"She was a lot of woman, but he wanted a lot of loving."

Genre: Contemporary erotic romance

Angie Harding has lovely dark hair and eyes, a long, graceful neck, and a pretty face. She is also described as "big boned" and "a full-figured woman" -- large breasts, a far from flat tummy, and a big butt; not the fashionably thin type. Her late husband loved her shape, but since his death several years ago, Angie's self-esteem has taken quite a knock from men, who all seem to want willowy, model- thin blonde beauties. Being as she's been without sex for so long, Angie lets her friend and business partner Corrie talk her into a weekend swinging singles cruise. The atmosphere on the cruise ship is a real shocker to conservative Angie: men and women running around naked, having sex in public, switching partners practically by the hour. She realizes it was a mistake for her to come -- although she craves sex at the moment, what she really wants is another special guy for a committed relationship. And she doesn't think any man on the ship will notice her, considering all the beautiful and thin women surrounding them.

Troy Hunter's friend Rick convinced him to come on this cruise for a weekend of no-commitment wild sex, as a break from the long hours they've been putting in getting their new business started. Troy craves sexual release and has one-night stands with women, but he has decided he won't be ready for anything permanent with a women for several more years at least. And when he does decide to settle down, he knows just the kind of woman he wants -- tall, willowy, gorgeous, and blonde. But Troy never realized until he saw Angie that he would really enjoy a full-figured woman. He quickly decides that "She was a lot of woman, but he wanted a lot of loving." Troy convinces her that since she is on the cruise, she might as well spend the weekend having sex with him; what he didn't count on was his own jealousy when other men pay attention to Angie. However, he still wants no-commitment sex only, and Angie wants a husband and a future -- and she walks away from him after the weekend, rather than settle for a shallow sexual affair. So how is Troy going to find her again and convince her to keep seeing him? How much will each of them compromise to meet their incompatible desires?

The sex in this story is hot and explicit. Troy and Angie are made for each other. Being a very big woman myself, I loved reading a story where the hero finds a full-figured woman such a sexual turn-on. (Of course, the description of the heroine leads me to think she's probably about a size 12 or 14, what I would consider normal and average, definitely not overly large -- but our current social standard of beauty classifies that as "fat".) I enjoyed seeing Angie decide not to compromise her own needs for meaningless sex, and watching Troy come to terms with the fact that he and Angie had a lot more in common than just sex. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel, FULL BODIED CHARMER, about Troy's friend Rick.

Sensuality: Rated NC-17, erotic, by Ellora's Cave. Very explicit sexual descriptions and language.

Reviewed by Raelene Gorlinsky
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted August 27, 2002

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Summary

Troy never expected to fall in lust with, let alone in love with, a bigger woman like Angie. Angie is sweet, beautiful, kind, and passionate, but Troy isn't looking for a commitment from her. When Angie is seen around town on the arm of another man, however, it's just a matter of time before Troy realizes that he wants Angie to belong to him.