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Erotic Fairy Tales #1
Red & Wolfe: The Complete Box Set
When Sarah "Red" Ryder loses her job as an art critic for a Boston newspaper, she's brokenhearted. Worse than that? She's broke. Her boyfriend recently left her, so she's stuck paying her hefty apartment rent alone. After two months unemployed, there's no money left. With no immediate family to turn to, Red reaches out to her estranged grandmother, a reclusive writer living on an island off the coast of Charleston. Several days later, Red receives $30,000 and an invitation to visit.
James Wolfe is not Red's grandmother - but he's the only person waiting for her at the boat dock. Red has something he needs. He won't take "no" for an answer, and he doesn't mind screwing her over to get it. He lost his conscience six years ago, when he went off the grid. Since then, life is about him - and the renowned oil paintings he does under the mysterious pseudonym "W."
Until the moment he sees her. Then Red is all he wants. And Wolfe will have her - thoroughly.
James Wolfe is not Red's grandmother - but he's the only person waiting for her at the boat dock. Red has something he needs. He won't take "no" for an answer, and he doesn't mind screwing her over to get it. He lost his conscience six years ago, when he went off the grid. Since then, life is about him - and the renowned oil paintings he does under the mysterious pseudonym "W."
Until the moment he sees her. Then Red is all he wants. And Wolfe will have her - thoroughly.
246 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 29, 2014
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Ella James
75 books5,801 followersElla James is the USA Today + Amazon Top 10 bestselling author of more than twenty books. Ella lives in Colorado with her husband and three kids. When she's not writing, you can find her in the foothills.
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December 28, 2016
I read the first part of this series in February 2015 and it was an 'Okay'-read. The past few days I reread that first book followed by the next 3 in the series. I did enjoy them but for me personally there wasn't really much story to it. Insta-Lust, a hot dom and a willing woman... That gave some very hot scenes even though it didn't really feel like a D/s relationship. There was also a little bit suspense but that's basically it. I think it would have been better for me personally if there had been more Epilogue.
Anyway I enjoyed this modern version of Little Red Riding Hood and damn what a Big Bad Wolf there was ;)
Anyway I enjoyed this modern version of Little Red Riding Hood and damn what a Big Bad Wolf there was ;)
January 16, 2022
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February 20, 2017
Read as part of the Erotic Fairy Tales: The Complete Box Set: Red & Wolfe, Hansel, and Beast anthology.
I'm full of cold and I left it too long to write a full review of all the things that annoyed me about this book (I should have taken notes because there were a LOT!) but here's what I remember:
- In serious need of editing (missing words / incorrect words / poor spelling etc).
- Needed a continuity editor too (one minute her hands would be tied above her head then she'd be using them to touch herself, then they'd be tied again, clothes would vanish and reappear etc).
- Too much sex, yes I get that this is erotica but there are times when sex just isn't appropriate - like when you've been tied up and tortured. She was literally cut all over with a knife and had paint smeared into her wounds but when the supposed hero rescued her and was trying to clean her wounds all she could thing about was wanting sex. Seriously? You've got to be kidding me!
- Bad guys with nonsensical motives: they think the hero is guilty of murder and because he was found innocent they've decided to extract their own form of justice and kill him. That actually makes sense but what doesn't make sense is that they decide to torture his girlfriend and frame him for the attack to try and make him look guilty of the original murder. Well, I guess that makes sense too until I tell you that they're not wearing masks when they attack her so she knows it wasn't her boyfriend who did it. They say they're going to leave her alive yet they're not trying to hide their identities. How fucking stupid do these bad guys have to be?
- It's not like the hero is any brainier though. He lives on an island and 5 men come by boat to attack them. He knows there were 5, he knows he has taken down & tied up 4 of them but one has escaped. He's not used the boat so therefore he's still on the island somewhere but does the hero go looking for him? Nope he's too busy having sex with the heroine and then acts all surprised when guy 5 releases the other 4 and they all escape the island. Which again is stupid because if there are 5 of you why would you just leave the island and not ambush the hero and heroine when they're so busy having sex that they won't even hear you coming?
