is an Australian author of memoirs, literary fiction, short stories and essays. She has also worked as a journalist for Australian newspapers, journals, and show more magazines. She soon became an adjunct Professor of Creative Writing at Queensland University of Technology. Her titles include: The Broken Book, Life in Seven Mistakes, On Beauty, My Hundred Lovers, and The Landing. She has earned several awards including: Commonwealth Writers' Prize, National Biography Award, Nita Kibble Literay Award, and Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Fascinated: 4-in-1 (Mastering Lady Lucinda / Risking It All / The Pleasure Game / A Man and a Woman) (Mastering Lady Lucinda / Risking It All / The Pleasure Game / A Man and a Woman)
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- Mastering Lady Lucinda / Bertrice Small; Risking It All / Susan Johnson; The Pleasure Game / Thea Devine; A Man and a Woman / Robin Schone
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- Lady Lucinda Harrington; Felicia Greenwood; Regina Olney; Jeremy Gavage; Connor Treffrey; Megan Branwell
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