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Birds of Paradise #1
Another Lover
Dorian Montgomery has one driving need: To be selected as the Westminster whore's final lover. The last two years, others have outbid him. This year he is determined to have her, and places the culmination of three years' bids as his offer. Will it be enough to win her?
Isabelle St. Hillaire has fashioned her sexual legacy - one lover a year for thirty days only - using her unusual features and her uncanny ability to pleasure men in all the right ways. She wants her last client to be the masterful aficionado she has never had. A man with an astounding reputation as a lover and an equally magnificent body. She has only one rule. Don't fall in love.This year's winner? Well, let's just say he didn't have the highest bid, but he had the most to offer.
Isabelle St. Hillaire has fashioned her sexual legacy - one lover a year for thirty days only - using her unusual features and her uncanny ability to pleasure men in all the right ways. She wants her last client to be the masterful aficionado she has never had. A man with an astounding reputation as a lover and an equally magnificent body. She has only one rule. Don't fall in love.This year's winner? Well, let's just say he didn't have the highest bid, but he had the most to offer.
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First published April 6, 2011
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About the author
Eliza Lloyd
42 books159 followersHi everyone. Here's my bio but I moved to first person - it's not like I didn't write it! LOL I think romance writing is nearly as good as the real thing. Given my choice of professions, I would have preferred to be a 19th century archeologist, but I am perfectly happy living in the 21st century and comfortably writing about such romantic but inconceivably inconvenient times instead. (Just thinking about being a woman two hundred years ago makes me cringe.)
I love traveling, movies, everyone else’s novels and a good meal out with friends on Saturday night. My greatest flaw is that I believe there is such a thing as true love. Don’t tell me otherwise...please. Maybe that's really why I write to begin with.
Would love to hear about your recommendations for new historical romance writers.
Email: elizalloyd@yahoo.com
I love traveling, movies, everyone else’s novels and a good meal out with friends on Saturday night. My greatest flaw is that I believe there is such a thing as true love. Don’t tell me otherwise...please. Maybe that's really why I write to begin with.
Would love to hear about your recommendations for new historical romance writers.
Email: elizalloyd@yahoo.com
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July 5, 2022
This was a great short story (60 pages) about Isabelle, a notorious courtesan who had just chosen her very last lover before retiring to Italy. Each year, she would choose one lover for a 30-day contract and then be on her way. Cool, emotionless, strictly business and she called the shots.
When she chose Dorian to be her last, she had no idea that he had far different plans for her. Plans to seduce, not use. Plans to know her intimately, not treat her as simply a commodity. Plans to master, not be mastered. Plans to destroy her detachment and make her want, desire, and feel. He rocked her world (and mine, too).
He played her as if she were an instrument and he the master. There was no air in the room. She couldn’t breathe. She heard the rumble of laughter in his chest. Not mocking her, but enjoying his mastery over her.
If you love a dominant, dirty talking, sexy AF man, this one’s for you 🔥
When she chose Dorian to be her last, she had no idea that he had far different plans for her. Plans to seduce, not use. Plans to know her intimately, not treat her as simply a commodity. Plans to master, not be mastered. Plans to destroy her detachment and make her want, desire, and feel. He rocked her world (and mine, too).
He played her as if she were an instrument and he the master. There was no air in the room. She couldn’t breathe. She heard the rumble of laughter in his chest. Not mocking her, but enjoying his mastery over her.
If you love a dominant, dirty talking, sexy AF man, this one’s for you 🔥
February 21, 2022
I like Eliza Lloyd's spicy historical romances and I want to read more from her. The first book that I read from her wasn't the most memorable but I was impressed by the smutty scenes. Llyod's Another Lover is a novella of 60 pages about the first night between a famous courtesan and her new lover.
I really wish this was a full-length novel! When it ended where it did, I was down to read more. I love courtesan heroines (who are actually courtesans, mind you) and their obsessed client/protector. I simply loved Anna Campbell's Tempt the Devil, and I definitely got some of those vibes here.
I have noticed that courtesan heroines are often unable to have the big O (a way for the heroine to stay "pure" for the hero?) and this was also the case here. As I've read this heroine trope a few times, I'm not too partial to this as a way for the heroine and hero to come together, as the hero is always the one to show the heroine "a whole new world." It would be nice if the heroine was sexually experienced, is familiar with the little death, and was simply attracted to the hero.
If you have an hour to spare, Another Lover goes by fast!
I really wish this was a full-length novel! When it ended where it did, I was down to read more. I love courtesan heroines (who are actually courtesans, mind you) and their obsessed client/protector. I simply loved Anna Campbell's Tempt the Devil, and I definitely got some of those vibes here.
I have noticed that courtesan heroines are often unable to have the big O (a way for the heroine to stay "pure" for the hero?) and this was also the case here. As I've read this heroine trope a few times, I'm not too partial to this as a way for the heroine and hero to come together, as the hero is always the one to show the heroine "a whole new world." It would be nice if the heroine was sexually experienced, is familiar with the little death, and was simply attracted to the hero.
If you have an hour to spare, Another Lover goes by fast!
March 3, 2023
Reread! To complete the Bingo 2023 list, I chose the shortest book with the highest score since life is too short and so I don't like to read the same book twice...I don't regret this choice, I still give 5 stars to this short erotic story! ⚠️🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
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Very erotic short story. I liked the premise, a courtesan having a lover for only 30 days a year for an exorbitant amount of money..Well, Isabelle didn't expect Dorian's seduction game, which ended up deciding their future in 24 hours.
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Very erotic short story. I liked the premise, a courtesan having a lover for only 30 days a year for an exorbitant amount of money..Well, Isabelle didn't expect Dorian's seduction game, which ended up deciding their future in 24 hours.
March 8, 2022
Ms. Lloyd sure knows how to write 'em. This one's scorching hot!
It's a novella so don't expect too much in terms of plot. However, the backstory on each character was given to understand their motivations.
It's a novella so don't expect too much in terms of plot. However, the backstory on each character was given to understand their motivations.
July 31, 2011
Originally posted at: http://whippedcream2.blogspot.com/201...
Emotional conflict plays out between the sheets. I really enjoyed this story, which I assume is an early Victorian. Dorian, the hero, is a sensualist who likes to please the women he beds. He’s all alpha male with a sensitive side. Isabelle is a woman who makes her way in the world by being a paid mistress to wealthy and powerful men. She’s got a reputation for being very skilled but she just goes through the motions, feeling no pleasure herself. Dorian is determined to change all of that. Once a year, she picks a man who will pay to be her lover for thirty days. This year Dorian wins and she hopes he can show her something different than the other men she’s known. At the same time, it’s hard for her to trust that a man can care that way about a woman.
These are two self-protective, proud people who come together in a firestorm of passion. The characters were very easy to relate to, very sympathetic. But the reason they are so sympathetic is the way the author portrays them. The perspective here is very deep, sensual, and emotional. This story is told in vivid moment-to-moment detail as if one were seeing it all unfold through the character’s eyes. The conflict between the characters is engaging, ongoing and sexy.
The sex is white hot and very well written. There’s a lot feeling underneath the surface in the sexual scenes, wonderful use of subtlety and subtext. The prose is clear and crisp.
I loved the way the author chose to end their story, it’s just right for the characters and this story. Any other ending would have felt inauthentic. This is a perfect short story, sexy with a satisfying HEA.
Emotional conflict plays out between the sheets. I really enjoyed this story, which I assume is an early Victorian. Dorian, the hero, is a sensualist who likes to please the women he beds. He’s all alpha male with a sensitive side. Isabelle is a woman who makes her way in the world by being a paid mistress to wealthy and powerful men. She’s got a reputation for being very skilled but she just goes through the motions, feeling no pleasure herself. Dorian is determined to change all of that. Once a year, she picks a man who will pay to be her lover for thirty days. This year Dorian wins and she hopes he can show her something different than the other men she’s known. At the same time, it’s hard for her to trust that a man can care that way about a woman.
These are two self-protective, proud people who come together in a firestorm of passion. The characters were very easy to relate to, very sympathetic. But the reason they are so sympathetic is the way the author portrays them. The perspective here is very deep, sensual, and emotional. This story is told in vivid moment-to-moment detail as if one were seeing it all unfold through the character’s eyes. The conflict between the characters is engaging, ongoing and sexy.
The sex is white hot and very well written. There’s a lot feeling underneath the surface in the sexual scenes, wonderful use of subtlety and subtext. The prose is clear and crisp.
I loved the way the author chose to end their story, it’s just right for the characters and this story. Any other ending would have felt inauthentic. This is a perfect short story, sexy with a satisfying HEA.
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December 29, 2016
I was expecting a bit more... hot, yes but too short. :(
August 4, 2021
This is quite a short story taking place over I believe just a single day and night. (But don't worry, that's all these two strangers needed to fall deeply in love!...) It starts off with the heroine already the newly acquired mistress of the hero, so I expected it to hit the ground running, but it actually took a surprising amount of time for much steaminess to occur. There's kind of an odd dynamic where they're both attracted to the other, but also fight over some made up power dynamic like it's a matter of life and death. It all seemed quite conflicting, like 'It's A, but also B, but also not A', like, what...?? Even when they finally got around to the sex scenes there was still such a focus on each of them trying to snatch the reins of control, that it didn't feel all that sexy to me. (I'm not inherently against power play, this just seemed like kind of a weird version of it). And I definitely didn't believe they were in love and going to live happily ever after in the end! I wasn't impressed with this, but it's a new to me author, so I'll still try the second book in the series.
June 4, 2011
Being the last lover of Isabelle, the Westminster Whore, Dorian realizes that she is always in control. It is when he takes control from her that she discovers what she has been missing. I enjoyed how Dorian took control of their sex life and pushes her to her limits that he frees her and lets her break her rule against love. Some light spanking.
May 27, 2011
Another Lover by Eliza Lloyd is a fast paced and erotic read. There is more to this feisty couple than meets the eye and readers are going to love their story. To read this review in its entirety, please visit http://www.blackravensreviews.com/?p=...
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