Dirty Secrets by Jane O’Reilly – B+ The second in her recent erotic novella duology, Dirty Secrets is about Jules, Amy’s  (from Dirty Talk) kind-of-former-best friend.  Jules has split up with Dave the Dick for the last time.  She has escaped to London for a month to try and recover herself.  Somehow over the course of their relationship, Jules lost all sense of her self worth, her value and her self esteem.   Dave the Dick slowly eroded her confidence in everything.  She is finally out and she realises that he’s done a number on her but it is only as she begins to recover that she realises exactly how big of a number he did.

Theo is a friend from school.  They haven’t seen each other in 10 years, but when she calls him he offers her a haven and she takes him up on it.  Good decision Jules!  Theo is a co-owner of an exclusive sex club in London, the complete details of which are (I think, deliberately) vague.  They cater to fantasies, with a particular emphasis on women’s pleasure.  Theo offers Jules a  30 day membership to explore her fantasies and get in touch with her sexual self.  Theo’s gentle friendship and calm support, together with the encouragement and charm of Theo’s business partner, John, are balms to Jules’ soul and there are sexual adventures with a “stranger”. 

The story does have m/m/f scenes and I’m not going to say anything more except. Oh my god. Hot. And, more please.

I would have liked John to have been more fully realised and I was a little uncomfortable that Jules and he were only beginning their relationship.  Nevertheless I was comfortable that they were all headed in the right direction. I loved that Theo was the initial hub of the triad. I don’t think I’ve read that before.

Dave the Dick gets his comeuppance but it is mostly off page and not before he has another go at ruining Jules’ happiness. There is no redeeming Dave the Dick. He will never be a hero in anyone’s romance.  And deservedly so.

The story is around 70 pages long and it does a good job of packing character and story into a short word count. It’s also cheap, even in Australia it’s under $1.50.

I would like to see a full length novel from this author.  If it were m/m/f I’d be a very happy girl.

Disclosure: Jane O’Reilly and I chat a reasonable amount on Twitter. Also, I got this book from NetGalley.

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