The BDSM Book Club Discussion Thread

[FurryFury]

Discussion for Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey our April 2011 BDSM BOTM has begun. Please join us.

Patience by Lisa Valdez is our May 2011 BOTM.

The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill will be our June 2011 BOTM

What would you like to read in July?

FF

 

[graceanne]

What are the options, again?

 

[FurryFury]

What are the options, again?

I'd be happy to read anything you'd be interested in. Here is the list though:

1.) Queen of the Darkness, by Anne Bishop.

"Queen of the Darkness" is the third and last book in Anne Bishop's extraordinary "Black Jewels Trilogy." This is a strong novel which truly enhances the material in the first two books and provides a most fitting conclusion to this epic series. I would strongly advise reading the books in order, beginning with "Daughter of the Blood" and then "Heir to the Shadows" to best appreciate the intricate story, characters and unique world that Ms. Bishop has created. I only wish the author had written a quartet!

2.) Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey.

Book Description:In the year 2139, fearless Tedra De Arr sets out to rescue her beleaguered planet Kystran from the savage rule of the evil Crad Ce Moerr. Experienced in combat but not in love, the beautiful, untouched Amazon flies with Martha, her wise-cracking, free-thinking computer, to a world where warriors reigns supreme--and into the arms of the one man she can never hope to vanquish: the bronzed barbarian Challen Ly-San-Ter. A magnificent creature of raw yet disciplined desires, the muscle-bound primitive succeeds where no puny Kystran male had before--igniting a raging fire within Tedra that must be extinguished before she can even think of saving her enslaved world. . .

3.) Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh.

By CoffeeGurl (MA) - (TOP 100 REVIEWER)
Ties that Bind is one of the most smoldering erotic anthologies I've read as of late, and Jaid Black's Sins of the Father is the highlight of the book. Candy Morgan is James's nemesis. Her father had promised him a lucrative career and a place in the family, but then he discarded James without a moment's hesitation. Now Candy must surrender to James's dark desires and commands if she wants to keep her side of the business running. But little did she imagine that James had an unexpected agenda...

The erotic scenes in Father are insatiable beyond compare! The novella is full of Black's signature eroticism and mouthwatering descriptions. She is a great new voice in erotic fiction. I haven't been able to put down her books and I look forward to reading more of her stuff. Lora Leigh's Surrender, the other novella in Ties that Bind, is also a scorcher. These quickie reads will burn a hole in your sheets! I shall look into reading more of Ellora's Cave authors in the future. In the meantime, I recommend this book along with Jaid Black's The Possession.

4.) Obsession : an erotic tale by Vanderbilt, Gloria

Publisher Summary 2 New York social maven Priscilla Bingham discovers a hidden cache of letters that reveal her late husband's affair with a sophisticated dominatrix who has recorded the intimate details of their relationship, a finding with which Priscilla becomes increasingly obsessed. Publisher Summary 3
The marriages of desire . . .

From the multitalented and versatile Gloria Vanderbilt comes a passionate, sensual, witty, and puzzling tale of erotic obsession, beauty, and revenge, told in tandem by two women obsessed with the same man—and, ultimately, with each other.

Talbot Bingham is a renowned architectural genius who, with his formidable wife, Priscilla, creates an architectural community. When he dies unexpectedly in the middle of their tenth wedding anniversary celebration, the devastated Priscilla is left keeper of the flame of Talbot's genius. Going through her husband's archives, she comes unexpectedly upon a pile of neatly tied letters, and the shocking secret of her husband's intimate life—a discovery that shatters the foundation of her soul and spirit.

Obsession explores the mysteries of the human heart and the nature of sexuality and obsession, provoking questions about whom we choose to love, and why. The reader is left to decide if the other woman represents another facet of Priscilla, or if Priscilla her-self has invented the other woman who completed the world her husband so recently inhabited?


5.)Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton

I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, claims that he is the true father since he abducted me from my home, betrayed, and defiled me. And now he has branded my guards as a threat to my unborn children.

Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my aunt’s throne, that much closer to my reign over the Unseelie Court–and well ahead of her son, my cousin Cel, in this race. Now I must stay alive to see my children born and claim my place as queen.

But not all in faerie are pleased with the news, and conspirators from every court in the realm plot against me and mine. They seek to strip my guards, my lovers, from me by poisoned word or cold steel. But I still have supporters, and even friends, among the goblins and the sluagh, who will stand by me.

I am Meredith Nic Essus, and those who would defy and destroy me are destined to pay a terrible price–for I am truly my father’s daughter. To protect what is mine, I will sacrifice anything–even if it means waging a great battle against my darkest enemies and making the most momentous decision ever made as princess of faerie.

6.) One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 2) by Jeaniene Frost

You can run from the grave, but you can't hide . . .

Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She's still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind.