- Throw in the fact that the hero calls the heroine "his little Fuck Doll" throughout the whole story and I'm just done. He treats her like a blow up fucking doll and I'm supposed to find that sexy? Screw this book.
I. Am. Done!
I'm full of cold and I left it too long to write a full review of all the things that annoyed me about this book (I should have taken notes because there were a LOT!) but here's what I remember:
- In serious need of editing (missing words / incorrect words / poor spelling etc).
- Needed a continuity editor too (one minute her hands would be tied above her head then she'd be using them to touch herself, then they'd be tied again, clothes would vanish and reappear etc).
- Too much sex, yes I get that this is erotica but there are times when sex just isn't appropriate - like when you've been tied up and tortured. She was literally cut all over with a knife and had paint smeared into her wounds but when the supposed hero rescued her and was trying to clean her wounds all she could thing about was wanting sex. Seriously? You've got to be kidding me!
- Bad guys with nonsensical motives: they think the hero is guilty of murder and because he was found innocent they've decided to extract their own form of justice and kill him. That actually makes sense but what doesn't make sense is that they decide to torture his girlfriend and frame him for the attack to try and make him look guilty of the original murder. Well, I guess that makes sense too until I tell you that they're not wearing masks when they attack her so she knows it wasn't her boyfriend who did it. They say they're going to leave her alive yet they're not trying to hide their identities. How fucking stupid do these bad guys have to be?
- It's not like the hero is any brainier though. He lives on an island and 5 men come by boat to attack them. He knows there were 5, he knows he has taken down & tied up 4 of them but one has escaped. He's not used the boat so therefore he's still on the island somewhere but does the hero go looking for him? Nope he's too busy having sex with the heroine and then acts all surprised when guy 5 releases the other 4 and they all escape the island. Which again is stupid because if there are 5 of you why would you just leave the island and not ambush the hero and heroine when they're so busy having sex that they won't even hear you coming?
- Throw in the fact that the hero calls the heroine "his little Fuck Doll" throughout the whole story and I'm just done. He treats her like a blow up fucking doll and I'm supposed to find that sexy? Screw this book.
I. Am. Done!
February 28, 2016
3 stars cuz I can't quite describe it.
Safety gang: Ladies, no cheating, no OM/OW.
This is erotica with a side of light BDSM...it threatens at intense D/s then doesn't really deliver. It held my attention; the plot was interesting but didn't develop fully. It just kind of unfolded all at once and at lightning speed in the last installment.
I would have really liked this fully developed into a 80k+ novel, but I'm picky. This was such a great premise, it deserved it.
A suspected murderer turned recluse, turned world famous mysterious painter...a real bad wolf. A woman who is trapped in his web because of her grandmother's death...the h is a redhead called red. Wow. That's original...eye-roll...sorry, natural redhead here and we hate being called that. NOW, add some hot sex into the H/h mix...and I still need plot :(
I think where this didn't work is in its serialization. When a story is broken into chunks of 100 pages or less, it loses some of its elasticity. The plot becomes harder to dribble through because the author is trying to hold all her cards to her chest...to keep the reader hanging on until the last moment. That's all great in theory, but I haven't seen many that can accomplish it in a decent way. So often they end up like a soap opera where you can miss months of it and still pick it up without a problem...think HM Ward "the Arrangement" series. Lord, do I feel sorry for anyone who bought into that train wreck.
Safety gang: Ladies, no cheating, no OM/OW.
This is erotica with a side of light BDSM...it threatens at intense D/s then doesn't really deliver. It held my attention; the plot was interesting but didn't develop fully. It just kind of unfolded all at once and at lightning speed in the last installment.
I would have really liked this fully developed into a 80k+ novel, but I'm picky. This was such a great premise, it deserved it.
A suspected murderer turned recluse, turned world famous mysterious painter...a real bad wolf. A woman who is trapped in his web because of her grandmother's death...the h is a redhead called red. Wow. That's original...eye-roll...sorry, natural redhead here and we hate being called that. NOW, add some hot sex into the H/h mix...and I still need plot :(
I think where this didn't work is in its serialization. When a story is broken into chunks of 100 pages or less, it loses some of its elasticity. The plot becomes harder to dribble through because the author is trying to hold all her cards to her chest...to keep the reader hanging on until the last moment. That's all great in theory, but I haven't seen many that can accomplish it in a decent way. So often they end up like a soap opera where you can miss months of it and still pick it up without a problem...think HM Ward "the Arrangement" series. Lord, do I feel sorry for anyone who bought into that train wreck.
