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Christina Thacher

Autor(a) de Roman and Juliet

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September 26, 2013 – Finished Reading

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bodebeabay | 1 outra crítica | Sep 25, 2022 |
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16 NOVELS OF SCORCHING HOT EROTIC ROMANCE!

ALL GENRES!


 
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Travis_Luedke | Sep 7, 2014 |
Actually 3.5 Stars


When Darby finds herself stuck at the Airport hotel, the last thing she expects is to find her hidden submissive side. When a dark and mysterious man approaches her in the bar, she feels sensations that she has never felt before and feels powerless to stop. She can’t resist when he tries to take her back to a room, can’t resist when he commands her to pleasure him. After she wakes up alone, she can’t get him out of her mind. He left her his card, left her a way of contacting him but never any actual encouragement to do so. Will she brave the fear of rejection to discover more about herself?

Master Damien never expected his airport fling would turn into something so terrifying. He has always been the cold aloof Dom, the man who subs can expect pleasure from but nothing more. Darby turned him inside out from the second they met. Her willingness to submit, her complete innocence at what she was doing, left him with the overwhelming desire to possess. He runs from the hotel room, desperate to regain his sense of balance but he can’t get her out of his mind. When she flies across the country to the BDSM club he frequents, he can barely believe his eyes. Will he push her away to retain his status as the unavailable Master Damien? Or will he allow her to get closer to his heart than she managed in their first meeting?

Ahhh this book has left me with so many conflicted feelings. I need to discuss the book in terms of before the incident and after the incident. The incident in question is one of the most annoying things that can happen in a BDSM novella; they don’t play safe. Maybe my version of BDSM is twisted by the books I have read, the mantra of “safe, sane and consensual” that is imprinted on my brain from various prologues, but I immediately fell out of love with Darby when she went to a room with a strange man and allowed him full control. I have always said that heroines like this are too stupid to live, too unconcerned with their own safety for me to actually care about. I want her to either know him well or be in a sex club with people to help her out; these are the only ways my mind will find BDSM sexy. To me, it’s all about trust and you cannot trust a stranger. I also raised a concern about the lack of sexual contraception used in the first scene BUT condoms were used throughout after this; people take risks and I’ll accept that. Again contraception with strangers for me is a must; too many horrible pictures from my biology degree I expect :D Myself and the wonderful author of this book have discussed this at length; I understand why she did it, but it marred the rest of an otherwise fabulous novella.

I will admit that I put the book down at this point. However, I picked it up again and I’m glad I did. I will now talk about the book post incident. Man, I enjoyed the character of Darcy after her complete lack of judgement at the beginning. She didn’t run from her submissive nature, she researched it and came back for round two better prepared. She didn’t run from rejection because she simply had to know one way or the other; she was a wonderfully strong character. Damien was a big wuss and this made him act like a complete ass. He would rather face a lifetime of being miserable and lonely than face the fact he may have fallen in love. He is HORRIBLE to her at points in his attempts at pushing her away. Honestly, there is one scene where he was such a prat I had to go away and calm down a little. But, the bigger they are, the harder they fall as they say :D The sex in this was wonderfully smutty, incredibly arousing and more than a little kinky. I will put a warning here that Darby has a little of a masochistic streak in her so if you don’t like a little force with your BDSM, I expect you may find some of these scenes a little hard. The only other complaint I have is that I was unsure on the timing of the events in this book. I never was actually sure how long there was between each meeting and I got a little confused.

A well written and sexy novella, starred at a 3.5 only because of a personal pet peeve of mine. If you don’t mind it, or can let it go easier than I did, I encourage you to try this book. The sex is hot, the Dom is bossy (and slightly stupid) and the heroine is fab bar one rather questionable decision. I particularly liked the masquerade ball. Put me down for Xavier’s book….I like the sound of him :D
… (mais)
 
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Scorchingrevs | Sep 21, 2013 |
reviewed at http://scorchingbookreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/a-nix-bdsm-review-frozen-hear...

