Reviewed by Dee
TITLE: Sinful Desires
AUTHOR: Kelly Yeakle
PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing
LENGTH: 109 pages
BLURB:
Tired of being under her mother’s constant control, mild-mannered Kennedy packs up and moves to Las Vegas on a whim.
Heart-broken Roxanne wasn’t looking for another lover, but she can’t help herself when she meets the sweet Georgia peach that her good friend Arturo hires at his deli.
Trials and tribulations take both women on a ride that leaves one wondering if losing control was worth the risk, and the other falling harder than she ever has.
REVIEW:
This story is told from a number of POVs. I love hearing the hero and heroine’s, or in this case, heroine and heroine’s POV when reading, but add a third and then forth voice the lines start to blur as to who the story is about!
The journey begins with Kennedy fleeing from Georgia, away from her overbearing mother, to start a new life in Vegas.
It then shifts to Roxanne, the woman’s club and her tumultuous relationship with Cherie. When Roxy receives news via a letter from Cherie, informing her she is spreading her wings in search of fame and fortune, Roxanne is understandably upset! But more so for the impact it will have on the operation of her club than the loss of love, which made her come across as a self-centered uncaring person, who I never really warmed to. This wasn’t helped by the bout of angry sex as a farewell, get out of here, goodbye, that followed.
I’m still unsure why Cherie’s point of view is added to the mix. It added nothing to the story for me, if anything it detracted from it. We’d already been told why she was leaving.
Moving forward, Roxanne and Kennedy cross paths and thus begins a slow dance of getting to know each other, flirtations, and a few things thrown-in to cause conflict. Unfortunately, some of those events fell flat for me.
The biggest driving point of this story was the issue the main character had with her mother. I have no idea why her mother expected Kennedy to run the business, or why she was such a bitter woman. The court case was laughable, and I’m not saying that to be harsh, the judge stated as much.
It’s mentioned very early on that Roxanne is 42 years old, but not once is Kennedy’s age revealed. I figured she must be young as she’d only recently left home, yet more often than not she came across as the more mature person in the budding relationship.
As the story draws to an end, Kennedy’s mother drops a bomb which explains (I suspect) why Ken’s age isn’t mentioned. However, what transpired didn’t work for me. Where I should have been gasping in surprise I found myself rolling my eyes. Add to that Kennedy’s easy acceptance of the situation, it nearly killed the story for me.
At the end of the day, I had more questions than answers – why did Kennedy’s mother expect her to take over the family business? A business I know nothing about, other than that it was named Klein Enterprises. Apparently the father started the business so why wasn’t Kennedy’s ‘gay’ brother expected to take over? On that note, I enjoyed his character, he came across as an all-around good guy, without needing to hear his POV!
If some of the gaps had been filled in, and a few name slips and inconsistencies rectified, (which I freely admit to seeing more than others) this would’ve been a much more engaging story, for me.
Putting my analytical brain aside, the story was far from terrible, it kept me engaged and I’d definitely read more work by this author.
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