A little dom, a little sub, a lot better than i imagined
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I have never really been into overt Dom and Sub style relationship stories but this surprised me. I'm into it! Looking forward to book 3.
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I've a lot of experience as both a dominant and a submissive in local scenes. I've been skimming a lot of the other similar bdsm tales, and usually just delete them as garbage after a page or two. But this one kept me engaged, and that's made me happy. I found the conversations to be realistic and adult, and the subject matter engaging. It was a pleasant read, and the realistic ending was a welcome change from the ridiculous fantasies that flood the genre.
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The relationship between Toby, a young and inexperienced Dom, and Laurie, an older, more confident sub, is really wonderful and the way their dynamic evolves and develops is just gorgeous. The sex is unbelievably hot and I just adored the characters. Seriously amazing read!
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Jasmine Haynes' books have sold me on sexy spankings! This had me at the cover, which seems sexy, fun, and playful to me, as well as the subtitle: 'Punishment is its own reward'. Charlotte is a part-time guidance counselor at the high school and a therapist, and Lance is the principal at the same school. I liked that much better than the illicit student/principal romance. Charlotte's independence and caring personality were a draw for me. She is so willing to explore sexually and be naughty with Lance. I like that she was 'topping' from the bottom at times and Lance enjoyed it. They are a mature couple, also a plus (not that I mind NA romances).

The sexy spankings, naughty words, and the sheer pleasure that both Lance and Charlotte had with each other made this a hot, fun read. The secondary storyline with Melody, the troubled teen and Ethan, her former friend, added a touching storyline. There are school politics, unreasonable parents, and a chance that Charlotte could be fired that add to the drama. I liked that her friend, Lola, was part of the story from book 1 in the series. I haven't read that book ... yet, but I was able to read this book as a standalone. I am now curious to read The Naughty Corner (book 1) now.

This is a light bdsm erotic romance. I liked that while Lance was dominant at times, he was very willing to let Charlotte call the shots at times. He was dominant, but not a Dom, but enjoyed sensual fantasies and a bit of kink mixed in. Charlotte was the stronger character in my opinion.

I give it 4**** out of 5. I enjoyed it, but didn't get as involved with the characters as I did with some of her other books, such as The Principal's Office.
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Not a lot of sorry line, but it is a good into to the bdsm world
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This is not my typical thing--it's dark and erotic and kind of freaky--but a whole lot of fun. I wanted to try a new author and was very pleasantly surprised. If you enjoy sexy and interesting, this will give you what you need. I think the characters came to life--the way a demon can come to life--and the pacing was good for a story that's short. Don't expect unicorns and rainbow romance--this is a totally different animal, but the touch of humor gives the darkness a twist.

Dark, dirty and more dark pretty much sums this up. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.
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I purchased this book hoping for a quick, easy, smutty read and for a long plane ride but ended up getting so much more. It kept me awake and fully engaged for my ten hour flight, and I couldn't download bundle two fast enough once I touched down.

Knight hooked me into the story quickly by jumping right into the action. I particularly enjoyed the authors handling of the sex scenes; they were drawn out for maximum pleasure, incredibly detailed, and really built up my anticipation right alongside Tad and Scotts growing anticipation for each other. There were both tender and sexy moments and the chemistry between the two was pretty incendiary.

Despite the hot and explicit sex scenes, both Tad and Scott have very strong voices and are pretty well developed. Scott was adorable in his sweet pursuit of Tad, despite being the dominant and experienced one. His willingness to make himself vulnerable to forge a connection with Tad was endearing and tugged on my heartstrings. I love to see characters that turn stereotypes on their head and I think Scott does that.

That, coupled with Tads inner conflict about getting physically and emotionally involved with Scott really brought more depth to the book than I anticipated. This wasn't all sex and no substance mixed in with some instalove. Tad has to reconcile what hes feeling emotionally with what hes feeling physically. This added just enough angst to keep things engaging but not so much that I felt slightly depressed and emotionally drained after reading.

Now Im not intimately acquainted with the BDSM community or lifestyle, but I have read many books with this theme. I felt very comfortable with how consent was addressed and represented in this book and that hasn't been the case with a lot of others that Ive read. The circumstance under which Tad meets Scott would be questionable in the real world but it worked for me as a plot device (cause this is fiction after all) and I think the author did a solid job of addressing that situation later on.

