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Official Description: The Goal: Lose 70lbs. The Prize: One steamy night with her personal trainer. When overweight Bella is left by her husband, she is determined to lose weight with the help of Edward Masen. What starts off as payback ends up as so much more.

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I’m sure that by now, you all know who Lalina is. You may have discovered her with The Sacrificial Lamb or The Lion And The Jackal. Maybe it was almost 2 years ago when she was writing Love Net. I still have this warm feeling when I think of this time, of all the fun we had over on the boards. I met my first « fanfiction friends » there. I met Kassiah and Caren there, and I was so excited when I’ve been asked if I wanted to write a guest review for LGP. Lalina was the one who talked me into posting there and Love Net was my favorite story at this time. I could drop everything just to read an update. One year after the last update, Love Net is probably still in my top 5 favorites.

So when I started LGP, I knew it was going to be good, because I knew the author was all kind of awesome. What I didn’t knew was how deep the story would get into me. Like it gets into most of us, I guess.

So it all starts with an overweight Bella who can’t stand the picture she sees every morning in the mirror. We’ve all gone through this at some point of our life, when you don’t feel comfortable in your own body and you have no confidence in yourself. Bella is a strong character who knows what she wants. And besides wanting to lose weight, she wants Edward. Trainerward. Who is the hottest, nicest, sexiest trainer you could wish for. I love how he’s slowly falling for Bella. You can see the link between them growing more with every chapter, to a point where he can’t deny what he feels for her. And then come the sexy times.

On top of that, this is one of the most well written stories I’ve read. The writing is amazing and Lalina gets Bella’s feelings so well that it brought me to tears on more than one occasion. Because yes, most of the time, Bella’s feelings about herself hurt. The words hurt. Because they’re all too real. Bella is not perfect. She’s not the typical Bella either. But you can relate to what she goes through. And this is where this story gets its strength.

I’m so excited about this story! Like Ady and Kass, one of my very first fics was Love Net (Staff Sergeant Sexy is still in my top five, ahem), and I’m thankful I found it and was able to ‘meet’ Lalina that way. Since then, every story she publishes ends up knocking me on my ass (in a good way, of course), and this one is no exception.

For me, the summary said all it needed to say to get me in:

The Goal: Lose 70lbs. The Prize: One steamy night with her personal trainer. When overweight Bella is left by her husband, she is determined to lose weight with the help of Edward Masen. What starts off as payback ends up as so much more.

Come on, who wouldn’t want that?
But Let’s Get Physical isn’t just about her goal of sexy times, it’s about bettering herself. About a woman learning to be her own person and experience new things after her divorce. It’s fantastic to not only watch the love bloom, but to see this character grow and become stronger and more self-confident in herself.

And the fact that Edward is helping… well…

“Get these off before I rip them off,” Edward growled, removing his fingers and tugging on the panties. Bella shimmied her hips, and they quickly dropped to the floor. His pants and briefs fared a similar fate.

Reaching around her, Edward wrapped his forearms just under her ass and lifted her up so they were the same height.

“Oh my God!” Bella yelled, gripping his shoulders tightly. “What are you doing!”

“Fucking you against the wall,” he answered as he shifted his hips and lined himself up against her entrance. “Wrap your legs around me and hold on.”

Edward had one moment of thankfulness that Bella was on the pill and they didn’t need those blasted condoms anymore as he sheathed himself inside her. She moaned loudly, her head thumping against the wall.

“Too heavy,” she ground out as he thrust into her again.

“Shut the hell up,” he commanded. “Next time I hear you say that I’m taking you over my knee for a spanking.”

“Oh, fuck…yes, Master.”

*flail* *flail* *flail*

It’s unlikely that you’re not already reading this wonderful story, but if you aren’t you should be!

One of the first stories that I read was Love Net by the lurverly Lalina, and I’m pretty sure that my experience with it shaped my future in the fandom. I’m pretty sure that’s where I met Madame, as well as so many other sweet ladies. So I don’t know wtf was wrong with me that I didn’t read Let’s Get Physical until this week. Blatant stupidity. Because, in a word, this story is absofreakinlutely amazing.

You know the deets. She’s fat. She goes to a personal trainer. He’s a god. She wants him. Turns out, he wants her, too. And for the first time in his life, he’s chasing a girl.

One of my favorite moments in this story is when Bella tells Edward what her weight-loss goal is. He explains that she needs a reward for achieving her desired results.

“I want to get fucked,” she said while on the rise. “Hard.” Edward’s eyes nearly popped out of his head at her crude statement. She figured since the cat was out of the bag, she may as well just continue. Her words were punctuated each time she executed a body curl. “I want…one night…of raw…pure…sex…all night…every position.” Bella collapsed to the ground breathing heavy. “That’s what I want.”

It was then that what she actually said hit her. Her legs were socked between Edward’s, his hands were on her knees to keep her stable, and he was altogether too close. She was completely mortified at her admission, and even though her face was already red due to exertion, she felt it flame even hotter as she stared up at the ceiling in utter humiliation.

“Oh God,” she groaned, throwing both arms over her face. She was too ashamed to even look at Edward.
“Just…agh…can you just forget I said all of that?”

“Why?” he asked her in a low voice.

“Just ’cause,” she begged, still unable to look at him. “That wasn’t supposed to come out. It’s just been…a…really long time. And plus, it’s not like it’s ever going to happen.”

“Why not?” he asked again, his voice still low, curious, almost seductive.

“‘Cause I have no one to do it with,” she answered. Bella thought her level of embarrassment couldn’t have gotten any worse. It turned out she was wrong. Having to admit to Edward that no one would fuck her was about as rock bottom as she could get.

And then he said the one thing that made her heart completely stop.

“What if it was me?”

*flails*

What I like so much about this story is that it isn’t all about my favorite couple getting together. Bella has emotional hurdles to overcome to get there. Really, Edward does, too. And her finding out he wants her doesn’t magically make her skinny or lose the perceptions she has about her body. But when she finds out–good Lord! I don’t want to spoil it for you, but ohmigawd. ::fans self::

This story has everything that you want: a realistic plot with drama and a tad of angst, likable characters (yes, even Tanya), crazy UST, and did I mention Edward’s muscles? yum. If you aren’t already reading this story, there’s no time like the present. Trust me when I say this is one membership you won’t regret.