The Dining Club is more than the name implies. It is a place to discover how far you are willing to challenge your sensuality and discover/expand your sexual horizon. This is erotica at its best.

Our story follows Grace as she discovers David, the man she has fallen in love with, cannot commit to his love for her, unless she is able to discover and participate in the kind of lovemaking that makes him complete. The Dining Club provides a series of tests which will expose Grace to BDSM. If she is able to complete the 4 trials involved, David will be able to finally fully commit to her.

The trials, although not extreme, left me wondering how far could someone go to prove love and commitment. Through this serial novel, we come to know our characters in some depth. This serial novel evolves through 8 different insttallments. We ourselves are placed in the trials with Grace, making us wonder how we ourselves would survive each test.

This story is brilliantly written, with full character development and a great plot line. The ending is good but leaves me wondering if the author is considering a spinoff novel or novels. There are characters in this novel I would love to read more about! ( )

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Crave by Marina Anderson is the third book in the eight part serial "The Dining Club". I don't know if it was because I got sucked in so quickly or if it just really was so short. It's the same length as the last two books but seemed shorter.

I felt a little cheated that it ended so quickly, and I am not one to usually complain about serial novel lengths and prices. Unfortunately, I have been sucked in and will continue on to book four, Seduce.

I knew early on that I didn't like Amber and this book just made that all the more true.

A short review for a short book. ( )