Donna Kauffman Reviews

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Added February 10, 2003

Going Down?

novella in Bad Boys on Board

Author: Donna Kauffman
Publisher: Kensington Brava
Available At: Bookstores Everywhere
Publishing Date: April 2003
Genre: Romance: Contemporary
Format: Trade Paperback
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 0-7582-04280-9
Author Email/Website: www.donnakauffman.com
Reviewer: Robin Taylor

Bad Boys on Board continues with its Bad Boys theme by giving us three amazing titles by three well-known names in the romance industry.

Seduction. That's the word that comes to mind when describing Going Down by Donna Kauffman. This story is about Callie Montgomery, an executive assistant who is stranded in an elevator with her boss's business partner, Dominic Colbourne.

Dominic is Callie's everyman. Called the Panther in corporate life, a truly fitting nickname she'd give to him herself. After leaving her abandoned office building, all of a sudden the power goes out and they are stranded in a pitch-dark elevator, for at least six hours until the morning crew get in.

At first silence ensues. But, it is too dark and too quiet and six hours can be a very long time. What else to do but talk? It is almost too tense, too stifling, to do even that. It is because they are polar opposites, right? I mean, the tension in that small enclosure couldn't be anything other than that, right? Okay . . . so there's a little something. Well, a lot of something. But, what's amazing here is that while we watch the sexual tension build between Dominic and Callie, we see the emotional tension being drawn so very tight. Excellent!

Callie is doing well for herself. After a failed marriage and a lot of ensuing uncertainty, she's finally landed a job where a fantastic promotion is just waiting for her. Dominic is a wealthy, global magnate hunk, in Callie's words. Yet, they start talking about relationships, physical vs. emotional. What makes romance work? Is good sex enough to make a relationship successful? What does a man like in woman? Provocativeness? What does a woman look for in a man? Romance?

Oh, these conversations are stimulating! For us, the readers, but most assuredly, for Callie and Dominic! The more they talk and spar, the headier the tension becomes. Callie constantly has to jerk herself back to reality. While, Dominic has to do the same. Now, as we watch this story unravel, we see two kindred souls melding together, and eventually Dominic makes a move. Hooray for us! I mean, them! Because Ms. Kauffman makes this novella true to the title, Going Down? See, the sexual tension became overwhelming, and they, um, had no protection on them, yet they really wanted each other, so... Now, what makes me think you get the picture pefectly? *g* *g* *g*

What these two share is amazing! They melded their souls before their bodies and we are left rooting for them. But, she's a temp about to get the job of her dreams and he's an executive who's got a plane to catch. They are "rescued", and albeit reluctantly, part ways.

I'm going to stop here. Why? Well, for obvious reasons. Read Going Down and I just bet you will love how the story ends. Kudos to Ms. Kauffman!!!

Bad Boys on Board is a wonderful collection of novellas. Whether you want to read about an alpha male with his own set of rules, or about whether or not being stuck in an elevator for two people is really all that bad. Or whether you want to see an amnesia story just remind you that sometimes being at the right place at the right time can just lend a hint of fate to your lists of beliefs, you won't be let down. I have every book by these wonderful ladies, as they all are autobuys. So you must know that Bad Boys on Board goes on my keeper shelf, and that I will always try to be first in line for their upcoming books.

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Added August 15, 2002

...And When They Were Bad

novella in I Love Bad Boys

Author: Donna Kauffman
Publisher: Kensington Brava
Available At: Bookstores Everywhere
Publishing Date: August 2002
Genre: Romance: Contemporary
Format: Trade Paperback
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 0-7852-0134-6
Author Email/Website: www.donnakauffman.com
Reviewer: Cyndi Witkus

I Love Bad Boys has three of the top hot erotic romance authors in the field today. In reading this book, it was impossible to put down with all the hot, sexy romance inside. These authors brought forth fantasies that most of men and women have. Each novella showed passion and romance in ways that we dream of touching and trying.

For Donna Kauffman's ...And When They Were Bad Allison Walker is at a new private club to accomplish one thing. She wants to let loose her "inner slut" and experience the joys of sensualness. Cameron James IV is there to for once let loose and not save everyone. However, from the first moment he saw Allison in trouble, Cameron couldn't help but save Allie from herself or those who couldn't understand the innate sexiness in the woman before him. Things heat up quickly on this passionate island. The waterfall scene in this novella is to die for. I read this novella grinning from ear to ear. When Allison takes off after her and Cameron make love, will he ever find the wild woman he helped let loose? I won't tell you the end, but it know that love and romance are never far in this book nor are the erotic fantasies created at this hedonistic club.

This anthology raises your blood pressure, raises your libido, and makes you know realize that passion and romance are everywhere you look. From a sex toy shop, to old flames, to a no holds barred resort, love shows its many facets in this exciting book. I highly recommend you read I Love Bad Boys then give it to a friend, a lover, or someone who you think might like thinking outside the norm. All three lovely ladies have done an outstanding job in this anthology that doesn't disappoint.

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