Nights of Silk and Sapphire

by Professor Amber Jacobs

[Angie]

I wasn't sure about Nights of Silk and Sapphire at the beginning, but by the halfway point I was hooked. This book is steamy as heck! Dae was kidnapped by slave traders on her way to meet the man she was suppose to marry. While traveling through the desert, Zafirah spies the caravan, rescues Dae, and kills her kidnappers. Zafirah is Scion of the desert people and will not tolerate being disrespected in this way. She brings Dae back to her harem in hopes of bedding her, but Dae is from a place were two women are forbidden from being together and has trouble accepting her new situation.

Nights of Silk and Sapphire starts off very slow. It's also a bit repetitive as Zafirah repeatedly tells Dae that she wants her, but will not force her, and then having Dae tell her that she'll never want her and yet always watching. A lot of that could have been condensed, but maybe drawing it out made the second half of the book more rewarding, because it picks up the pace a lot! It takes Dae several weeks to warm up to the openness of the harem, but once she decides to give in to her curiosity, things are GO GO GO! This is definitely a great Erotic Fantasy! A cold shower will be needed after several of these scenes.

Nights of Silk and Sapphire does have plot. Zafirah's country is facing an impending war, and of course that pulls our lovers apart for a little while, further dragging out the torture of them finally hooking up! But that's mostly what it's there for, to add a little conflict, danger, and anticipation to the romance causing Dae and Zafirah to explode in a fiery ball of lust once the war is over. I didn't mind that at all.

There's really not much for me to say about Nights of Silk and Sapphire other than that it's sexy as heck. It's certainly not a traditional romance, as Zafirah has her harem and had no intention of giving it up. And Dae is very tempted by other girls in the harem who started her "education" on female pleasure. I just loved it.

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