On the whole, the end of the book came too fast for me and this quickly became something that I read over and over.
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I enjoyed reading this novella.  i loved the story line and the characters I just wanted more.  I am not well versed in BDSM but quite curious.  I would like to know how the relationship develops and how the main character grows from her experience. I just need more more more.  I enjoyed that the characters are more mature and don't orgasm by just looking at one another.  I would definitely read more in this series
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The exact thing i was looking for as a new sub with a Dom that refrains from the local scene... it provided me with the exact knowledge i needed to finally let go and get comfortable in my role.
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Drawn by Sean Michael is part of the collection of stories centered around the Hammer Club, a high-end, private BDSM club. The main characters in Drawn are Giles DeSante, a brilliant painter and Harrison Ornell, a wealthy young businessman. Drawn is a very focused short story; much of the action surrounds Giles and Harrison as they work out the mechanics of developing a Dom/sub relationship in the midst of Giles frenetic and creative artistry.

Giles and Harrison are both likable characters; Michael handles the BDSM aspect of the story with a light touch. The major action in Drawn involves Harrison getting Giles to recognize and understand just what the BDSM life style is all about. The sex scenes are passionate and tender with a little spanking thrown in for good measure.

Harrison, the Dom in the relationship is an intriguing character. He's rich enough to attract any sub he wants, but he sees a complexity in Giles, and beyond that, he sees an individual crying for someone to help him find peace. It's a job Harrison is certainly capable of achieving as he demonstrates by slowly taking charge of Giles life and changing it for the better. Drawn is a sweet little love story and worth 4 stars, only because it would have been nice to continue learning about these two delightful men.

Review originally appeared on Blackraven's Reviews
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I've never been much of a lingerie person, and my boyfriend had only mentioned a minor interest, but I thought this might be a fun surprise.

My nylon putting-on skills are rusty, so I had quite a challenge getting everything aligned without poking a finger through anything, but I managed to get it on with only one little hole.  I did have to adjust around the thigh and crotch area a few times to get it right.  I'm an small chested, athletic 5'8, 144 lb size four.  From my experience, it seems like the "one size" may be overly optimistic.  The from the waist up, it fit perfectly, yet still with lots of give if one needed more space.  The top of the thighs though, that's where I might suggest some caution when deciding if these are right for you (granted it could have been my remedial nylon skills again).

I don't see how the criss cross design wouldn't be flattering on absolutely everyone.  It showed of good curves I didn't know I have, and the criss crosses can be shifted to camouflage parts you don't want to draw attention to.  Oh and don't overlook the seam down the back--it's really stinking hot, so look in the mirror and make sure it's straight.  After a huge weight loss with a bit of extra skin below my belly button, it felt amazing to feel that sexy again.

Over the toes (I forgot what the nylons term is) are solid, so with open toed shoes, I kinda felt like I was wearing footies--not a foot guy, the boyfriend didn't notice anyway.  Though this could sound like self objectifying, but I think it could be appropriate with in a healthy relationship, a gift bow could be a nice touch to add extra decoration to your presentation.

I wouldn't expect more than one use out of them, if somehow you do, consider it a bonus.  For the price, and the fun, who cares--they cost less than a single movie ticket.  They held up well until someone enthusiastically destroyed them.

And oh yes, these were well received.  He stood frozen with his eyes wide, jaw dropped, and I thought his water glass was going to fall to the floor.  From his moving towards me then stopping, I could see the internal struggle of "I want to pounce, but I want to admire."--it was really adorable and satisfying.

Have fun!
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Title: Owned
Author: Leigh Stone
Series: Domination series, Book 2
Genre(s): Erotic
Page Count: 39 pages
Heat Level: # 5 flames out of 5
Rating: # 4 stars out of 5
Blurb:
The second in the Domination series. Six sexy little tales of female submission.

Ive known Owen for about five years now. I met him in a bar when I went to play some pool at the local universitys bar with a few of the students I worked with. Owen was in his twenties, from Wales, a student in the same university. I was in my early thirties. We flirted, we teased each other, we even had a bit of a very short period of dating, but in the end we became best friends. I never would have dreamed that it would turn out to be a lot more than that. My hot Welsh friend had a secret that I didn't find out for a few years. Hes a dominant, a Dom, a Master, a Sir.
At first I thought nothing of it, I knew that I wasn't like that, but the more Owen gave me glimpses into his world the more and more intrigued I became. He led me down the path to submission, like the white rabbit leading Alice into Wonderland. Now I am hooked, I am addicted to the pleasure that only he can generate in me. I am his. I am OWNED.

