Temptation (Under Mr. Nolan's Bed #1) by Selena Kitt Read

Reviewer: Judith
Nolan Trilogy: Temptation, Confession, Grace past Selena Kitt
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication Appointment: May 15th 2013
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 628
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What happens when you lot autumn in love with your best friend's father... in the 1950s... the perfect "innocent" properties for this wicked coming-of-age romance trilogy!

--------- FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING & AWARD WINNING Author SELENA KITT --------- "It'south similar Flowers in the Cranium meets Eyes Wide Close..."

"Pb the states not into temptation..." ~Matthew 6:13

NOLAN TRILOGY COMPLETE Gear up This serial has over 100 Amazon Reviews and an boilerplate 4.5 rating! Fans say, "This is the BEST trilogy I ever read!"

TEMPTATION CONFESSION GRACE

This edgy, page-turning saga isn't just a trilogy, it's an enthralling reading experience, a not-terminate roller coaster ride of emotion that will continue you on the edge of your seat, giving y'all bewilderment subsequently cliffhanger until the final, jaw-dropping climax.

The mystery and secrets revealed in this new Selena Kitt Classic volition take you lot praying for forgiveness before information technology's all over, but in the end, will restore your religion in the triumph of the human spirit and the overwhelming power of love.

TEMPTATION

What happens when y'all fall in dearest with your best friend'south father?

Leah is a good, Catholic girl, and she and Erica accept been all-time friends since their get-go communion. Sure, Erica's father is handsome and charming, but Leah spends then much fourth dimension at the Nolan's--simply Erica and her famous, photographer father now, since Erica'due south mother died--that she's practically part of the family.

Both girls take led privileged, sheltered lives and are on the "good daughter" runway at St. Mary Magdalene's Preparatory College, Leah pursuing her love of trip the light fantastic and Erica sating her endless marvel as editor of the newspaper. Neither of them could have ever imagined that one fateful discovery will non but push the boundaries of their strict, repressive upbringing, but the bonds of their friendship also.

Leah certainly never could accept imagined finding herself torn between her best friend and her best friend'south father. Certain, Leah'due south mother had e'er talked nearly Mr. Nolan equally "a catch," but Leah herself had never thought of him equally annihilation other than just Erica'due south dad--until the girls observe something darkly erotic nether Mr. Nolan's bed, a deep, shameful underground that will not only lead them into temptation, simply volition deliver them into a far greater revelation than whatever of them could always have imagined.

If yous read the original Under Mr. Nolan's Bed, you volition find this retelling a richer feel with deeper secrets to reveal.

CONFESSION

The shocking discovery best friends Leah and Erica have made nether Mr. Nolan'southward bed has them downward the wicked path of temptation, both girls veering far from the narrow path dictated by their strict Cosmic upbringing, and their sexual transgressions accept had unintended consequences.

Erica finds her life turned upside down when Leah falls for Erica's father, only just equally Erica is beginning to have their love for each other, Leah disappears. Bewildered and abandoned, Erica and Mr. Nolan are faced with sadness and confusion at their loss, merely while Mr. Nolan spirals into mourning, Erica is determined to notice her friend.

Erica can't possibly know why Leah has vanished, but when she enlists the assist of Father Michael, her search and the real reason for Leah'south disappearance intersect to uncover a multitude of shocking confessions and a secret that volition milkshake not only the foundation of their faith, but the unabridged establishment of the Catholic Church itself.

GRACE

Childhood friends Leah and Erica have been sacrificial lambs at the altar of a scandalous corruption within the Catholic Church, violated by those who accept, in their lust for power, turned the sacred profane.

The mystery of Leah'south disappearance results in a long-awaited reunion, simply information technology is tainted by both their loss of innocence and a deep, unfathomable sorrow, which only leads to more secrets.

OMG!! I say it again: OMG, what an amazing set of novels. Simply to have read one would accept been heed extraordinary, simply I sat down and read all three from start to cease. I literally galloped through but know that I will be going back and re-reading this trilogy in the near futurity.

