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Sinful Desires

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Tired of being under her mother’s constant control, mild-mannered Kennedy packs up and moves to Las Vegas on a whim.

Heart-broken Roxanne wasn’t looking for another lover, but she can’t help herself when she meets the sweet Georgia peach that her good friend Arturo hires at his deli.

Trials and tribulations take both women on a ride that leaves one wondering if losing control was worth the risk, and the other falling harder than she ever has.

109 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 9, 2014

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Kelly Yeakle

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I'm the oldest of three girls. I was raised by my grandparents (my mother's parents) and have to admit I had a pretty spoiled childhood. We were in no way, shape, or form wealthy. No my grandparents worked every single day to make sure my sisters and I had the things we needed, as well as a few extras.

My mother, well I could write a book just about my life in trying to deal with her. Let's just simply say she has a LOT of problems and even though I had the love and devotion of her parents, I grew up pretty fast. It wasn't that I didn't have a childhood, because I did, I just had to deal with things that most of the other kids around me never knew about.

All that is in the past though.

Now I am a wife and mom of three, two boys and a girl. My oldest is getting ready to graduate kindergarten and it amazes me each and every single day how much he is growing up already. The twins, well they are an adventure themselves! I am hoping for preschool next year, crossing fingers they get accepted.

People always ask, how do you find time to sit and write with three kids? It's actually really easy. My hubby works a second shift job so after 8pm when the kids are all tucked in for the night, I sit down here at the computer and type away. I get a good three hours each night of uninterrupted writing time :)

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November 28, 2015
3 stars

This story is told from a number of POVs. I love hearing the hero and heroine’s, or in this case, heroine and heroine’s POV when reading, but add a third and then forth voice the lines start to blur as to who the story is about!

The journey begins with Kennedy fleeing from Georgia, away from her overbearing mother, to start a new life in Vegas.

It then shifts to Roxanne, the woman’s club and her tumultuous relationship with Cherie. When Roxy receives news via a letter from Cherie, informing her she is spreading her wings in search of fame and fortune, Roxanne is understandably upset! But more so for the impact it will have on the operation of her club than the loss of love, which made her come across as a self-centered uncaring person, who I never really warmed to. This wasn’t helped by the bout of angry sex as a farewell, get out of here, goodbye, that followed.

I’m still unsure why Cherie’s point of view is added to the mix. It added nothing to the story for me, if anything it detracted from it. We’d already been told why she was leaving.

Moving forward, Roxanne and Kennedy cross paths and thus begins a slow dance of getting to know each other, flirtations, and a few things thrown-in to cause conflict. Unfortunately, some of those events fell flat for me.

The biggest driving point of this story was the issue the main character had with her mother. I have no idea why her mother expected Kennedy to run the business, or why she was such a bitter woman. The court case was laughable, and I’m not saying that to be harsh, the judge stated as much.

It’s mentioned very early on that Roxanne is 42 years old, but not once is Kennedy’s age revealed. I figured she must be young as she’d only recently left home, yet more often than not she came across as the more mature person in the budding relationship.

As the story draws to an end, Kennedy’s mother drops a bomb which explains (I suspect) why Ken’s age isn’t mentioned. However, what transpired didn’t work for me. Where I should have been gasping in surprise I found myself rolling my eyes. Add to that Kennedy’s easy acceptance of the situation, it nearly killed the story for me.

At the end of the day, I had more questions than answers – why did Kennedy’s mother expect her to take over the family business? A business I know nothing about, other than that it was named Klein Enterprises. Apparently the father started the business so why wasn’t Kennedy’s ‘gay’ brother expected to take over? On that note, I enjoyed his character, he came across as an all-around good guy, without needing to hear his POV!

If some of the gaps had been filled in, and a few name slips and inconsistencies rectified, (which I freely admit to seeing more than others) this would’ve been a much more engaging story, for me.

Putting my analytical brain aside, the story was far from terrible, it kept me engaged and I’d definitely read more work by this author.


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