This was a quickie which was highly enjoyable. Freddie totally rocks! I have a weakness for heroine-secretly-loves-brother's-friend romances as well as heroines that are flawed, non diamonds of the first water characters. Freddie encompasses all of these traits and is impressive as a crack shot, cheroot smoking, pant wearing equestrian. Conrad is said to be boring and stuffy but his attempt at helping Freddie's brother paints a different picture, one of a passionate and understanding man who's willing to take chances.I wish this book was longer because it was highly entertaining! Guess I will read the following 2 novels in the series to find out more about Freddie's brother and Conrad's brother. First time reading Ms. Barbosa though I follow her on Twitter. I don't usually read erotic fiction (or erotic nonfiction for that matter, if such a creature exists) because the bit I have read was execrable. Seeing how witty and articulate Ms. Barbosa is on Twitter, seeing it for my favorite price of free I decided why not. I enjoyed it. It is sweet. Sex is front and center due to the length and really hot due to that whole erotic thing, but it was well written and physically possible, unlike the other erotic stories I have read.It is ***short***. The posting on GR says 108 pages. As I read this during a wait for a mammogram of less than 20 minutes and then a rare early morning read of about 10 minutes, actual story is probably around 60 pages. The rest is personal info, book lists, excerpts from other writing. So don't be looking for more than there is. Well written, just saw a couple of typos/misused words so I wasn't taken out the story nor did I feel compelled to roll my eyes at situations more than once or twice.The whole premise of a young woman with this kind of freedom at that time and place in history with no repercussions in her life as a lady was kind of hard to believe, but exotic nonfiction it is not so, again, I wasn't taken out of the story. **I keep saying it was free, but I honestly can't remember for sure. I may have seen it for 99 cents and grabbed it due to curiosity about well written erotic shorts.
What do You think about The Lesson Plan (2011)?
3.5* too short. I really liked both the h/h and wanted to know more about them.
—Dany
Great fun book. A bit erotic, which I am fine with. Love the characters.
—Rissajlover
