*I received a free copy of Love From A to Z from Liquid Silver Books via Manic Readers. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review, which is honest and unbiased *
Warning: This book includes mature content such as: sexual content, and/or drug and/or alcohol use, and/or violence.
Love From A to Z by PG Forte Published by Liquid Silver Books on 1 July 2007
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Erotica
Pages: 101
Format: eARC
Source: Manic Readers
Total amnesia is not what Richie Valenzuela had planned on when he drugged his cousin. A few missing hours, which could easily be blamed on April’s having had too much to drink, was all he was aiming for. And he certainly never expected the reclusive heiress to slip out the club’s back door with the sexy guitarist she’d been making eyes at all night.
Zach Harris is sure the girl he’d picked up the night before had told him her name was Angel. Too bad she didn’t tell him anything more about herself, because, this morning, it’s not just him she can’t remember, she doesn’t even know her own name!
What April views as a problem, however, Zach sees as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; a chance for her to discover who she really is. Not her name or her address, but the important stuff. Her personality. Her likes and dislikes. Her preferences—in and out of bed.
Love from A to Z is playful and light, with some darker undertones as well.
P. G. Forte’s Love from A to Z is a book about new beginnings and operates on insomnia. When April wakes up on Saturday morning, next to Zach, she has no idea who he or she is. The game here is sex. The reader is immediately immersed in Zach’s playfulness.
There are some very visual scenes between April and Zack as they embark on their sexual journey, which set the pages on fire. And somehow the fact that they just met, even how they met, doesn’t lessen the intensity between them. It feels right – at least this reader thinks so.
The story also manages to be sweet and very romantic with the explicit-sex scenes peppering the pages. April is great both when she’s amnesic and after she recovers her memory. Zach is a gorgeous man who loves to play and doesn’t really want to grow up.
Love from A to Z has villains as well in the characters of Richie and Uncle George. Richie is a spoiled young man, who mostly does what his father, George, tells him to do. George is jealous of April after she inherits everything from her grandfather’s death. Which now means that instead of just being able to keep on spending and doing what he was used to doing, George must depend on April’s generously. Dependency on April doesn’t sit well with him at all. So when George comes up with the scheme to drug April in order to get the money away from her and into their greedy hands, Richie does what he’s told without qualms.
She would have liked to take her new playmate home with her, too; to strip him out of those clothes and find out how much of that bulge was for real, to dig her nails into those broad shoulders, to test her teeth against those taut pecs.
He shook his head. “Hold on, I can’t hear you. Wait ‘til we get outside.” Cool, night air, fresh and slightly misty, wafted over April as they stepped through the door. She sighed blissfully as she breathed it in.
“Uh…hi,” I murmured, feeling breathless as I stared into an absolutely gorgeous set of smoldering, sea green eyes. How in the world could I ask his name, or any of the other dozen questions which were begging for answers, without betraying the fact that I couldn’t remember the first thing about him, about the night we’d just spent together, about… a lot of things, actually.
This review was first published at Risque Reviews.
About Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms
Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
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Richie and George sound like a-holes. Glad you were able to enjoy this a lot, with it being so short. The fact that this all happened in 101 pages is amazing. I love stories like this.
Ha! They kind of were, Lekeisha, but I still really enjoyed this story 🙂 It’s always amazing when I pick up a novella that feels like it’s a full story with characters that are well developed.
Ooh interesting how she wakes up with no memory! It sounds like a really fun read though and I like that it’s sexy and emotional.
Lovely review, Lexxie!
Yes, it was an interesting twist for sure, Nick. And the story was really well rounded, even if it was quite short.
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So it’s not insta-love just insta-sex which developed into love? Like a Tinder hook up that ended happily? 😀
Haha, a tinder hook up that ended happily 😀 That’s one way to put it, I guess, Braine 🙂
So I’m guessing Richie and George are part of the ‘darker undertones’ in this story? Yikes! It’s crazy to think what some people would do for money. I’m intrigued by the fact that April and Zach fall into such an intense physical relationship despite the fact that she doesn’t remember who she is and whether or not she knows him. But if you say it works, then I *know* it does. 😉 Great review, Lex. I’ll have to check out this author. **BIG HUGS**
Definitely! And I agree, what some people would do for money is very scary. You are right, it’s very intriguing, especially when you take into account that I’m not even a big fan of amnesia… it really worked here, though 🙂
Wow there is really a whole lot going on in this short book! Villains, steamy stranger sex, and amnesia all in the same story. It does sound interesting. Great review, Lexxie!
It was very interesting and well executed, Carole 🙂
Wait … so her cousin drugs her, and she ends up going home with a guy she doesn’t know and doesn’t remember what happened? What the heck? Glad Zach is such a good character, though.
Yes, that’s the gist of it, Christy! It was very interesting to see how she managed to figure things out, though, and Zach was swoon-worthy!
Sounds sweet and saucy! I gotta read this one.
Sweet, saucy and sexy 🙂
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This sounds like a very full story for being so short. Those can be really fun and quick reads. I like those to have around sometimes. Great review.
I agree, Melanie, having short stories that are well developed and with characters that make sense is great. I love it when it only takes a couple of hours to enjoy a story.