Kai is a little upset at having “lost” his best-friend at the Aerie to a permanent sub. When he needs to grab a sub to hang out in the “couples-only” zone within the Aerie, he grabs the first one he sees, even though he has purposefully never chosen her before. Jenna’s colourful hair, piercings and skinny frame have meant that that he has never picked her out of the sea of unattached subs because she simply wasn’t attractive to him. Up-close and personal, he starts to see beyond the disguise and he has an overwhelming desire to play. When their play session leads to the unearthing of some very disturbing memories for Jenna, Kai can only watch on as she emotionally breaks down in front of him. Suddenly, his detached attraction to the sub morphs into a desire to help her.

Jenna has done as much as possible to change herself from the girl who was abused. She uses the Aerie as a place to get the physical pain she feels she needs to try to exorcize her demons. Nothing prepared her for her session with a Dom such as Kai. His ability to bring her pleasure with limited pain opens up recesses of her mind she thought she’d closed. Kai and Xavier find the best possible help for Jenna and she starts therapy to try to come to terms with her past. She is more than a little surprised when, after a doctor recommended break from the Aerie, Kai still wants to play with her when she returns with a whole new set of limits.

Kai hasn’t stopped thinking about Jenna, finally accepting that he wants more from her than just a couple of nights of play at the club. But now she wants the sex without the pain, without the core element that she started in the lifestyle for. She wants him to teach her submission without pain and he wants to see her as more than a part-time sub. Neither of them know if they are cut out for what the other is asking; will this fragile relationship be able to withstand the new added pressure of them both trying to change?

I had an issue with the lack of safety in book one of this series. Christina Thacher got into contact with me about that issue and we had many lengthy chats about it. She is an author who I think has an awesome sense of professionalism and I enjoyed my debate with her. That being said, the rating of this book has nothing to do with whether I like the author; I genuinely liked the book.

Kai isn’t much of a Dom. But to be fair, he knows he isn’t much of a Dom and this is perfect for a character such as Jenna. Kai is a beautiful man who likes a bit of kink and treats sick kids for a living; yeah, I was hooked straight away! His reaction to Jenna’s freak-out made sense to me because of his profession; I completely understand that he would want to heal her and feel partially responsible for her care. I loved that it was during this time, and not during the sex, that he started to have real feelings for her. In fact, I pretty much loved Kai throughout the book. He is caring, sensitive of her needs and has a lovely imagination. In fact, he has all the major attributes of a Dom...he just can’t actually be bothered being a Dominant all of the time. He doesn’t really get off on the control, more the kinky sex and bringing his sub pleasure. I really enjoyed the way he was with Jenna, he made me like him!

Jenna is a heavily damaged lady. The abuse she suffered as a child is truly horrible and she uses the pain of BDSM to try to exorcize her demons. Prior to this, she used to use self harming as a tool to try to do this, but she *thinks* this is the healthier way to deal. It’s not because she is effectively lying to any Dom she plays with as she isn’t actually in this for the submission, just the pain. When she comes back to the Aerie I wasn’t even sure she was a sub... the draw for her was the pain and that doesn’t make a submissive. I wanted her and Kai to work out, I just wasn’t sure that they would.

The sex in this book is really really fun and hot. I do think it is light on the BDSM and high on the kink factor, but that was fine with the way the storyline progressed. I particularly enjoyed the role playing scene as Sultan and his slave... very very hot J The scenes became more imaginative as the book progressed as Kai had to stick to Jenna’s new doctor enforced no pain hard limit; he really was a resourceful man J There was quite a high proportion of the books where the characters weren’t together; it was a little odd to read a romance with this much separation between the H/h.

Overall, this is a very hot and dirty book with characters that I really did like. I wanted them to work out and routed for them all the way through. Now, where do I find a sultan themed play room?......
… (mais)
 
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Scorchingrevs | Sep 21, 2013 |

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