Strange Attractions by Emma Holly
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Sex-Kitten Charity Wills is always running in her life, trying to get ahead (not successfully) working a typical cube job at Future-Tech in Seattle. Typically late, dressing in short skirts, tight tops, etc not in sync with her co-workers, she is called to H.R. thinking it’s another pink slip. What happens is an offer no one could refuse. A chance to attend college for free as long as she agrees to be a kind of lab rat(he calls them guests) for an eccentric physicist. B.G. Grantham whose lab is his reclusive estate and whose ‘guests’ are tested in sexual games of denial and then rewards of pleasure. Charity thinks it will be a walk in the park; her keeper Eric Berne looks manageable. B.G and Eric are in for a surprise when their new guest looks to be turning the tables in this game. Just who is in control will surprise all of them in the end.
Emma Holly certainly knows how to write erotica. The storyline is a bit thin, characters not too in depth. The sex scenes did have me visiting my favorite adult shop 
An erotic pygmalion story with a twist- the other characters are all bi-sexual. Usually bi-stories are a real turn off for me, they go to one extreme or another. I actually liked the bi storyline quite a bit. Charity has some real insecurities even though she is well aware of her effect on men. Eric & B.G., long standing friends/lovers don’t come across stereotypical; they have insecurities that Charity unintentionally brings out. When they finally get past the games you don’t read about it enough - it is glossed over as the period where they all fall in love. So begins more complications that are resolved a little too neatly. Human nature being what it is. But hey this is fantasy. I will say it has opened me up to reading more of E. Holly’s books.