December 17, 2014
Pretty good story line, but clouded with too much sex for the length....i read this genre for the sex obviously but when its on every page and there is no buildup...it gets kind of monotonous so that's my main complaint.
good character builds, good bits of mystery but i could put it down when i wanted to and had a few eye-rolling moments but over all a good read.
good character builds, good bits of mystery but i could put it down when i wanted to and had a few eye-rolling moments but over all a good read.
July 7, 2015
This started off so well, but by the end I found myself disappointed that along the way it lost some of its original sparkle and promise.
In places I felt that it pushed the bounds of credulity, especially from around about book 3, with a few errors of continuity, and plot incongruities creeping in, such as the point made during the trial scene, that James Wolfe's movements could not be tracked by satellite to verify his account of events, because he had left his cell-phone behind after his wife's call for help... and then later, in the description of that journey, he is apparently constantly checking his phone during the drive!?
In some of the sex scenes, the male protagonist also seems to have more than two hands, which he has no problem using despite having just smashed one into a wall repeatedly, and burned the other. Red, at one point, while restrained by the wrists, also seems to have amazing use of her hands at the same time. Towels also appear to have magical properties, being dropped to the floor one moment, and then miraculously needing to be yanked off moments later.
Not a bad read, but unfortunately spoiled for me by editing oversights, and also what I considered to be some rather strange responses by the two main characters to some quite precarious situations.
In places I felt that it pushed the bounds of credulity, especially from around about book 3, with a few errors of continuity, and plot incongruities creeping in, such as the point made during the trial scene, that James Wolfe's movements could not be tracked by satellite to verify his account of events, because he had left his cell-phone behind after his wife's call for help... and then later, in the description of that journey, he is apparently constantly checking his phone during the drive!?
In some of the sex scenes, the male protagonist also seems to have more than two hands, which he has no problem using despite having just smashed one into a wall repeatedly, and burned the other. Red, at one point, while restrained by the wrists, also seems to have amazing use of her hands at the same time. Towels also appear to have magical properties, being dropped to the floor one moment, and then miraculously needing to be yanked off moments later.
Not a bad read, but unfortunately spoiled for me by editing oversights, and also what I considered to be some rather strange responses by the two main characters to some quite precarious situations.
November 7, 2016
With the exemption of Fifty Shades of Grey, I'm not really a fan of BDSM books so my rating for this one is quite unfair I guess? But BDSM fan or not, that sex scene after the abduction still bothers me. I mean, after being drugged, tied up, beat up and fighting with the bad guys, they still managed to have sex? What are they? Super natural beings? I know it's just fiction but it still bothers me.
March 1, 2016
I liked it. I like the story and the characters-even though- I found Red a little immature, sometimes. I guess, I felt it could have been better and maybe not so repetitive with almost the same sex scene. And I'm a huge fan of his term "Fuck doll" definitely has a nice ring to it.
September 4, 2017
PART 1:
Oh yeah I'm totally going to love this series, that actually doesn't shock me because any book I read by Ella I love. Red, is something else, "God, this is so my luck. Some a**hole poses as my grandmother, and now you want to steal her island from me. You're like...the big bad wolf." These two had chemistry right when they first met and well Red she does a little investigating, "another glance up at Race's back and a**, and I'm distracted by the bulge I imagine is still straining against his pants." Now our boy may be an a** but he's a sexy a**, "I rock against her and groan my words. "Bad first impression, baby." On to the next one I go.
PART 2:
Wolfe I just can't get enough of him and his dirty talk, "you look like you need a good effing. Is that true Red? Even from a stranger. You'll accept a thorough effing. Take the pleasure that I give you." Yes the boy is a tad bit crude but honestly that's what makes his character. Red her smart mouth needs some taming and I think our boy Wolfe is up for the task, "it was very nice, okay? You're a total stud. In every way. And I enjoyed myself. I'm not going to lie about it. I'm sure I couldn't if I tired." I'm ready for more.
