Tristan’s Secret Life (Billionaire Taboo Erotica) by Connie Cliff is a very well thought out plot that links Tristan’s home life through a delicious crush on his step-sister that leads him into the world of attack fantasy. The writing is very clear in each section. The book jumps around in time to weave Tristan’s past into his present expertly. I can see why this is ranked as a best-seller in Amazon’s Lesbian Erotica. There are three very hot sex scenes, all with some taboos surrounding them. One sex scene is a girl on girl scene that seems to be an ultra-popular topic with many readers.

Personally, I would have liked the sex scenes and the dialogue to be a little rougher, but if you’re reading on my site then you already know that that’s my fetish. I want guys calling girls whores and stuffing their throats with cock but that kind of erotic porn isn’t for everyone. I would imagine most readers will find the writing in Tristan’s Secret Life professional and the level of kink to be just about perfect. I give this 4.5 stars (losing the .5 due to lack of roughness, especially in the rape fantasy, and due to a mediocre cover, which I think under-performs the story). I’m including another Connie Cliff cover that I find scrumptious (there’s nothing like a big, juicy booty!)

The story is really solid, filled with sensory detail that will get your motor running. Connie can really write. She excels in telling back-story that enriches the characterizations so that there is a real heat between the characters. When we get to the juicy parts I’m all ready to climax. I recommend this to all erotica readers, regardless of your kink.

A short email interview with Connie:

Since reviewing this book I’ve come to correspond with Connie a little bit by email and thought you might like to know a little more about her

You can find her on twitter or amazon.

MJ: Tell me your story.

Connie Cliff: I have a professional type job during the day and need to keep much of my behind the scenes persona incognito. That said, i can probably share my story, in random tidbits, if you don’t mind. I learned how to read when I was two, according to my mother. Since then, the love of reading was firmly established, and on average I read 50-80 books a month. All genres. Faves are thrillers and sci-fi. Erotica when my partner is away. It serves a certain purpose :-).

Meet the ultra-cute Connie Cliff

I never thought I would be a writer. I grew up in a modest low income household and my dream was always to make sure to choose a job that made money. Well, that dream has become true, but, alas, money does not bring happiness. Which is why I decided to start writing. I wrote a couple of textbooks as a post-doc, plus my thesis. That was my writing experience. When I decided to try my hand at this new endeavor, I read Stephen King’s On writing and Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I talk About Running. And then I was off…

I believe in the postulate of Write What You Know, but I also love exploring and researching new topics. Although some of the experiences I described in my books so far are based on real life, many are not. For instance, I’m a woman, so I obviously would not know what it’s like to have MM sex. But I try to imagine it and feel it, then research it, then write about it. I’ve only written about it once, and my gay BFF approved.

MJ: That’s awesome! The seal of approval from the gay BFF. What else do you need? What else about you, Connie?

CC: I speak five languages. And English is actually my third language.

I love to travel. My favorite city destination is Buenos Aires. In fact, we now go every year, we love it so much. My fave beach destination is Turks and Caicos. Google Earth Sapodilla Bay Beach. The. Best. Beach. Ever. Trust. My fave non-city non-beach destination is Madagascar. Love me some lemurs.

I’m thinking of starting to train for a marathon again. My third. I have to, because my favorite food group is dessert.

Ok, I probably bored your readers by now. But hopefully it gives them and idea of what I am as a person and as a writer.

MJ: I really doubt you bored any readers. You certainly didn’t bore me. I love meeting the person behind the books. Want to leave our readers with a final thought?

CC: “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” Haruki Murakami. Time to open up your minds, readers. Let’s bring literary erotica mainstream!