Review: A taming of the beast story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2011
I loved this hero. Melmanon is very tall, muscular, big and strong, with dark red skin, black hair, and eyes. He is very alpha male, very controlling and dominating, rough and dark. He and his race have conquered Charity's planet, and she is running from the invaders and has so far avoided being captured. Melmanon takes this as a personal insult and is relentless in looking for her. She is hiding under some dirt and rubble when he finally tracks her down. He just reaches through it all, pulling her up, holding her up high by her neck. He tells her to feel free to scream, that he has every intention of making her suffer.He's a hardened warrior, a ruthless general, and is so angry that a mere woman has evaded him and his army. He's filled with rage and bloodlust, but once he sees her cleaned up and how beautiful she is, he decides to keep her as his slave, as a sort of war prize. In looks, she is completely different from women on his planet: she's smaller, pale, delicate yet lush, rounded and soft, but most of all, she is submissive and this he likes very much, as he's not used to this from a female.There is 'forced sex', you know, in the way of those old bodice rippers, where the heroine has no choice but to submit to the man who has conquered her. There is a lot of hot sex in the book, and I especially loved the captive/slave aspect the most (as well as the domination). Charity is completely at his mercy. Melmanon wants to own her, her emotions, her thoughts, her everything. He's almost cruel in how controlling and dominating he is, but by the end of the story, he is so in love with her.This is not a very long story, but it was so good. I couldn't put it down. I loved it. If you like strong, OTT alpha males, D/s, and the captive/slave/coercion theme, I think you will love it as well. Has a great HEA, too.