Total FIRE!!! I had really high hopes for Meghan O’Brien’s lastest and she delivered!!! I loved the story line of emotionally damaged Sex Therapist (Diana) comes together with neighbor (Jude) who happens to love sex because her normal assistant/lover/best friend (Ava) is injured and can’t assist with her couple therapy class.

The chemistry between Diana and Jude is amazing, the sex is delicious and the book is well written. I loved that this book analyzed both MCs and gave us a good idea of who these characters are. This books is about more than sex. And if you love a book with agnst you will get that too. This was just a wonderful and totally hot read.

I would suggest you don’t read this at work (of course I did) because it will have you squirming in your seat.

I really like Meghan O'Brien's writing she is a good storyteller who creates interesting characters that you can't help caring about. I had forgotten that she writes erotic fiction, so at first was not quite prepared for the way this book went straight into explicit sex scenes. Unfortunately she uses language that I find difficult so that was quite off putting for me. I tried to ignore that and focus on the story but found that the sex scenes actually got in the way, I much preferred the characters of Kat and Ava as they had a chance to be developed further than the two main characters who were trickier to get to know because we only really knew how they like to have sex. So if you're looking for a story to get your teeth into this book may not be for you, if however you like lots of explicit sex scenes then you will enjoy this book.

4.5 Stars. This book was hot with a capital H. O. T. I’m a big O’Brien fan, have been for a while. However, I must admit I was a little reluctant about this book. While I liked her last book, I thought it was heavy on sex, little on actual plot. O’Brien mostly writes steamy romances or erotic romances, but they have a romantic plot. O’Brien might be the queen of wlw sex scenes, but she is also a good story teller. That good mix is why I enjoy her so much. Anyway, I’m happy to say that while yes this book had numerous and steamy as hell sex scenes, it had a story and characters I actually cared about. This was much better than I expected and I’m a happy camper.

I have to give a friendly warning that this is not a book you really want to read in public. Not when you are sitting in a waiting room, or at your desk on a lunch break, this is an at home on the couch with a glass of wine or in your bedroom kind of book. Saying this book is hot feels like I’m just mildly scratching the surface.

The story is about Diana who is a sex therapist. Besides counseling she gives classes that are live demonstrations of different sexual acts and techniques to spice things up for lesbian couples. When her partner in the class, she uses for demonstration purposes, is injured Diana reaches out to her younger and enthusiastic next door neighbor Jude for help keeping her business afloat. Jude has always had a crush on Diana so this job seems like a dream come true. But what happens if Jude can’t keep her heart from falling for a woman that is all business?

This book covers a wide arrange of different sexual techniques. I guess you could say it covers some very light BDSM. There is some dominance and submission, and even light spanking, but the book doesn’t really delve deeper into BDSM than that. It really is such a wide range of sex scenes that there really is something in this book for everyone. And even with numerous sex scenes, because they are all so different, you don’t feel bored and tempted to skim any of them.

Beyond the spiciness and great sex scenes, this book is about two characters that were affected by their past. This is about a character that is scared to be loved and another that just wants to be loved. O’Brien delved pretty deeply into flaws and made me really care about these characters. Heck I found myself crying during one of the bigger emotional scenes. O’Brien sure can write more than just fantastic sex scenes.

If you are looking for a book that will spice up your night, grab this. While O’Brien’s books may not be for everyone, they are pretty damn good anyway.

Well the title pretty much sums it up. This is a book about a sex therapist who takes her lessons to a whole new level. Now I have never had therapy is the sexual department, however, what I picture is you and your spouse in a similar situation to marriage counseling just a dirtier topic and maybe not so much hate towards each other. So I was very shocked to find that is was presented with actual sex happening during the therapy session. Not only the therapist and her assistant but the entire room of couples are partaking in the topic. I find this part very disturbing and that made this book not my thing. If they had been providing examples with their clothes on and not having six couples having sex in one room I would have been able to vouch very heavily for this book.

Another part that I struggled with was the way Diana and Jude communicated with each other. It was so annoying as they competed to be politer than the other. Nobody talks this way. As the world moves in to equality and women not being victimize anymore I really hope this is not the turn literary is going to take because I will be done with reading unfortunately.

