Slaves to Love

Slave Gamble: This is a short story about a woman named Zoe who attracts the attention of rich and powerful David Turner. Instead of approaching Zoe, David lures her boyfriend into a highh stakes game of cards and when her boyfriend can't pay his losses, David suggests payment in the form of Zoe. Of course David could have just walked up to Zoe and introduced himself but where's the fun in that? This way makes it more interesting and also places himself in a dominant position, which was what he was after. David has been a sexual dominant all his life and as such, instantly recognizes in Zoe the makings of a natural submissive. He takes her to his home and proceeds to introduce her to the delights of submission and the kiss of a whip and when love steps in for this pair, the lines of master and slave become blurred. This was okay. Nothing that will rock your world, this was instead a nice little quickie from Claire Thompson that had that touch of naughty BDSM. Face of Submission: Kate and Kevin are in love. Kate is a happy and much loved submissive and she enjoys living as a sort of house wife or house-slave to Kevin. They are happy as clams, but then Kevin's friend Mark comes to visit and the first crack in their relationship forms. Kevin might be the dominant when it comes to Kate, but with Mark, Kevin is the submissive and while that titillates and intrigues Kate, she's ultimately discomfitted by the idea of her master submitting to another. While watching the two men, she's intrigued and jealous and also nervous, because Mark makes her feel uncomfortable and unsafe in his presence and when things completely spiral out of control, it's up to Kevin and Kate to try and pick up the pieces and fix their relationship or walk away forever. Face of Submission deals with the all mighty 'power exchange' and how important it is for a true D/s or M/s relationship to work. This was an uncomfortable read and you can feel the tension Claire Thompson builds. Kevin and Kate have a very loving and sensual M/s relationship. This is Kate's first such relationship but Kevin has been around the block several times before and Mark is one of his previous relationships that he's unfortunately never been able to quit. While Kevin enjoys dominating Kate, he enjoys submitting to Mark and right away, Mark comes across as the worst of doms. He's not painted as a loving or patience man. He's dismissive and demeaning towards Kate and even tries to warn her off about Kevin. Mark is immediately jealous of Kate and it makes his dominance feel challenged, so a power struggle ensues between Mark and Kevin with Kate, unfortunately, as the poor victim in their power play. There are a lot of m/m moments in this short story and they are not pleasant. Most are rather graphic, especially for this novice in m/m and my unease was not helped by Mark, who was a demanding, forceful brute and a bully who enjoyed pushing Kate to get at Kevin. Poor Kate is dragged into the middle of th

This was an amazing book! By far the strongest of the three stories was Face of Submission - a daring and very real look at what can happen in a loving BDSM D/s relationship when a Dom forgets about the most crucial aspect of any relationship - TRUST. All three stories are very hot, very sexy and very true to life. As one who has lived the D/s lifestyle, I can tell that author Claire Thompson is no novice to the scene. Read this book and then hurry and read the rest of her stuff. That's what I'm going to do! All my thumbs and toes up! Great read!

I'd give this short 31/4 stars, better than average for the genre. In Slave Gamble Zoë's stupid boyfrend gets in over his head and looses her in a poker game to David a wealth and hansome Dom. Zoe turns out to have strong sub tendencies with the expected errotic Ds scenes and predictable ending. Very good character development and some humor but weak plot. The novela length Face of Submission has some humor, good suspense and plot with good Ds and some S & M scenes, I'd rate it 41/2 stars. Keven and Kate are a happy Ds couple and the scene where she agrees to have her nipples pierced is very well done. Kevan is bi and only dominant with woemen, his coledge friend Mark who is coming to visit is his Dom bi and prefers men. Things go awary when Keven is protective of Kate and it becomes obvious to Mark they are in love. He reacts with jellosey and abuses both hoping to break up their relationship and then leaves. They find their way back to a stable relationship though. Overall good suspense and plot with errotic scenes. The other short Jewel Thief is very good with a plot that is a little weak and good character development and errotic scenes, I would give it 4 stars (much better than average for the genre). Elena is a drop dead gorgious jewel thief and socalite who sets out to rob Jack London. She and her accomplice have an in with a high end safe company and use that to get combinations and a list of folks who purchased safes. She is in the process of finding out Jack changed the combination when he returnd home unexpectedly and catches her. He nakes her a deal she can't refusee-the cops or be his slave for a week. Her traiing and discovery of a sub side make the story interesting with the outcome somewhat in doubt until the end. Well crafted Ds errotica.