Young Wife Gets a Sensual Massage Paperback – December 18, 2016

Less pregnancy talk...more lipstick talk. Have the girl applying lipstick, wearing lipstick, leaving lipstick prints.

Jake and Anny are a happily married young couple who find themselves increasingly attracted to an unconventional sex life after randomly picking a vacation activity from their hotel's guide book. The sensual massage Anny gets as a result, while relatively tame, sends both their imaginations along a path of arousal at the idea of Anny being touched and pleasured by a man other than Jake.While this is very much a book about sex, and we gain almost no insight into the two main characters' back-stories or interests, author Matt Coolomon elevates the novel from its somewhat base concept in two major ways. First, he writes impeccably, in a prose style that's fluid and enjoyable, yet never draws attention to itself . And second -- and more importantly from my perspective -- he takes the time to make both Jake and Anny feel like real people by giving them both sweet, kind-hearted dispositions and a healthy dose of uncertainty over the lifestyle they're fantasizing about. Their personalities remain appealing and sympathetic throughout, even if social mores would insist that Anny is being a slut and Jake a passive wimp. Each of them has such a great affection for the other, and such a profound interest in making the other happy, that their exploration of this particular kink feels almost appropriate ... and I say "almost" because an element of the fun comes from this being an illicit, taboo undertaking, and that requires the characters and the reader alike to feel some measure of uneasiness about it.In many ways, this is a book that can very much be judged by its cover -- which ordinarily might not be a great compliment. But in this case, the cover really does tell you what you're getting into: it's overtly sexual, and clearly about one single-minded thing ... yet it also evokes a certain purity, beauty, and sweetness along with its prurience.If the cuckolding genre doesn't fundamentally repel you, and if you like reading stories about nice people, where the conflict is all about the characters struggling with their own desires and not with each other, then I highly recommend this book. Coolomon is a talented writer who knows how to create a slow simmer and then bring it to a frothy, messy boil at just the right moment.

Very different from a typical read for me, this was purely a raunchy read. If looking for completely mindless and purely sex this is for you.