Being around him awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline kick of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head—wanted: dead or half-alive—means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones. And no matter how hard she tries to keep things professional between them, she'll find that desire lasts forever . . . and that Bones won't let her get away again.

7.) Menage by Emma Holly

Bookstore owner Kate comes home from work one day to find her two flatmates in bed...together. Joe - a sensitive composer - is mortified. Sean - an irrepressible bad boy - asks her to join in. Kate's been fantasising about her hunky new houseshares since they moved in, but she was convinced they were both gay.

Realising that pleasure is a multi-faceted thing, she sets her cares aside and embarks on a menage a trois with the wild duo. Kate wants nothing more than to keep both her admirers happy, but inevitably things become complicated, especially at work.

Kate has told her colleagues that Joe and Sean are gay but the gossip begins when she's caught in a clinch with one of them in her lunch hour! To add to this, one of Kate's more conservative suitors is showing interest again, but she's hooked on the different kind of loving that she enjoys with her boys - even though she knows it cannot last. Or can it?

8.) Safe Word by Molly Weatherfield. From the author of Carrie's Story comes the continuing tale of a young woman's uncompromising sexual adventure.

Carrie leaves Jonathan, the S/M master who initiated her into a life of slave auctions, training regimes, and human "ponies" preening for dressage competitions. Whisked away to Greece by the demanding gentleman who has chosen her as his own, she learns new, more rigorous methods of sexual pleasure.

9.) Topping From Below by Laura Reese.

The title of this devilishly pornographic?albeit literate?novel is taken from the argot of sadomasochism and refers to a rebellious dynamic in which the dominant partner (the "top") is subtly manipulated by the submissive partner (the "bottom").

After her young sister, Franny, is found murdered?bound, gagged and mutilated?Nora Tibbs, a journalist for the Sacramento Bee, discovers in Franny's computer a diary that details her brief affair with "M.," an arrogant music professor in his late 40s. Cruelly exploiting the overweight, love-starved woman, M. forced Franny to submit to a humiliating gamut of outre sexual practices.

Convinced that M. is Franny's murderer, Nora sets out to prove his guilt by pretending to submit to his depraved aberrations. But, to her astonishment, she discovers a dark, pagan side of herself when M. enthralls her with intense, if perilous, sexual pleasure. Graphic descriptions of exotic sexual practices (bondage and discipline, sadomasochism, bestiality, etc.) accumulate, counterpointed by Nora's sweetly romantic relationship with a fellow reporter.

The suspense, a bit attenuated by thin secondary characters, also is muted by artless foreshadowing, but the conclusion is satisfying in a savage sort of way and Nora's plunge "down, all the way down" under M.'s manipulations will keep most readers gripped even as they're aware that Reese's shameless pandering is manipulating them in turn. Comparison to Story of O is well earned. 100,000 first printing; Literary Guild and Doubleday Recommended for adult fiction collections.

10.) Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels, and in this new book, which builds on her short story "The Awakening," she focuses on a different kind of sensual predator—a half-human/half-leopard species of shapeshifters.

Mysterious freelance paramilitary operative Rio Santana is a member of this breed, but he's been banished from his clan and lives in a solitary rainforest dwelling. Enter Rachel Lospostos, who has marooned herself in the jungle to escape a group of murderers.

Blood runs hot between the two, both emotionally and literally—their first meeting is a near-terminal cat fight that leaves Rachel bedridden with a mangled leg and a broken wrist. As Rio cares for her, it becomes clear that their relationship is fated, but it may soon be cut short if they don't figure out who wants Rachel dead.

Suspense often takes a backseat to the protagonists' romantic feelings, but Feehan handles both elements skillfully, drawing villains who are sufficiently threatening and creating a romance that feels both destined and believable. Readers whose fantasies center on untamed wilderness and on untamed heroes who are as sensitive as they are strong will be seduced by this erotic adventure. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

11.) The Reluctant Dom by Tymber Dalton

Love hurts...if you're lucky.-

Kaden knows he's dying, but before he goes, he has one problem he needs to solve - he must ask his oldest friend Seth to take over as his beloved wife's Dom and Master after his death. Seth has always seen himself as the perpetual screw-up and Kaden as the strong and steady one, so his friend's request rocks his world.-

Now Seth finds himself immersed in a role he's far from comfortable with: inflicting pain to provide emotional comfort for the woman he's secretly loved for years. Can he deal with his crushing grief and learn the skills he must master in time to become THE RELUCTANT DOM?-

Warning: m/f/m menage, anal sex/play/toys, BDSM, bondage, D/s relationship, and the lesser-known "normality" of the world of BDSM.-

Any book you consider to have been pleasurable, and somewhat BDSM please share!

