OFF THE CLOCK (Pleasure Principle #1) by Roni Loren-Review and Giveaway

OFF THE CLOCK
Pleasure Principle #1
by Roni Loren
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
Release Date: January 5, 2016

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 5, 2016

Overtime has never felt so good…

Marin Rush loves studying sex. Doing it? That’s another story. In the research lab, Marin’s lack of practical knowledge didn’t matter, but now that she’s landed a job at The Grove, a high-end, experimental sex therapy institute, she can’t ignore the fact that the person most in need of sexual healing may be her.

Dr. Donovan West, her new hotshot colleague, couldn’t agree more. Donovan knows that Marin’s clients are going to eat her alive unless she gets some hands-on experience. And if she fails at the job, he can say goodbye to a promotion, so he assigns her a list of R-rated tasks to prepare her for the wild clientele of The Grove’s X-wing.

But some of those tasks are built for two, and when he finds Marin searching for a candidate to help her check off her list, Donovan decides there’s only one man for the job—him. As long as they keep their erotic, off-the-clock activities strictly confidential and without strings, no one will get fired—or worse, get attached…

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REVIEW: OFF THE CLOCK is the first installment in Roni Loren’s contemporary, adult PLEASURE PRINCIPLE erotic, romance series. This is sex therapists Dr.Donovan West, and Dr. Marin Rush’s story line-a second chance romance for two people whose lives collided nine years earlier.

Told from dual close third person perspectives (Donovan and Marin) OFF THE CLOCK focuses on the relationship between Donovan and Marin who met nine years earlier when a then eighteen year old college freshman fell for grad student Donovan West. While Donovan was working on his PHD in human sexuality, Marin found herself falling for the man who could make all of her fantasies come true. But life, and Marin’s ‘lack’ of sexual experience found our leading characters going in opposite directions until almost a decade later when the equally inexperienced Dr. Marin Rush is welcomed as a colleague at a high-end, experimental sex therapy clinic where Dr. Donovan West is a respected practitioner. What ensues is a rekindling of a relationship with an expiry date when Marin gives Donovan thirty days to make all of her sexual fantasies come true.

Donovan West is a bit of a man-whore whose earlier years were shrouded in heartbreak, pain, dark demons and struggle. He will meet Marin at a time in his life when decisions are made about the future, and his future will be found as the facilitator of a New Orlean’s clinic designed for sexual healing. Donovan’s professional life is on the rise, but his personal life is destructive and unhealthy. Marin is a woman, whose own mother was lost to a world of manic depression, and our heroine found herself eighteen years old, alone, and raising her younger brother. Fast forward nine years, where Marin’s future and that of her brother have been pulled towards a new state and city, and where Marin’s past will come full circle when the first man that she has ever loved, is now her professional colleague and a secret from her past. The $ex scenes are erotic, intense, exploratory and seductive. Marin is an innocent, and Donovan is the man who will bring out Marin’s sexual desires.

We are introduced to several of Marin and Donovan’s colleagues including sex surrogate and Dom Lane Cannon, Dr. Suri, addiction therapist Oriana Wallace, and Dr. Elle McCray-a woman whose hatred for Donovan is matched by her sexual desire for our leading man. Marin’s brother Nate comes into his sexual identity but heartbreak finds Nate at a crossroads as to which path he will take.

OFF THE CLOCK is a sexually erotic story line about second chances and forbidden romance. The breathtaking relationship between Donovan and Marin is equaled by the heartbreaking reality of the past for both of our leading characters. The premise is enchanting and imaginative; the characters are captivating and spirited; the romance ($ex) is provocative and dramatic. Add OFF THE CLOCK to your ‘gotta read’ pile for 2016.

Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley.

Reviewed by Sandy

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