Did Billy ever explain to Eden why he took off? I was left wondering that at the end of the book, I mean we knew because he explained it in his head, but he never told her I don't think??Anyways, this was a delightful tale of the one who got away - Eden was a high school senior and Billy was in his last year of college and the two worked together at a flower shop and were a hot and heavy item. They had big plans for her prom night and he ran out of the motel once nakedenesss happened and she never knew why.A decade goes by and she is working at a community centre and trying to keep it running while he has been hired at the independent third party to determine if it is viable. He knows he still wants her in a forever way and both are still stoked by the fire between them. She thinks they are just working it out of their system while he is trying to figure out how to tell her he wants her for keeps. Of course there is a steamy, stinking hot, burning night in there with a threesome with her friend-with-benefits Jon as well to fulfill another of her fantasies.So she knows she has always wanted only him, and he only wants her but he needs to finalize his plans, doesn't tell her and leaves town then gets all upset when he comes back and she thought he left forever. They FINALLY talk and end up together - too cute!! Lorelei James is turning out to be one of my favorite authors for erotic romance. This is her first book I’ve read that isn’t a western, part of her McKay family series, and I enjoyed it almost as much as I do her sexy cowboys. Besides the hot and sizzling sex you get in a James book, there’s just something about her characters that always draws me in. They wear their hearts on their sleeves and you feel every nuance of their emotions, good or bad, leaving you wanting to know what happens to them and if they’ll be okay in the end.Eden has finally gotten her life together after Billy left her right before the consummation of their young relationship. She runs a city-financed community center for kids and the city wants to shut the money-eater down. That’s what’s brought Billy back into her life. And he looks just as good now as he did back then. Just sexier. When realizing her feelings for him are cropping up again, she can’t afford to get into a relationship with the man whose word would give the city what they need, she tries to keep it all business. But Billy has other ideas.He wants to tell Eden why he left the way he did ten years ago, but every time he tries, Eden shuts him down. He kicks himself every time he thinks he about it. Seeing her now shows him all he lost. And he knows if they become involved again she’ll always question his decision concerning the community center, no matter which way he goes on it. Keeping away from her is not an option, though. She’s more complex and, of course, sexier all these years later, and seeing her with the center kids gives him an idea of how seriously she takes her job. Feelings as deep and lust as hot as theirs can’t be stopped, and soon they’re caught up in a passion that will never let them go.I always so appreciate a good story in any erotic writing and I always get that with Ms. James’ work. Billy and Eden are great characters, serious when need be, but they still have fun together, as well as great sex. A complication comes along in the guise of Eden’s friend Jon, a rock star who comes home to recuperate, and part of the relaxing usually includes no-strings sex with Eden. Oh, but there’s such fun to be had when those three come together. Another hit for Ms. James!
What do You think about Wicked Garden (2008)?
Did not like this story at first but by the end I was happy I read it and ended up liking it!
—Arishest
As always I love all of Lorelei's stories and this novella is no exception.
—jv1265287
Good book. I enjoyed the one by Lorelei. Great menage.
—saywutgtfo
