"variety of settings and plots, and a sizzling sexual energy"

Who amongst us is perfect enough to set standards for another? SECRETS VOLUME 8 explores this very issue with its trademark variety of settings and plots, while maintaining a sizzling sexual energy.

Should a woman be committed to a mental institution for enjoying sex? In My Champion, My Love, Alice Gaines brings that very question to life. After her husband's death, Celeste Broder's stepchildren found out her little secret and had her committed, in an effort to get hold of her inheritance. Her good friend Xenobia tracks her down and appeals to the widowed Mayor Robert Albright to get her released. Together they not only get her released from the institution, but also discover greater sexual satisfaction than either knew with their spouses. {Alice Gaines also appears in SECRETS VOLUME 1 with The Spinner's Dream and VOLUME 6 with The Education of Miss Felicity Wells.}

Is a werewolf less entitled to life? MaryJanice Davidson explores this very issue in Jared's Wolf. Jared is determined to hunt down the werewolf who killed his sister. He knows that Michael Wyndham is the leader of the pack, and blames him for not controlling his followers. Sneaking onto the grounds of Michael's home, Jared runs into Moira, a woman he thinks is nothing more than a pawn of Michael's. Little does he know she is not a pawn, but rather a member of the pack, a very loyal member. Determined to discover why Jared is after her leader, Moira seduces him only to have her plan backfire. Caught in the sensual trap Jared weaves around her, she is nonetheless determined to prove that Michael had nothing to do with Jared's sister's death. {Meet Michael Wyndham for the first time in Love's Prisoner, SECRETS VOLUME 6.}

Does a legalized brothel deserve to be shut down? Things aren't as black and white as you would think in this story by Jeanie Cesarini. After inheriting Katia's Palace from her great-aunt, Kathryn Roman heads to Love, Nevada, to wrap up the transfer of the property to the town, only to find herself in the middle of a turf dispute. The mayor wants to shut the brothel down for zoning reasons, while the town's people want it to stay open, as much for its historical value as for the pleasure it brings. Cowboy Trey Holliday is determined to convince Kate to keep it open, and not just due to his promise to her great-aunt. He has loved her from afar for a long time, and now he needs to convince her to let the brothel stay open and to stay with him and run it. But Taming Kate might not be as easy as he had planned. {Jeanie Cesarini temps readers in Secrets VOLUME 3 with The Spy Who Loved Me, and VOLUME 4 with An Act of Love.}

Last but not least, what makes a man? Liz Maverick creates a world of the future where men are altered at a young age for military purposes, but when they have exhausted their use, they must be evaluated for possible termination. Camille Kazinsky gets the unpleasant task of deciding if a robot is human enough to be allowed to live among society, or if he must be terminated. Meat was determined to live, and if that meant seducing feisty Camille, then that is what he will do. Who knew that in the process he would submit to the ultimate human emotion, love. Camille is torn, which should she do, Kiss or Kill? {Liz Maverick did not appeared in any of the former SECRETS volumes.}

Once again, Red Sage Publishing takes you on a journey of sexual delight, teasing and pleasing the reader with a bit of something to appeal to everyone.

Reviewed by Michelle Houston
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted November 4, 2002

Summary

Taming Kate by Jeanie Cesarini
Kathryn Roman inherits a legal brothel. Little does this city girl know the town of Love, Nevada wants her to be their new madam so they've charged Trey Holliday, one very dominant cowboy, with taming her.

Jared's Wolf by MaryJanice Davidson
Jared Rocke will do anything avenge his sister's death, but ends up attracted to Moira Wolfbauer, the she-wolf sworn to protect her pack. Joining forces to stop a killer, they learn love defies all boundaries.

My Champion, My Lover by Alice Gaines
Celeste Broder is a woman committed for having a sexy appetite. Mayor Robert Albright may be her champion--if she can convince him her freedom will mean a chance to indulge their appetites together.

Kiss or Kill by Liz Maverick
In this post-apocalyptic world, Camille Kazinsky's military career rides on her ability to make a choice--whether the robo called Meat should live or die. Meat's future depends on proving he's human enough to live, man enough--to makes her feel like a woman.