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Ophelia
"By the pricking of my thumb, something naughty this way comes..."
When William Shakespeare wrote about his famous three witches, he never imagined that they would grow resentful of their place in his stories. However, there's nothing worse than a woman scorned. Summoned by the three temptresses whose names he used for characters in his famous plays--Ophelia, Kate, and Rosaline--Will finds himself in hot water and in need of creating them each a brand new, erotically charged tale with a happy ending. If he doesn't, they threaten to make his legacy disappear forever. Thus begins a brand new series where Shakespeare's women find themselves empowered and ready to meet a modern new world where they call the shots in their story and in their steamy love lives.
When William Shakespeare wrote about his famous three witches, he never imagined that they would grow resentful of their place in his stories. However, there's nothing worse than a woman scorned. Summoned by the three temptresses whose names he used for characters in his famous plays--Ophelia, Kate, and Rosaline--Will finds himself in hot water and in need of creating them each a brand new, erotically charged tale with a happy ending. If he doesn't, they threaten to make his legacy disappear forever. Thus begins a brand new series where Shakespeare's women find themselves empowered and ready to meet a modern new world where they call the shots in their story and in their steamy love lives.
- GenresShakespeare
172 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 9, 2018
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Esmae Browder
9 books20 followersEsmae Browder is an ex-catholic school girl who loves romance and vodka tonics. When not reading a spicy novel, she enjoys creating them by combining elements of well-known tales and updating them for our modern world. She is the author of the paranormal romance Bite Thy Neighbor—a sexy Dracula meets Wisteria Lane style novel. Learn more about Esmae Browder by visiting her at www.esmaebrowder.com.
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Blurb:
"By the pricking of my thumb, something naughty this way comes..."
When William Shakespeare wrote about his famous three witches, he never imagined that they would grow resentful of their place in his stories. However, there's nothing worse than a woman scorned. Summoned by the three temptresses whose names he used for characters in his famous plays--Ophelia, Kate, and Rosaline--Will finds himself in hot water and in need of creating them each a brand new, erotically charged tale with a happy ending. If he doesn't, they threaten to make his legacy disappear forever. Thus begins a brand new series where Shakespeare's women find themselves empowered and ready to meet a modern new world where they call the shots in their story and in their steamy love lives.
Blurb:
"By the pricking of my thumb, something naughty this way comes..."
When William Shakespeare wrote about his famous three witches, he never imagined that they would grow resentful of their place in his stories. However, there's nothing worse than a woman scorned. Summoned by the three temptresses whose names he used for characters in his famous plays--Ophelia, Kate, and Rosaline--Will finds himself in hot water and in need of creating them each a brand new, erotically charged tale with a happy ending. If he doesn't, they threaten to make his legacy disappear forever. Thus begins a brand new series where Shakespeare's women find themselves empowered and ready to meet a modern new world where they call the shots in their story and in their steamy love lives.
May 2, 2018
I received this ebook for free as part of a giveaway through GoodReads.
Ophelia was a beautiful adaption of Hamlet with a modern and sexy twist. After centuries of reliving her painful water death as only a supporting character in her lover’s tragedy, Ophelia demands a happier tale, full of love and sex, and Browder definitely delivers. In preparation for the love of her life, Hamlet, Ophelia is “trained” by Horatio, along with her roommate Portia, in the ways of seduction and intercourse. After awakening her inner harlot, however, Ophelia also awakens some other feelings that go contrary to her original tale, and threaten to derail both her and her friends’ lives in their world, as as well as the story that Will Shakespeare has planned for her.
