The Secret Library: Traded Innocence edited by Antonia Adams

Highly recommended read

Reviewed: 25 Jul 2012 by Blondii, a Going Steady Bisexual Female

I loved this book; the 3 brilliant authors gave me exactly what I wanted from shorter erotica stories. Being novellas you can grab a few pages or a complete story in just a coffee break without the need to put it down, so you can enjoy 3 complete stories.

I can absolutely recommend Traded Innocence in the Secret library series; I enjoyed all 3 of these brilliant stories all completely different from each other; enabling me to read some authors I hadn't read before. I know a great read when I'm really disappointed the story is over and each one made me want more. They would all make brilliant full length novels in themselves as I would have loved to have read much more about each one of these stories.

Traded innocence is a historical novella and I was whisked along with this interesting and exciting plot and couldn't put it down, despite being a novella Toni has managed to cram a great idea into a smaller story. I would have loved this to be a complete novel and learn more about Rebecca and Jac and the cruel deceitful Lord Geraint and see more secret sexy meetings.

This story is extremely vanilla but the I didn't realise this till the end when I realised there hadn't been any severely erotic scenes but I had still thoroughly enjoyed this book. If I had known this was historical and completely vanilla I wouldn't have read this; showing how naive I have been. It also proves if you have a great writer you simply get whisked along enjoying the moments without having to have xxx-rated porn all the way through.

Cooking up trouble by Elizabeth Coldwell

From the first page I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy a story about cooking as I am not quite the domestic goddess. But after a few pages Elizabeth had me hooked into this storyline and had immediately warmed to Morgan Jones, I found her extremely relatable and believable. I loved how both characters were determined not to like each other until sexual tension couldn't hold them back anymore. Yes I actually felt the sexual tension within the pages. I know a good author when you are urging the characters to just touch each other; yelling at the pages...anything but just go for it.

I loved this novella and I managed to grab this storyline before getting up one morning and again couldn't put it down till I had finished the story.

The sex is quite vanilla which again like Traded Innocence I hadn't noticed till I went to write this review as the writing was so good.

Migrations by KD Grace

I was going to read just a few pages... (yeah... right this is KD were talking about), but I didn't stop turning the pages till I reached the end.

From page one I immediately related to all the characters within the book, because of KD's uncanny knack of making every character interesting or so very similar to people we all know or have met in the past.

This novella was a wonderful light hearted read and I found myself laughing outloud. A fast paced read with lots of super hot passionate "rip off your shirt sex" scattered throughout, which was believably written with intensity and passion and plenty of sexual tension which I love in a book.

What was an even bigger surprise was the unexpected KD twist at the end; this really is another must have read from the library of KD Grace.

Opinion:

The Secret library are all completely discreet to read on the bus or train with no worries about what is on the front cover; this a refreshing change to our beloved kindles as I still adore my paperback books and always will, nothing like the feel and smell of a new book, sorry Kindle but you will never be my number one.

As for the whole secret library wow they are all highly recommended.