Review: Smorgasbord of Smut
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2013
This was a delightful smorgasbord of smut from new to me author Christine D'Abo! We have 3 siblings running a coffee shop which is just over the road from a BDSM club called Mavericks. Sadie, Paige and Ian all have separate stories involving the BDSM club so I'll review them separately.Double ShotI think I need to use the great Goodreads term glitterkink to describe this one. I think it's meant to be BDSM but there is no actual BDSM involved in the scenes - this is just really hot menage sex.So Paul and Sadie have been friends for a decade. She's admired him from afar while he paraded a succession of beautiful girlfriends in front of her. Sadie now runs a coffee shop with her gay brother and straight sister and Paul asks Sadie to cater for him for a special function at the BDSM club he is a member of which is run by his friend Josh. He also comes on strong to Sadie and asks her to think of her secret fantasy.Having met Josh, Sadie's fantasy is a sweet hot menage with him, her and Paul. This is where it started to fall apart for me. At the function, Paul and Josh take Sadie off to a private room and put her in charge, despite her lack of experience. I kind of hoped that Paul and Josh would take control of the situation. They do have some very hot menage sex but then Paul, really rather inexplicably, decides that Sadie likes Josh better than him and stomps off into a six day sulk!I felt a little lost and short-changed by this - they do, of course, make up and have a steamy vanilla scene but Paul was a bit of a petulant child and not quite the dom I thought he was going to be.A Shot in the DarkI enjoyed this one much more. Paige had been involved in the BDSM lifestyle but left when her boyfriend used it as an excuse for abuse. She meets the gorgeous Carter who is a dom and a firefighter - who could possibly resist. I mean, how hot is that? He slowly reintroduces her to the lifestyle and breaks down her barriers and helps her to trust again.They do have some deliciously hot BDSM scenes in the club and at home and I very much enjoyed this one.Pulled LongBit of a naughty title or is that just my smutty mind? This is a beautiful m-m romance starring Ian and blue eyes who have been flirting ever since the first story. Turns out blue eyes (Jeff) is bi-sexual and divorcing his wife. Ian, due to a bad personal experience in the past, decides that he can't possibly cope with another partner who is sexually ambiguous and turns his back on Jeff.Jeff is not going to take no for an answer and pursues Ian and they indulge in some incredibly erotic and exhibitionist sex with the chance of discovery ever present. Ian is still trying to push Jeff away but Jeff is strong enough for the both of them and slowly gives Ian back his confidence.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I really enjoyed this collection and I am glad to see that the series will continue with Beth who Paige sacked back in the second story. All of the siblings have serious issues - I do worry about how they were brought up to be so dysfunctional but thankfully they all get their HEA. I'm definitely going to seek more out by this author and hope that she writes a full-length novel.