Hear her cry on the phone night after night while he's in the shower because she's terrified for her life but physically can't leave. Spend three months helping a woman escape her abusive, controlling husband and come back and tell me this shit is still okay. Abusive isn't sexy and Beau shows ALL the signs of an abuser. When is the picture of what's sexy and appropriate going to change? This is not sexy. My response would be to tell them to go volunteer at a woman's shelter at some point because that's exactly where Bathsheba would wind up one day. I'm sure some will dismiss this as a caring man, concerned about his woman and taking care of her. Within days he's kidnapped her again and dragged her to a remote location where he puts her completely within his control. Just a few hours after meeting her he has drugged her and kidnapped her to his hotel (for her own safety, of course). Their first date is nothing but creepy, gross sexual innuendo. From the moment he meets her he controls everything about her. Beau is an obsessive, controlling psychopath.

Bathsheba is a capitulating moron who has no sense - common or otherwise. I honestly feel that the writing is cheap and sloppy as hell. Once again the plot was pathetically simple and juvenile. You might think that the romance heroes are sexy and the heroines are strong but funny. It might make you think that the dialogue is smart, witty and sharp. The blurb might lead you to believe that the writing is full of intelligence and research. If anything, the characterization has degraded. It's enough to say that nothing about the writing has improved. I don't know why three pen names are necessary in the same genre and why two of those pen names are even in the same subgenre! I never would have bought this book if I'd known that she wrote it. I'd already read Gentlemen Prefer Succubi, and disliked this author's writing intensely. What it doesn't say is that Jessica Sims in a nom de plume for Jill Myles and so is Jessica Clare. I read the author bio for Jessica Sims which says some shit about owning cats and playing games. It worked because for some reason I purchased this book and you might have too.

If you are wondering why I'm quoting Myles' author blurb and why it exists on Jessica Clare's author profile and why it's applicable to a Jessica Sims' book then congratulations - it worked. She prefers her heroes alpha and half-dressed, her heroines witty, and she loves nothing more than watching them overcome adversity to fall into bed together. Author blurb for Jill Myles from the author profile for Jessica Clare:Īfter devouring hundreds of paperback romances, mythology books, and archaeological tomes, she decided to write a few books of her own - stories with a wild adventure, sharp banter, and lots of super-sexy situations.

Beauty dates the beast by jessica sims