Review: Great little novella that will leave you curious for more!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2013
Alistair Ingram, the rebellious, and cocky L.A. actor did not know his life would change the night we walked into Doms and Dolls for his bachelorette party to encounter the sexy blonde bombshell of a Dominatrix, known as Black Betty. Little do they both know when she sends him back to his fiance, with ripped clothes, and a few welts, that their story is just beginning..."Alistair shook her to her core. A half-hour alone with him and he'd sought out her deepest, darkest fear like some crazy heat-seeking missile launched to destroy her."Black Betty is the top Dom working at a Vegas club called Doms and Dolls. As most people do, she has a past and it's not a pretty one. On the run from her abusive Dom ex-husband, she escaped to Vegas and became a Dominatrix with the promise of never letting herself be submissive to a man again. The night Alistrair comes to the club, she expects him to be like every other client, a man in power, seeking out some fun and punishment but he turns the tables on her during their session and her scared reaction shakes them both to the core."Don't screw with that one. She'll eat you alive and keep your soul in a jar beside her bed."As a heroine, Black Betty was confusing to me. She was all over the place with her emotions being dominant one minute and cowering in the corner like a scared little girl the next. Her past was touched on but never explained so I am hoping for more in the next books of this novella series to have my questions answered as to what actually happened to her."He had a way of looking at her that made her feel like she was made of snow an stuck in the blazing sun. She was sure she'd pool into water at his feet then evaporate all together."For the hero of this tale, Alistrair was hard not to find sexy. In the beginning he came off as an arrogant, self-serving "pretty boy", as Betty referred to him, who did not have a clue about the world of kink. As the book goes on, his sex appeal and hotness factor skyrocketed for me. I loved the relationship between him and Betty where at times he would (stubbornly) obey her commands, and at others, he would take control. At the end of this book our damsel in distress is not 100% fixed but Alistair really helps to bring her out of her shell and deal with some of this issues of her past."Right then he knew. Alistair knew what they would be like together. He and Black Betty would tear each other to pieces. Once unleashed, their desire for each other would be like a battle to the death."Being that this was a novella, it was a short and quick read. The story will pull you in and make you want to find out what happens next. The sexual chemistry and tension between the two characters is intense and makes this a steamy read. I was thankful that it did not end on a cliffhanger but I am definitely curious for more of Alistair and Betty's story!