PART 3:
This time around Wolfe was more crude than he normally is, and I think he's trying to hide what he's starting to feel for Red, and like a typical man he doesn't want to admit it to himself, so he uses his crudeness, "I don't want to talk about art, Red. I don't want to hear you talk about it, either. What I want is for you to suck my d***." Did I mention the extreme measures the boy goes to, to make sure Red is alright and Red well she's a tad bit ditzy when things like that occur, "he stands, water sluicing down his chest and stomach, following his happy trail and dripping off his half-erect c***. I'm gawking like the pervert I am when his eyes find mine and widen. 'What the eff are you doing?" Next book please.
PART 4:
Panties are needed for this one ladies, well actually panties were needed for all of them, but this one you might need an extra, extra pair. Red, she brings something out in Wolfe that I think he tried to long bury and that's well compassion, and actual feelings, "Jesus." He digs his hands into his hair and turns away. When he turns back toward me, I can see him coming into himself. "Effing Christ," he says. "I need to clean you up." Of course the boy is still a dirty one, but he's a dirty one with feelings and likes to get his girl excited, "you're asking for a thorough effing, Red. My c***, your pu***. Now." This one had more action than the others so it wasn't all about the sex, and you're emotions got involved as well as your inner organs.
Oh yeah I'm totally going to love this series, that actually doesn't shock me because any book I read by Ella I love. Red, is something else, "God, this is so my luck. Some a**hole poses as my grandmother, and now you want to steal her island from me. You're like...the big bad wolf." These two had chemistry right when they first met and well Red she does a little investigating, "another glance up at Race's back and a**, and I'm distracted by the bulge I imagine is still straining against his pants." Now our boy may be an a** but he's a sexy a**, "I rock against her and groan my words. "Bad first impression, baby." On to the next one I go.
PART 2:
Wolfe I just can't get enough of him and his dirty talk, "you look like you need a good effing. Is that true Red? Even from a stranger. You'll accept a thorough effing. Take the pleasure that I give you." Yes the boy is a tad bit crude but honestly that's what makes his character. Red her smart mouth needs some taming and I think our boy Wolfe is up for the task, "it was very nice, okay? You're a total stud. In every way. And I enjoyed myself. I'm not going to lie about it. I'm sure I couldn't if I tired." I'm ready for more.
PART 3:
This time around Wolfe was more crude than he normally is, and I think he's trying to hide what he's starting to feel for Red, and like a typical man he doesn't want to admit it to himself, so he uses his crudeness, "I don't want to talk about art, Red. I don't want to hear you talk about it, either. What I want is for you to suck my d***." Did I mention the extreme measures the boy goes to, to make sure Red is alright and Red well she's a tad bit ditzy when things like that occur, "he stands, water sluicing down his chest and stomach, following his happy trail and dripping off his half-erect c***. I'm gawking like the pervert I am when his eyes find mine and widen. 'What the eff are you doing?" Next book please.
PART 4:
Panties are needed for this one ladies, well actually panties were needed for all of them, but this one you might need an extra, extra pair. Red, she brings something out in Wolfe that I think he tried to long bury and that's well compassion, and actual feelings, "Jesus." He digs his hands into his hair and turns away. When he turns back toward me, I can see him coming into himself. "Effing Christ," he says. "I need to clean you up." Of course the boy is still a dirty one, but he's a dirty one with feelings and likes to get his girl excited, "you're asking for a thorough effing, Red. My c***, your pu***. Now." This one had more action than the others so it wasn't all about the sex, and you're emotions got involved as well as your inner organs.
February 10, 2018
Read as part of the complete set of erotic fairy tales.
Holy moly. This is straight up erotica. It pushed the limits of "too much" for me, so this is not a book I'd lightly recommend.
The fact that it's pure erotica gives it some leeway in my mind for plot holes and ridiculous turns of events. You don't look for deep meaning in porn. So yeah, there were definitely some issues with plot, and random super-hero actions, and a tidy ending, but the sex was hot, even if the dom/sub thing didn't fit just right. Yes, it's as superficial as that.
