Restless Spirit by Sommer Marsden

Restless Spirit

Reviewed: 16 Jan 2013 by loz2383, a Married Straight Female

This book was very enjoyable.

I loved the character Tuesday Cane (she was strong and vulnerable) and reading the story unfold into the Adrian, Reed and Shepherd triangle.

The story kept me interested and the sex scenes were very good.

I liked the way the book was written and could relate to certain aspects of the character of Tuesday.

I loved the ending and am glad she chose the guy I really liked too.

Sommer Loving

Reviewed: 12 Aug 2012 by RedCheeks, a Married Bisexual Female

Having mainly read compilations of short stories in my experience with erotica, I was both excited to be reading a full length erotic novel and curious as to whether it would be able to hold my attention after my years of reading of short erotic stories.

Restless Spirit, written by Sommer Marsden is just under two hundred and fifty pages in length and printed by Xcite books. With several other Xcite books in my collection I was definitely pleased to be adding another title to my Xcite library. While looking for information on the author Sommer Marsden I quickly found that she not only has a good deal of experience in writing erotica but is also hailed as one of the top storytellers in the erotica genre. With this in mind I was eager to enjoy a short holiday away with my copy of Restless Spirit thoughtfully packed to bring along.

The front cover of Restless Spirit features a woman looking full of desire, very in fitting with the story within. The back cover shows other titles available by Xcite including ‘The best of Sommer Marsden’. As described on the back of the book, Restless Spirit tells the story of a woman who walks out on an abusive relationship, then inherits her grandmother’s house and finds herself surrounded by erotic enticements.

Starting out with the characters move to a new town, it’s a pleasure to get to know the quite down to earth and likeable character that is Tuesday Cane. Soon after her move, we are introduced to men, both new and old who are drawn in by Tuesday’s charms. The men in the book are generally big and burly types but all with quite differing personalities and tastes. The first scene in the story to get me hot was actually a fantasy and masturbation scene; phew I never knew I had such a visual imagination!

Reading on, I was delighted to find the story both thoughtful and believable while still erotically charged and filled with steamy encounters. With a main character that feels more realistic than many found in erotica, I even found myself as captivated by her as the male characters. Strong in personality, she is not just a woman looking to be led along sexually but someone who is learning to be vulnerable again and who is a strong and feisty, willing to take control of her sexual experiences and embrace her carnal desires. The themes of Domination and submission are fantastically well varied throughout the story meaning whatever your orientation when it comes to power play you can enjoy the range of lustful scenes in Restless Spirit.

With hot encounters at every turn and multiple sexual partners to lust after you will find yourself reading on eagerly, wondering who, if anyone, will end up with Tuesday Cane.

Sexy storyline and parallel suspense, amazing plot

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

This was the first book I have read from Sommer Marsden and it certainly won't be my last, wow what a great read. It's now 3.35am, I have just finished this compelling read and had to get some comments down before I finally give into sleep.

Restless Spirit is an intense emotional journey which is well constructed and flows well within the 247 pages; an engrossing read from page 1.

I loved the main character Tuesday as she is so relatable, I loved her tough outer exterior with a hint of vulnerability and making her very believable. So, fleeing to Allister Lake after inheriting her grandmother's house and escaping a bad break up, we follow Tuesday as she suddenly finds herself the main interest of 3 super sexy men in a town where single women are like gold dust; each guy with quite different likeable personalities but she doesn't want that commitment right now.

I loved how she is sexually confident and knows what she wants and enjoys her sexual freedom with no awkwardness with these gorgeous guys; but can she choose between the charming, rich Reed Green, TV star and berry picking farmer. Or over-protective Aiden, her loyal and heroic caretaker/handyman who she has had past history with. Or will she fall for the mysterious Shepherd Moore ex-cage fighter.

She is drawn right from the start to Shepherd, despite being warned off against him, and being so different from the men she's dated in the past. But she uses the other two guys just to satisfy her immediate needs, something I wanted to slap her for as she leads these 3 great guys on, all three that are falling for her; I was so relieved when she finally saw sense. It's a sign of a great writer that can get such a variety of emotions from us.

But after several very hot and steamy encounters with Shepherd, Tuesday gradually learns to shed her inhibitions with him and embrace her submissive side as he allows her to grow both as a person and sexually by pushing her boundaries further than she has ever gone.

I loved how Sommer creates intensity between all the characters, and the sex scenes are frequent throughout the pages with each guy, and it is brilliantly written with a lot of realism and some great sexual tension build-ups rather than immediate sex. There are a great variety of hot steamy sex scenes with each guy bringing something different to the plate so to speak; these are graphic well placed but not sleazy just super hot and very memorable.

Along with a great storyline and super sexy scenes there is a mounting suspense story running parallel with the main storyline which escalates to a brilliant climatic twist which I wasn’t expecting. But I would have liked this to have been a bit longer being such a great twist and after such a long build-up throughout the book. I have to stress though it doesn't spoil anything, it's still an incredible read, great storylines with believable realistic characters and fantastic ending. Sommer knows people and knows how to keep us turning those pages.

I can't wait to read the next.