12.) Symphony of C, Vol I and Symphony of C, Vol II by Cara Mitchell ebook format

From author's web site:

Following the ebbs and flows of longing warring with jubilation, Cara relives the fury of the battle between her intrinsic nature and the teachings of modern society in her quest to fulfill her yearning to yield control to another. Trained by the mysteriously exclusive ranks of high protocol dominants, she endeavours to be moulded into a gracefully captivated being.

Will her journey through intense bliss and wrenching turmoil in order to fulfill her need to obey destroy or lead to unparalleled freedom?

13.) Chaos Magic by Jay Lygon

Sam is a broken young man, whose job as a film critic is just starting to take off, even as his personal life is crashing down around him.

His relationship with Marcus, God of Fear, turned out to be a horrible mistake, sending him spiraling down into a web of self-doubt and depression.

Luckily, Sam has always been a follower of magic, and he knows just enough about how the gods work to keep his head above water until he meets the Dom of his dreams, Hector. Seemingly the perfect match for Sam's impulsive, reckless Sub, Hector soon shows signs of jealousy and need that go beyond what Sam might be able to give.

With Hector's motivations called into doubt, Sam has to learn to trust, and to stop listening to the ideas Marcus has put in his head.

Sam also has problems accepting his own nature, and his abilities, which leads to more chaos than he, or Hector, could have imagined. Can Hector put aside his jealousy and his desperate desire to be all Sam needs?

And can Sam learn that he's strong enough to let go of everything and immerse himself in the lifestyle he and Hector can achieve together?

 

[graceanne]

I've read these and would be willing to reread them and post:

2.) Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey.

5.)Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton

10.) Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

That said, I don't think wild rain was very D/s, or even BDSM. If we're going to choose a C. Feehan that's very D/s I'd go for either Murder Game or Wild Fire. In the case of Wild Fire there's an actual 'scene' in it.



I'd be willing to read:

3.) Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh.

 

[FurryFury]

Sounds like you are most interested in 3.) Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh. My library has it so let's do it!

FF

 

[graceanne]

Sounds like you are most interested in 3.) Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh. My library has it so let's do it!

FF

Well, it's Jaid Black and Lora Leigh, can't get much better than that.

 

[FurryFury]

We can begin discussing the BOTM for May, Patience by Lisa Valdez now!



The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill will be our June 2011 BOTM

Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh will be our July 2011 BOTM

Voting can begin on the August 2011 BOTM now as well.

 

[FurryFury]

Patience by Lisa Valdez

Did you like the book overall or not?

Yes, I did even though it's a time period romance.

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?

For the most part yes. I have a few serious quibbles that we will get to later.

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?

Oh HELL yes! I had to be very careful when and where I read this book because it was difficult not to hump the gear shaft in the car or something whilst reading. This was that hot to me. LOL

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?

Yes, it was a good story all in all. I like it when the two kinky people so romantically and logically fit one another like that.

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?

Yes, if they were all kinky and NOT religious and not sexist about "woman's place" and stuff like that.

What did you like best about this selection?

The lead characters were pretty well drawn. The story was good overall. There was humor as well. The D/s was hot.

What did you like the least?

I was irritated and offended by the idea that due to religion and God's will, all women were meant to be submissive and all men lords or whatever. That made me want to hurl.

How would you have changed the story?

I'd have taken out the God and sexist bullshit.

 

[graceanne]

Oh HELL yes! I had to be very careful when and where I read this book because it was difficult not to hump the gear shaft in the car or something whilst reading. This was that hot to me. LOL

ROFLMAO

Now, I'm gonna have to read this book, I can't think of a single other book we've read that you liked the sex scenes in this much.

 

[FurryFury]

I like leaving your comments up so people know there is something new and it's not just me who comments in this thread.

Yes, for me the sex scenes were scorching hot in a GOOD way!

I think certain scenes will be re-read over and over . . .

 

[FurryFury]

Who wants to help pick the August 2011 BOTM? I would like to have it chosen by July 15th!

Hellllp me!

LOL

 

[danigrl84]

I know I'm a bit late to the game, but I'd love to join your book club!
I just finished reading Fanny Hill, and got the 2nd and 3rd Sleeping Beauty books by Anne Rice.....I have to say, I think I'm developing and erotic literature addiction!

 

[FurryFury]

Love to have you join us, Danigrl!



FF

 

[danigrl84]

Love to have you join us, Danigrl!



FF

Thanks FurryFury! May I ask what book you are on now?

 

[FurryFury]

Yes! The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill is our June 2011 BOTM

Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh will be our July 2011 BOTM

Voting can begin on the August 2011 BOTM now as well.

 

[FurryFury]

Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh is our July 2011 BOTM.

Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton will be our August 2011 BOTM.

Discussion for our June 2011 BOTM, The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill may begin at midnight tonight, Thursday June 30, 2011, YOUR time.

FF

 

[FurryFury]

The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill

Did you like the book overall or not?