This beautifully written set of novels is, by the author'south own statement, on its 3rd re-write, and now the story has been moved into the sexually oppressed 50's with all it's hiddenness almost the human body, when school boards were at the core of community fights over sex education in the public schools, and when social mores and the influence of church and family was far stronger than it is today. I think it must be difficult for younger contemporary readers to fifty-fifty conceive of some of the worries teens had in those days, but as one who was a high school student during the l's, I well remember the was sexual practice was discussed formally besides as the whispers and gossip in cloak rooms (they still existed in schools), abreast hall lockers, and in gym locker rooms. (I don't think able-bodied locker rooms, even in public clubs too as connected to professional sports accept changed all that much.) In this story there are 2 teenage girls who are on a journey of discovery. They have been best friends, sort of like the joined-at-the-hip kind of best friends, with one girl existence the "educator" of the other as they detect and savor the sexual photographic treasures found nether the bed and in locked caches of one girl'southward father, the titular Mr. Nolan. He is a widower, a middle aged man who has made his fame and fortune as a photographic genius, world-reknown and the artist that many young photographic wannabees look to. Few if any individuals know that Mr. Nolan has a earth-course enshroud of erotica, dwelling house-grown porn films and such that he thinks are safety from his girl but said daughter is viewing said erotica freely and greatly adding to the information archives of her all-time friend. If that were all this story was most, it would be interesting. What has made it riveting is that as these girls grow in their sensation of sexuality in themselves and others, they are also gradually becoming aware that something is very "off" nigh this whole drove.

Exist prepared: this story gets ugly and information technology is emotional and draining and the kind of shocker that is set in historical reality. That's probably what makes it and so raw and unyielding in its content as well as the way all that is going on in the context affects the lives of these girls and those around them. Yous have Leah's mom, a single mom who has managed to make her way in the world, who is executive secretary to a prominent attorney who may or may not be her lover, and who is deeply committed to her Roman Catholic faith equally are all the players in this story. She was best friends with Mr. Nolan's at present-dead wife, a woman who admittedly insisted that her daughter be given the best of a Catholic education as did Leah'south mom. Y'all have two Catholic priests, one is the Monsignor and the other a parish priest, both of whom are highly visible in the story and who waft in and out of the lives of these two girls. The younger priest becomes focus of an infatuation past Mr. Nolan'due south daughter, a longing that she knows can never be fulfilled but which brings this immature girl and this frustrated priest into a very doubtable human relationship. This story may very well offend those who have been fabricated very uncomfortable past the gimmicky church sexual scandals, but this author has been bold to write about stuff that was deeply hidden and carefully protected until the ripple consequence brought down the house of cards, so to speak. However, lives were terribly damaged and relationships ruined considering of secrets–the dark and evil kind of secrets that gave power to the wrong kind of people.

I approximate my sense with this trilogy was that we all demand to visit the dark side from time to time. We all need to be reminded that none of us can ever allow ourselves to lose sight of the fact that at that place is a perverse and potentially hurtful part of all of us and that chapters to hurt can practice unthinkable things when information technology is "let out to play." That at that place is redemption for some of the people in this story is the "light at the end of the tunnel." Be prepared, however, to be shocked and stunned at the manner information technology all plays out because I really don't call up any reader volition be able to predict what happens nor can anyone truly exist prepared for how lives are changed considering of the evil that is turned loose over several generations.

Allow me emphasize again, that there is indeed redemption here. There are moments when the reader will be overwhelmed with the long-term effects of ane private's actions; at that place will likewise exist portions of the story that volition restore the reader'due south religion in the goodness of people. There is deep hurt here that the author has exposed with a sure hand, raw and open wounds that have not healed after many hears, deep sadness that but won't go away. But all that is role of the mess these characters endure, some of which take been years in the making. There are some relationships that will be unwieldy to many readers, and Leah's relationship with Mr. Nolan will both others. All in all, I but found it to be all of a piece, a look at lives that had been thrown out of whack long before these ii girls had ever been born and which played out in very different ways.

Kudos to Ms Kitt for a gutsy piece of writing. I don't know if I would have preferred to read these novels with altitude and time between each ane, or if I am glad to have been able to process them all together. Suffice it to say, they are overwhelming in their telescopic and in the emotional punch they deliver. Lots of sex–raw and sometimes dirty sex–but I never felt information technology was complimentary outside the telescopic and dimensions of the story. Somehow information technology all fit.

And then if y'all are upward to a trilogy that volition be some very serious, thought-provoking reading, then take at these three novels. They certainly gave me something to think about initially and the thoughts and feelings have continued on for many days.

I give this trilogy a rating of 4.75 out of five.

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