Love Cuffs by Ashlyn Chase & Dalton Diaz

LOVE CUFFS

by Ashlyn Chase & Dalton Diaz
Published by Ellora's Cave
Romantica
(Print version available since February 1, 2009)

Lady Mischief is going to show a great deal of tact and never before seen grace in the terms she will use in describing this book. I will preface my remarks by saying that I have sworn to keep things relatively tame on this site and so reviewing what can only be termed risque material from Ellora's Cave is going to be a wonderful challenge to my abilities.

Hope Daniels is a thirty-eight year old New Jersey cop. She is in her bouffant wedding cake dress walking down the aisle when her enhanced super hearing alerts her to a woman's pained screams. Hope wants out of the wedding and convinces herself she must follow her duty. Without another thought she tosses her bouquet at her maid-of-honor, lifts her skirts and runs out of the temple and down the block, following the direction of the screams.

Her best friend yelling, "You go girl. Turn, fly, be free!" rang in her ears as she pictured her mother passing out.

She follows the screams to an old factory near the police station and bangs on the door for admittance. She is confronted by a man in an outfit (which I cannot describe here, but you really must read the description in the book) and proclaims herself a police officer. Next thing you know she is stripped of her gown and hand cuffed to the rooms accessories. A gorgeous hunk welcomes her to his "BDSM" club.

Dorian Markoff is the hunky owner of the club. He is bored with beating other people's butts and is intrigued by a "vanilla" woman. Can he be the hero of a "vanilla" woman's dreams? Does he want to be?

You do not have to be into Bondage, Dominance, Sadism, or Masochism, to enjoy this book. This is a COMEDY!!! Everything in it is played for a laugh.

There are madcap scenes that can put Doris Day and Rock Hudson to shame. Then there are love scenes which Doris Day and Rock Hudson would never have been allowed to do.

Each chapter is told in two halves. The first half is told by Hope. The second half (which is called Chapter ___ and a Half) is told by Dorian.

This book has everything a romance should have. Love scenes so hot they can peel the paper off the walls. Humor so funny you can end up with bruises from falling off your chair while you are laughing. A strong hero you want to bed yourself and a heroine you would like to be so that you could be going to bed with the hero. A satisfying ending. All the subplots are neatly tied up, but you are so entranced with the people you are left with a taste for more.

My only problem with the book is in the Prologue. Hope is deserted on a camping trip and left to fend off a large wolf. She thinks some of his saliva got on her fingers and that is what caused her super-hearing. But we never learn why a wolf's saliva would be able to do that? Is this an ordinary wolf? It's never explained. In the scope of the whole book this is a very minor thing, but I just had to mention it.

This book is funny. Hot. Entertaining. The sex scenes are vibrant.

Love Cuffs has earned a rating of:

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This is Dalton Diaz's first book. I have heard she has a new release with a different writing partner. I hope to get the book soon, but my poor book budget is stretched pretty thin right now. If and when I get the book I will review it right here and let you know how it measures up to her virgin run.

If you are over 18 and would like to learn more about Dalton Diaz's books please go to http://www.daltondiaz.com

Ashlyn Chase has had several e-books published by Ellora's Cave as well as other companies. She also has several books through Ellora's Cave in Print. If you are over 18 you may go to Ashlyn Chase's website for more information. http://www.ashlynchase.com

Yours forever between the covers of a book,

Lady Mischief