Holy moly. This is straight up erotica. It pushed the limits of "too much" for me, so this is not a book I'd lightly recommend.
The fact that it's pure erotica gives it some leeway in my mind for plot holes and ridiculous turns of events. You don't look for deep meaning in porn. So yeah, there were definitely some issues with plot, and random super-hero actions, and a tidy ending, but the sex was hot, even if the dom/sub thing didn't fit just right. Yes, it's as superficial as that.
June 27, 2017
This was an alright read for me. It was fast paced, tons of sex (no I'm not a prude, just stating a fact), insta-lust, some action, but not much depth to the story. Yes we find some things out (especially in parts 3 & 4). I will admit, I didn't quite expect it to turn out the way it did. So that was a nice surprise.
October 5, 2017
Race and Red
SarahRed , needs money and WolfeRace helps her out with only Rabbit island as the payment or is it? Surprises!
SarahRed , needs money and WolfeRace helps her out with only Rabbit island as the payment or is it? Surprises!
October 24, 2017
A really odd novella set. It's like 50 shades of grey but less mind numbing and more 'what the f?'
April 13, 2018
Ok
This story had so much potential, but there was so much going on. The beginning was so good, then it got weird. Not one of my favorites.
This story had so much potential, but there was so much going on. The beginning was so good, then it got weird. Not one of my favorites.
July 4, 2018
Lack of plot and poor writing made this painful to read.
August 8, 2018
Mysterious, exciting and sexy as sin
September 4, 2018
Bastante decente, no deja de ser una colección de libros eróticos pero al menos tiene una historia para contar.
October 17, 2019
La naturaleza humana siempre es mucho más complicada que nuestro "animal interior". a veces solo es físico, primario otras es más.
October 21, 2019
so hot....hot hot...jejeje
it was interesting since there was that mystery if he was really bad or what was in his past ...
it was interesting since there was that mystery if he was really bad or what was in his past ...
June 14, 2023
Tf— 👁️👄👁️
March 23, 2023
3,75 I’d say…cuz I didn’t see the bad guy coming 👍and because they were sooo HOT together! ☺️👏
October 3, 2020
Premetto che la storia di cappuccetto rosso e il lupo è solo per la cover.. Non ha nulla che vedere con la storia anche se una persona dal titolo un pelino ci spera e crede...
Red e james sono due opposti, lei pensa solo ai soldi (ammettiamolo che dall'inizio chi lo ha letto lo ha subito pensato...), Lui invece pensa solo a farsi i fatti suoi nel suo angolino di paradiso senza farsi riconoscere perché incriminato per omicidio. I due non hanno nulla in comune se non la nonna di Red che le lascia i soldi e una casettina. su un'isoletta sperduta.
Si incontrano e nascono i guai, tra persone che vogliono uccidere James per vendetta e amore BDSM.
Non la solita storiella romance tutta picci picci amore mio... Ma neanche la storiella con la storia più emozionante del mondo. Un misto tra giallo e romance nel bosco!
La storia romantica è come tutte le altre insta love... Lei e lui che si vogliono e si attirano appena si vedono.
La storia del crimine abbastanza credibile, ma poco sviluppata e risolta in due e due 4.
Avrei preferito qualcosa di più succoso, più dramma, e i flashback magari scritti come prologo con descrizioni cruente! Qui hai una banale storia di Coppia aperta che viene macellata. Vabbé non si può avere tutto dalla vita eh! Ma un po' più di pathos non guasterebbe.
Comunque alla fine resta una storia abbastanza godibile e leggibile senza se e senza ma.
Red e james sono due opposti, lei pensa solo ai soldi (ammettiamolo che dall'inizio chi lo ha letto lo ha subito pensato...), Lui invece pensa solo a farsi i fatti suoi nel suo angolino di paradiso senza farsi riconoscere perché incriminato per omicidio. I due non hanno nulla in comune se non la nonna di Red che le lascia i soldi e una casettina. su un'isoletta sperduta.
Si incontrano e nascono i guai, tra persone che vogliono uccidere James per vendetta e amore BDSM.
