Review: Delicious!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2012
Alana Simmons has had a number of delectable BDSM experiences as a submissive in the past, but if she's going to be honest with herself, she's always topped from the bottom. She gives out her safe word, quite liberally, and knows she wants more. She's a woman with split desires, wanting to serve another, but also simply wanting hotter sex. Which desire will overcome the other?Sir Ethan Kendall is a Master through and through. Having left the BDSM scene, he's now pretty reclusive. So when this determined woman breaks through his security, begging to be trained, he finally relents, inviting her to come to his home for a short stay. He warns her that should she cross his threshold, she should be prepared to completely submit. He's not a play partner, he's a Dom, and will give her nothing less.When she arrives, she's greeted by not only Ethan, but also by his servant Thomas. Her perceptions of BDSM are shaken, her life turned upside down, and she suddenly realizes her submission is anything but a game.Sierra Cartwright amazes me again. As soon as I read Ethan and Alana's conversation and his stern words that he's not a play Dom, someone she can safe word around simply because she doesn't want to do something, I understood his mindset. It's the reason why many Doms and subs don't prefer the dungeon scene. It's not a game for them. It's life and they won't accept anything less.Alana really believes she wants to submit to this man. Unable to see all the thoughts of her mind, one can attempt to guess that while she has enjoyed the kink from past experiences, she's still very much in control, so it doesn't fully satisfy. Ethan wants her full submission and won't train her unless she's willing to offer it. He won't have her tell him what she does or doesn't want to do, and on the other hand, won't have her keeping secrets or fears from him.Ethan's a strict Master, intuitively knowing which of her boundaries to push, and when. He brings her to places she had never even conceived. And then she comes to the realization that her two-week stay will soon be over. How in the world can she return to the reality she left behind? It's like tasting the finest wine, then being told that they have to return to their diet of grape juice. Of course, I won't reveal the ending, that's something for the reader to explore for herself. But what an ending it is.  Bravo, Ms. Cartwright!Courtesy of Fallen Angel Reviews.