Now the cover.. I do believe that it is beautifully done, even as a straight woman. It makes it very clear that this book is going to include sex between two women. Now the part that bothers me, the cover makes you believe that its going to be two women in their early twenties. Now one of them is and one of them is not. Diana is 39. Jude is 26, with an obsession over older women. Now for me, the whole older woman thing was over played, I started feeling like Diana was in her late sixties rather than just about to turn forty. O'Brien also over played the age thing with a good friend of theirs that was 49. She was played out like she was in her eighties. Why does this bother me so much with the cover? This whole book was played out where any Feminist would be giving O'Brien a standing ovation, with all the over done consent, empowerment the women gave each other and the obnoxious amount of apologizing that went into every apology given. Then you have this cover that is ashamed of showing a woman closer to Forty. Big fail on that decision.

The overall story line of a woman overcoming her abusive past and opening herself up to love. I liked and can fully support. This part deserves a star of its own, which is why this book is getting two from me instead of just one.

Diana Kelley is a sex therapist with emotional intimacy issues who needs to find a replacement for her impending hands-on sexual education workshop. She decides to ask Jude Monaco, her younger next door neighbour who secretly has a crush on Diana. As the workshop progresses, both women's feelings and fears start to unravel. Would it lead to something deeper as Jude craves?

Meghan O'Brien is one of the best lesfic writer of erotica. There's no doubt that she can write hot, different and wide-raging erotic scenes. 'The sex therapist next door' is a prime example of this. The best parts of the book are the erotic ones while the rest is just average; sometimes repetitive, others plain melodramatic.

Sex therapist Diana is a hard to like character, she comes across as self-absorbed, distant and sometimes manipulative person. At 39 years old, she refers herself as a 'middle age' woman but sometimes she is very immature. She plays the age-gap card (of 13 years) continuously though most of the time Jude seems the mature one. Jude is more likeable though her transformation into a needy character feels more like a plot device rather than the expected development of her relationship with Diana. Both characters spend a long time in their heads and some of Diana's arguments for why she shouldn't get involved with Jude are so repetitive that cause more irritation than empathy. However, there is a good subplot between Ava, Diana's best friend, and Katrina, Jude's cousin.

Having said all this, if you are looking for good quality, lesbian erotica and you don't mind much of the rest of the plot, this books is right for you. 3.5 stars.

ARC provided by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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Megan O’Brien has always been one of my favorite authors and oh how I love this book! The title drew me in immediately as did the synopsis. I was hooked from the first page. Diana and Jude’s relationship starts out as a paid gig and escalates to more with Diana continually trying to block her feelings. The character development of Diana is great. Jude is a rock, a truly solid character, whom I love. This book was extremely extremely with a is a romance woven. Meghan O’Brien is a master at combing the two in a well rounded way. Read this book....you won’t be disappointed!

Jude Monaco has had a crush on her neighbour, Diana Kelley, for a year when one evening Diana knocks on her door with an unusual request. Diana is a sex therapist and runs workshops for women but her usual co-demonstrator has been injured and she needs a replacement or she’ll have to cancel. Aware of Jude’s enjoyment of sex, if the sounds through their adjoining bedroom wall is anything to go by, she hopes Jude will take Ava’s place for the workshop on oral sex. Given Jude’s crush on Diana, she doesn’t even need to think about it.

Initially I thought the concept was pretty entertaining but as the story developed, and I became invested in Jude, the less entertaining I found the scenario. And I liked that. I liked that I was becoming involved and that what started out as a clever vehicle for an erotic romance became a story with depth. An abusive ex has left Diana damaged emotionally so while she enjoys sex and friends with benefits, she won’t allow herself to become involved emotionally with Jude. Diana’s fear and lack of trust is understandable but it doesn’t make her very easy to like.

Jude, on the other hand, I found easy to like and root for when she realised her need to protect herself. Diana’s character wasn’t’ static and I came to like her too, it just took longer. As an erotic romance there are numerous sex scenes with lots of variation which O’Brien has written really well. There’s even the occasionally injection of humour.

Book received from Netgalley and Bold Strokes Books for an honest review.

