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Eagle Cove (Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist Book One) Kindle Edition

by Darla Baker (Author), Ann McMan (Illustrator), Rogena Mitchell-Jones (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 90 ratings
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If the L WORD (hot fantasy lesbians), Sex and the City (engaging in girl talk), and Seinfeld (about nothing) were dumped into a martini shaker, what would emerge is the Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist series. The series both informs and entertains the reader as the heroine becomes your own personal virtual sex therapist. As we peer into Thalia's life in this first book of the series, we are introduced to her chosen family and the community in which both her practice and her life thrives. Thalia's life is perfect. She has her dream house on the edge of Lake Cumberland in Nancy, Kentucky. She has a thriving sex therapy practice. Her sister has just moved nearby and is running the daily business of her practice. She has a tight group of friends who keep her entertained and honest and a seemingly endless supply of ladies to meet her more basic human needs. Thalia has no regrets she's without a life partner. Or does she? A rough break-up five years ago left Thalia's heart in pieces. Thanks to friends and family her heart healed and she was able to find peace and happiness again. But not without scars that have left her unwilling to be vulnerable and exposed again. When Amara walks into Thalia's practice seeking help for her friend, something ancient and terrifying stirs inside her. Will Thalia be able to keep their interaction professional or will the allure of "one who will be forever beautiful," as her name suggests, be too much for Thalia and her fragile heart to resist?
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Eagle Cove: Blistering New Lesbian Romance Series Transcends Fiction, as Heroine Becomes "Virtual Sex Therapist" for Readers"Masterfully crafted by Darla Baker, 'Eagle Cove (Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist Book One)' blurs the lines between fact and fiction through a heroine who is not only a feminine force to be reckoned with, but steps out of the pages of her book to become a "virtual" sex therapist. Through the novel's therapy sessions and Chase's podcasts, this unconventional new series breaks compelling ground in the lesbian romantic fiction genre." - RogReviews

"It starts with a lot of relatively shallow erotic scenes that may put some readers off, but actually perfectly set the tone for Thalia's womanizing lifestyle. Throughout we are introduced to Thalia's friends, a lively bunch, and her clients, which allows Baker to explore a whole range of relationship situations and issues from internalized homophobia to issues around parenting and of course that fear of being vulnerable, letting somebody back in to hurt us again.
There are some laugh out loud scenes and interactions, an unusual rendition of Dickens and enough twists and turns to make it interesting. Throughout there is a clear sense that the author loves these women. Ultimately it is the interrelationships of Thalia and her family of choice that imbues the novel with affection.
Overall an enjoyable read. A good first novel and I will certainly be looking for the next one to see where Ms Baker takes this concept and crew." - The Lesbian Reading Room

From the Author

If the L WORD (hot fantasy lesbians), Sex and the City (engaging in girl talk), and Seinfeld (about nothing) were dumped into a martini shaker, what would emerge is the Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist series. The series both informs and entertains the reader as the heroine becomes your own personal virtual sex therapist.

As we peer into Thalia's life in this first book of the series, we are introduced to her chosen family and the community in which both her practice and her life thrives.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01EQL8HYY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stone Soup Community Press; 1st edition (June 11, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 11, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3278 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 90 ratings

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Darla Baker

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Darla Baker is the author of the Amazon international number one best-selling novel Eagle Cove (Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist Series, Book One). Book Two in the series, Seventy Six Falls is forthcoming. She is the founder of Stone Soup Community Press, a 501(c)3 press devoted to supporting the writers, editors, cover designers, and other creators of queer fiction.

Darla lives with her wife of twenty plus years on the shores of beautiful Lake Cumberland, Kentucky during lake season and on the road in her custom campervan, Dulcinea, the rest of the year. Her adorable pit bull, Mati, is always by her side.

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Loek
5.0 out of 5 stars Two thumbs up!
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2016
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People fall in love or just have random sex for all sort of reasons. A sex therapist is also just one of those people. Janice and Thalia plays the game very well and they are competitive when it comes to women. But with no emotional strings and no commitment. Thalia is not a therapist to just spice things up. She gives counsel on real life issues. Everything changed the day at the raft-up. Thalia has gotten herself in a real mess. She is the pro but she doesn't know how to get out of that mess. Lucky for her, she has her awesome friends and sister for setting her straight about her feelings, facing the facts. This story was touching with just the right amount of twists and turns to keep turning the pages. There are humorous dialogues and scenes and I particularly enjoyed the scene on the float. I had to laugh out loudly. I know a book is good by how the characters draw me in and feeling the emotions with them. I also know a book is excellent when I forget everything around me. And it happened both. This book had me smiling from the start. Two thumbs up for the author.
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Jo H
4.0 out of 5 stars A womanizer falls in love
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2021
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I haven't read many books with this trope, but this is my second one in two days. I don't read book blurbs that often, and when I do, I'll wait some time to forget what a book is about so that I have no knowledge or expectations. The other book was by an author that I follow, and don't read her blurbs at all.

All of that being said, this was a good book. I liked the main characters and their story, as all as the supporting characters in their lives. There are also dogs and horses for the animal lovers.
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Anne Hagan
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for a first book...Needs a little work
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016
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This book ran me through the gamut of reader emotions. I liked it and I didn't. In all honesty, I struggled with the 'voice' here. The story is all about Thalia as we follow her around in her day to day life but the narration is 3rd person, omniscient so we're always on the outside looking in with the narrator telling us what Thalia is thinking and feeling rather than Thalia showing us those things. It's a story telling device that the author uses well in some parts of the book and, in others, she uses it to info dump back story for her characters. We learn everything about every one of them in this way; how they look, where they work, who they're married to/partnered with, etc.

