Three best friends visit The Sex Club for a bachelorette party…
Invitation to Seduction: Debbie Carter isn’t expecting to find the man of her dreams at The Sex Club, but the mysterious Stephen is more than willing to be everything she wants from a man. If Debbie is willing to take a chance, that is.
Invitation to Pleasure: Virginia Hansen is about to walk down the aisle for wedding #4 to Brett, the nicest guy you’d ever want to meet. She’s after one last fantasy-filled night before she settles down to a boring marriage, but Mr. Nice Guy has other ideas…
Invitation to Passion: Stacy Parris is jaded in love and wants nothing more than the youngest studs prowling The Sex Club. The owner, Jud, isn’t what she’s looking for but an older man may be just what she needs.
This isn’t about perfect twenty-somethings having gravity-defying, mindless sex. These characters are normal, the youngest being 38 (Debbie.) Realistic characters over the age of 35 having raunchy, no-holds-barred sex? That is an alluring, rare commodity in erotica.
The men have issues; the women have hang-ups and at least one crisis. Debbie’s marriage is on the razor’s edge of collapse. Virginia craves the stability and control her previous marriages lacked, and she’s willing to settle on a man she doesn’t love to attain it. Stacy feels Father Time looking over her shoulder, choosing only younger men as partners in an effort to feel attractive. I do have niggling qualms about the ladies being too deeply entrenched in their thinking to make a jump between what’s going on inside the club and “real life” relationships, but then it wouldn’t be very realistic if they didn’t have hang-ups, right?
Speaking of which, if you have sexual hang-ups or prudish inclinations, go rent An Affair to Remember instead of reading Open Invitation. There is literally nothing out of the realm of possibility at The Sex Club, from exhibitionism to public sex. Private rooms meant for two…or ten…any fantasy you can think of, this club can provide.
Sex is a major character, and it takes exceptional writing skill to pull it off successfully. There are no euphemisms, the language is graphic, and the seduction isn’t wine and roses. However there is nothing dirty or low-class about any scene. They are well choreographed, plotted out within an inch of their lives, and nowhere near perfunctory or gratuitous.
If elegant, well written, imaginative erotica is your preference, Jasmine Haynes has everything a girl could want.
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Publisher: Berkley Trade (December 5, 2006)
ISBN: 0425213609
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