When two very different couples, one who’s just getting started and one who’s apparently just getting finished, meet on a cruise, the better halves become fast friends. While Victoria Wilde is sexually adventurous and getting back on track in her quest of living life to the fullest, Jillian Grayson is reserved and struggling to hold on to a nearly 20-year marriage that’s hanging on by a thread. But when Victoria offers Jillian advice on how to get the spark back between the sheets…things don’t exactly go as planned. With a misunderstanding of international significance, all hell breaks loose in paradise. Can Victoria repair the damage that has been done? Will she truly help Jillian save her marriage? Find out in Friends Wanting Benefits―a standalone prequel to the Friends with Benefits series.
How it all began for two friends. Hot Passion, Disappointment, and a Sea Cruise Setting A few years ago, I read book one and found it an engaging blend of general fiction, hot romance, and comedy about two middle aged women who pursue what will make them happy. Jillian has ended a marriage of 20 years with a cheating husband and now must get her mojo back while the wild Victoria continues to live life large.Â
A decent premise with disappointing execution There’s really not much plot, it just bounces from character to character and jumps between sex scenes with some brief dialogue in between. I didn’t particularly like any of the characters, but it’s hard to like such shallowly-written characters. It’s also very poorly edited – e.g. “his body shuttered as she simply held him.” The word should be “shuddered,” and it’s in there more than once, among other typos. This could have been a fun premise, but was disappointing in…
Silly, silly, silly There is a reason (actually maybe many reasons) this book was free. It was one of the silliest books I’ve ever read. The plot was far-fetched, the writing was pretty terrible and the characters were not very believable. I lost track of the number of times the author used the word “scoffed” and I think he only used it correctly once. There were way too many grammatical errors for someone who is supposedly a professional writer. I find it hard to believe that 2 women who’ve just met would…