Sudden Pleasures

by Bertrice Small

Book Overview

Ashley Kimbrough has everything a woman could want. Not only is she wealthy and successful, she has a more than satisfying sex life in The Channel , a secret network that allows women to live out their wildest fantasies. But if she doesn't find herself a husband she could be in danger of losing it all. Then multi-millionaire Ryan Mulcahy enters Ashley's life. With that Celtic warrior's body and drop-dead gorgeous face, he makes her fantasies run wild...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451221311
• ISBN13: 9780451221315
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

B Small has done it again

I never thought to associate B Small with contemporary fiction. She has done an amazing job of incorporating her historical eroticism in these contemporary novellas with a little touch of the forbidden. I have read each one and love them all....can't wait for the next one. Who will sell her soul next?????

Gift for Mom

I bought about 9 various Beatrice Small books for my mom to read. She is an avid reader and fan of Beatrice's books. I can't speak about the book itself, but I am pleased with my ability to order all the books that she needed to complete out the series. She was elated to receiver her shipment of new books. No complaints!

wonderful women's erotica

What a wonderful book!!! You may need to read the first two books Bertrice Small has written to understand "The Channal". This is a great series with lots of explicit encounters. Great bedtime reading!!!

Bertrice does it again

Very good. Start to finish. Ashley is an example of a woman who can get it right. Racy and funny with a story line. I'm in love the Ryan. His sisters are a piece of work. Way to go girl.

SUDDEN PLEASURES earns 4.5 Blue Ribbons at Romance Junkies!

Ashley Kimbrough is content with her life. She is independently wealthy and owns her own business. Satisfied with how her life is headed, she doesn't expect marriage to happen to her. Plus, she has The Channel, a clandestine women's-only cable network that caters to the fantasies of its viewers; so, her sex life is exceedingly fulfilling, as well. She has no interest in meeting men for marriage, until she meets with her advisors and is told the devastating news that her inheritance is in jeopardy unless she finds a husband. Completely thrown off guard, Ashley has no idea what she is going to do or how she is going to fulfill the terms of her meddling grandfather's will. Enter Ryan Mulcahy, who has an agenda all of his own. Businessman and workaholic, Ryan Mulcahy finds himself in a similar predicament due to his father's will. It seems that in order to inherit and be in control of the company Ryan has made successful, he must find a wife by the time he is forty or his company will be sold and his sisters will benefit from the sale. Since Ryan's business acumen is the reason why the family company has been successful, he refuses to allow his sisters to reap what he has sown. Calling upon his lawyer, Ray, Ryan and he discuss his options and it seems that Ray has a cousin whose client is in the same boat as Ryan. One phone call later and the lawyers have set up a meeting between Ryan and Ashley Kimbrough to discuss the details of their "marriage of convenience". I remember buying and reading books written by Bertrice Small when I was in college. Every book of hers I have read contained explicit and completely steamy love scenes where there were strong heroines and even stronger heroes. SUDDEN PLEASURES, while not a historical, is no less sensual and awe inspiring. Full of emotions and unruly feelings between Ryan and Ashley, I set in for an entertaining read - I got that and more. I loved how the characters started their marriage so nonchalantly thinking they would be able to contain themselves and not find love in their lives together. Ms. Small writes every character realistically and with realistic faults. SUDDEN PLEASURES is the third book in Ms. Small's contemporary erotica Pleasures series, I recommend wholeheartedly reading the first two installments for enjoyment; but it is not necessary to enjoy this novel to the fullest. I am still and will always remain a faithful Bertrice Small fangirl.