Review: Healing Through BDSM
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2013
This is another of those healing through BDSM stories.  Kendra, who we first met in Bonds of Trust, is running scared from her cruel ex-Master who used her submission as an excuse to abuse her and now she is scarred both emotionally and physically.  She is, however, a natural masochist and, despite all the horrors she's endured, she still has that basic urge to feel the bite of pain to achieve sexual gratification.She attends an open evening at The Den as the guest of Cali & Jake and the calling is overwhelming and she attempts to find a Dom for the evening but Deklan has to step in when she starts to panic in the chosen scene.  Something about her plight calls to him and he offers to help her overcome her fears and they sign a BDSM contract.I did like Kendra although I did also find her rather annoying at times.  I totally understood her need to quiet that internal pain by craving external pain but I thought she took a lot from Deklan during the course of the story and gave him very little in return other than her submission.  In fact, at one point in time, I thought she was unforgivably cruel to him.  I did really admire her resolute strength, the way she pounded pavements to help exorcise her demons and her determination not to let Eric, her ex, completely ruin the rest of her life.Deklan, on the other hand, I totally loved. He gave Kendra so much and revelled in the how she gave him her submission knowing how hard it was for her coming out of a situation that had completely destroyed her trust.  He' was patient, attentive, selfless - he was pretty much the perfect Dom for Kendra. He never forces the situation beyond what she can cope with and slowly rebuilds that trust that Eric had so cruelly destroyed.  We didn't get huge insights into his character and past, it was mostly skimmed over - this is very much Kendra's story.Eric, Kendra's ex, really was a bully and I hated him and I felt the story was building  towards a big dramatic conclusion with this particular plot line but, sadly, in the end it felt rather anti-climactic.  It was, however, wonderfully romantic and if BDSM romance is your thing then I feel fairly confident in saying that you would like this.  Hardcore BDSM fans will probably find this rather tame.So, another great story from Lynda Aicher and I look forward to more in this series.3.5 BDSM romance