Getting Physical

by Jade Lee

When savvy business student Zoe crosses paths with sexy international businessman Stephen--a Tantric master--she's about to get a transcendent learning experience!
The sex is incredible, mind-blowing, life changing! Unfortunately, it also comes with a time limit. Because Stephen's home is on the other side of the world.
Still, Zoe's going to enjoy every moment with her skillful, exotic lover. But it isn't long before she realizes she'll have to choose. Does she want to hold on to the life she has...or have a lifetime of feeling his body move against hers?
Like there's a choice...

Genres: Romance, Harlequin Blaze, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin

218 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Librarian Note: Also writes under the pen name Kathy Lyons.

A USA Today Bestseller, JADE LEE has been scripting love stories since she first picked up a set of paper dolls. Ball gowns and rakish lords caught her attention early (thank you Georgette Heyer), and her fascination with the Regency began. An author of more than 40 romance novels and winner of dozens of industry awards, her latest series is RAKES AND ROGUES. The first one, 50 WAYS TO RUIN A RAKE, is an awesome tale of love and laughter.
And don’t forget Kathy Lyons.. She’s Jade’s paranormal half. Check out her new shifter series GRIZZLIES GONE WILD.
To find all the latest news on Jade or Kathy, visit them at www.jadeleeauthor.com or www.kathylyons.com! And find out where you can meet her at: http://jadeleeauthor.com/appearances

Reviews

[Mojca · Rating 4 out of 5]

After a few of WTF?! moments at the beginning (yin flowing out of her, his dragon organ filled with yang - where was I when they changed the terms normally used for that?!), I was surprised at how much I ended up enjoying this story.

The hero started the story with clear designs as to what he was looking for, and the heroine was so not it until his wet dream about her. And the heroine also had a five-year-plan that so didn't include a hot, Chinese mogul searching for a Tantric partner.
I love it when never goes according to such plans.

Sure, they had quite a few obstacles to overcome, mostly due to their pasts - he came out of a screwed-up and heavily emotionally dysfunctional family, she was a divorcée whose dreams of a white-picket fence bit the dust.

Did I mention how much I love it when things don't go according to h/h plans?

This was a cute, exotic, lush, sexy, and steamy little HQ (albeit with those few WTF?! moments) that just made me want to go in search of a tall, dark, handsome, Chinese, Tantric master to call my own.

[seton]

I had read one Jade Lee before (a historical romance) and was curious to see how her style translated into a CR/HB.

I did research to make sure this was a standalone but it seems that this is a off-shoot of Lee's previous HB The Tao Of Sex. The hero starts the book looking for the H/H of the previous book.

I am somewhat familiar with Tantra and Taoism and I felt that the PHILOSOPHY overwhelmed everything in the book: the story, the characters, and especially the ROMANCE. And because everything was so pedantic and clinical, I didnt even find the sex all that hot neither. A loss all around. I read half of the book before I couldnt take it anymore.

Grade: DNF

[Netanella · Rating 2 out of 5]

For my first Jade Lee novel, I had high hopes for this book. A struggling American grad student meets a Chinese business mogul and Tantric master. Lots of potential here. The Eastern element imparts an exotic dimension that I was looking forward to, and of course tantric sex is not something you would normally find in a Harlequin, even if it is a Blaze. I was stoked.

Unfortunately, there was a lot of WTFery that just dropped the pleasure value of this book. For one, breast circles. What? As in crop circles? Breast circles as in breast self-examinations for cancer? Anything that brings to mind breast cancer and mammograms does not belong in a romance novel, or any description of foreplay.

And then of course there's this lovely passage, after Stephen descibes his herbal regimen for semen clarity:

“My semen is nearly at optimal opalescence. It has a pearly white color that borders on translucence.” He tapped another key and pulled up his graphic on his progress in all the key areas.

They were coded by date and any objective means of evaluation that he could find. “If you like, I can e-mail these to you for further study.”

Wow. Really?

At least by the end of the book Stephen and Zoe started engaging in 'ahem' regular sex and stopped with the breast circles and the opalescent semen.

[Janet · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just an ok read. It really saddened me to give this a low rating because I enjoy the Blaze line.

[C. Lemar Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very enjoyable read. I always like a book that introduces me to knew thoughts and ideas. The concept of spirituality and sexuality entwined in the Tantric relationship between the main characters fascinated me.

[MsMiz (Tina) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yes it is a Blaze book, but I have read some really good ones. This one is about a 2.25. First the cover is white washed as the leading male is Asian - could have fooled me with that cover. The story felt choppy and I found myself going 'huh what???' more than I should. Over all the story is an interesting one, but the execution could have been better.

[Dawn ♥ romance · Rating 3 out of 5]

The majority of this book is about steamy tantric sex similar to her Tigress series. There was enough plot to keep me interested but I did not like the ending. MBA student Zoe is struggling to make ends meet when she encounters international businessman Stephen a tantric master.

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

a saucy book that didn't slow down for me. loved it and wonder where to take classes :P

[Gaylin Walli · Rating 1 out of 5]

The writing was just fine and the story was structured well. I even finished the book, but ultimately I didn't like it because I just didn't like the characters or the story's premise at all.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first Jade Lee book and I was curious going into it. I'll certainly be checking out her other books.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was good, but stil not all that impressive.