Idk, it was okay but the things I was really interested in weren't explored in depth.

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?

No. I really don't. Breaking someone's arm is WAY over the line. So is leaving them in bondage and with a sounding while you "sleep" that's crap.

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?

Orgies turn me off intellectually so does cruelty that isn't needed or wanted by both parties. I didn't like most of the sex. However, on a base level sex with more than one person does get to me and that scene, absurd and stupid as it was, did make me get out my BOB. *grinz*

The rest of the sex was just stupid and very porn. Every time she was touched or she looked at him or vice versa her clit "quivered" or some such. Blah. Bullshit. Whatever.

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?

No. I could have. I love the idea of vampires and different ways or organizations of them the politics and so on. Only it hinted at that shit instead of illuminating it. All that was illuminated is that somehow vampires must be mean to their servants and have orgies WTF!?! Bullshit again!

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?

If I heard the series gets more in depth in the ways I'd like to see or if everyone wanted to, I would read more.

What did you like best about this selection?

Vamp politics and the Alpha dog Bran. He was much too good for his mistress. The hint that there is a cure that will come up before she dies and everyone she has bitten.

What did you like the least?

I didn't like the Queen at all. I didn't like her description or attitudes for the most part.

The idea that a "pure" person must be killed per vamp per year. That's horrible.

The idea of past lives, I'm not into that, as well.

How would you have changed the story?

I would have like to have seen more complex characters, characters and more detailing on vamps, less cheesy "porn" type of writing too.

 

[FurryFury]

Anyone want to weigh in a book for September?

FF

 

[FurryFury]

If there isn't enough interest in the BDSM BOTM for anyone else to vote on a book perhaps we should discontinue it?

 

[FurryFury]

I will be ending the BDSM BOTM club here unless I get some participation from others. It will close with the August 2011 book discussion.

 

[FurryFury]

Discussion for our, July 2011 BOTM, Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh may begin at midnight your time.

FF

 

[FurryFury]

Wicked Pleasure by Lora Leigh

Did you like the book overall or not?

I liked it in a way but it bothered me too. I'm on the fence with this one.

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?

No. This book didn't feel very BDSM-y to me. There was some spanking. Lot's of "I'm going to take it further" type statements but he always let her come, never did more than spank her and it just didn't feel very BDSM to me.

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?

Not much. I think two guys and one girl is one of the hottest scenarios there is but for the most part the scenes were the same one over and over. It didn't feel right to me either. The one scene that got me going was one between the lead male and female which surprised me a bit.

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?

Not really. There was some child abuse involved. Also, as an aside to the child abuse some heavy ageism. Then the implication that the reason why these people were kinky at all was due to such. No.

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?

Lora Leigh usually is more interesting, if I remember correctly so yes.

What did you like best about this selection?

The repair work that went on for the characters I guess.

What did you like the least?

I didn't like the twins sharing a woman thing. I really don't like that incest vibe at all.

I couldn't stand the child abuse / this is why I am the way I am / ageism stuff.

I hated the supreme confidence they pretended / secrets kept.

Everyone was beautiful.

The "secret society" all rich, ultra powerful, grates. I always hate that.

How would you have changed the story?

I would have liked a real story in which I knew and understood the characters better. If I had known and liked Chase better for instance that would have helped enormously.

 

[Kristiana]

Wicked Pleasure

Did you like the book overall or not?

I liked parts of it, but I felt the plot was weak and there were some other things I did not like.

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?

No. This was not really BDSM. There was one scene that would qualify, in my books, and that was it.

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?

They were ok, but could have been better. Like FurryFury I thought they repeated, and there did not seem to be much imagination behind them.

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?

No. I did not like the ideas behind the plot. It implied that the 'kinky' side of things was abnormal, and caused by age or problems in the past. I also felt that the plot had not been well thought out and was not all that interesting.

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?

Yes, but because I have read other books by her, not because of this book specifically.

What did you like best about this selection?

Honestly, it was all fairly blah for me

What did you like the least?

I did not like the way it portrayed all the secret being kept either- betraying trust is not romantic. Ever. Also not so keen on the twin/twin thing.
Overall, the story was very hard to believe. There were no real people- everyone was rich, powerful and beautiful, as FurryFury noted.


How would you have changed the story?

Better character development so that you have proper 3 dimensional characters.

 

[Kristiana]

Please don't discontinue it! I have to go back and see which books have been read or not, but I would love for this to keep going!

Before I check all the other months- has anything by Jacqueline Carey ever been suggested? I love her work

 

[FurryFury]

Please don't discontinue it! I have to go back and see which books have been read or not, but I would love for this to keep going!

Before I check all the other months- has anything by Jacqueline Carey ever been suggested? I love her work

Oh yes! We have read quite of few of her books. They are among my very favs!

FF