Fallen

by Justine Elyot

Historical erotica at its steamiest It's 1865 and James Stratton is scratching a living, writing erotic stories for anonymous clients in Holywell Street, the center of London's print pornography trade. In his spare time, he tries to break into serious journalism and he teaches his prostitute friend and sometime lover, Annie, to read. His life is altered forever when one of his anonymous clients contacts him with a view to engaging his services on a more personal level. Facilitated by the mysterious Mrs. Shaw, James meets with the customer and is flabbergasted to find that she is a young woman of rank and station—Lady Augusta Heathcote. Augusta is blind and has lived a sheltered life with only Mrs. Shaw for company. Over the years, they have explored the pleasures of dominance and submission, but now Augusta is curious to experience these delights with a man.

Genres: Erotica

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 13, 2014

About the author

I am Justine Elyot. I love to write erotica and erotic romance. Elements you are likely to find in my work include: moustachioed melodrama villains, whips, wisecracks, knights in tarnished armour, damsels under duress, lovers, leather, aquiline features, references to popular songs. I massively overuse qualifiers like ‘really’, ‘quite’, ‘actually’ etc. and can’t resist the temptation to substitute long words for ‘said’. Reviewers either rave or cringe, with very little middle reactive ground (insert Marmite cliche here). Which will you do?

Reviews

[Lucy Felthouse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in London in 1865, Fallen is escapism at its best. Justine Elyot tells a wonderful tale with authentic language, and paints a vivid picture of what life would have been like at the time. The story centres around James Stratton, a young man who makes a living by writing erotic stories for anonymous clients, gained via his uncle's shop, which sells erotic art, amongst other things.

When James receives an intriguing invitation, he is unable to resist. He soon finds himself in a situation where he is frequently encouraged to dominate and punish a blind upper class young woman. Augusta is beautiful, terribly naive, and has led a sheltered life - therefore she finds it easier to allow her employee and companion, Mrs Shaw, to simply take over. But James is no pushover, and when his and Augusta's relationship develops beyond the physical, drastic action must be taken.

I don't want to say any more and ruin the surprise, so I'll just say that this is a wonderfully written, unique book. It's sexy, seductive and kinky, but is also incredibly romantic. If you enjoy historical erotic romance with lashings (pun intended) of kink, you should definitely check out Fallen.

[TigerLily · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars