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Title: The Marriage Diaries (The Marriage Diaries #1 - #4)
Author: Erika Wilde
Genre: Erotic Romance 18+
Publication Date: September 11, 2013
Cover Design: Novel Cover Designs
Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc.
Synopsis
Erika Wilde turns up the heat in THE MARRIAGE DIARIES, an erotic series about a married couple who take intimacy and passion to the extreme.
After nearly twenty years of marriage, Jillian Noble is ready to put some spice back into her sex life with her gorgeous husband, Dean. After seducing him at his office, Jillian reveals what she wants, and her husband is more than happy to oblige. Erotic fantasies are fulfilled, and forbidden passions surface as they open themselves up to a provocative world where boundaries are pushed to the limit and pleasure is the ultimate goal.
But Dean has a dark past, and even darker desires that he’s kept a tight rein on all these years. When he gives his wife a taste of his more illicit appetite, will she embrace his carnal needs, or beg for mercy?
WARNING: Contains explicit sexual content and is recommended for mature readers who enjoy erotic situations, as well as graphic language and imagery.
Kota's Review
This is a box set of Novella’s about married couple, Jillian and Dean. Each volume is primarily a experience/fantasy that either Jillian or Dean wish to play out. The stories contain role-play, mild BDSM, D/s, public and anal sexual experiences and is explicit and erotic in its telling.
Volume 1 – The Awakening (approx. 35 pgs)
This encounter leads them on a journey of sexual discovery, with some mild kink and fantasy thrown in…
Volume 2 – The Seduction (approx. 44 pgs)
After Jillian has placed her cards on the table regarding the need to explore their more adventurous sexual side and gave Dean permission to explore the elements that he has been withholding, this story takes us on a journey as Dean explores his Dominant personality.
Dean is a man who thrives on control, and once Jillian tells him it is ok for him to let go, he can’t help but take her up on her offer. This story sees Dean and Jillian preparing for dinner date. Dean takes care of all of the details and gifts Jillian with some lovely pearls…
Dean is a Dom that I would happily submit to.. Gorgeous, creative, and definitely confidently in control. I am not sure I will look pearls the same again!
After the dinner encounter, Dean has to go away for business. This gives Jillian time to make some changes to their basement, and provides some opportunity for some skype action, in which some fantasies are spoken about and ideas start to form….
Volume 3 – The Taking (approx. 36 pgs)
This story sees Dean return home from his business trip, and Jillian anticipating his arrival to showcase her work in the basement. During their Skype session, Jillian talked about a stranger/captive fantasy she has…
With some minimal instruction, Dean sets the plans in motion for the games/fantasy to begin.
This story is intense, with elements that I didn’t see coming… The role-play action in this one is definitely for those that share this fantasy… but even if you don’t… Erika Wilde portrays it in a way that is still pretty hot….
We then get to see some action in the ‘basement’ and we see how much this experimentation is helping their relationship grow.
Volume 4 – The Temptation (approx.. 39 pgs)
So this volume ultimately takes us on the journey of Dean’s voyeur fantasy, but before this we have some more encounters on the D/s kind… In order for Dean’s fantasy to take shape, they need to head out, and it is clear that Jillian has taken care of most of the arrangements.
The ultimate fantasy in this story though, plays out as intended, but comes with some unexpected outcomes…
The following encounters are hot… and by the end of the story you are wanting to see what is next.
Overall Thoughts of the Marriage Diaries
Box Set (Vols 1-4)
These stories are short, sexy novellas. I read them continuously which enabled me to enjoy the growth of Jillian and Dean as their adventures unfolded. Had I read these stories individually, and had to wait in between stories, I think my response would been very different, as individually they would have lost much of the momentum and emotional connection between the characters. As it was, the recapping required for those not reading continuously was a little irritating.
The safety of their relationship enabled the exploration to occur without great fear of failure, they were in this together, and happy to explore. If it worked it worked and if it didn’t it didn’t. Their compassion and love for each other underpinned every encounter, but it also impacted the authenticity of the fantasy. To me this would be a great introduction to the kinky themes introduced, and a great way for those reading to think about how they maybe could incorporate this into their life if that was what they wanted. The themes were mild, and the encounters, while hot, and detailed, they were on the milder end of erotica, so there was a definite level of safety with that.
I enjoyed the story, as a whole, and I liked reading this erotic story about a committed monogamous couple who were just adding some spice… rather than the alternative in the genre (which don’t get me wrong… works too) of the unhappy couples looking for satisfaction elsewhere, or those innocent virgin’s who happened to fall into the lifestyle.
But… As a chapter in a book – they were great snippets of life, as a Novella – I found them a little lacking. The concepts are there, the delivery works, but seems to be incomplete for me – I think I needed more intensity to buy into it any more than just a passing – that was nice….
I also struggled with the perspective it was delivered in.. I was never sure if it was being narrated, coming from Jillian’s or Dean’s perspective, or a combination of all 3. I often found myself feeling like I had moved from 1st to 3rd person perspective, and between characters before I could figure it out. Now this could have just been me, and maybe I was a little tired… if so, accept my apologies… but it is one issue that keeps coming back to me!
Finally, I will say if you are a married woman, who’s sex life is a little vanilla, and you wonder what if…. This is a great read and will certainly plant some ideas… If you like it dirty, with serious BDSM and D/s – this one probably isn’t for you….
I am rating this box set at 3 ½ hearts – for a quick, fun, flirty, and dirty read…. Go for it – but I suggest you read each volume consecutively, or you might be left disappointed.
Now I am curious what Vol 5 will bring – I have my ideas…. But I am not sure if I am on the money – so I will wait to find out!
The Marriage Diaries boxed set is on sale for $.99 (normally $3.99) until December 1st.
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About the Author
Erika Wilde (aka Janelle Denison) is the USA Today bestselling author of over 50 contemporary romances for multiple print publishers.
So, why the new pen name?
As Janelle Denison I’ve always written sexy books, but lately my writing has taken on more erotic elements that I wanted to keep separate for readers because not everyone likes their reading material on the spicier, kinkier side of romance. However, please be assured that even as Erika Wilde, you will still get an emotionally layered story with characters you’ll care about and fall in love with. That is always my goal, whether I’m writing straight contemporary romances, or more erotically charged stories.
Currently, I’m working on The Marriage Diaries and making sure that Dean and Jillian enjoy exploring the more erotic side to their marriage. The series will be on-going, with no foreseeable ending as of right now, for as long as readers want to be voyeurs to Dean and Jillian’s sizzling new relationship.
I’m also planning a spin-off series in the future, featuring the hot military men that work security for Dean at Noble and Associates. My next book, THE INVITATION, will introduce the men of that new series, THE PLAYERS CLUB.
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