I am an untamed book whore,
Evaluating erotica is not a chore.
Through high and lows my sexuality sprout,
Alas! I’m suffering from a stimulating script drought.
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**Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques**

All she wanted was to write an article that earn her notice as a serious journalist. Cat Nichols never meant to bring negative publicity to her hunky scientist neighbor, Sam York. She certainly never meant to unwittingly launch a public outcry against his work. When experimentation on his project is temporarily halted because of her news story, she does the only thing she can think of to make it up to him – offers herself as his guinea pig for his female libido enhancer. If by doing so she helps him and gets to enjoy a few nights of intimacy with the scientist of her dreams, all the better!

Sam’s frustration at having his current project halted is only rivaled by the sexual frustration he feels every time he thinks of the sexy journalist next door. He can hardly believe it when Cat suggests he try his experiments out on her, but he’s not fool enough to miss this chance to get closer to her! A few nights ought to get her out of his system - after all, he isn’t cut out for long-term relationships. But he soon realizes that a few trysts with Cat will never be enough. Can he trust the up and coming reporter to stick around if he lets her into his life and his heart?

Cathryn Fox has a definite knack for penning romances that are simultaneously sweet, sexy and fun and she certainly follows in this vein with the third entry in her Pleasure Games series, Pleasure Exchange. In this book, she delivers a romance sure to delight all readers, whether this is the first Cathryn Fox title they have read or they are long time fans of her work.

Indeed, although this story is third in a series, it could easily be read as a standalone novel by anyone who has not yet enjoyed the first two. Although connected via crossover characters and setting, the story works very well independent of its predecessors. Of course, Pleasure Exchange is bound to make new readers curious about Pleasure Control and Pleasure Prolonged, both of which this reviewer thoroughly enjoyed.

Sam is the kind of hero who makes me wonder where the heck all the hunky scientists are hiding in my town! Kind and caring, he is devoted to those he loves, even as he believes he will never find a lasting romantic love for himself. Though his trust in the female gender is broken, at least romantically, it never prevents him from treating women with the utmost respect and attentiveness, belying his inability to commit once he finds the right woman.

Cat is a wonderfully sweet and conscientious heroine, determined to right the wrongs she has inadvertently caused, no matter what it takes. Of course, in her shoes, what women would not want to offer herself up to the handsome Sam as a sexual test subject? Still, Cat’s efforts at reparation go beyond the bedroom, showing her to be a woman of honor, someone who can be counted on to keep her word once she gives it. The kind of woman that perhaps Sam could see himself spending the rest of his life with…

I feel like I have waited forever for this sequel, although I only discovered the Pleasure Games series last year! With a healthy dose of steamy sex combined with sweet romance, Cathryn Fox will thrill romance readers with Pleasure Exchange!

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