Sweet Thing: An Erotic Romance (Cheek)

By Alison Tyler

Bad girls and beautiful bodies dazzle in downtown LA in this story of naked ambition. Jessica Taylor is an LA girl through and through: ambitious, stylish and a big fan of old Hollywood movies. What she wants more than anything is to become an ace reporter. Her editor Dashiell Cooper holds that key, but what he wants most of all is her. Jessica is starry-eyed but not as easily pinned down as the cynical Cooper would like. He uses a whole repertoire of charmer's tricks to try and seduce her, but she challenges him at every turn, finding her pleasure playing X-rated games with sultry-looking guys who resemble James Dean. What transpires is a game of kinky cat and mouse set in the hush-hush world of LA gossip columns and glamorous parties. Can Jessica get what she wants without giving in to Cooper's erotic obsessions?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0352339004
• ISBN13: 9780352339003
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Hot and complicated

This story has great sex, great sexual play and a great plot too!! For the reviewer who called Something about Workmen dull, I think you are reading the wrong genre, because you clearly don't get it. Many of these "erotic" books are truly comical with no substance. Ms. Tyler understands that you have to care about the characters before you can get wet reading about their encounters. Keep it up Alison!!!

Tyler delivers a very sexy LA story...

I stopped reading Black Lace books for a while because the novels they've released lately aren't as good as their older ones. But I have wanted to give Alison Tyler a chance after reading the disappointing Something About Workmen. I have heard that she is a great erotica author and so I decided to give Sweet Thing a whirl. This novel is a vast improvement from Workmen and the best Black Lace book I've read in quite a while. Jessica Taylor is an LA girl looking for a successful career as a journalist. She loves sex, especially with James Dean look-alikes. But the man who holds the key to erotic heights is Dashiell Cooper, her new editor. A sexual chase game ensues in which Cooper does just about everything to obtain the wanton Jessica. There are various insatiable scenes throughout the novel. Sweet Thing is one of the sexiest contemporary erotic novels out there. I loved the scenes between Jessica and Kelly (male) and the game-playing between her and Cooper. This novel will satisfy various sexual fantasies. I like the scene with the Popsicles. Very creative. I also like the contemporary feel of the novel. It's like an erotic chick-lit book. I couldn't put it down. I like the Black Lace print of this novel -- not the Cheek reprint with the chick-lit cover. Most readers won't know what they'll be getting themselves into with a cover like that, especially if they're expecting a cute romance novel. Are you in the bargain for a chic, sassy erotic novel? I recommend Sweet Thing most highly. I shall definitely give Alison Tyler's other books a whirl.

Sexy L.A. Story...

...with a little something for everyone.Set in the world of an L.A. weekly newspaper, this story features a young protagonist who is trying to find her way, both in the world of journalism, and in the world of romance. She thinks she knows what she wants, but the three different men in her life each have their own positive aspects, as does the femme fatale co-worker who seems destined to be her mentor. A seductive read about a charming naif. Not your average X-rated book at all.

Sweet Thing

...It is erotic with a lot of hot descriptive sex as all good erotica books are. But then the author tries to turn it into a love story... In LA in modern times, which this is, it is not unrealistic that anyone can have sex with just about anyone at any given time. Especially the lifestyle this group led.

The Sweetest Book Yet

Black Lace Books are by far my favorite of the erotic genre, and Alison Tyler is my favorite of the Black Lace authors. Her steamy books reside in the top drawer of my bedside table...unless they are in "use." This novel, about a young Los Angeles-based journalist, slides from one steamy scene to another. The main character, Jessica, pushes the limits. She explores erotic spanking, outdoor sex, and finds herself in a decadent threesome with a co-worker and male roommate. Other characters in the book are even more wild-- one male actor engages in a s/m relationship with an older, wiser woman who knows how to wield a belt. There is just something for any fetishist in this book...and you'll find yourself fantasizing about scenes long after you set it down. A must have!