Emma is a hassled mother with no time for herself, and her
husband has no energy after work and doesn't seem to see
her anymore. Deciding to take up a fitness regime to get
her weight down and regain her attractiveness, Emma only
has her husband in mind. But the fitness instructor is sexy
Ramon, who makes her feel desirable in a way she's never
known.
Second in a series of adult novellas about ladies who
encounter Ramon, BLOOM is a good counterpoint to the
earlier Breaking The Rules about a closed-off academic.
Emma has got as far as walking the dog each evening and her
pal Lisa encourages her to step up the pace with a weekly
exercise boot camp. Ramon, who is studying social
sciences, conducts the class and reduces the pace of Emma's
workouts as she is a beginner. Determined to catch up,
Emma can't help but fantasise about Ramon. Meanwhile her
three kids rebel against healthier food and her husband
tells her that people her age can die from exercise. Lisa
and Ramon are her only encouragement, but Emma starts to
believe in herself again. And to believe that she's worth
more.
Invisible mothers - those who support but are seldom
appreciated by their family - will cheer for Emma, her
sense of moral duty, her struggle to survive bringing up a
family. Working out and working in the home both feel like
thankless tasks, but she manages to go from dull to
luminous and realises that at thirty-six she has a lot more
living to do. The fantasies she lives out with Ramon are
eroticism at its finest, tangling love, respect and freedom
with the lure of the forbidden.
BLOOM by Kate Belle is written for adult women and will
strike a chord with many, while others will see it as a
masterful piece of writing and highly sexy romance.
Thirty-six-year-old Emma's life looks as perfect as could
be. She loves her straight-laced husband Gary, who has given
her three beautiful children and a secure life. But
something is missing in her marriage. Gary hardly notices
her anymore and she feels frumpy and invisible.
Her friend, Lisa, talks her into joining a social boot camp
class at the local gym. Emma immediately recognises their
instructor as the gorgeous runner she sees each evening
while walking her dog in the park. He introduces himself as
Ramon Mendez. In spite of herself Emma is besotted.
Before long her mind is filled with guilty fantasies of him.
One evening, when things at home have become too much to
bear, she bumps into him alone in the park. An opportunity
presents itself and no one need ever know. Ramon promises
and delivers everything that's missing from her marriage -
passion, romance and excitement - but Emma must discover if
they are the things she really wants.
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