Cathryn Fox, Pleasure Control

Pleasure Control

Cathryn Fox

Avon, November 2006, $13.95

ISBN: 0060898569

Lab partners Laura Manning and Jay Cutler are concerned that their funding might be cut, especially if their grant request is rejected. Jay says he will serve as the guinea pig to see if their serum will suppress male libidos, as their work must remain top secret, so no one else would do. Laura says if this works on "Little Jay" it would on everyone, as he has a different woman seemingly every weekend. He insists that she be his accompaniment this time to insure he is okay, and to keep their work out of the hands of corporate spies.

As they spend the weekend together, Little Jay seems to prove their elixir fails, as it has a mind of its own when it comes to Laura. She begins to believe her dreams of loving him forever may come true, while he wonders if perhaps he is not the cold-hearted SOB that his mom insisted he is, as he now knows his feelings that he hid from with a plethora of females mean love. However, both have doubts, as this is a chemical experiment.

PLEASURE CONTROL feels like a modern day but much hotter version of the Grant-Rogers film Monkey Business. The lead couple are a delightful pairing of two scientists with doubts about relationships outside the Bunsen burner world. The storyline hooks the audience from the start, and keeps readers throughout in a one sitting pleasurable read.