There are interesting characters here in an equally interesting setting. Ms. Baker has done a lot to stretch the bounds of believability in some cases though. This is set in the beautiful Lake Cumberland area of Kentucky, an area the author would have us believe is teeming with lesbians hopping in and out of bed with each other and lots of accepting straight people who think nothing of women kissing each other and dancing suggestively together in public spaces not dedicated to the LGBT crowd and/or at public events not focused on LGBT persons or causes (a charity fundraiser for an animal shelter, for example). I'll accept that the author was trying to build a cast of characters for an ongoing series and wanted to focus more on them than their environment for this book.

Most of my heartburn comes with the depiction of Thalia herself. We learn from the omniscient narrator that she's been badly hurt by a former lover that makes her the way she is but there we get no real back story about that at all, just tiny bits and pieces. Beyond that, Baker again stretches the boundaries of what we can believe. We all know that a 30 something year old woman that's all of 5 feet tall with a penchant for wearing Vibram shoes (rubber soled shoes with toes in them) and rash guards (swim shirts) doesn't have that much sex appeal that women literally fall over her everywhere she looks and, again, in the middle of nowhere, Kentucky. It's also not believable that she sees her future 'soulmate' one time and has two other brief meetings with her and then has a lengthy monologue with herself over the fact that she can't possibly be in love with her, she hardly knows her. She doesn't know her and the monologue is misplaced. That should have come after they have an actual date or meet in a social setting, talk and get to know each other at least a little bit. This takes 'love at first sight' and stretches it beyond all credibility.

There's hope for this series. This is a brand new author finding her voice. She can write a sex scene, there's no question. If she turns her attention to giving her characters a little more depth and making their lives more believable, she'll go far with this crew and her concept of having a professional sex therapist - and a lesbian at that - as the main character in her stories. Personally, I'd have Thalia telling the stories herself, in the first person, but that's just me. Other people seem to like this style.
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Suzie Carr
5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing and Unique
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
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What I loved most about this book was the entertaining, quirky personality of Thalia. She has a funny side that makes you giggle, and then when it really matters, she reveals her thoughtful, serious side. I especially loved her interaction with her clients. I feel there's a lot of depth to those points in the book, and that was where her winning traits bloomed for me. I can see great potential for even further depth as we continue to get to know Thalia in her continuing series. Baker is a new voice, one that is refreshing and unique. She's got a great knack for writing engaging dialogue, and is quite talented with creating a sense of realness in her settings. Really looking forward to reading more of her work and getting to know Thalia even better!
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Jeannie Guttenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes a Sex Therapist is a must have!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2016
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Awesome story!! Love Thalia and the gang as they are quite a group with different lives but all great friends. Like to see the different senerio's for the different people and how they deal with them and at times seek out Thalia’s help and at times help out Thalia. Sometimes even the therapist needs a little help. Very interesting is the Robin and Charley story and look forward to the next book for their continued story as I haven't seen this story line in a book before and it has peaked my interest. And then there is Amara, beautiful Amara. Has Thalia found the love she is missing? Can’t wait for the next book to see where the lives of these wonderful characters are going!!!
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fmustang
5.0 out of 5 stars really good. I was very pleased with the pacing and ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
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Darla Baker knocks it out of the park!
Eagle Cove: Thalia Chase Book 1 is really, really good. I was very pleased with the pacing and the prose, so nice to read good writing. The characters are very real, that is to say likeable, or lovable, recognizable in ways that reminded me of people I know, and believable.
The editing was pretty darn near perfect. That really makes the story a pleasure to read. And as much as I want to mention the ending...and I won't, its the best ending of its kind to be seen in quite some time. It was just perfect. I can't wait for September, and the next book. Thanks Darla.
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Cooper
3.0 out of 5 stars Sitting on the fence with this first effort
Reviewed in Canada on June 26, 2016
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I read a lot of Lesfic and I am always willing to take a chance on a new author if the summary looks interesting which it did in this case. Although there were no major issues in the book (nice cover, reasonably well edited, okay story development) - I was disappointed, it left me thinking "that's it?".

Generally, I found the characters weren’t as well developed as I would have expected – perhaps there were too many so that most were superficial and even those that I considered to be main supporting characters were not developed in any real depth. But then again, that may have been deliberate given this book seems to be just setting the stage for latter books and the new relationship. To be truthful, I really didn’t know what to make of the main character, Thalia. I also often found both the dialogue and narration rather short and choppy (like sound bites) even when the topics were quite serious which put me off a little.

That said, I did find this is an interesting premise for a book/series and I do want to see where the author will go next with this mixed bag of characters. I will likely take a chance and check out the next book in the series.
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Jan Horton
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant new author and Novel
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2016
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What a lovely, funny, sexy and original book, I was hooked before Chapter one had even finished. I found the writing to be believable and could genuinely feel for the characters, their sadness, grief and happiness I also liked the "style" in which this was written, for a newcomer, Darla hasn't "fallen" into the pattern most authors of this genre let themselves get into, which I am beginning to find quite boring. The storyline itself, never falters and keeps you wanting to read more, even when your eyes are tired!!! Eagle Cove is a refreshing read, I sincerely hope Darla Baker will write some more novels. I would thoroughly recommend Eagle Cove to everyone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely tale
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2016
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I thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful story about love and relationships, and how love can overcome any obstacles life can offer
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