Bermuda laid bare

A steamy novel uses Bermuda as the backdrop for a torrid romance.

Bare in Bermuda was released last week by Livia Ellis, the author of the Memoirs of a Gigolo series. 

The cover of the book was revealed in June. It features a woman, wet from either the shower or the beach, droplets of water upon her skin, straddling a well-muscled man with a white towel being ripped from her body as the pair get ready for some serious action as the sun sets over their shoulders.

Ms Ellis wrote on her blog “the gorgeous cover that just so perfectly conveys the sultry tone and sensuality of Bare in Bermuda, I couldn’t keep it to myself. 

A brief teaser from the book states:

“’Have you ever fantasized about picking up a total stranger in an airport and having your way with them?’

“’What makes you think I haven’t picked up a total stranger in an airport and had my way with them?’

“The look in his eyes and the tilt of his mouth told her what she needed to know. They were equally bored and up for a bit of naughty, flirty talk that might or might not lead to something more, depending on the direction Hurricane Delores decided to take.”

The blurb on Amazon about Bare in Bermuda states: “Seriously devoted to her job, Dr. Henna Hirsch has strict standards for herself and for the man in her life-— exactly the reason there isn’t one.

“Everyone wants her to be more like her spontaneous and much younger sister who’s marrying a man in Bermuda she’s known for three months. 

“On the way to the wedding, a mucho caliente cowboy in the airport lounge mistakes her for a prostitute, and she decides to let the moment take her where it will. Even if it’s a mile high.

‘Whimsical beauty’

“Wealthy Colombian widower Eduardo Salazar lost the love of his life and never expects to find love again. Until the whimsical beauty he mistook for a lady of the evening winds up on the same flight to Bermuda — and at the same hotel.

“Then he discovers their mutual agenda — the wedding of her sister and his son. 

“A strong believer in destiny, he sets out to convince Henna they are meant to be.”

The Bermuda Sun attempted to contact Ms Ellis through social media but did not get a response, but were offered a free copy of Memoirs of a Gigolo. n