Review: Wicked Allure – Leslie C. Ferdinand

Posted December 30, 2012 by Shannon in / 0 Comments

Multicultural Erotic Romance with Adults Only Content, explicit language and some drug use.
What Does A Man Say to the Woman He Betrayed But Never Stopped Loving?
Three years ago, Zachary Steele refused to entertain thoughts of permanency with any woman. A hedonist at heart, he didn’t want to corrupt the much younger, Madigan DeLeon, by continuing his affair with her. With the hidden scars of his past, he didn’t believe in happily-ever-after. By the time he realized how much Madigan meant to him, he’d driven her away. Then, one night, after being clean for a number of years, Zach briefly falls off the bandwagon. He believes his lovemaking to Madi is a drug-induced hallucination. The resulting consequences tell another story.
What Does A Woman Do When the Only Man She’s Ever Loved Hurt Her So Deeply She Feared She’d Never Recover?
Three years after her affair with Zach so abruptly ended, celebutante, Madigan DeLeon, is thrust back into Zach’s life by her mother’s machinations. Brought home under the false pretenses of repairing her damaged relationship with her mother, Madi instead finds herself running a private sex club called Wicked Allure. Forced to confront her anger at his betrayal and grief at the loss of what might’ve been, Madi faces the realization that she’s never stopped loving Zach.
Can Two Broken Hearts Set Aside Anger and Betrayal to Find True Love Once and For All?
Searching the deepest recesses of their hearts, in a place where pride and pain has no room, Madi and Zach must decide if their bond is strong enough to take a second chance at love. Or if resuming their sexual relationship is an irresistible wicked allure and the ghosts of their former relationship will finally, and forever, sever all ties between them.

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Release Date: March 17, 2012
Publisher: CreateSpace
Source: BTS Emag
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

Love, hate, hot steamy sex and a mother who gives Mommy Dearest a run for her money, this story has it all. From intense hatred to heart lodged in your throat moments, Wicked Allure will make you feel. What it makes you feel however is entirely up to you.

I felt an emotional disconnect with Madi for the first third of the book. At 24 years of age, she seemed more like an emotionally stunted 16 year old. At certain points Madi was portrayed as a strong, mature young woman that we all love to read about. Then you turn the page and she becomes a young woman who crumbles at facing her own mother. Under normal circumstances I would find this downright funny. But Madi’s character flip-flopped so often I was starting to get whiplash. At this point, I wasn’t sure I liked her, but I soldiered on and continued reading. Then came that unexpected moment. It was the moment when the connection was made. I felt her anguish over how the different relationships in her life were being played out. With such a strong reaction, I had to remind myself that it was a work of fiction. It made me appreciate the strong relationships with the important people in my life a little more.

More than an erotic romance, Wicked Allure is about personal growth and the ups and downs of relationships. Fasten your seat belts, ladies and gentlemen, because you are in for one hell of an emotional ride.

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