Non la solita storiella romance tutta picci picci amore mio... Ma neanche la storiella con la storia più emozionante del mondo. Un misto tra giallo e romance nel bosco!
La storia romantica è come tutte le altre insta love... Lei e lui che si vogliono e si attirano appena si vedono.
La storia del crimine abbastanza credibile, ma poco sviluppata e risolta in due e due 4.
Avrei preferito qualcosa di più succoso, più dramma, e i flashback magari scritti come prologo con descrizioni cruente! Qui hai una banale storia di Coppia aperta che viene macellata. Vabbé non si può avere tutto dalla vita eh! Ma un po' più di pathos non guasterebbe.
Comunque alla fine resta una storia abbastanza godibile e leggibile senza se e senza ma.
December 24, 2019
(Read as part of the collection).
It’s heavy erotica. Like heavy.
As for the story itself, it was interesting. I liked the action that came toward the end especially, perhaps because it had been rather tame and calm before that.
The erotica part though — it was a lot. Perhaps it’s because I didn’t expect that to be the plot, and it sort of felt like it was, but that could be my own fault for going in blind.
It was an interesting storyline, which is another point to why I might have found the erotica so much (almost distracting from the other parts) because I really wanted to know all the other things.
All in all it was a decent read though, and the ending was nice if not perhaps a little rushed, in my opinion.
It’s heavy erotica. Like heavy.
As for the story itself, it was interesting. I liked the action that came toward the end especially, perhaps because it had been rather tame and calm before that.
The erotica part though — it was a lot. Perhaps it’s because I didn’t expect that to be the plot, and it sort of felt like it was, but that could be my own fault for going in blind.
It was an interesting storyline, which is another point to why I might have found the erotica so much (almost distracting from the other parts) because I really wanted to know all the other things.
All in all it was a decent read though, and the ending was nice if not perhaps a little rushed, in my opinion.
June 18, 2016
Review rating: 5+ Steamy Hot Stars!
This review is for The Complete Set of Red & Wolfe (Kindle Ed.)
Okay, so I had to take like two frigging cold showers while reading this one! Whew!
Very, very HOT indeed!
Synopsis
Sarah "Red" Ryder loses her job as an art critic & her boyfriend leaves her for another man and no matter how she tries, life keeps giving one curve ball after the other.
As last resort, she emails her the grandmother, she never met, asking her for help. A few days later, she gets a reply in the form of $ 30000.00 in her bank account and an email with only one word: COME.
She makes her way to Rabbit Island where her grandmother lives. Upon arrival, Race, who also lives on the island, informs her that her gran died a few days ago. Shocked, she accompanies him and finds out the only reason he made her come out to the island, is to sign off on a trust involving the island, making it possible for Race to buy the island.
Asshole, right?
“Race” James Wolfe is running and hiding. Everyone thinks he killed his wife. Still searching for answers as who killed his wife & her lover, he moves to Rabbit Island where he paints and sells his paintings under the name of “W”.
Excerpt from Red & Wolfe, part 2:
This is insane...
"Until this point, I told myself sex with him was just a…I don’t know. A fluke. A Red-gone-crazy-beautiful-asshole-taking-advantage, ridiculous, fantastical fluke."
Red
It's no secret that the electricity between them is turning into something more, something dangerous. He doesn’t take no for an answer and soon Red is in over her head.
Excerpt from Red & Wolfe, part 3:
"If he is James Wolfe and if James Wolfe did kill his wife and her lover – and both of those pretty sizeable ‘if’s – that doesn’t mean he’d hurt me. In fact, so far he’s done nothing but save me from drowning and show my vajayjay a good time..."
Red
I had this series for a while now, so decided now is a good time as any to jump in & and I LOVED this whole series.
A funny, crazy, dangerous, fast-paced, “hot-under-the-collar” erotic read.
My first novel / series by Ella James, and sure not the last. This one goes under my best reads for 2016 & best author.
***Please note that the tag above for cliffhanger refers to Red & Wolfe Part 1, 2 &3. Part 4 is the last installment in the series.
Thank you for reading my review.
This review is for The Complete Set of Red & Wolfe (Kindle Ed.)