I am not usually a fan of erotica. Although a sexy story here and there is fun, many authors are so focused on the bedroom that their tale falls apart. Ophelia is not one of those tales. This story contains passionate love scenes and political and social intrigue alike, and while they both would hold up well as their own stories, they also work to elevate one another together. Every time Ophelia sleeps with Horatio (or Portia, or anyone else, for that matter), there is just enough detail to the physical to excite readers, while describing plenty of the emotional side of encounters to make you love the characters, as well, seeing them as the people they are rather than anonymous writhing bodies created only for your amusement. Between the sex scenes, however, the story is just as, if even more exciting, inviting me back for more every time I open it, to the point I did not care whether another love scene was in the works because I was just as excited for what would happen next with the unfolding secrets and lies of the Elsinore family and the people who have, one way or another, made connections with them.
Overall, Ophelia was fun and exciting in all the right ways, drawing me in to every scene and keeping me on the edge of my seat. I look forward to the other two releases in this series, and I highly recommend it for anyone else who is a fan of Shakespeare and his ladies and is looking for a new spin or an old tale for one of his most deserving tragic heroines (provided you are of age to read it, of course).
Ophelia was a beautiful adaption of Hamlet with a modern and sexy twist. After centuries of reliving her painful water death as only a supporting character in her lover’s tragedy, Ophelia demands a happier tale, full of love and sex, and Browder definitely delivers. In preparation for the love of her life, Hamlet, Ophelia is “trained” by Horatio, along with her roommate Portia, in the ways of seduction and intercourse. After awakening her inner harlot, however, Ophelia also awakens some other feelings that go contrary to her original tale, and threaten to derail both her and her friends’ lives in their world, as as well as the story that Will Shakespeare has planned for her.
I am not usually a fan of erotica. Although a sexy story here and there is fun, many authors are so focused on the bedroom that their tale falls apart. Ophelia is not one of those tales. This story contains passionate love scenes and political and social intrigue alike, and while they both would hold up well as their own stories, they also work to elevate one another together. Every time Ophelia sleeps with Horatio (or Portia, or anyone else, for that matter), there is just enough detail to the physical to excite readers, while describing plenty of the emotional side of encounters to make you love the characters, as well, seeing them as the people they are rather than anonymous writhing bodies created only for your amusement. Between the sex scenes, however, the story is just as, if even more exciting, inviting me back for more every time I open it, to the point I did not care whether another love scene was in the works because I was just as excited for what would happen next with the unfolding secrets and lies of the Elsinore family and the people who have, one way or another, made connections with them.
Overall, Ophelia was fun and exciting in all the right ways, drawing me in to every scene and keeping me on the edge of my seat. I look forward to the other two releases in this series, and I highly recommend it for anyone else who is a fan of Shakespeare and his ladies and is looking for a new spin or an old tale for one of his most deserving tragic heroines (provided you are of age to read it, of course).
June 20, 2018
I received a free copy of this book via Goodreads’ First Reads program. I was intrigued by the idea of a modern retelling of Ophelia’s story. I did not expect the book to be erotica (I don’t have a problem with the genre itself, but was expecting something a bit different, and was taken by surprise). Parts of the Hamlet plot we all know so well are visible in the retelling, but the story is really driven by the sexual escapades.
May 8, 2018
I won this in a Goodreads Giveaway.
So William Shakespeare is in big trouble. The stories he wrote are now fighting back. Ophelia, Kate, and Rosaline want a happier ending to their story. Not only a happy ending BUT A HAPPY ENDING if you get my drift. Will has to please these women so they won't destroy his legacy forever. I'm looking forward to see what comes next.
So William Shakespeare is in big trouble. The stories he wrote are now fighting back. Ophelia, Kate, and Rosaline want a happier ending to their story. Not only a happy ending BUT A HAPPY ENDING if you get my drift. Will has to please these women so they won't destroy his legacy forever. I'm looking forward to see what comes next.
May 10, 2018
This book is a chance for the Shakespearean character Ophelia to get a chance for a happy ending to her story set in modern times. This book tends to be light on plot and heavy on sex scenes. If you enjoyed reading 50 Shades of Gray, then you will probably also enjoy this book as well.
I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. Yay!
I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. Yay!
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