I just got done reading a book on my new Kindle (have a mentioned how in love with it I am?) by my dear friend JulieAnn. Yes, I did initially get it, and read it, in support of my friend (it helped that I already knew her to be a talented writer) but, I thoroughly enjoyed it because it is just a damn good book.
Official Synopsis:
Chelsea Sarkozy is a 40-year old misanthropic prude with a penchant for snark. Mean snark. Her prudish nature has her believing that everything is a "gateway" to something disgusting. As Chelsea puts it, "There are places faces should never go."
Her husband abandons her for a younger man named Hank, an insult to injury since Hank's thighs are bigger than hers. Chelsea is left homeless, job-less and option-less. When her estranged (and strange) mother dies, she leaves Chelsea a large inheritance with one condition: she must take over her sexual advice blog and porn production --er, instructional video company. Broke and out of choices, Chelsea has no alternative but to hold her nose, clench her eyes shut and take the businesses head on. So to speak.
The blog is called "Mom's 'Vice," and although Chelsea reluctantly agrees to tackle it, she soon realizes she's out of her depth. She needs help. Chelsea turns to an aging "entertainer" and self-proclaimed mystic, an enigmatic journalist with a penchant for drama and latex, and Wanker, a handsome, mild-mannered deviant who is also her unfortunate tenant.
Just as things can't get any better, Chelsea discovers that a drunken good-bye fling with her ex has left her pregnant.
Despite the fact her life resembles a bad country song, Chelsea dives into the colorful world of sexual fetishism and freedom, but soon she begins to receive strange notes from an anonymous stalker. Convinced it's Wanker's attempt to scare her into abandoning the lucrative business, she re-doubles her efforts to keep the production company going. With the help of her odd posse, she travels down the dark, quirky, and out-right unusual path of hilarious sexual eccentricities through her research, research that begins to slowly but surely open her puritanical mind.
As Chelsea takes the unwilling jaunt into the sexual healing of others, she's forced to face her own psyche (peeking through her fingers) and learns how to accept and even embrace the people who turn to her for advice and understanding. Much to her surprise, Chelsea discovers that life may just exist below her own belt after all as she watches her burgeoning belly grow, her mind opening, and the relentless encroachment of her long-lost libido. Hey, there may even be room for a little latex.
I give it many stars. If you're looking for a good, entertaining, laugh out loud, hilariously naughty read - check out TDTM by
JA Carter-Winward.
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