Review: Fun, Light, Smart b&d Romance - You'll Love Bruce and Laera as a Master/slave Couple!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
Do all first books in a BDSM Romance series need to be a "Scene Virgin Stumbles on a BDSM Gathering, and Gets Literally Roped In!" one? (The first MASTERS OF THE SHADOWLANDS book, CLUB SHADOWLANDS, has a very similar premise.)If so, I'd recommend this one to people who aren't heavy-duty Scene types but might like to try it out a bit - Laera is intelligent in her curiosity about bondage and behaves intelligently for someone who's unfamiliar and a bit scared, but interested; and Bruce is a fun "Good Guy Dom", being a bit emotionally wounded and a bit of a flake as well as a definitely Dominant Male. It's obvious from the start they're ideally matched - but of course, if there weren't a few hitches (or the non-rope bondage variety) it would be a short book!This story also sets the tone for the series locale, "Bondage Ranch" - a combination inn/Regency-country dance barn that on weekends becomes a fetish paradise - and its owners, Alex (a maternal and imposing subbe) and her husband/Dom Dylan (who doesn't SEEM very Dom most of the time!). I really enjoy this series - and this is a great introduction to it.