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TABOO
Kathleen Lawless
Pocket, Oct 2003, $12.00, 181 pp.
ISBN: 0743476719
Her best friend Anna worries about young widow Fallon Gilchrist as the latter has become a recluse since her much older husband Powell died. Not that Fallon can claim Powell was her great passion, but at least to Anna's disconcerting eyes her friend seems in a depressing funk. To get her out of her despondency, Anna provides Fallon a special gift of hunk Montague Bridgeman for one week to do whatever she wants with him.

Reticent Fallon is shocked by Anna's proposal. Sexually repressed, Fallon is unable to play the role of mistress though she finds her toy quite attractive. Still he belongs to her for seven days so Fallon decides to use him as her model while she paints. However, his haunted eyes hook her into believing there is more to him than just stud fee. Unable to resist his lure on several levels, Fallon falls in love with Bridge. Even more shocking he reciprocates. However, she cannot believe he would settle for one woman especially a sexual rookie like her and he refuses to accept that one week of avoiding the tediousness of his life in Boston could so profoundly change how he feels.

TABOO is an engaging erotic romance in which the plot will remind older XXX aficionados of the movie The Devil and Ms. Jones though Bridge is more like an imp than someone truly evil. The key to this tale is the intelligent evolution of the relationship between the lead couple. Though Bridge in some ways is too perfect (except down there where too perfect is okay silly), sub-genre fans will appreciate this entertaining tale of a "Still Man in Motion" whenever his beloved is at his side.

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