THE
ACCIDENTAL CALL GIRL
by
PORTIA
DA COSTA
THE
BLURB:
It's the ultimate
fantasy:
When Lizzie meets an
attractive older man in the bar of a hotel, he mistakes her for a
high class call girl on the look-out for a wealthy client.
With a man she can't
resist...
Lizzie finds herself
following him to his hotel room for an unforgettable night where she
learns the pleasure of submitting to the hands of a master. But what
will happen when John discovers that Lizzie is far more than she
seems...?
A sexy, thrilling erotic
romance for every woman who has ever had a “Pretty Woman”
fantasy.
THE
REALITY:
Hmm... Well, if it's
sex, sex and more sex that you want then this book certainly
delivers! It's all happening almost from the first page and, to be
honest, it did get a bit boring until some semblance of a story came
through, at the point where John takes “Betty” away for the
weekend (more than half way through the book). By that time we've
already had a steady drip of what makes “Betty” (aka Lizzie- I
have to say Betty suits her better!) tick, and I do like the fact
that she's into olde-worlde glamour and makes a lot of her slightly
alternative style clothing herself. I can relate to that. It's at
this point we start to find out what makes John tick.
I did wonder if I'd be
able to relate to the role of a female submissive, when I am
certainly of the female dominant type! But it is interestingly
explored in language that doesn't make you cringe, and it also shows
that everybody has a level of dominance/ submissiveness within them-
it's just a case of finding it, and this is explored. I did love the
glamorous locations Betty was taken to, and the opulent dom/sub orgy
they attended (very “Eyes Wide Shut,” and this film is referenced
in the book!)
The add-on characters of
Lizzie's housemates (and her cat) were interesting and Brent, in
particular, was important to the storyline, but it's John's history
that really interested me (titled, indeed!) I also liked how family
relationships are explored in this novel, and I'm glad the book
didn't end with “and reader she married him...” Rather, Lizzie
and John come to their own arrangement, and there is another book in
the series after this. Do I want to read it? Hell, yes!
Did I find the story
sexually stimulating? Well, it wasn't boring, but no, I did not.
Maybe it's that female submissive angle, or maybe it's the fact that
I was reading this to gain some writing tips (I've already written my
first erotic short story (featuring a dominant woman and her
temporary slave, under a nom de plume). So stay tuned for my
future efforts- although you won't know that they come from my pen!
Like the author, sometimes you need to distance yourself from certain
genres of work, lest it has a detrimental effect on the rest of your
career. It's actually a shame that it has to be that way, but at the
same time, an erotic and suggestive nom de plume is a hell of
a lot of fun!
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