Lip Service: Summary and book reviews of Lip Service by M.J. Rose, plus links to an excerpt from Lip Service and a biography of M.J. Rose.

Lip Service is the seductive new novel that everyone is talking about. Crackling with eroticism and suspense, Lip Service probes the secret world of phone sex and one woman who becomes empowered by what she discovers there. Not since Erica Jong's Fear of Flying has a novel so masterfully examined the relationship between sexuality and identity. On the surface, Julia Sterling's life seems blessed. Married to a renowned psychiatrist, living on Manhattan's tony Upper East Side, Julia deeply loves her stepson, and is forging a career as a journalist. When a writing job exposes her to the world of phone sex, Julia glimpses a world that stirs her erotic fantasies but threatens her carefully constructed reality. As she explores her emotional and sexual connections to the men she knows and several she will never meet, she confronts evil, perversity, and her own passions. Tracing the currents of desire, illusion, and psychological manipulation, Lip Service is an astonishingly vivid glimpse into one woman's inner life. At the same time, this electrifying thriller grips the reader as it builds toward a battering climax.

Media Reviews

The January Magazine A stylish first novel.   The Midwest Book Review Both seductive and sinister.   Buzz Review News ..should be savored bit by bit.   Romantic Times Four stars .... highly sensuous... intelligent and well-crafted.   Publishers Weekly Empowerment may be Rose's theme, but titillation plays no small part in this novel's game.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by lena kabarday
this is an amazing book
I have read this book recently and got done with it within a month, which is hard for me to do. Normally I can't get into a book because it doesn't interest me so I haven't read many books all the way through, but this book this book is amazing. I...   Read More

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