Found in Bliss by Sophie Oak
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Sophie Oak is a great writer and this is an enjoyable read, but the menage set-up seems even more unnatural than in Lost in Bliss. I love her ability to create interesting and lovable characters, but I would much rather have read the story of how Holly was driven into taking charge of Dr Burke and dominating him into a BDSM relationship where she could have helped him heal.

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One to Keep by Sophie Oak
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Another great story in the Nights in Bliss series. The community and the characters are still well written and with respect for the character of Stefan Talbot it's not another manage story. Instead it lets Stefan's controlling nature come through and his need to be in charge, it's only natural that it's a BDSM story.
Sophie Oak manages well to describe Stefan's journey where he truly discovers who Jennifer is. Her strength is unsettling to him and their conflicting personalities makes for an interesting read.

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Two to Love by Sophie Oak
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Much like Sophie Oak's first book in this series Three to Ride this novel has a full set of lovable and interesting characters that makes this a joy to read.
The quirky characters in the small community of Bliss doesn't make the love triangle/manage set up seem that strange, but it's also not as natural as it was in the first novel.
The side story is however somewhat more well thought through and creates a necessary balance to the love story that is obviously at centre of the novel.

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Three to Ride by Sophie Oak
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A beautifully well crafted story that I would recommend to anyone that doesn't have a problem with a menage story.
What makes this a great story is Sophie Oak's ability to create funny and lovable characters and she doesn't stop with the three main characters, but creates a whole community of quirky characters to breath life into the small town of Bliss. With nudists, a paranoid alien-abductee and a hen-mother ruling the local café the Harper brother's preference for sharing a woman doesn't seem that strange.
I also love Ms Oak's female characters that have solid core of strength and doesn't fall all over themselves when in proximity of their romantic interest.
The character of Rachel has a natural development for a scared mousy woman on the run from her stalker to a confident woman knowing that she has attracted the attention of not one but two hunky males, which she's ready to pursue.
The side story with the stalker is a necessary complement to the love story, but also both unoriginal as well as predictable.

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The Filly by Paul Moore
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

From the description: Morgan enjoyed her glory days as a high school track star, until her brother’s illness require she take a job as a barmaid. Her dreams seem to be over, but a mysterious stranger offers her an unusual opportunity, including all the money she’ll ever need. She’ll race for him, not as a typical track star, but as a ponygirl.

The opening of the novel and the introduction of the Morgan character is well written, up until she goes to the hotel room to accept the deal, where the character starts to act... well out of character.
From then on the story starts to get more and more fragmented, up until her first race, jumping between the different sex scenes with little else in between.
About halfway into the story the author starts to drop occasionally miniscule details that hint at deep plot.
The resolution comes quick and far too predictable.

It's an interesting and creative story and if it's sex scenes you're after this is it. Personally I would have liked some great characters having all that sex and a more creative ending.

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Review of Conrad's first girl

Conrad's First Girl by Varian Krylov
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the prequel to Varian Krylov's Abduction, which I had looked at previously and based on the description decided not to read, but after having read the prequel I've changed my mind.
Conrad's First Girl is the story of an experienced man who finds and seduces a twenty year old innocent virgin, through callous manipulation and has her submit to him sexually.
The characters are skilfully written, as well as the mental control Conrad exerts over the young woman. This is a true story of domination without physical force and perhaps best described as a mind-fuck.

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