Futuristic reality TV gameshows and BDSM collide
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Chastity Ambrose, a well-known model, in desperate need of money, is participating in a sexually explicit game show called Voyeur II. Her competition is none other than the man she'd left at the altar two years ago, Seth Allen.

Seth Allen is the 2104 Astral-ball Champion as well as the new owner of the Los Angeles Annihilators. He still can't figure out why Chastity had left him two years ago. She's the only woman he's truly ever loved and it had devastated him when she left.

Normally, Chastity would never consider going on a game show like Voyeur II. However, she needs the prize money. Having Seth as her competitor makes an already humiliating and degrading experience even worse. Chastity finds herself practically naked on intergalactic television and her challenge is to last a full seven days and six nights as a sex slave in order to win one hundred million dollars. Seth wants vengeance. He thinks he wants nothing more than to wring Chastity's beautiful neck. However, the minute he puts the slave collar on her neck, instead of wishing to strangle her, he finds himself worried that he may put it on too tight.

THE GAME is a highly entertaining story. With reality television shows being what they are, I could easily imagine Voyeur II as the next step in reality TV. Both Seth and Charity are extremely likable characters. Their emotional connection is easily felt. Amazingly, being on this degrading show only seems to bring them closer together. The plot is wonderfully fast paced and keeps you guessing. I was constantly wondering about the reasons for the characters behavior and am still amazed at how it all turned out. THE GAME is Mackenzie McKade's first book with Ellora's Cave and from what I've read, she's an author well worth reading.

Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)
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I loved the premise of this book, set in the world of HGTV type TV reality show. I happened to download the book when it was on a free day from the author. Thank you to K.C. Ford for that offer.  I liked both of the MCs and most of the secondary characters in the book (of course I hated the villain).  I was on the edge of my seat throughout the entire book wondering whether the MCs would have their happily ever after or go their separate ways. Both flawed, inexperienced in love and relationships, it was touch and go. The author did a fine job of depicting the inner conflict that many feel when entering unchartered territory. The damage that parents can do to their children that can last a lifetime when it comes to being able to relate to others on an intimate level was palpable. The author did a great job of describing and showing that dynamic.  I enjoyed the book very much. I would have happily paid for it so it was nice to receive as a freebie.
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An eye-opening look at the commercial interests behind reality TV. Deery examines the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that reality TV is used to push products and ideologies. The real measure of the power of her ideas is in their applicability to a broad range of shows. As I was reading about home makeovers, I could see how the same techniques of product placement and corporate image-making were used in my favorite reality show, the Amazing Race.

One should not underestimate the power of Reality TV. It has been a springboard for individuals to rise in the public consciousness. Would we see so many Michael Koors bags in the mall if Project Runway had not been so successful? Would Donald Trump have had a shot at the Presidency if not for The Apprentice? Deery examines the ways Reality TV is shaping our lives. Most of all, she induces you to think and question.

Consuming Reality is a scholarly work that is accessible to the lay reader. It is beautifully written, lavishly referenced, and filled with nuggets of information, such as the appalling rise in elective plastic surgery in recent years. The book will surprise you and may shine a new light on your favorite reality show.
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This novel is very explicitly sexual, involving a lot of really hot, really painplay-oriented sex scenes in a setting about twenty minutes into the future where contract slavery has been legalized.

Personally, I can take or leave BDSM and kink, and I don't think legalized slavery makes for awesome sexytimes in the future.

What I love about this story is how much of it surrounds the emotional relationship between the characters. It's a story about a new relationship between a dom and a sub and the changing relationship between the dom and his lover (who is also a dom.) I like that it's a story where the characters are trying really hard to be good to each other, to connect to one another, and to care for one another.

I also like that, even though this is clearly a romance between these three guys, they are very clearly set in the context of a community where they have important friendships (and enmities) with other people around them, they're not just wrapped up in each other.

