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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
closer to 3.5 for me Ellie was a little clueless all the way to the end for me. but Tyler totally rescued this Yum.
Tyler Longfoot can teach me anything he wants....any time! Loved Ellie and Tyler :)
4.5 stars
Light, sexy, hilarious: "The imported lace teased her nipples to points with every subtle shift of fabric, It was, quite possibly, the most uncomfortable garment she'd ever worn. No, wait... her gaze dropped. That honor belonged to the matching thong." "'Say hello to my little friend. I like to call him... Thumper.'"
Ellie, a young doctor, is setting up her practice in her old hometown of Bluelick (had a problem with that one, kept reading it as BlueTICK), Kentucky, where her bitter, alcoholic widower father is now diabetic and needing a bit of looking after. Her longtime secret crush, Roger, is also from Bluelick AND recently split up with his long-time fiancee. Ellie overhears a conversation about Roger's seriously kinky tastes and decides, if she can "blow his pants off," they can settle down to the family life she's always wanted.
An opportunity presents to solicit some sex tutoring from the town bad boy, Tyler. He's got vast experience, so rumor goes, and isn't the settling down type, so with a sex manual in hand, five pertinent chapters carefully flagged (Ellie's the methodical type), the two of them go at it.
This is a novella (about 150 pages) so it is a little light on details; I would've liked a little more Bluetick, er, BlueLICK, small-town flavor, and the character's voices weren't as clearly delineated as I would have liked (everybody seemed equally nice and funny), but all in all, a delightful, fast, humorous, hot read.
Light, sexy, hilarious: "The imported lace teased her nipples to points with every subtle shift of fabric, It was, quite possibly, the most uncomfortable garment she'd ever worn. No, wait... her gaze dropped. That honor belonged to the matching thong." "'Say hello to my little friend. I like to call him... Thumper.'"
Ellie, a young doctor, is setting up her practice in her old hometown of Bluelick (had a problem with that one, kept reading it as BlueTICK), Kentucky, where her bitter, alcoholic widower father is now diabetic and needing a bit of looking after. Her longtime secret crush, Roger, is also from Bluelick AND recently split up with his long-time fiancee. Ellie overhears a conversation about Roger's seriously kinky tastes and decides, if she can "blow his pants off," they can settle down to the family life she's always wanted.
An opportunity presents to solicit some sex tutoring from the town bad boy, Tyler. He's got vast experience, so rumor goes, and isn't the settling down type, so with a sex manual in hand, five pertinent chapters carefully flagged (Ellie's the methodical type), the two of them go at it.
This is a novella (about 150 pages) so it is a little light on details; I would've liked a little more Bluetick, er, BlueLICK, small-town flavor, and the character's voices weren't as clearly delineated as I would have liked (everybody seemed equally nice and funny), but all in all, a delightful, fast, humorous, hot read.
I do like it when one's life plan gets knocked off kilter. I mean, not for tragedy or something like that, but because they're thrown for a loop by their feelings. That's basically what happened with this one on both sides of the relationship. I did find it funny that she had no clue . I figured that out early on. But I suppose love... er, life plan is blind?
Spoiler
Roger was gay
I have no idea how this got nominate for a RITA award for best erotic fiction and first book. Uncommon Passion by Anne Calhoun would make sense, this, not at all.
Don't judge a book by it's cover. Samanthe Beck hammered the point home in more than one way with Private Practice. Ms. Beck has proven she can write a scorching hot mystery read again and again. Ellie and Tyler prove that she can write steamy and emotive reads as well. Private Practice has heat and plenty of surprises.
I liked the premise and overall enjoyed Private Practice. I love the good girl/bad boy trope.
Ellie moves back to her hometown to open her practice and take care of her diabetic father. The two have a tense relationship but Ellie is trying to make it work. When Ellie overhears that her childhood crush is no longer engaged to his high school sweetheart, Ellie sees this as an opportunity to finally have Roger for herself. When she hears, or thinks she hears, that the reason why Roger's engagement ended was due to his kinkiness in bed, Ellie decides to become that woman who can handle him in bed. Only thing is, Ellie thinks she has no bedroom skills.
Tyler is the town bad-boy supposedly. He rides a motorcycle and has a reputation as a ladies' man. When he's shot in the butt for allegedly flirting with someone else's woman, Tyler heads out to Ellie's place to get stitched up. Ellie sees this as an opportunity to get the skills she needs to draw Roger into bed. With Tyler not wanting the shooting reported to the police, the two reach an agreement: Tyler will teach Ellie how to be a sex goddess in bed and in return, she will keep her mouth shut about Tyler being shot.
I had a really hard time believing that Ellie was naive as she was. In the age of the internet, I found her naivete unrealistic especially since she went to college and medical school. She didn't have any female friends or overheard female chatter?
I really liked Tyler. He was patient with Ellie's need to control everything and to go by the book...literally. At first it was cute but it started getting on my nerves, Ellie's need to follow the sex book in the order she had the chapters flagged. Ellie trying to become the woman she thinks that Roger wants was kinda sad. I mean, they never had a date and there was never a hint of a romantic vibe between the two. It was kinda pathetic the lengths she went through for a guy who, in the end, didn't even want her.
I liked Private Practice but it didn't wow me. There was some humor. The sex scenes were okay. With Ellie yapping and complaining about the fact that they weren't following the book, it kinda put a damper on things. Private Practice is a quick read. I thought it was okay but it didn't wow me.
Ellie moves back to her hometown to open her practice and take care of her diabetic father. The two have a tense relationship but Ellie is trying to make it work. When Ellie overhears that her childhood crush is no longer engaged to his high school sweetheart, Ellie sees this as an opportunity to finally have Roger for herself. When she hears, or thinks she hears, that the reason why Roger's engagement ended was due to his kinkiness in bed, Ellie decides to become that woman who can handle him in bed. Only thing is, Ellie thinks she has no bedroom skills.
Tyler is the town bad-boy supposedly. He rides a motorcycle and has a reputation as a ladies' man. When he's shot in the butt for allegedly flirting with someone else's woman, Tyler heads out to Ellie's place to get stitched up. Ellie sees this as an opportunity to get the skills she needs to draw Roger into bed. With Tyler not wanting the shooting reported to the police, the two reach an agreement: Tyler will teach Ellie how to be a sex goddess in bed and in return, she will keep her mouth shut about Tyler being shot.
I had a really hard time believing that Ellie was naive as she was. In the age of the internet, I found her naivete unrealistic especially since she went to college and medical school. She didn't have any female friends or overheard female chatter?
I really liked Tyler. He was patient with Ellie's need to control everything and to go by the book...literally. At first it was cute but it started getting on my nerves, Ellie's need to follow the sex book in the order she had the chapters flagged. Ellie trying to become the woman she thinks that Roger wants was kinda sad. I mean, they never had a date and there was never a hint of a romantic vibe between the two. It was kinda pathetic the lengths she went through for a guy who, in the end, didn't even want her.
I liked Private Practice but it didn't wow me. There was some humor. The sex scenes were okay. With Ellie yapping and complaining about the fact that they weren't following the book, it kinda put a damper on things. Private Practice is a quick read. I thought it was okay but it didn't wow me.
I have many feelings about this one; my review will be up for this one very, very soon.
Their romance may be unconventional, but it is tender and romantic at the same time. For a story that will pluck your heartstrings while heating up the pages, Private Practice is a can’t miss. Full review available at http://romanticreadsandsuch.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/private-practice/