Doggy Style

Ashley Ladd writes contemporary erotic romance, and Doggy Style is one of her shorter entries. The title is what the title is, and the book delivers on the promise without pretending to be anything other than what it is.

The setup involves two characters whose paths cross under circumstances that lead quickly to where the genre’s audience expects. Ladd doesn’t waste pages building up.

The writing is direct. The chapters are short. The book is best understood as a quick read for the genre’s regular audience rather than a starting point for new readers.

For readers who follow Ladd’s catalog or who read in this corner of contemporary romance regularly, this fits cleanly. Comparable to authors like Eve Vaughn or Janelle Denison in shorter format work. New readers should sample lighter entries in the genre first to see if the register works.