They say that some of the best things can be short and sweet, but I think I have found one that just proved it can be short, sweet and so very decadent! I must admit that I was very surprised to know that Owned was 39 pages long, roughly an hour to read depending on the speed of the reader, and yet, never did it feel rushed, shortened or even as though there were missing parts to it. It was hot and forbidden, and for all the fans of the erotica genre, this is one novel that will absolutely get the gears, or other... parts, running. It's one of those novels where if you're not comfortable with the subject, then I wouldn't suggest it for you - either you like it, or you don't. Simply because there isn't any time to 'grow to love it', it's a short story and there isn't the time to wait until the story picks up to sweep you off your feet or to get to know these new characters more. But for a fan like me, boy was I in for a shock and the best treat ever! I loved it and I truly can't wait for the next instalment in the series. As a first time of Leigh Stone's, I was gobbling up her novel like it was candy, hoping I wouldn't get caught with my hand in the cookie jar!! My only regret is not having had the chance in reading the first novel in the series and being able to compare the evolution between the two, however, I didn't feel as though I was missing a great deal in terms of background or relations between them since it can be read as a standalone. The only advice I can give: bring ice, water, a fan and if need be, run to your shower once you're done reading, trust me, you'll need it!
**Received a copy in exchange for an honest review.  Read and reviewed by Kathleen for Alpha Book Club**
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Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.

Rating: 9/10

PROS:
- The serious, heavy BDSM actions continue in this volume, but I didn't find them as disturbing/disquieting. (Maybe I'm just used to the ways in which Noah submits to Tobias after reading the first book.) There's one scene in which Noah goes very deep into his headspace and Tobias has to coax him out of it that I found fascinating.
- The relationship has evolved so that it's no longer 100% D/s. There are some graphic D/s scenes, but far fewer than in Book 1. Other reviewers have said that they don't like how the later books in this series have fewer BDSM scenes and more vanilla sex, but I enjoyed the vanilla sex scenes in this book just as much as the kinkier ones. I see them as proof that Tobias and Noah's relationship is BASED ON domination and submission but isn't entirely ABOUT those roles. And the idea that occasionally the two can make love while looking into each other's eyes is romantic and wonderful and...sigh.
- Hot sex scenes involving various kinks. There are some sweet, passionate vanilla scenes, some sweaty, thrilling BDSM scenes (one particularly sexy one involving voyeurism to an extreme degree), and even a mnage scene that gave me a bit of a hot flash.
- I love how honest the characters are with each other and how much focus there is on conversation. Owen and Payne must either have experienced the lifestyle personally or have spoken in-depth with both Doms and subs, because the psychological needs and desires of both characters in these books are examined in detail.
- The character of Phan makes me smile. He's a wonderful friend to Tobias--and becoming one to Noah as well. (see cons below also)

CONS:
- Phan makes me want to cry too. He's not just a friend to Tobias; I get the feeling that he's still very much in love with his old master--and not just in the "we love each other but we aren't IN love" way. I think he's IN love with Tobias but is just so messed up that he can't be right for Tobias anymore nor can he move on and fall in love with anyone else. Maybe Noah and Tobias could let him be a part of their relationship...threeways work sometimes, right?
- There are two momentous, unrelated scenes at the end of the book that have been hinted at all through the story, and both of them feel rushed or a bit smoothed over. I was expecting something really explosive from at least one of them, and each one seemed to be over rather quickly.

Overall comments: I really, really enjoyed this book because of the characters--all of them. Even the small, secondary characters make an impact. It's got some BDSM elements that will make squeamish people squirm a bit, but if you made it through the first volume in the series, this one's mostly a piece of cake. And if you're interested in the characters' relationships (rather than just the kinky sex scenes), I think you'll like this one better than the first.
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So, I have discovered erotica, and have been downloading lots but this is one of the few I felt inclined to review.
This is a hot BDSM story, 19 pages worth on my kindle. Young Violet seems a normal sort of British girl, working a boring job. But her boss has spiked her sexual interest.  Apparently she has spiked his interest, too. A dominant and more experienced man, the boss recognizes her submissive nature and decides to introduce her to it. What follows are a number of BDSM erotic scenes in the bosses office, including a threesome when the big boss arrives.

