Title: Unleashing the Storm
Author: Sydney Croft
Sub-Genre: Contemporary/Paranormal
Series: ACRO series/Storm trio, Book 2
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Sometimes a girl's just gotta' have it raw. No "fade to black." No flowery, "surging helms of manhood" crap. Just cut-to-the chase, up-against-the-anything-that-won't-tip-over S-E-X. with screaming, multiple benefits.

Oh, and a wicked little happily ever after on top, please.

That's why so many of us love erotic romance. It feeds the girlie heart and arouses the sensual woman within, in ways that make the body zing! And, yeah, sometimes we read it just for the zing.

To be good for me, erotic romance doesn't have to be much more than a well-conveyed series of dramatically arousing sensual imagery strung together by some kind of logical plot — something to get me from "Hey, babe," to together forever.

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But the best erotic romance — the stuff that keeps us up nights and gets us downloading e-books at 2 a.m — is the kind that combines skillful storytelling with terrific writing. These books slip us into the hero and heroine's sizzling hot passion, not only to turn us on, but also to let us experience how exploring mutual desire and satisfaction helps lead the couple toward a healthy, loving relationship.

One new erotic romance that does just that — in a deliciously wild and shockingly sexy way — is "Unleashing the Storm," book 2 in Sydney Croft's hot new ACRO series.

ACRO agent Tom "Ender" Knight is on a mission to "convince" Kira Donovan to join forces with his fellow ACRO team operatives with rare gifts — whether she wants to or not. But Ender can't approach Kira like all the other girls he's known and enjoyed mastering. First, she's an "empath," a psychic who has the rare ability to "feel" what animals feel. And second: she's in heat.

Yes, each year, at exactly this time, spring fever hits Kira. The intense need to mate with a man — any man — is one she can't fight, or avoid. Yet it's not sensual fun and games for Kira; she'll literally die if her body's desperate needs aren't satisfied.

Lucky for Tom, he's generously primed to step up to the plate. You see, Tom's rare gift as an "excedo" means he's kind of "more, bigger and better" in every way imaginable. And he knew part of his mission might be to service Kira right up to the doors of the ACRO compound.

In his defense, Tom did have a "B" plan to get Kira to ACRO, thus keeping her out of the hands of an evil rival agency. But that plan would put an abrupt halt to their out-of-hand sexual thrills — as well as Kira's life. So Ender and Kira work on plan C: They try to figure out how two people who thought they'd seen all life ever was going to offer, suddenly think they might deserve a little more.

"Unleashing the Storm" is emotionally satisfying, as well as fiercely erotic. The sexual tension is urgent and driving; it refuses to subside. That's because the writing duo that is Sydney Croft (Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler) shows Kira's need in an aching, frantic way sensual women understand. Then they gift us with Ender, who delivers high-emotion sexual fantasy even we veteran erotic romance fans find refreshing.

"Unleashing the Storm" is followed this August by Croft's "Seduced by the Storm." Pre-order that baby to make sure you have the book — and its unbelievably hot cover — at hand when you need it. Don't be caught unprepared —

Buy the books.

Explore the erotic world of ACRO at http://www.sydneycroft.com/.