"A sexy whisper: "Tell me what you want.""

"Tell me what you want."

What Genna Monroe wants is to be the youngest partner in her law firm. Unfortunately, working 80 hours a week doesn't leave much time for a social life or for romance. While she does feel hints of loneliness, she is determined that her career goals come first, then a family.

That all changes on a company retreat to New Orleans. While out for a breath of fresh air and enjoying the lush magnolia blooms, Genna overhears a moonlight rendezvous that causes her senses to awaken. Although brief, the encounter leaves her shaken, and obsessed with the mystery man's sexy whisper.

His voice stays with her, taunting her, creeping into her thoughts until finally she confesses to her friend Nick that she doesn't just want the voice, she wants the man, the fantasy of an unseen lover. Safe, anonymous, and best of all, it wouldn't interfere with her carefully laid plans for the future.

Unexpectedly, Genna gets her wish.

After one night of hot sex with her mystery man, Genna finds herself trapped in a modern day Cupid/Psyche dilemma. She wants to see his face, but knows that will end the fantasy. Meanwhile, her friend Nick is struggling with his own problems: how to tell Genna he loves her, and how to confess he is her mystery man. As the web of mystery and sex unfolds, the readers is drawn right alongside Nick and Genna.

In WHISPER, Nancy Warren brings to life a modern-day Psyche tale. Genna is torn between her need to see her lover and the desire for the mystery to continue. The very idea of a mystery lover, a man who knows your every sexy whim but whom you could pass on the street and not recognize, is an incredible turn-on -- the ultimate fantasy, with no preconceived notions of how one must behave. Overall, the book is hot and moves right along. Plus the vivid descriptions of the characters feeling each other, learning each other in the dark, is nothing short of sizzling.

The only problem I had with WHISPER was the use of the clinical anatomical terms of penis and vagina while involved in the steamy sex scenes. They stand out amidst the softer, more romantic terms and mood and jar you a bit. But within a few words, Ms. Warren's characters tease you right back into their world.

I definitely enjoyed WHISPER for its highly erotic content as well as its well-written story line. The characters were smooth and nicely defined and the sex scenes hot and vivid.

Reviewed by Michelle Houston
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted August 8, 2002

Can you fall in love with a man you've never seen? A man who whispers to your deepest erotic desires? That's what happens to workaholic lawyer Genna Monroe when she falls for a stranger. Or is he a stranger?

Summary

Lawyer Genna Monroe doesn't mean to eavesdrop on a private romantic liaison one sultry night in New Orleans. When she hears the man's sexy whisper, though, she feels as if he's seducing her. Now she can't get his voice out of her mind, and just thinking of him isn't enough. She has to have his body, too....

Nick Cavallo knows of his best friend's desires for a secret rendezvous, and is more than willing to fulfill them. He's wanted Genna for longer than he can remember, and who cares if their steamy nights need to be anonymous? Provided she never finds out the truth, he's happy...and so is she. But when Nick wants more than just hot sex, he's not sure if Genna will want the man behind the voice....