Review: Exposed
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2011
I have to start this review by saying how much I love Elliot Mabeuse and his writing. I'm steadily making my way through his work, and this is my fifth story of his to enjoy.Like the other stories I've read, there is the prominent theme of the heroine being forced to submit to a man, and in doing so, she finally gives in to her own dark, forbidden desires, those desires locked tightly away from herself, yet are so clearly seen and exposed, defined and exploited by the hero.In this story, Helene is blackmailed by Daniel who at first tells Helene to call him the Doctor. Daniel demands sex in exchange for keeping the pictures of Helene safely away from her family and co-workers. I love this theme of forced sex/sex slave, one of my favorite themes in bdsm and erotica. I know it's politically incorrect, but most of what we read is fantasy, meant to be real (for some) only in written word and not action. And in this case, with this story, the author gives me this theme in a very sexy and erotic way.As Helene is first made to succumb to Daniel, it is in a dirty motel room, with Daniel being tall, elegant, nicely dressed like an executive, commanding in demeanor, and a direct contrast to the seedy, bare environment. I loved how EM writes this scene, how he juxtaposes the repressed, clean and tidy Helene, the elegant and predatory Daniel, and the run-down motel room, which cannot pretend to be anything it's not- lewd, shameful, and illicit.The relationship develops beyond the initial blackmail scheme, progressing from the motel to the bedroom, and Helene finds herself giving way to Daniel completely. Her subjugation soon becomes a release, a freeing of her darker needs and desires. There are a lot of erotic scenes with spanking, whipping, bondage, all sexy domination, with one really juicy scene with a knife.Helene is made to feel powerless, open, and exposed. If you like seeing a woman naked and defenseless to a dominating and controlling man, who pulls all the right strings; if you like seeing a woman yield to man, and in doing so, yield to herself, you'll like this story. As always with EM, it is well-written, highly erotic, intelligent, and revealing.