The premise of THE RED DIARY is the big reason why I loved
this book. Lauren Ash is rich and often seen as prim and
proper because of that. However, her shy nature is nicely
juxtaposed by this sensual habit she has of recording her
sexual fantasies in a small red book. The notebook is meant
for her eyes only and allows herself to free her body and
mind of decorum.
When she hires a painter named Nick Armstrong to redo her
house, Nick stumbles upon the red diary and curious, he
reads it. Nick cannot believe that the prim and proper
Lauren Ash documents her fantasies, but he also cannot deny
the fact that it has intrigued him.
Both secretive and seductive, THE RED DIARY is a smartly
written story by author Toni Blake. Blake has a huge
challenge on her hands with writing this story. She has to
have the hero find the book and read it without making him
look too sneaky or a pervert. I thought Blake found a
balance that works well with the story. Nick reading her
diary did not feel invasive but instead thrilling and
seductive. Accomplishing that should not have been such an
easy task, but Blake manages it with ease. That's true
talent in a writer.
The only thing that bothered me a little was Nick's
revenge. Lauren and Nick's family have a past and I felt
that sometimes Nick focused too much on gaining revenge
that it made him seem a little malicious. If those parts
were placed a little more sparsely, then I think I would
have fallen in love with him easier.
However, that is not to say that Blake pens an alarmingly
hot book for Lauren and Nick. The fantasies Lauren writes
in her diary are inventive and passionate and that only
paves a hot streak for Lauren and Nick to follow in
reality. Blake writes some of the hottest sex scenes I've
ever read and THE RED DIARY is no exception!
For a smartly written romance that is uninhibited by
boundaries, try THE RED DIARY! You won't be disappointed!
Sun, sand, and one woman's private fantasies recorded in a
seductive red book . . .
Prim and proper Lauren Ash has a secret side no one else
sees: she records her sexual fantasies, in intimate detail,
in a very personal book meant for her eyes only.
When hired hand Nick Armstrong finds the red diary, he's
shocked . . . and aroused. Never before has he come across
anything so private—or so sensual. And, given the way the
Ash family has hurt his, he soon begins to see this as a
potent weapon for righting an old wrong. Wouldn't it serve
the haughty Lauren right if he used her own fantasies to
seduce her, make her fall in love, and then break her heart?
But there's much more to Lauren than Nick expects, and
before he quite realizes it, he's opening himself—and his
heart—to her. Can Nick let go of the past and surrender to
Lauren, body and soul?
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