Simon's Bliss

by Tielle St. Clare

After six years in a loveless, almost sexless marriage, Zachary Simons finds the perfect woman for his re-entry into the world of passionate sex and sensual love play. Unfortunately, she's investigating his wife's murder and thinks he's the best suspect around. Zachary is used to getting what he wants, and he's not going to let anything, not even a murder investigation, get in his way.

Jocelyn Bliss knows better than to trust her instincts about men. The evidence is piling up against Zachary, and she's not going to let anything, not even mind-blowing sex, stop her from finding the truth. As she becomes more involved, Jocelyn has to decide whether to trust the instincts that tell her Zachary is innocent...or believe the ever growing evidence that says she's involved with a killer.

Genres: Erotica, M F Romance, Adult, Romance, Ebooks

ebook

First published February 6, 2003

About the author

Tielle (pronounced "teal") St. Clare has had life-long love of romance novels. She began reading romances in the 7th grade when she discovered Victoria Holt novels and began writing romances at the age of 16 (during Trigonometry, if the truth be told). During her senior year in high school, the class dressed up as what they would be in twenty years-Tielle dressed as a romance writer.

When not writing romances, Tielle has worked in public relations and video production for the past 20 years. Tielle moved to Alaska when she was seven years old in 1972 when her father was transferred with the military.

Tielle believes romances should be hot and sexy with a great story and fun characters.

Reviews

[Lyndac · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute predictable story with good characters. Very inept police work, but then that is not really what it is all about.

[MK · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the story of a Hero who is set-up (we don't want someone who really killed his own wife), and a heroine, who is the investigator of that said crime.

May I ask, in the first place, since it is a gunshot, why didn't the police check for prints in the gun and tested Zach for gunpowder? Why no one hears about the gunshot? Why did the forensic officers just assumed that since the watch on the victim's wrist says 7:30 that she really died at that time?

Joceline is somewhat incompetent in being a police officer, acting out of libido instead of her brains. Zach, on the other hand is a bit cold and polished but really likes dirty talk and somehow rough sex.

I wish that they should focus more on the crime than their acting libidos. There are many sex scenes that you eventually stir away from the real plot. And the climax part is a bit anti-climatic, that the real suspect will tell everything for the sake of ending the story in a good mood.

[Brutally Honest · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read this a few times, it was so enjoyable. It was just so hot to me, the poor guy living a sexless life with his late wife, and then having the hots for the investigator, and the whole forbidden fruit-ness of their relationship. Yum. There were later parts that I remember not enjoying that much, but all in all it was realistic and basically all in-character. The police in this story was somewhat incompetent, but that's also not far removed from reality :P

[Marilicious · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of a 3.5

[Serena · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.