Great book, highly recommended.
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This  story  is  about  Dirty CEO of SCANTEC.  Jennifer  Brandt is a blond, deep blue  eyed, smart, ambitious , forward thinking , curvy exciting , brassball  of  SOFTSHIELD . From State College  of NY  for Business  Administration  and Marketing  . Her mentor at SOFTSHIELD , wants Jennifer  go to work at SCANTEC ,  and get close to  CEO ,Ethan  Shockey , tall ,handsome , delicious  muscular  hard,sexy playboy scruffy  bread black  hair , bedroom  brown  eyes  with inked  on his right arm,genius  writing  codes for new security  algorithm  for the new pet project  "INSIGNIA PROJECT".  Ethan  's Human  Resource  Manager  is like a part mother figure  /part  business  owner , very protective  towards Ethan and SCANTEC , By the name Barbara  McIntyre  . This  story  is  melting , hot BDSM Streamy sex scenes , erotic ,arousing , provocative , lust, corporate  espionage , trust, lies,betrayal and love. Ethan  Shockey  's secret  is he is into BDSM As Dominant ,  The Club ,he goes to  The Green  Room. Jennifer  find Ethan  there and starts  to gets turned  on ,with the women  been Submissive . She wants  Ethan  to show her ,how to be submissive .  This story  is also ,a provocative , tantalizing , arousing , teasing  attractions  on primal level , which  BDSM  can cover. I recommend  this  book  to  everyone , who corporate  espionage  with a twist  of  BDSM .  DOES ETHAN  AND JENNIFER , END IN HEA?
DOES BOTH COMPANIES SURVIVE. I received  an Advanced  Read  Copy  of  this  book ,for honest  review .
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This is my most favorite of any and all shows of this type. The story was fun, the sex great and there was nothing over the top. All the girls were treated in a manner that was normal when two people get together and have great sex. One thing about this particular show, there is another double show with it that is extremely hard core with two and three males on one female. The difference her is that she is like a vampiric succubus that needs all the juice that she can get, and for giving them access to all of her holes leaves them dried up dead bodies. Just be fore warned that this one is totally different than Akiba Girls that is one hell of a fun and sexy show to watch.
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Interesting plot, futuristic (AI),, some nudity
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A unique and futuristic  world that brings your imagination to life
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Cyborg lesbians and a dystopian future setting. Fairly near future-tech employed. Quite a few steamy sex scenes tho not overly gratuitous. If that sounds like something you'll enjoy then this book is for you. It won't change your life but it will probably entertain you quite nicely, at least it did me.
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An alien reality show, Plunder That Planet, has targeted Earth for the next conquest.  An evil alien queen plans to locate the planets sexual nexus and drain all of the sexual energy from the planet.  The nexus seems to be somewhere in a girl rock band that likes to take off their tops.  But the girls don't like being a target and fight back.
Goofy MCs, Evil Tyrants, The Bimbo Limbo, special effects, and lots of bare skin await in the science fiction spoof of reality television.  Special appearances by Julie Strain and the Porcelain Twinz.
This disk is packed with plenty of extras including the usual picture gallery, deleted scenes, and more.
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If you are a fan of reality bachelor shows then you will find this book to be a very enjoyable, entertaining read.
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The WWE DIVAS UNDRESSED is not quite what its titillating title implies.  There are plenty of scenes of the hot divas parading around in various states of undress. But what the viewer sees is only a slightly more racy version of what is on any RAW show.  The real show is not the ample amounts of female flesh that is not at all well hidden, but what the divas do with that flesh. Indeed, divas like Torrie and Stacy engage is various combinations of pseudo-lesbian activity mixed in with a healthy dose of planned strippings and even more unplanned ones. Even Vince McMahon surely does not expect the weekly viewer to think that whenever two of his divas step into the ring, that both of them will eventually rip one another's flimsy nighties off.  What emerges then is a DVD that appeals to the hulking 30 something adolescent who has never outgrown the need to shine his pointy shoes before getting on an escalator.
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Bicoastal television producer and writer Stefani Deoul goes were her talent is needed  the East Coast where she lives near New York, the West Coast and Canada writing and producing for television. Her first novel was THE CAROUSEL and now she offers us ON A LARP while also continuing writing short stories for numerous publications. She has produced The Dead Zone, Brave New Girl along with being the executive in charge of production for the series Dresden Files and Missing. Stefani is currently in Nova Scotia producing the new series Haven for the SyFy network.

