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Name of Book: Getting Physical Author: Jade Lee ISBN: 9781426838910 Publisher: Harlequin Blaze Part of a Series: Modern Tigress, The Tao of Sex prequel Type of book: Hong Kong, Chinese mogul, incubator, Tigress, romance, adult, 2000s Year it was published: 2009 Summary: When savvy business student Zoe crosses paths with sexy international businessman Stephen--a Tantric master--she's about to get a transcendent learning experience The sex is incredible, mind-blowing, life changing Unfortunately, it also comes with a time limit. Because Stephen's home is on the other side of the world. Still, Zoe's going to enjoy every moment with her skillful, exotic lover. But it isn't long before she realizes she'll have to choose. Does she want to hold on to the life she has...or have a lifetime of feeling his body move against hers? Like there's a choice... Characters: The characters are much more mature than Nathan and Tracy in Tao of Sex. Ther...

Name of Book: Burning Tigress Author: Jade Lee ISBN: 0-8439-5688-7 Publisher: Leisure Historical Part of a Series: Tigress series Type of book: romance, interracial relationship Asian male/white female, 1881-1899, China, tigress, adult, romance Year it was published: 2006 Summary: The Tigress: the Chinese symbol for female sexuality; the counterpart of the male "dragon"; a priestess of a Taoist sect. Charlotte Wicks wanted more. Running her parents' Shanghai household and caring for her sick brother was necessary drudgery, but a true 19th century woman deserved something deeper-her body cried out for it! Through a Taoist method, her friend Joanna Crane had reached Heaven on Earth, became a Tigress, found true bliss. Why should Charlotte be denied the same? She'd seen the scrolls. All she needed was guidance. Her mother would call her wanton. Wicked. She would label Charlotte's curiosity evil, and invoke divine judgment. Certainly the teac...

Name of Book: Under His Spell Author: Kathy Lyons/Jade Lee ISBN: 978-0-373-79539-0 Publisher: Harlequin Blaze Type of book: Romance, adult, corporate, 2011, hypnosis Year it was published: 2010 Summary:  Nicky Taylor is a driven executive. A total control freak. And magician Jimmy Ray has loved her forever. When he spots her in the audience, he realizes he finally has a chance to fulfil his own lifelong fantasy. With a little help from Dr. Mesmer, that is... Who'd have guessed that a little hypnotism would unleash Nicky's wildly sexual nature? Or that Jimmy's powers of persuasion would encourage her to burn up the bedsheets with him that night...and the nights after. She's the perfect woman. Unfortunately Jimmy's pretty sure Nicky's still under his spell. And he has to change that. Because he's quickly falling under hers... Characters: Nicky is a workaholic and over-achiever when it comes to everything. (I am honestly surprised th...

Name of Book: Hungry Tigress Author: Jade Lee ISBN: 0-8439-5504-X Publisher: Leisure Historical Romance Part of a Series: Tigress Sextet: White Tigress Prequel; Corned Tigress, Burning Tigress Desperate Tigress and Tempted Tigress sequels. Type of book: China, 1896-1898, Tigress, Tao, Adult, interracial relationship, Asian male/white female Year it was published: 2005 Summary: The Tigress: the counterpart to the "male" dragon; the Chinese symbol for female sexuality; a priestess of the Taoist sect seeking enlightenment through ecstasy. Joanna Crane joined China's Boxe Rebellion because of the emptiness inside her. SHe was tired of being her rich daddy's showpiece and had a hunger to do good. But when the rebels-anti-foreigner bandits with a taste for white flesh-turned out worse than their ruthless Qin enemies, her onyl hope was a Shaolin master with fists of steel and eyes like ice. A Shaolin master who was not what he seemed. He had no wi...

Name of book: White Tigress Author: Jade Lee ISBN: 0-8439-5393-4 Publisher: Leisure Part of a Series: Tigress Sextet. Sequels: Hungry Tigress, Cornered Tigress, Burning Tigress, Desperate Tigress, Tempted Tigress Type of book: Adult, China, Asian male/white female relationship, 1857-1897 Year it was published: 2005 Summary: The Dragon: the Chinese symbol of maleness, virility, power. The Tiger: feminity, fortune, desire. Two symbols. Two people. One all-consuming passion. Englishwoman Lydia Smith sailed to the Orient seeking her fiance. She found treachery instead. In seedy Shanghai, she was drugged, sold, and made a slave to a dark-eyed dragon of a man. But while her captor purchased her body, was that what he truly sought? He demanded not her virginity but her yin-the essence of her ecstasy-and there seemed no choice ubt to consent. What harm, Lydia wondered, was there in allowing him to pleasure her, to teach her, until she could flee? It was the danger-...

Name of book: The Tao of Sex Author Name: Jade Lee ISBN: 978-0-373-79378-5 Publisher: Harlequin Blaze Type of book: Adult, contemporary, interracial, white female/Asian male relationship Year it was published: 2008 Sort of a sequel: Getting Physical Summary: Discovering that she's a Tantric sex goddess has given Tracy Williams a new mantra: more, more, more...And the source of that divine revelation is her hunky Chinese-born erotica instructor. When her yin bumps up against his yang, she's literally communing with heaven. Now that he has awoken her inner power, Nathan Gao is obligated to bring Tracy to the sacred Hong Kong temple for a life of training and devotion. No matter how much he wants her for himself. But when he makes her choose-sex or love-is he ready for the consequences? Characters: I really have enjoyed reading about Tracy and Nathan. Tracy is a strong female character who is struggling with life, trying to be a mother placement for her bro...

Name of book: Tempted Tigress Author Name: Jade Lee ISBN:  10-0-8439-5690-9 Publisher:  Leisure Type of book:  Adult, romance, historical, China, interracial relationship white female/asian male Part of Series: Tigress Sextet? #6 Year it was published:  2007 Summary:  Not only did China's Grand Canal transport food, slaves, and deadly opium, today it was a woman's path to freedom. But her flight would end in the arms of the emperor's enforcer, where another journey would begin. Orphaned and stranded, Anna Marie Thompson could trust no one, especially not her dark captor. Not when his eyes held secrets deadlier than her own. His caress was liquid fire, but Anna was an Englishwoman and alone. She could not trust that they could tame the dragon, as he whispered, or that sadness and fear could be cleansed by soft yin rain. Safety and joy were but a breath away. And perhaps love. All was there for the taking, if she would just give in to temptatio...