Blurb
Lauren is a successful doctor with a healthy attitude toward sex, unashamed of her proclivities as a sexual dominant. She wants love and a family, but she’s beginning to believe there is no Mr. Right willing to stand by her in sickness and health…and be cuffed, stripped, and smacked with a riding crop.
Then her friend Lisette invites her to spend a long weekend on a private island. It turns out Lisette can’t come with her, but Lauren opts to go anyway, with no one for company but Joshua, the island caretaker, and his visiting friend, Marcus. Though both men are beautiful, it is Joshua that catches Lauren’s attention, and not just because Marcus prefers men.
Something in Josh’s stormy eyes calls to her. When Marcus facilitates a game of submission and control between the three of them that will last throughout the weekend, Lauren embraces the opportunity. Josh overwhelms her with his willingness to submit to her body’s desires, but her heart wants to get to the secrets behind those eyes. She is going to have to tear down his defenses and make him give her everything. And this is one Mistress who doesn’t take no for an answer…
Review
In book one in the Nature of Desire series, Lauren is staying at her friend’s island beach house to heal from breaking up with her boyfriend. She’s a Dom and used to being in control of life, work, and love, but Jonathon’s betrayal has made her doubt herself and her D/s lifestyle.
Josh is the island’s caretaker, and he and his friend Marcus are the only people there, other than Lauren. After they help her out of an embarrassing incident, the men stay with her, getting to know her. It’s obvious to Lauren that Josh is a damaged submissive with a lot of pain buried inside him, and Marcus is a fellow Dom who’s trying to help Josh deal with his trauma. The men are good friends, but they aren’t in a D/s relationship. Lauren and Marcus soon work together, but she never expected that by helping Josh heal, she would also be healing herself.
I haven’t read many Femdom books, so I was very happy to have won this ebook in a contest. I’ve heard a lot of good things about this series and about Ms. Hill’s work.
Lauren and Josh were wonderful characters. She was a strong, kind, and not-so-kind Mistress, exactly what Josh needed. He was so closed-off but desperate to give her whatever she wanted, what they both wanted. They immediately clicked. The sparks between them was enough to set my Kindle on fire.
I would love to learn more about Marcus and the submissive that he loved and lost—Thomas. He took being a Master/Dom to an art form and was the perfect go-between for Lauren and Josh when they needed a buffer.
There’s only one intercourse scene, which is a surprise since this book is erotic/a. There were lots of masturbation, touching, teasing, and climax scenes, however, between the three main characters. However, the withholding of intercourse fit with the plot and drew Lauren and Josh closer together.
I really enjoyed this story for the characters, the depth of emotion all three characters displayed, and my interest in BDSM culture. However, there were editing and pacing issues as well as head-hopping and odd religious references. These things kept throwing me out of the story, which is why the star rating isn’t higher. Some readers may not care or pick up on things like that, but I’m pretty OCD.
Anyway, this is a fun story for readers of BDSM romance. I also have the second book in the series, which I’ll read soon.
3 Stars
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