Misadventures of a City Girl

Wild and Bliss concoct a steamy contemporary worthy of their surnames. In a series of graphic sexual encounters loosely held together by a contrived plot, recent divorcée Madison Atwood tries to escape her troubles, only to find that they travel, too. The mountains of northern California beckon, but within minutes of checking in at an ostensibly peaceful mountain resort, she flees the constraints of its organized leisure by hiking solo into the woods. A spring-fed pool proves irresistible and Madison strips, plunging naked into the refreshing water. When she succumbs to the urge to pleasure herself atop a poolside rock, it’s under the watchful eye of Navy SEAL turned lustful mountain man Luke Dawson. It takes only minutes for this accidental encounter to erupt into an unconstrained sexual escapade. The couple’s fate is sealed by a chance snowstorm that traps them inside Luke’s cabin for days. This fun, undemanding novel is on the raw side of erotic romance, unencumbered by careful characterization or plot intricacies. (Sept.)