Review: Great book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2012
Erika Moran's Spanked Princesses:  The Pianist was an enjoyable read for me.  I was immediately drawn into the story and made a strong connection with the heroine, Kristina.  Kristina is spoiled and was raised to be a gold-digger, but despite this she really loves her older husband, Jack, and would do anything to please him.  Kristina decides to learn to play the piano because she knows how much Jack loved to listen to his belated wife, Jan, play piano.  Talk about difficult shoes to fill, and Kristina doesn't realize what a huge commitment she's made - or how angry Jack would become if she slacked off or treated her piano teachers rudely.  Moran did an excellent job of portraying the hurt feelings between the couple, especially the desperation Kristina feels as she realizes she must take a huge step and ask Jack to punish her.  Despite her eagerness to submit, he decides she would most benefit from receiving her punishments from a woman.  Kristina agrees and soon finds herself at the mercy of a stern piano teacher and the live-in servants.  Over the period of a few months, Kristina undergoes an enormous personal transformation.  To make a long story short, she becomes a better person and gets in touch with her submissive side at the same time.  Even though I didn't connect with Jack as well as I connected with Kristina, he was still a likeable hero and Dom, and I couldn't wait for the moment when he finally took Kristina's discipline into his own hands.  There was a strong build up to the ending, which was hot and sweet.  I recommend this novel to anyone who likes a strong story with elements of bdsm and lots of F/F and eventually M/F spanking scenes.