Pleasure and Purpose
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781616873080 (1616873086)
Publish date: September 1st 2009
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Anthologies,
Erotica,
Erotic Romance,
Adult,
Historical Romance,
Short Stories,
Bdsm,
Fantasy Romance
Series: Order of Solace (#1)
These three novellas are set in an alternate universe which is vaguely European and historical, but hard to pin down in time (they travel by train but may not have plumbing/electricity). The three stories are connected through the heroes, who are childhood friends, and the heroines, who are all hand...
I'm not much into the whole BDSM thing but I consider this to be light S&M so not so hard to tolerate. The ladies work for the Order of Solace (kind of like a brothel on wheels though don't call them whores). hmm? They are sent out upon request (and great expense) to provide solace and once solace...
I finished the first story & thought it was boring. I never felt a connection between the main characters. I didn't have any desire to read the next two.
4.5 stars. When starting this collection of connected erotic stories, my first thought was “this is going to get old really fast.” A fantasy kingdom in which women, for implausible spiritual reasons, become submissive handmaidens trained to give solace to their clients in pretty much whatever form t...
Ms. Hart is known for breaking a reader's heart. I don't think she has any happy books. It's generally an emotional journey that leaves me absolutely drained. While not to the extent as the book Deeper, this new series, Order of Solace is pretty cathartic. These women all go into what is essenti...