This is well written erotica, with a romantic bent. Clearly a cut above the normal sort of stuff I have found out there. 5 stars
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Well! This is somewhat outside my usual genres, but I like stepping outside my comfort zone on occasion. "The Art of Submission" is classified as BDSM Erotic Romance. The book included both poetry and art, which made the story more deeply felt, as though it had been considered from several different angles.

The author chose the first-person present-tense narrative voice. One of the issues with this narrative voice is that it can be difficult to do it without either following the character through too many mundane tasks or inexplicably jumping from one point in time to another. But the author did a good job of staying in the present tense, with only occasional slips, and balancing the amount of information relayed by the characters. There were occasional jumps in time, but they were few and obvious enough to make it easy to follow.

In addition, she chose to repeat each scene in each chapter from the point of view of each of the two main characters. This has some advantages - you get to see how each character viewed the scene, and observe that what each one thought about the other, or about what was going on, was not necessarily true. However, it also necessitated the word-for-word repetition of much of the dialogue and caused constant backtracking of the action. I did like it when the characters talked to themselves, as we all do; this was indicated by italics, and helped me understand their internal dialogue.

Some of the dialogue is a bit stilted and repetitive, but some of that may be "par for the course" for this genre.  The same goes for anatomical descriptions; I'm not sure what's "normal" for a book of this type, but the author did try to vary things to some degree.  The depth of the plot was somewhat limited, but there was a plot, and it progressed logically and without really bogging down, even given the descriptive interludes.

I was pleased with the lack of typos, grammatical mistakes, punctuation errors, formatting errors, and related issues; there were only a few, not nearly enough to be distracting (and every book has a few).

I struggled a bit with how to rate this book. As I mentioned, it's outside my usual genres, and I don't have a good feel for how erotic and/or BDSM romances generally flow. I have no basis for comparison, and truthfully, I don't see myself continuing to read this genre. However, there's a lot more to a book than simply my own feeling about it; the author gets points for the careful presentation, the gutsy narrative voice and format, which fits the theme, the inclusion of extras in the form of poetry and art, the overall good writing, and the logical progression of the plot and character development. This is not juvenile fiction; topic aside, the vocabulary and writing style make it obvious it's geared towards adults.  The care that went into editing and proofreading this book bumped it up a notch in my book.
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I short, sharp read, I finished this first instalment in about an hour - but don't let that put you off. It was a glorious hour of a strong (if not psychotic) woman, comfortable with her sexuality and her independence. A mistress of manipulation.

This was a hot read, with sexual scenes involving collars and leashes, dirty talk, facef****** and group sex - most of which resulted in a certifiable one-handed book (if you're into that kind of thing); some of which I wished had been described in a little more detail, such as the group sex scene.

If you're after romance, there isn't any here. This is a woman dealing with multiple men in her life - her complicated relationship with her father-figure (who, it has to be said, was my favourite), her friendships with Linc and Joseph, and couple more casual ones thrown in for good measure. It'll be interesting to see where these relationships go in the sequels, but even if it's nowhere, gimme more filthy sex and I'll be happy.

This was a highly enjoyable quick read. It wasn't perfect - I wasn't so keen on the voice, which in some ways felt like a stream of consciousness, and I really hate flashbacks (I prefer past events to be written in chapters set in the past as it makes for a more seamless read). It also could have had more detail in the assassinations to make it a little darker. But regardless of that, the concept and characters were intriguing to make me keep reading, and make me want more.
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I loved the story very much!  I took some of these into the bedroom with my own lover, but with some seriously intense restrictions.

First of all, the kind of punishment she was doling out (ESPECIALLY after the drunk driving) is WAY TOO FAR!!!  As a Domme, I know that there are physical, mental, and emotional limits that each person has, and while pushing them is okay and sometimes pleasurable, breaking them so wholly is beyond dangerous - it's abuse.  As a sub, I had a Dom who was far worse than this, both emotionally and physically (except, perhaps, for the punishment after the drunk driving), and this kind of damage has far-reaching effects.

Second of all, and I cannot stress this enough, you DO NOT bring someone else into the bed without your partner's consent!  Then it's just cheating, and worse, cuckolding!  Unless your partner is cool with that kind of thing and consents, DO NOT DO THIS!

Otherwise, great writing, great story, definitely perked up my fiancee's and my sex life.  I never had a pet who was interested in spanking before, and this gave me a few nifty little ideas^^