"Sensuous ancient Sumer is setting for enjoyable romp."

The notorious Dr. Kyle Pendrake is a famous and dedicated scientist, but he's also one hot babe-magnet. When Annie Lynden gets assigned by her editor to cover the unveiling of his new invention, Merlin (Magical Energies Resonator and Linear Integration Network), she is thrilled at the opportunity to cover what promises to be the hot technological topic of the year and even more thrilled to discover that the scientist behind it all is even hotter. With Merlin in operation, Kyle is able to open a portal to the past and offer those present in the room a glimpse of New York in the 1890s.

Kyle explains to his audience that Merlin feeds on the "magic" energy found in all things, but he doesn't realize that Merlin responds to emotional energy as well. When the audience erupts into enthusiastic applause at his achievement, Merlin goes wild, there's a brilliant fireball of light, and Kyle disappears.

Fast-forward five years, and Annie has become a successful writer. Meanwhile, the scientists who've taken over after Kyle's disappearance have managed to control the operation of Merlin by giving those using the machine a light tranquilizer to dull their emotions. Annie arranges a session with Merlin, intending to view the past for a book she is researching.

Unknown to her, a scientist and his assistant chose the time just before her appointment to sneak into the lab and make passionate love. When Annie turns Merlin on ahead of schedule, the machine once again goes wild and she is transported back to ancient Sumer. She wakes up in the Temple of the Moon Goddess, surrounded by half-naked women. She learns that she'd materialized in the Circle of the Moon and is considered a messenger from the Goddess due to her white blonde hair and violet eyes.

Annie soon learns that she is not the only one from her time in ancient Sumer — Dr. Kyle Pendrake was transported there when he disappeared five years ago and is now the High Priest of the Sun God. And as a new servant of the Moon Goddess, Annie must undergo an erotic initiation ceremony and then serve as the sex slave of the High Priest for thirty days.

THE SUN GOD'S WOMAN is an immensely enjoyable romp into a sensuous past that never really existed. Ancient Sumer is an idyllic place filled with beautiful people eager to hop into bed. Annie and Kyle are both charming, likeable characters who want only to use their modern knowledge to help the people of Sumer solve their problems. At the same time, the unashamed sexuality of the priestesses and priests of Sumer teaches Annie how to accept her own growing desires. THE SUN GOD'S WOMAN is a lighthearted book and a pleasant visit to a peaceful society where making love seems to be the main activity.

Speaking of making love, Annie and Kyle manage to show the ancients a few things about oral sex. The book also includes masturbation, light bondage, and anal penetration.

Sumer is so peaceful and idyllic that the book lacks any major conflict. I kept waiting for a problem to develop but none did. Although a couple of possibilities are hinted at, Annie and Kyle easily solve any difficulty that comes their way with their 21st century knowledge. Those who prefer some tension or suspense in their fiction may find this frustrating, but THE SUN GOD'S WOMAN is basically a fast, fun and sexy read.

Rating: NC17.

Reviewed by Jeanine Berry for Sensual Romance.

Reviewed by Sensual Romance
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted February 5, 2003

Summary

She's a best-selling writer of eighteenth century romances, he's a techno-wizard. So how did they arrive in bed together at the dawn of civilization? Annie Lynden knows very little about Ancient Sumer, but now she has the chance to remedy her education first hand. Super gorgeous Dr. Kyle Pendrake is her teacher, offering a class in history for her mind and a practical course in mind-blowing sex for her body...

Sexual Content: NC-17. Genre: time travel.