Liberating Lacey
Anne CalhounContemporary erotic romance
Available from Ellora's Cave
ISBN: 978-1-41992-048-6
May 2009
| Lacey Meyers is newly divorced, and just now discovering her sexuality. She’s spent years doing her wifely duty in ways that were dull, routine and entirely unsatisfactory. Now that she’s thirty-six, she knows time’s running out for hot, mind blowing encounters. But her first hookup isn’t exactly what she expects. Instead of a man her age, she hones in on Hunter Anderson, a twenty-eight year old cop who could have any woman he wants. So why would he want an inexperienced older woman carrying decades of baggage? But Hunter, as it happens, wants Lacey as desperately as she needs him. And while he knows that women like her don’t stick around for happily-ever-afters with guys like him, he’s willing to take what he can get. It’s all fun and games until love gets in the way… and when that happens, will either of them be able to walk away from this not-so-simple hookup with their hearts intact?
Liberating Lacey is a gem of a contemporary story. Both Lacey and Hunter are vulnerable, real, three-dimensional characters that leap off the page. The dialogue between them is tender and filled with heaps of emotional and sexual tension. Adding an additional element of realism are the secondary characters, who are all crafted in such a way as to bring out elements of the hero and heroine that we wouldn’t otherwise get to see. Ms. Calhoun’s voice is fresh and imaginative, delightful in the depth of description and in the range of emotional connection between the characters. It’s easy to root for Lacey and Hunter as they struggle with misconceptions, years of ingrained prejudices and feelings neither one of them really knows how to handle. I hope this is just the beginning of what Ms. Calhoun has in store for us. If Liberating Lacey is any indication, we have much to look forward to from this talented, up-and-coming author.
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Reviewer: Jazlyn Johanssen |
