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    Under His Influence

    By Justine Elyot

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    Anna Rice is avoiding a coworker's advances when she encounters enigmatic John Stone at a trendy London bar. With his impeccable suits, salt-and-pepper hair and suave demeanor, John is unlike any of the boys Anna has dated in the past: he's definitely all man. It's not long before Anna is head over heels in love, and experiencing out-of-this world erotic dreams.

    Reporter Mimi Leblanc is wary of her best friend's latest romance. There's just something about John... But nothing Mimi digs up about him can deter Anna. Determined to protect Anna, Mimi continues her investigationsand what she uncovers about John is the last thing she ever imagined. But perhaps even more shocking is her own growing attraction to him...

    68,000 words
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarina Press
    Release dateJan 30, 2012
    ISBN9781426893131
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    Justine Elyot

    Justine Elyot is the author of the bestselling erotic novels On Demand and The Business of Pleasure, as well as enough short stories to fill several anthologies. She can be found on Twitter @JustineElyot and sharing the wealth on facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000057776729. Full blow-by-blow details of her goings-on can be found at her website: http://justineelyot.com/.

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    • 3/5
      UNDER HIS INFLUENCE is a dark erotic novel that, while well-written, crossed lines that prevented me from enjoying it. It involves relationships that are deceptive, manipulative, emotionless, and at times tainted by fear.

      There are four main characters in the novel. At first it seems like our hero and heroine are Anna and John, with Anna's co-workers Mimi and Liam filling friend roles in the background.

      Anna is a sweet young thing and falls head over heels for John the second she meets him. John introduces himself as a hedge fund manager, but he's clearly hiding something. He sweeps Anna off her feet with unnatural charm and rushes the relationship along at a frightening speed. Anna is too naive to be suspicious, and the early scenes of their courtship are creepy and compelling. I couldn't tell if John was a hero or a villain, but he was definitely sexy.

      Mimi - the caring but condescending friend character - is convinced from the beginning that a handsome, rich, older man like John wouldn't be interested in silly little Anna. She ropes Liam into helping her investigate John and tries to convince Anna to end the relationship.

      It's hard to say more without giving away serious spoilers, but I think a little more advance warning is necessary. So feel free to continue past the spoiler tags. I hesitate to recommend this book, especially to anyone who doesn't know what's in store.



      It's not clear at the beginning but there is a supernatural element to the story and John is not fully human. He doesn't possess the full range of human emotions, love being conspicuously absent, which is why he finds it so easy to discard Anna halfway through the novel to pursue Mimi instead.

      As a reader of romances, I do get really frustrated when suave, worldly heroes fall for TSTL heroines reeking of childlike innocence...but as Mimi emerges as the novel's true heroine, her smug sense of worldly superiority and her conviction that Anna can't handle complicated and evil John while she, Mimi, has the strength of character to take him on was kind of revolting.

      It turns out that everyone has their justifications, John maybe isn't as evil as he seems during his cruelest moments, Mimi really does care about Anna and want the best for her, and Liam's around to pick up the pieces. John completely lost his appeal for me after he dumped Anna, but readers looking for creepy, sordid erotic fiction (with a paranormal bent) will find plenty to savor here.

    • 1/5
      Did not enjoy this book at all could not read the last half, just a very silly story