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“Tomorrow, we stand before a judge and jury. What do we tell them?
Do we tell them about the French postcards we didn’t look upon?
Do we tell them about the pornographic shop we refused to visit?
Do we tell them we sat here while five men and six women flaunted every decent moral known to man, and we did nothing to stop them?
Do we tell them, Miss Dennison, that when I had you on this table two years earlier, you were not a virgin?”
The Men and Women’s Club—based upon the controversial club c1885-1889 that rocked London society—is a pivotal novella that bridges Scandalous Lovers and Cry for Passion. “Intense and full of emotional honesty.” [Romance Junkies]
Book 1
The Men and Women’s Club Book 2
The Men and Women’s Club Book 3
Publicist Ardelle Dennison and Professor Joseph Manning founded the Men and Women’s Club to discuss gender equality and sexology. The Men and Women’s Club novella rips through the impervious facade masking the two founding members, exposing their every secret and base desire.
WHO is the ANIMAL?
The Men and Women’s Club Excerpt
“Who is the animal?”
Animal hurtled through the void that was the emptiness of their lives, an emotive ball of pain.
Ardelle Dennison halted—a black silhouette framed by even blacker shadow—and lied. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You said, ‘If we felt desire,’” Joseph quoted, capturing her every inflection those forty-four days past, that day they had voted into their club a woman who dared to be honest, and for whom they would now all pay the price, “‘we would admit it. But we are guided by a higher moral ground,’ you said. ‘We are not animals,’ you said.”
“Git your evenin’ news ‘ere . . .” wearily drifted up from the street below. “Globe’ll tell you all. . . .”
Fleetingly Joseph wondered if, come the morrow, the evening newspaper would carry their names, perhaps even their likenesses.
“Who is the animal, Miss Dennison?” he repeated, question rasping his throat.
Ardelle Dennison—the only woman he had ever allowed to touch him—remained frozen in the doorway.
“You, for taking my virginity?” The precariousness of their future crawled on Joseph’s skin like electricity, “Or me, for giving you my virginity?”
Praise for The Men and Women’s Club
“[“The Men And Women’s Club”] is so much more than erotica.” ~HotMoviesForHer.com
“[“The Men And Women’s Club”] is not what comes to mind when I think of erotica, although the sex scenes were really well done, and they basically talk about nothing but sexuality. Honestly, it’s so much more than erotica, because Schone tells a really fascinating story that deals with sexual repression and how dangerous it can be. Both Ardelle and Joseph are strong characters, with their own personal demons and their final confrontation before heading to trial is electric.” ~HotMoviesForHer.com
“Schone’s complex “The Men and Women’s Club” is inspired by her previous novel, Scandalous Lovers. ” ~RT Book Reviews
“Schone’s complex “The Men and Women’s Club” is inspired by her previous novel, Scandalous Lovers. Joseph Manning and Ardell Dennison discover joy, and their true selves, through sex as the club prepares to close its doors.” ~RT Book Reviews
“Intense and full of emotional honesty.” ~Romance Junkies
“Robin Schone allows readers to step into the heart and minds of…two enchanting characters. Neither [Ardelle Dennison or Joseph Manning] have admitted their true feelings to each other or even [to] themselves therefore their time together is intense and full of emotional honesty.” ~Romance Junkies
“I found myself feeling for [Joseph and Ardelle] very much in what they had suffered in the past.” ~Night Owl Romance
“I found myself feeling for [Joseph and Ardelle] very much in what they had suffered in the past.” ~Night Owl Romance
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