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Winning Angela: Discover the strength of submission as a vanilla plunges fists first into the BDSM lifestyle.


Winning Angela
Incognito 3
by Madison Layle & Anne Leigh Keaton


Dubbed a "submissive dominatrix" by the owner of the Incognito fetish club, Angela Patterson juggles separate love lives with two men who hold keys to her heart.

On one side--her wild side--she has Garrett Storm. A sexy-as-sin hunk of a construction worker who is every submissives' dream man. He's big, strong, rough and domineering. He tells her how he wants it and makes sure she gives it to him just the right way. They watch football together and go to country western concerts.

Then there's Blaine Worthington. He wears Armani and drives a Mercedes. Takes her to the symphony and the best restaurants in the city. He wines her and dines her, and in the bedroom will do anything and everything to please.

For a year, the men accepted status quo, aware of each other, but not knowing the other man's identity. But when each man demands more commitment, her two separate worlds collide and the competition for her heart ignites.
My review guidelines can be found HERE.

COVER ART
  • Confusing

SEXUALITY
  • M/F
  • M/F/M
  • Voyeurism
  • D/s
  • Abuse
  • Bare knuckle fighting

REVIEW
  • What do you mean by Domination?
    “Depending on who you ask, you’ll get different answers. Some mistakenly think of it as a power trip. But it’s not. It’s more about trust—the trust a sub gifts to her Dom through submission, and the honor that accompanies the Dom’s responsibility to the sub. But that’s not all there is ... There are different levels to the D/s lifestyle."
    pg 73

  • Blaine is a vanilla, unaware of his current alternative relationship dynamic. "So what?" if his lover enjoys taking control, he likes giving it to her. That doesn't mean he's a sub, does it?

  • All of Blaine's boundaries get pushed. Being the sub on the bottom of a triad would sound like the life of a rug, realistically he is anything but pliant.

  • Angela is coming to terms with her switch tendencies and finding that two lovers are better than one. She's in heaven, but are they in hell?

  • Dinner for 6 shines some light on alternative lifestyles blending into the "normal" vanilla world.

  • A trip to the fetish club rips the wool from Blaine's eyes and Garrett's as well. Angela comes along shortly thereafter.

  • It all ends in a bloody mess. But, that's not all bad. *wink*

This book was spotlighted on my Tuesday Teaser HERE.

Meet the "other man" in this romantically uncomfortable excerpt HERE.

Did you review this book too?
Comment with your link! (Usually at the top of the post.)

Sweet dreams...


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
• Grab your current read & open to a random page
• Share two “teaser” sentences sans spoilers
• Note the title & author


MY TEASE

"It still seemed very strange to him, this need that Storm said she possessed to be both a caregiver and a commander.

A need to be taken care of and dominated."


~ page 92, Winning Angela: Incognito 3 by Madison Layle and Anna Leigh Keaton


Come back for my review of this BDSM menage romance on Thursday the 26th!


Are you feeling teased? Comment at the top of the post.

Scratching the surface of love with a twist... BDSM elements in romantic fiction

I'm not a Happily-Ever-After girl.

I like a dramatic exchange of power. Flip, switch.
Who was once on the bottom is suddenly on top.
And just what are they going to do now?
When the big bad boy finally realizes cuttie pattoutie blondie has his/her nails in his heart,
that's when the thrashing begins.

I read romance for the suspense, drama, anticipation.
And there tends to be a lot more when BDSM elements are involved.

BDSM, a short definition (parsed from Wikipedia)

Creed • Safe, Sane, and Consensual
Players • Tops, Bottoms, and Switches
B & D • Bondage and discipline
D & S • Dominance and submission
S & M • Sadism and Masochism


Here are a few stories I've reviewed that are on the lighter side of BDSM:
  • Sugar Rush - D/s; Subtle commands by the hero, but the heroine chooses to obey them.
  • Cowboy Sandwich - D/s; Role playing with an exchange of power within the scene. **
  • This Is What I Want - D/s; A Blogger Mistress and follower subs.


Solid BSDM elements involving previously uninitiated (vanilla) lovers:
  • Cheating Chance - B/D; A Dom introduces his vanilla sub to Japanese Rope Bondage in the midst of a mystery.
  • Sin on Skin - BDSM; A vanilla cougar jumps in to the gentle arms of her Dom and his lifestyle.
  • Switch - D/s; A vanilla switch obeys an unseen Dom in secret via stolen mail.


