Review: The Sex Education of M.E. by LB Dunbar

The Sex Education of M.E. by L.B. Dunbar
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Romance for the Over 40s

I’ve come to appreciate LB Dunbar’s books a great deal. There are so few really good romance books for people who have lived a little life. This author takes characters who have been married and had children, but who are starting again and has them have real feelings about sex and relationships that are as passionate as the 20 somethings that get all the good romance books, but I find them more interesting because they have more life experience. It may be I’m prejudiced because I am over 40, but I don’t think passion dies with kids.

This book is about Emme, a 42 year old widow with two teenage daughters. She is reluctant to start a relationship a year after her husband’s death, but she misses sex. At a party her friend tries to set up a dating profile for her, which is interrupted by meeting Merek a very sexy single man, who was around the same age as her. He was also drunk, but offered to give her a ride anytime she wanted to try him out.

It wasn’t a promising start but her Emme’s friend got involved and manipulated them into meeting again and then sexual attraction got involved.

This is a complicated book, because both characters have histories. It’s also complicated because both characters don’t really know what they actually want, just what they think they want, which causes problems.

There are secrets and revelations about the past and conflicts with Emme’s children, and lots of hot sex.

It’s a sweet and sexy story, with some sad and moving parts to it. It’s a convincing story and I enjoyed it a lot. If you want a story that’s different from the usual 20 year old virgin who falls for her boss/professor/father’s best friend, this could be the book for you.

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