Sea Orphan – Gabriella Bradley

Author: Gabriella Bradley

Publisher: eXtasy Books

Reviewed by: Shannschoice | Jun 24, 2011 | 1-55410-987-6

A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW

After assuming her family had been killed in a home invasion, Rebecca Ferguson jumped from her bedroom window and into an inflatable dinghy, hoping to escape the same fate as her family. She ends up washing ashore on an island owned by Lucien Moore.
After a broken engagement, Lucien Moore buys and island off Queensland and become a recluse painter. While wondering the shoreline for trash, he spots Becky and her now deflated boat. He takes her to his cabin, thinking he’s saved a young girl. With no means to communicate with the mainland he decides to nurse the girl back to health before sending the smoke beacon for a boat to come.
So begins the journey towards HEA for Becky and Lucien. It’s by no means an easy trip. She’s abducted from the island and has amnesia. Lucien spends months searching for her but doesn’t seem to be able to catch the break he needs, until his private detective finds an announcement that breaks Lucien’s heart.
Although the basic premise for the book was very promising, the story lost me with all the sex. I have no problem with erotic books, when the sex plays a part in the story, but some of the scene just didn’t feel like they needed to be part of the story or took away from it because they seems unnecessary.
I also wished we had gotten more history on why Lucien felt the need to withdraw from society to live on the island and also what Becky’s fight for her health did to change the person she was. I think this information would have added to the characters and made the sex not so overwhelming.
You get lots of sex with an interesting story line.

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