GOTCHA! - Shara Bloodstone

Amber Allure – www.amberquill.com/AmbureAllure

ISBN: 978-1-60272-143-2

Heat Level: 2

November 2007

Erotic Contemporary Romance  – F/F interactions

New York City, New York and Sarasota, Florida –the Present

After a bad BDSM experience, Sienna leaves New York for sunny Sarasota ready to start a new life.  She leaves behind the career she has established to work as a bartender at a tiki bar where she meets a few people who are different from her normal crowd.   Dominic is one of her regular customers who has women turning their heads whenever he walks into a room.  Sienna knows that his dark hair, lean body and perfect face is way above average, but there is just something about Dominic that turns her off.  It could be his spoiled ways or the fact that he expects ladies to drool over him and cater to his every whim.  But surprisingly, every brush off Sienna gives Dominic seems to make him more interested. 

Sienna also meets Cassie at the tiki bar.  Cassie is a beautiful kindergarten teacher who is supplementing her income by working at the bar.  The two ladies hit it off perfectly and quickly become friends.  Before GOTCHA! ends, Cassie and Sienna take their friendship to the next level.  While Dominic, on the other hand, is in for the surprise of his life.

GOTCHA! opens with a love scene between Sienna and her lover, Peter, in New York.  Ignoring her misgivings about Peter’s infidelity, Sienna welcomes him to her bed.  She even goes so far as trusting him to do something that she has never tried before.  When Peter betrays her trust, Sienna vows never to allow herself to be burned again.  This incident is the driving force behind Sienna’s behavior throughout the rest of GOTCHA!

Although classified as an erotic tale, GOTCHA! lacks eroticism. There are only a couple of mediocre bedroom scenes which were not descriptive or sexy enough to be arousing.  I also found GOTCHA! to be somewhat juvenile in its ‘does he or doesn’t he like me’ tone.  Although the story comes around full circle, I had a difficult time understanding the logic behind Sienna’s actions.  This omission makes her and the other characters appear immature and uninteresting.

Ariel Summer