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    The Strip
    The Strip
    The Strip
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Strip

    Written by J. J. Salem

    Narrated by Kate Harper

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    About this audiobook

    For three Las Vegas women, The Strip is an adults-only playground where excitement and seduction never sleep. Billie, Jennifer and Kristin all have one thing in common: Cam Lawford, the stud-for-hire whose career-ending sports injury led him to a new life of luxury hotel rooms and generous women. Now one of them has sent him to an early grave. Who knew the business of sex and satisfaction could be such a dangerous game?
    J.J. Salem is a writer with a knockout punch, and The Strip is a wild, wicked, and gloriously promiscuous novel that will keep you in bed—and up all night.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateAug 1, 2011
    ISBN9781407487694
    The Strip
    Author

    J. J. Salem

    J. J. Salem is the USA Today bestselling author of Tan Lines which has been published in several languages. He lives in Mississippi.

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    • 2/5
      This book was ok. It was predictable and seemed to me to never quite get to where it wanted to be in either the wanna-be steamy sex scenes or the wanna-be mystery. I thought the writing was fine, it just needed some oomph for the story to be more engaging.
    • 3/5
      Quick read but forgettable.
    • 4/5
      This storyline of this book evolved around Las Vegas and it remind me of Jackie Collin's books. Being a fan of Jackie's book, you would have guess what the rating I m gonna give ;) The plot tells the story of three beautiful ladies who deprived of love from their loved one and a link to a person who is able to give them the happiness that they are looking for, Cam. TWith a prologue telling the demise of Cam and there after flashback to six weeks before up to the current situation, the author tells the story each of these lady and their linkage to one another. Reading thru pages by pages, i was looking for clue as to who have killed Cam. And similar to a Jackie's book, the ending is not one would have guess. Am thoroughly enjoying reading this book.
    • 2/5
      I had trouble getting into the story and just found it ok. It's a quick, light read.
    • 3/5
      this is a really quick beach read. I don't usually read this type of book but I did enjoy it. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a quick summer read!
    • 2/5
      2.0 starsSin City has always had its own rules and morality. So when three wealthy, highly successful women find that the answer to their unfulfilling marriages is to engage the services of a sophisticated male prostitute, there is nothing shocking about it. But when he ends up murdered, the question becomes who did it and who might be next.The Strip centers on the lives of Kristen (a best-selling author), Billie (Vegas’ quintessential song-and-dance maven) and Jennifer (the marriage counselor) along with their hired hunk Cam Lawford. All four of these characters are compelling and create quite a dynamic between them. Even though Cam is far too perfect to be real, he serves his function in the story in a James Bond manner. However, the rest of the characters are so cliché they could be made of cardboard. Kristen and Billie’s husbands are so simplistically evil as to be caricatures of villains – very nearly comic rather than threatening. Only Jennifer’s transgressions against her misunderstood husband come across as authentic and understandable.The most troublesome part of The Strip is the plot. It spits and sputters along without ever building towards a conclusion. The murder is foretold in the first chapter along with introducing an interesting detective who is then completely forgotten for the rest of the book. Conflicts are stilted and only seem to fill the gaps between flamboyant sex scenes where Cam always says and does the right thing and never steps over any lines. Finally, the conclusion is haphazard. With so little tension built throughout the story, there is nothing to be released at the end. While The Strip may serve as a fantasy session for women who want to imagine being swept up by that perfect guy (even if you have to pay for it) there is very little story to engage the reader.
    • 5/5
      I had a lot of fun reading this very juicy novel. What’s not to like when the temperature outside exceeds 100 and the novel you’re reading makes the indoor temps rise like you were in the pits of Hell! Make sure, when you start this novel that you have a cold shower handy and a box of tissues. You will meet three very different Las Vegas wives. Each woman is intelligent and unique but they have something in common; a “stud-for-hire. The trio is made up of a bestselling author, a family therapist and a sizzling sexy song and dance artist. What they have in common is sad and sometimes terrifying lives and a penchant for Cam Lawford, the young and very perfect “escort”. The book opens with Cams murder and then back tracks a bit then leads us back up to his murder and a bit beyond. It is the bit beyond that had me reaching for the tissues.I have never read anything by Mr. Salem before (Tan Lines) but I found his work to be very satisfying, rich in imagination and even gripping which is not something that you often see with a book that most would consider a light “beach read”. His characters are well fleshed out and the issues that they have while maybe not something the average woman will have, are written so clearly that you can put yourself easily into their shoes. These talents for writing made this book a bit spine tingling for me.Altogether a fun, sexy, and provocative way to pass an afternoon.
    • 2/5
      I have a confession. I have a horrible weakness for trashy, fun, reads. I'm probably dating myself here, but the first "adult"book I read was Judy Blume's Wifey (which I snuck from my mother's room and read furtively under the covers when I was 10). I was hooked on what I referred to as the three generational/three women novel. In those days they were plentiful and popular. Its been years since I've read one. Either my tastes have changed (absolutely) or these books are less popular (probably) , but I rarely even see this type of book anymore. So when I saw this on LTER I impulsively requested it.At first I thought it was the perfect bathtub read (seriously no one picks a book with a cover like this and expects literature, right?). Ultimately, I was disappointed. It wasn't fun enough,I didn't care about the characters, and despite the opening death, none of the characters ever had motive. Let's put it this way, back in the day when daughter in Lace asked so dramatically " Which one of you bitches is my mother", all three could have been. In this book when the detective wonders which client had motive, you quickly realize the answer is none.It's not a bad bathtub read, but it could have been much better
    • 2/5
      Yikes, probably a good read for someone but not for me. This book just came across as pointless sleazy not fun trashy to me. It was a total DNF. The characters alienated me from the get go I'm sad to say.
    • 4/5
      Three women are unsatisfied in their marriages, so they seek out the services of Cam Lawford, male escort, and then he's murdered. It's a rather straightforward plot when you say it like that, but the characters secrets and feelings are so compelling, I just couldn't put it down. I just loved the included chapters from Cam's book, Stud Diaries: Confession of the Man Who's Satisfying Your Wife. Every character had such an unique voice, and I was pretty surprised when the murderer was revealed. The only complaint I have, and it might not even be a complaint, is that all of the pop culture and technology references seem very of-the-moment right now, but in a few years might turn off readers by their datedness. I would recommend the book as a sexy, splashy beach read, and am looking into obtaining the author's previous work, Tan Lines.
    • 2/5
      This was a Did Not Finish for me. From the get-go it was hard for me to swallow some of the characters' names (Gucci, Hart) which made it hard for me to take them too seriously, and from there on out it felt to me as though the book was having an identity crisis. Was it a murder mystery? Chick lit? Erotic novel? It felt as though it was trying too hard to be too many things, and I could not make myself care about the characters enough to stick with it. There seemed to be some potential there for a good, easy read, but instead too many niggling factors just turned me off.
    • 3/5
      I received this book free from the Early Reviewers program. The prologue made me think that I was really going to dislike reading the rest. I did not think I could take any character named "Gucci Marlowe" seriously. Thank goodness she did not play a very major role throughout.The story sucked me in, though. I liked learning more about the three successful women and their trysts with the same ex-pro athlete escort. Their stories were significantly more amusing than those of their worthless husbands.I think there were a few too many side stories thrown in here, and it was difficult to take the "tunnel people" expose part to heart the way it was stuck in the middle of so many scandalous affairs. All in all, it was a fun read for a Saturday. I appreciate the opportunity to review it, although I don't think I'll want to read anything else by this author.