Everything Forbidden Book

After her father's death, Miranda Albright and her family have ben living fugally, but due to her mother's still overspending Miranda is forced to make a choice to be able to have all her sister's have their season, make a deal with a man whom awaken her sexuality when she spied on him and his lover three years ago and whom she still watches Ethan Hamon, the Earl of Rothschild. When the deal is set between them- three months of pure passion and pleasure, Miranda has more up at stake then her body, but her family if they find out and her heart she could lost to Ethan...


Erotic romance is a dessert I love to savory, and a true guilty pleasure of mine, more often then not, many Erotic romance fall short, but Jess Michaels's Everything Forbidden hit the spot!

Miranda Albright has been trying to keep her family in some sort of means, as their father's gambling and mounting debts have left them with not a lot, her mother still wanting to spend, spend, forces Miranda to come up with a plan to have her sister's have their seasons and marry well in order for them to get out of debt, but her plan comes with many risks, and she could be making a deal with the devil full of passion: Ethan Hamon, the Earl of Rothschild. One summer three years ago Miranda spied Ethan and his then current lover by the lake having passion filled sex, due to that one event and the ones she later spied on changed Miranda forever, craving that passion for herself, Miranda didn't want to settle for less in her own marriage forgoing marriage all together, while taking care of her father. When she goes to Ethan to ask him for help to sponsor her sisters with their seasons, she knows she made a deal that will seal her fate, for every season Ethan will sponsor she must sleep with him, and obey his wishes in bed no matter what. Miranda agrees, feeling this maybe her only chance to help her family and know true passion, but in the process lost her heart......
Ethan has always been aware of Miranda with eyes that seem to know his very secrets, when she comes to him asking for help, Ethan sees this as a chance to explore this young woman. When the deal is set into motion Ethan finds himself more drawn to her then any other lover he's had, and each Friday, the day they meet, draws closer Ethan longs for the day and curses that it won't get there faster enough. Ethan is at a lost that he craves Miranda so deeply, so deeply that even his heart and soul cry out for her...

With Erotic romance I love to enjoy the sexual aspect, but more often then not I feel the need to reach of a bar of soap when things get "to" down and dirty with a major ick factor or become bored with the sex coming across as a medical show on Discovery channel. So am very picky when it comes to one of my greatest guilty pleasure. Everything Forbidden brings it all, great sex but also a great story between the two leads and *la gasp* a plot! Another thing many erotic novels lack under all the sex.

Both leads are wonderfully developed with each having their own scars but able to rise above them, with Miranda she's had to be the glue to hold her family together after the death of her father, her mother has put her down and goes on spending money they don't have. Instead of bowing down under the pressure, Miranda takes it in her own hands and ask for help, knowing in her heart of hearts she wasn't going to come out unaffected by the deal she has with Ethan. Soon she falls in love with him, but in her soul she's always held a love for him, when he opened her eyes to passion. Miranda is a strong lead and a woman she knows her own mind and body, and when she knows she must let go, she let's go even when her heart is shattered into pieces. I was happy Miranda was able to gain not only her passion but the deep love she longed for from Ethan. Ethan's past was scarred by his father's many affairs and how it slowly broke his mother's soul and heart making her turn to the bottle. Ethan father forces him to embrace sex saying it was in his blood, something he "had" to do. Ethan enjoys sex, because of the power it holds over his lovers, but as he's able to lose himself in the act, while leaving him empty afterward. With Miranda he finds himself whole for the first time in his life, craving his body, heart and soul to this young woman. Ethan was a stunning hero, he was a sexy, but also had a vulnerability to him, when he shows his love to Miranda it brought tears to my eyes!
The secondary characters moved the story along, and while I didn't care for any of Miranda's sisters toward the end of the book, it did leave the book with a loose end for the next in the series.

Now let's talk about the sex! Jess Michaels writes some great sex scenes in this book. At times making you feel like your taking a very hot bath and just as enjoyable. Ethan takes his time, drawing out each touch and taste, and the passion Miranda feels is written in a way that draws you even deeper into the scene. There is nothing on the heavy side of sex that many erotic novels "have" to have in them meaning no anal sex or bondage, but the sex makes you craving and wanting more, much like Ethan who draws out each encounter.


Overall: I greatly enjoyed every piece of this book, it ranked up there was some of the best erotic romance I've read in a long time, and just like a favorite dessert, leaves you wanting and craving more.