Publication Date: July 7th 2015 by Berkley
About the book:
The new Loving on the Edge novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing Between Us and Need You Tonight…
Oakley Easton wants two things: to be a good mom to her daughter and to ditch her less than ideal night job. Hooking up with bad boy drummer Pike Ryland? Not on the agenda. She needs a promotion. Not sex, tattoos and rock ’n’ roll.
Pike isn’t about to let Ms. Prim and Proper shut him down so easily, especially when he stumbles upon Oakley’s sexy night job. She’s only playing a role on those late night calls with strangers, but when he gets her on the line, all bets are off. He won’t stop until that sultry voice is calling his name for real.
But as they move from anonymous fantasies in the dark to the flesh-on-hot-flesh reality of the bedroom, the risk of falling in love becomes all too high. And the safe, quiet world that Oakley’s worked so hard to create is about to be exposed to the one person who could ruin it all.
My Thoughts:
Pike Ryland is a rock groupie’s dream: gorgeous, on the cusp
of fame, and a hot as heck hookup. But
groupies and casual sex aren’t holding the appeal for Pike like they used to. But Pike can’t imagine being in a relationship
least of all finding the right one. That
is until he meets the prim, proper and not very impressed, Oakley. She’s a single mom devoted to raising her
eleven year old daughter, and when Pike tries to turn on the charm with her,
Oakley turns on the scowl.
From outward appearances Oakely Easton is a straight-laced model
of a single mother. Her whole world revolves around raising her daughter, which
is why Oakley has taken on a less than conventional nighttime job as a phone
sex operator when her day job wasn’t paying the bills. Pike Ryland is a bad boy rocker, with charm
and confidence to spare, but she can’t let herself get involved with someone
who isn’t looking for something serious.
She has a daughter and a sensitive heart to consider.
Working together puts them in close contact and Pike starts
to suspect that Oakley might be hiding a naughty secret, and when his suspicions
turn out to be true, Pike can’t resist calling. What begins as hot “harmless”
late-night calls inevitably turns physical, because Oakley and Pike can’t keep
their hands off of each other!
Pike and Oakley don’t seem to make sense as a couple at
first, and I appreciated that they were mature and honest with their wants, and
feelings. At first Oakley resists anything sexual with Pike because she knows
deep down, she can’t do casual:
“But I know myself.
The minute I take this a step further, my emotions are going to get involved. I’m
not--” She looked around at the others backstage. “I’m not like these women. I
don’t judge them for taking what they want and having a good time. I just can’t
relate.—I’m not built for what you’d want from me.”
Even though Pike thought he was only suited for meaningless
hookups, getting to know Oakley makes him yearn for more. He admires her strength, raising a daughter
on her own at such a young age. Her spunk
and spirit with him just make her all the more enticing. The have off the
charts chemistry! Pike’s never felt the urge to share his sad family tales, or
his innermost thoughts with another woman, and he’s never felt the darker
sexual urges to dominate a partner like his friends from The Ranch do. Being with
Oakley changes all of that.
While the BDSM lifestyle is utterly hot to me in a story, I
sometimes feel it’s pure fantasy, but Pike’s kink felt a little more accessible
to a “normal” (lol, yeah, right!) girl like me. Pike turned Oakley into a bit
of an addict, tapping into her unknown darker desires, and oh my, did their
encounters light me up!
Roni Loren again created a story that just about incinerated
my panties right off of me! Call on Me
was fiery hot! To me, writing a story with believable emotions, characters with
depth, and layering it was a gradual build of sexual tension is key to making
erotica more than just mechanical sex, and Ms. Loren completely nails that! I highly recommend her Loving on the Edge series!
As if Call on Me
wasn’t enough, there is a bonus novella at the end, House Call. In the past, a story
about a female dominant has never held much attraction for me, so I was
surprised that I enjoyed it so much. Theo and Maggie were two
vulnerable hearts just perfect for each other.
Ms. Loren cleverly avoids insta-love in spite of the short amount of pages
to work with, making this novella sweet, satisfying and of course, HOT!!
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5 Suns
I really want to read this! Although I will admit it'd be a bit weird reading a sexy book where the main man has the same name as my dog. :p
ReplyDeleteLol, I'm sure Pike will banish any thoughts about your dog! You'll be too consumed by lust! :)
DeleteGreat review, Rachel! Recently I found it hard to find erotica where it’s not only sex-sex-sex, but also character development and emotions. Glad to hear the author managed to write a satisfying book.
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