I’m not a great fan of erotic novels, preferring to keep sex private and concentrate on a well-plotted action story; so, it was with a bit of trepidation that I began reading Taming Graeme by Kate Britton. I’m still not a great fan, but Britton surprised me with a well-crafted action novel, albeit with a few too many sex scenes, too explicitly drawn for my taste, that was inhabited with characters that, you could never love, but are definitely interested in.
This is more than an erotic novel, regardless of whatever the author’s intent might have been when writing it. It is a novel of human relationships. Warped relationships, but relationships nonetheless. Billionaire Graeme Browning is called back to England to run his uncle’s financial empire. In addition to being filthy rich, though, he’s also a bit filthy on the personal side, in to dominating submissive women. He meets Olivia, an employee of the firm, who he decides will be his next conquest. In the midst of all this, there’s crime and betrayal, and a touch of humor here and there. The ending will probably surprise you – I won’t spoil it by revealing it here.
Now, the negative side. Like I said at the outset – too much and too explicit sex. Of course, it is an erotic novel, so I guess that’s to be expected. Some formatting and manuscript issues, though, should be addressed. The e-Book version has chapter headings starting all over the place, and I find this disturbing. The book opens with several pages of description and narrative, and while it helps in understanding what’s going on, it could have been spread throughout the first chapter, and the action could have started earlier.
I’m still not a fan of erotic novels, but I’ll give Britton three stars for this one. ( )