Okay, so I had to take like two frigging cold showers while reading this one! Whew!
Very, very HOT indeed!
Synopsis
Sarah "Red" Ryder loses her job as an art critic & her boyfriend leaves her for another man and no matter how she tries, life keeps giving one curve ball after the other.
As last resort, she emails her the grandmother, she never met, asking her for help. A few days later, she gets a reply in the form of $ 30000.00 in her bank account and an email with only one word: COME.
She makes her way to Rabbit Island where her grandmother lives. Upon arrival, Race, who also lives on the island, informs her that her gran died a few days ago. Shocked, she accompanies him and finds out the only reason he made her come out to the island, is to sign off on a trust involving the island, making it possible for Race to buy the island.
Asshole, right?
“Race” James Wolfe is running and hiding. Everyone thinks he killed his wife. Still searching for answers as who killed his wife & her lover, he moves to Rabbit Island where he paints and sells his paintings under the name of “W”.
Excerpt from Red & Wolfe, part 2:
This is insane...
"Until this point, I told myself sex with him was just a…I don’t know. A fluke. A Red-gone-crazy-beautiful-asshole-taking-advantage, ridiculous, fantastical fluke."
Red
It's no secret that the electricity between them is turning into something more, something dangerous. He doesn’t take no for an answer and soon Red is in over her head.
Excerpt from Red & Wolfe, part 3:
"If he is James Wolfe and if James Wolfe did kill his wife and her lover – and both of those pretty sizeable ‘if’s – that doesn’t mean he’d hurt me. In fact, so far he’s done nothing but save me from drowning and show my vajayjay a good time..."
Red
I had this series for a while now, so decided now is a good time as any to jump in & and I LOVED this whole series.
A funny, crazy, dangerous, fast-paced, “hot-under-the-collar” erotic read.
My first novel / series by Ella James, and sure not the last. This one goes under my best reads for 2016 & best author.
***Please note that the tag above for cliffhanger refers to Red & Wolfe Part 1, 2 &3. Part 4 is the last installment in the series.
Thank you for reading my review.
February 9, 2016
Generally speaking, when an author creates an erotic retelling of a fairy tale, they either keep the story firmly anchored in its original world and simply add tawdry sex scenes (ala Snow White having a crazed orgy with the seven dwarves) or they bring the tale into just-this-side-of-modern and weave in some carnal lust (ala Snow White, the tattooed goth queen, falls madly in lust with seven crazy biker midgets). Authors rarely seem to depart from this formula of “sex + (fairy tale – slight changes) = erotic fairy tale”. Thankfully, Ella James seems to have missed that week in writing class and her modern twist on “Little Red Riding Hood” contains no filler or rehashed Charles Perrault plotlines. Instead, we have Sarah “Red” Ryder, nicknamed “Red” for her fabulously lush red hair, a young woman caught in quite a conundrum. Depressed and desperate, Red has recently lost her job as an art critic; her boyfriend has left her…for another man; she has no close relatives left to rely on; and she’s so poor that she’s rationing her remaining rolls of toilet paper. After selling off the majority of her possessions just to stay barely afloat, all she has left are her friends and her trusty vibrator! That is until Red reaches out to her estranged grandmother, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Gertrude O’Malley. An artistic recluse who now resides on her own private island off the coast of South Carolina, Gertrude replies to her granddaughter within days: “Come”. It doesn’t take a Fairy Godmother to figure out that Red speeds down South to meet Granny. But – shock! - Granny’s not there waiting for her. Instead, she meets James “Race” Wolfe, a man accused of killing his wife and her lover, a man whose story is now a True Crime Channel docudrama. He is gorgeous, he could be dangerous, he is the adventure that Red needs. In this salaciously risqué serial, Ella James explores the sexual tension and interplay between Red and Wolfe, innocent young art critic and deliciously naughty Dom. The first two portions of the story are hands-down the best, though each installment contains its own highs and lows. Overall, “Red & Wolfe” is a smut-tastic ride across Rabbit Island’s sands of lust; a scrumptiously unique take on an ages old tale that was never quite this sexy.