After reading ON A LARP and being introduced to Stefani lesbian teen coder Sid Rubin and noting that this appears to be the opener for a series, we can only hope that we hear more about this fascinating heroine. The book embraces gender inequality, the world of high tech, and (in this book) LARP  which happens to stand for Live Action Role Playing.

The decades long major gender diversity gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (hopefully everyone has seen HIHDDEN FIGURES on film!) shows that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer related jobs in the US and women are on track to fill only 3 % of them (this from the well written PR for the book). It is the aim of Sid Rubin a mouthy brilliant high school kid with a strong conscience and a knack for solving problems to alter that prediction. Or as the synopsis poses, the story deals with the  world of interactive role-playing when Sid recognizes the photo of a murder victim during an AP field trip to a police station. What starts out as an Aha! moment soon finds Sid and her unlikely posse of friends chasing a dark web killer through the middle of a live action role playing game. Sid and the gang work to unravel a deeply encrypted mystery while simultaneously enduring pop quizzes, endless Ted Talks, teenage heartbreak, suspicious parents, cosplay, and the irresistible lure of the NYC Public Library.

Or as we read in the Prologue, According to a study I read on the Internet, by the National Institute of mental Health, the brain is not fully developed until a person is  get this!  in his or her twenties. The parts of the brain that control emotional behavior have not yet matured in teens, and such a changing balance might provide clues to a youthful appetite for novelty, and a tendency to act on impulse  without regard for the risk. As the frontal lobe is one of the last parts of the brain to develop, and IN TH ETEENAGE BRAIN, ITS NOT REALLY FIRING AT ALL, it is therefore physiologically harder for a teen to completely understand the future consequences of his (or her  as this case may be) emotional or impulsive actions.

Mix that level of erudite writing with the mystery at hand and Stefani Deoul has started something very important! A fine new opener for an exciting series. Grady Harp, March 17
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
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A very insightful twist on reality show/contest, as well as a sweet romance. A 65 yr old professional, old-fashioned magician with True Magic gets cast on a second tier reality TV show featuring a variety of "magical" types. Including a young man half his age with a touch of True Magic himself and a big crush on the older man. The TV show turns out to have little to do with the contestants magical talents, but a series of stunts eliminates them one by one. The older magician struggles to maintain his dignity as the stunts get more stupid, and deal with his attraction to the younger, totally inappropriate guy. The story is sweet and clever. I was really rooting for the guys.
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This is a very intriguing show with lots of different characters (many played by the same actress, Tatiana Maslany, who is fantatic!)  I can't wait for the next episodes to be available - the theme of the show is in the sci-fi genre with cloning and lots of bad guys aka the Illuminati in our world
today. I highly recommend this show.
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Scammin' is a rollicking good read, with lots of sex, and cool O.C. local color... a great idea for a t.v. series! Of course, it would have to be on a cable station. Who wouldn't want to watch a show with a handsome, affable leading man, loads of bikini-clad women, and fabulous real estate? An appraiser has access to peoples' homes, and I bet Alex would always notice things that aren't quite right (Wright). Yeah, Bill is my brother, but I do think he's got a terrific idea for a series here. Can't wait for the next episode!
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I didn't think this book was a brilliant piece of writing until I finished it, turned on the TV and saw pieces of this book in every single show that is airing. I'd love to read a review by an actual reality star to see what the authors didn't capture well but generally I can now spot the forced outings, loose friendships that  ultimately become real and the strange interactions between people on the cast and people who just pop in some scenes. Very fascinating "fictional" glance into the reality tv machine!