Slade (Walk Of Shame #1) Paperback – 1 Jun. 2014

This is my first Victoria Ashley book and I really enjoyed it, although it wont be everyone's cup of tea.It is a smutty, hedonistic, slightly perverse and (a little bit) heart-wrenching tale of a guy called Slade and a girl called Aspen.Slade works in a strip bar and will bang any female that moves, but only once.Aspen has run to her life-long friend (Slade's room-mate) as her relationship hit the skids.Aspen most definitely wasn't looking for any kind of romantic entanglement, never mind an entanglement with a guy like Slade. But! The entanglement and attachment happens and I'm sure you can imagine the shenanigans and heartbreaks that occur as a result.I found Slade's manwhoreishness to be a lot to handle while reading this book, and I like to think I can handle a lot. I wanted to beat him over the head with a blunt object at various points throughout the - fairly short - book, but I loved watching him fall, loved learning about his heartbreaking past and how he became the person he is, watching him come back to life and want to reach for something meaningful again.Of course, when he reaches for that something meaningful Aspen's past chucks a spanner in the works and makes me want to clobber her over the nut with a blunt object so, it was a book of emotional ups and downs.The book ends with a nice enough happy for now, but I would have liked an epilogue or something to see of they stand the test of time as I'm not 100% convinced they will, which sucked just a little bit. I like to know the characters I've invested time and emotion in are happy. (Yes, yes, I know they aren't real...)Maybe we'll get to see some more of them in future Walk Of Shame books and that will alleviate my concerns?Anyway, the writing was good, the characters (main and secondary) were certainly interesting and engaging and if you are not adverse to a good amount of smut, give it a go! I'll certainly be picking up the next in the series.

This was the first book that I've read by this author, but I've had the book on my kindle for a while. I have mixed feelings on this book, because the first half I wasn't keen on, the stripping, the meaningless sex, the attitude, it just didn't sit well with me. Then Aspen, she annoyed the life out of me for the first 60% of the book. She took blowing hot and cold to a new level. However, then the story changed. The back story to Slade come out, the back story to Aspen come out, and the dynamics changed. The characters changed in the blink of an eye and my heart broke for Slade. Then it ends, and I'm desperate for more. I just felt the beginning of the book was pointless sex, stripping, and more sex, but the real story was over before it really begun. I will have to read book 2, just to see what happens with Slade and Aspen, because so much was left unanswered.This is a quick story, and if you like a lot of sex scenes and harsh talk this is a book for you.

This short novella really packs a sexy punch!I love Slade, Cale and Hemy and I want them all to dance for me please.For a short novella this book has a lovely story.Slade is a damaged and tortured man he uses sex to numb the past hurt, he cannot feel it’s just too painful for him, drink and meaningless sex are what gets him through the day, that is until Aspen walks into his life.Aspen isn’t like all the other women Slade is used too, she doesn’t fall at his feet she’s feisty. Slade shouldn’t want her, Aspen shouldn’t want him , but they have a pull towards each other.Slade and Aspen practically combust when together, they are sexy hot, melt into a puddle hot.When Slade reveals the reason why he acts the way he does my heart strings pulled so tight I wanted to hug him right along with Aspen, then when Aspens secret is revealed I wanted to slap he silly, I was thinking hasn’t he been hurt enough.I loved this story it was a wonderful bit of escapism, well written with great main characters and really good secondary characters that I cannot wait to read more from.

A great hot sexy book about one of the Walk Shame strip club workers by Victoria Ashley. She has created two very charismatic characters and the first chapter draws you in.... Wow that scene is hot!!!Slade is a troubled man who numbs his pain with sexy and alcohol, he has a body worth flaunting and he does that well, but never ever returns to a woman after one night.Aspen is a woman seeking some space and needing to deciding what she wants so goes to stop with her friend Cale, Slade's house mate. This is where the fun and games begin of refusing to give in to temptation and what happens when you let someone in...I won't spoil your reading, but this book is fast paced, well written and full of heat.

Omg , if you love hot sex scenes , male strippers with a body to die for and a real good story line then this is the book for you . I have spoken to many people who have read this book and we've all come to the same conclusion : hot and steamy , orgasm's that can blow your mind but the best of all ; the story . Once you open that first page you are in trouble of neglecting the outside world . Your heat beat races because you get turned on over some serious pantie wetting sex that your jealous over ( don't ask me how you get turned on by this , you just do !) , you read with a lump in your throat and a knot in you stomach .Victoria Ashley has certainly got a way with words and I am and will be a massive fan forever . Oh , and by the way , it's not going to be long before I read it again