Yet again, the force that is Meghan O’Brien has managed to shatter anything resembling a formula when it comes to romance. First, if you have any shyness or feel uncomfortable about sex then this book is not for you. The rest of us will get our minds blown by atypical themes regarding a sex therapist hiring her hottie young next door neighbor last minute to fill in as a co-demonstrator at her hands on sex therapy group sessions. So this book has a LOT of sex in it, but surprisingly that’s not really exactly what this story is about. The overriding themes of trust and intimacy is cleverly written between two women who have been damaged for very different reasons and find it extremely difficult to use either word without abject fear. What is fascinating is their struggle with these two words while performing very physically intimate acts. It’s the emotional armor they don themselves in while battling to protect their hearts during their moments together that became utterly mesmerizing. The character development of Jude and Diana is superb and rarely do we get this much attention to detail for their backstory and emotional development. I’ll be honest, by near the end of the story my opinion of Diana dropped significantly as she mananges to thrown down some pretty cold hearted moves on Jude. So cruel that at one point I would revoke her license as a therapist for not tending to Jude after a particularly intense experience that absolutely required aftercare. It becomes the ultimate conflict of the book, and changes both women significantly to forge an interesting resolution to their story. I see-sawed frequently on how I was going to rate this book. I finally settled on 4 stars because even though I thought Diana was a cold bitch that didn’t deserve even 1 star let alone Jude, it was the overall deeply emotional ride along with truly unique romantic themes that won me over in the end.

Another hot and steamy romance by Meghan O'Brien, this is definitely a novel to keep you warm on cold winter nights.
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Meghan O'Brien has written a hot steamy novel, with lots scenes that will make you need to take a cold shower. Meghan is a fabulous author and knows how to write a sex scene. This is a book I could not put down and I would recommend it.

This book promises, in its cover and title. But it doesn't give enough. It goes from such a high starting that the downfall is expected, as in logically unable to maintain an increase or even an equal pace. So it has been a little bit disappointing, actually.

The story goes down with the change in attitude of one of the main characters, Jude. She goes from being a carefree, joyful, and disinhibited that enjoys her sexuality fully, to insecure and dependent, confusing her need with submission in a too defeated way. Diana, on the other way, goes from desperate because needs a sex partner for her sex therapy classes, that she imparts for couples with sexual issues or sex boredom, to jerk. Jerk, with motives to be it, but too insensitive.

The story has, as many other books of this author, a catalogue of sexual options, and goes through them with detail. In this occasion, being Diana a sex therapist doing live demonstrative classes, the detail is even more thorough, so it can be useful to learn one thing or two.

For me, the non sexual parts have been boring and meaningless, not only because I was expecting more action and less drama. Maybe I have not connected with the characters, even the secondary ones.

It isn't the book of this author that I’ll recommend the most, but don't let my opinion influence you much. It's worth reading.

An ARC was given to me from Bold Strokes Books through Netgalley for my honest review

Meghan O'Brien is an amazing writer. I'm sharing this book as a five star because of the subject matter. Meghan does a fantastic way to share about intimacy issues and how a broken heart can shut down living a wonderful life. The plot is what it is, so the story is woven around a sex therapist and her next door neighbor. There is lots of sex, but at the core of the story, it's about intimacy. However, be prepared that sex is a good majority of the book, not romance.

I have read many Meghan O'Brien books before and while I knew what to expect I was blown away by how much I truly enjoyed this book. I would say this is the author's best book to date.

Diana is a couple's sex therapist that finds herself in need of a last minute assistant for her hands-on sex-ed workshop. Jude is Diana's next door neighbour and her new assistant.

The character's are lovable, complicated and incredibly sexy. Their sexual chemistry is palpable from the start and it only gets better. However, that is not the characters amount to. They both have a past that shaped who they are now and how they look at love. I really enjoyed learning about each character and seeing them grow and overcome issues as the book progresses.

Of course, this book is sexy from beginning to end. I wasn't expecting any less from Meghan O'Brien, but this book is another level of erotica. While raw, it was also incredibly intimate.

Absolutely loved this book!

I received an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review via NetGalley.

Meghan O’Brien surely knows how to write some hot, steamy, addictive erotica.
This is a fast enough read, scenes are beyond hot, and the characters are very likable (Jude more than Diana, for me personally, but that being said, Diana being as she is is not without reasons). This was a fun, afternoon read and I enjoyed it quite so.