July 31, 2015
I read these all back to back. I would rate it 3.5 stars if I could.
It was straight up porn. That's really just the best way to describe it. Let me let you in on a little secret about the way I sometimes choose books. Someone will recommend a book just saying it's really good so I will download it without even vetting it. (Ya know, if it's free.) so I guess that's what happened with this one. I don't remember downloading the first one. I think I thought it was paranormal. I definitely missed the erotica part of the title. Oops. It starts totally normal. And just like with porn, don't try to think too hard because it will annoy you. There were some plot holes. For instance, one novella ends one way and even though the next one picks right up, it starts a little differently. Maybe if you didn't read them back to back you wouldn't notice. If you're psycho pants and read them right after each other, you notice. (Yeah, so I can totally claim ignorance on reading the first one. The other three I downloaded with full knowledge and I even paid for them. But I needed to get to the end.)
Another plot hole was how in one of the books he left his phone at home when he went to help Cookie. Then in the last book, he had it in his car and called her twice.
That kind of stuff bugs me. Why should I know the story better than the author? I shouldn't. Seriously, I would edit books for free and do a better job that some of these people getting paid to do it.
It was straight up porn. That's really just the best way to describe it. Let me let you in on a little secret about the way I sometimes choose books. Someone will recommend a book just saying it's really good so I will download it without even vetting it. (Ya know, if it's free.) so I guess that's what happened with this one. I don't remember downloading the first one. I think I thought it was paranormal. I definitely missed the erotica part of the title. Oops. It starts totally normal. And just like with porn, don't try to think too hard because it will annoy you. There were some plot holes. For instance, one novella ends one way and even though the next one picks right up, it starts a little differently. Maybe if you didn't read them back to back you wouldn't notice. If you're psycho pants and read them right after each other, you notice. (Yeah, so I can totally claim ignorance on reading the first one. The other three I downloaded with full knowledge and I even paid for them. But I needed to get to the end.)
Another plot hole was how in one of the books he left his phone at home when he went to help Cookie. Then in the last book, he had it in his car and called her twice.
That kind of stuff bugs me. Why should I know the story better than the author? I shouldn't. Seriously, I would edit books for free and do a better job that some of these people getting paid to do it.
November 11, 2015
It started off interesting enough!
I have to say out of the four books this one became a bit much!
First Race and Red are being attacked and then next the captives are gone. Then we find out whose to blame and another attack mean while during all the attacks they are constantly going at it even after they come to their peak they still continue to go at it.
I don't care how much stamina Race or Red have there is NO way a human can last with they amount of on goings these two have unless your using a stub stance line Viagra or something.
It just became too unrealistic and to which ruined the series for me. And thus the reason for the 3 1/2 stars.
I do love Ella's writing and her style of mystery.
I have to say out of the four books this one became a bit much!
First Race and Red are being attacked and then next the captives are gone. Then we find out whose to blame and another attack mean while during all the attacks they are constantly going at it even after they come to their peak they still continue to go at it.
I don't care how much stamina Race or Red have there is NO way a human can last with they amount of on goings these two have unless your using a stub stance line Viagra or something.
It just became too unrealistic and to which ruined the series for me. And thus the reason for the 3 1/2 stars.
I do love Ella's writing and her style of mystery.
December 23, 2024
I must be addicted to this series, because I don't know why I keep reading them. Plot is decent, esp for erotica, but I couldn't get past the distraction of the technical issues (characters with more than one pair of hands, being front-to-back and front-to-front at the same time), the artistic license taken re: biology, and the misspelling of the names of both the 44th POTUS and, perhaps, the 45th. That said, the story was more in line with my taste (and flowed better) than Hansel and (what little I read of) Beast.
February 9, 2016
I found Red & Wolfe to be a quick read with A LOT of sex. Sometimes too much sex, which is not normally an issue for me. At times I felt like the story struggled to progress because their was so much sex. Anyway I'm glad I read all four parts at once and got a great deal on the set. The story is interesting and kept my attention. I'd recommend it if you can buy as a set and get a good deal. I think I paid a couple bucks and got three of Ella James completed sets ( Red & Wolfe, Hansel, & Beast)
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