Stripped Bare is basically a Cinderella story mixed in with some erotica and real pathos. The heroine is Macey who got pregnant at 17 and has had to raise her beloved daughter in terrible circumstances living with her drug addict mother. To make ends meet she works as a waitress by day and stripper at night in a seedy strip bar. Even with the two jobs, she’s barely making ends meet so she decides to travel to Las Vegas where she’s heard that a stripper can make a few thousand dollars in one week. Leaving her daughter with the ever-helpful best friend, she heads off to Sin City.
Needless to say, things don’t go quite as planned and she ends up losing all her money. Because desperation and playing for high stakes in a casino are never are a good mix. She gets noticed by the owner of the casino, Finn, who recognizes her for a girl he had a one-night stand with in high school. He is still irresistibly attracted to her and offers her $30,000 to spend the week with him and be his escort for a few fancy fundraisers. He buys her a new wardrobe and puts her up in his amazing penthouse apartment.
And then they have sex all the time. The book is told with shifting narrations and Finn’s narration is mostly about how he wants to have sex with her in every location in his enormous apartment. While Macey is a bit sarcastic with him, she still can’t help succumbing to his massive sex appeal every time he touches her.
Add in an evil ex of Finn’s, Macey’s adorable 10-year old daughter, a miracle-working security/does everything aide of Finn’s and you have a very readable novel. The author was especially good at portraying the dreary filthiness of the life of a low-class stripper.
There are a couple of twists in the plot that aren’t all that surprising, but I still found myself staying up late to read until the end.
I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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