Hardcore love stories revolving around BDSM elements:
  • Call Me Sir - BDSM: A sub acts rashly after pining for a year over an aloof Dom.
  • My One - BDSM: A pain puppy and her revelation with a new Dom.
  • Taming the Fire - BDSM: A Dom forcing himself to switch for his supernatural spy job.
  • Desire, Oklahoma Series - A town specifically founded for families with alternative lifestyles.
  • Incognito Series - Centers on a high end fetish club and its patrons.


To tie up the loose ends of this post...

A tiny insight into the pleasure of bondage with a quote (of which I can validate and relate):
A woman is being held on a bed, one man at her wrists and another at her ankles.

"He spread my legs, using his hands on my ankles. He spread my legs, wide and wider, while I tried to stop him. It was a game, because we'd all agreed to this... [It] sped my pulse, and made the struggles go from halfhearted to not so halfhearted... The fact that I couldn't [stop him] both scared and excited me."

pg 556, Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton

You want more?

Yesterday, James Buchanan posted a very informative article in reference to this subject.
He speaks with authority and provides a nice selection of links for further research.
(I very much enjoyed Ryan Hunter's Moment of Truth from A Pups Life blog.)
Stop by Reviews By Jessewave to check it out.

I do not claim to be anything near an expert on this subject.
This is a simple sharing of information and opinion.
Please add yours to the comments!

Yours,

Collaring Kat: Even Doms can have their lives flipped upside down by love!

Collaring Kat
Incognito 5
by Madison Layle & Anna Leigh Keaton


With a male slave at her beck and call and a successful fetish club as her domain, Mistress Katriona has everything she’s worked so hard for. Money, prestige, and independence. She’s the foundation and image of what Incognito is all about, and the one with the most to lose when a world-renown author and uncompromising Master shows up in her doorway.

One taste of Kat’s lips is enough to make Master Dalton want to uncover the secrets of Incognito’s head dominatrix. He’s determined to unleash all her desires and will settle for nothing less than total subjugation of her heart.
My review guidelines can be found HERE.

COVER ART
  • Black is back
  • Where is Kat's latex?
  • Oh, that is a BDSM symbol. As a vanilla, I had no idea.
  • A little choppy on the typographical layout.

SEXUALITY
  • M/F
  • D/s

REVIEW
  • Kat has created her dream business, but must lie to herself to keep it running. At least that is what she thinks, until Dalton sees through her facade.

  • Carl, as her business partner and close friend, really shines as a secondary supporting character.

  • My heart was tearing up right there with Kat when she was trying to make a very difficult life changing decision at the end.

  • The club fascinates me. I want the dynamic in this series to be true! I've already read the entire series, and love the power struggles and self exploration in the stories. Each one focuses on a slightly different aspect of the BDSM lifestyle.

  • The ending is sweet, but I am very sure that I could not have done what she did. I just don't work that way, but that didn't keep me from enjoying the story!

  • Now I am going to move on, out of order, to the one about a submissive Dominatrix!

This book was spotlighted on my Tuesday Teaser HERE.

Read about explosive first impressions and second meetings in the excerpt HERE.

Did you review this book too?
Comment with your link! (Usually at the top of the post.)

Sweet daydreams...


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
• Grab your current read & open to a random page
• Share two “teaser” sentences sans spoilers
• Note the title & author


MY TEASE

"The riding crop struck him in the shoulder, but there was no force behind the blow.

He barely felt it.

He was too busy reeling from his own words."


~ page 72, Collaring Kat by Madison Layle & Anna Leigh Keaton


Come back on Monday the 16th for a review of this BDSM love story!


Are you feeling teased? Comment at the top of the post.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read & open to a random page
• Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!
• Share the title & author

I love Miz B's blog and her Teaser Tuesday's... I just have to take part!

My Tease:
"Embossed in gold, the size of a business card, it simply said, 'Invitation to attend.' On the reverse side was the logo for Incognito, also gold embossed, and a line that read, 'Unleash your darkest desires.'"
~ pg.5 Incognito: Collaring Kat by Madison Layle & Anna Leigh Keaton


I just started this ebook and already have crazy scenarios running through my head!

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