Title:
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor

Author:
Treva Harte

Published By:
Loose Id

ISBN #:
1-59632-003-6

Release Date:
Available Now

Format:
Electronic

This is a futuristic story of the few surviving women who live in protected keeps. Jewel, a healer of Castle M’Cee, is only 24, and already she is bored to death with this cloistered, predictable existence. Sure, one woman gives her “favor” every month to the male winner of a tournament held outside the walls. But that is only in hopes that she will become pregnant. It’s not like they really get to know any of those rough, rowdy men. However, one should be careful what one wishes for, because one might get it.

The small population of women at Castle Bloomingdell have sent a call for help to Castle M’Cee. No woman has gotten pregnant for 6 years in spite of enthusiastic “favoring” every month. So healer Jewel is sent to help them. Unfortunately, like all of the women at M’Cee, she’s never been out of the keep. How is she supposed to find her way to Bloomingdell, without attracting the attention of men who might kidnap her?

In this story, the author features three women characters upon whom the story centers. Trying to tell three stories at the same time is difficult, but Harte accomplishes it quite well. Each story is simple and separate, and yet entwines with the others to form a more complex story. This is a very interesting technique, and I enjoyed the result. The female characters are sympathetic and likeable, and the male characters are much more complex than the females think they are. The man/woman sex scenes are erotic, but not as explicit as some I have read. The only problem I had with this book is that it has a cliffhanger ending. I hope that the author has plans to make this the first book of a series, because I would really like to know what happens to Jewel and her friends.

Reviewed by: Jean