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BLURB:
Rancher
Caitlin Olsen is in complete control of her life. After years of taking care of
others, she’s on her own and loving every minute. She has her horses and her
ranch. What more does she need? Yet deep inside, she yearns to give up all her
responsibilities and simply experience life. When a friend suggests she try a
bit of BDSM role-play, she does her research and accepts an invitation to
Pleasure Manor for a fairy tale event.
War hero and Dominant,
Damon Steele is a loner. His failure to keep his men alive destroyed too many
hopes and dreams. He won’t be responsible for anyone else's life or happiness
ever again. There’s no room in his life—or his heart—for romance. Instead, he
satisfies his needs at BDSM clubs and never with the same sub. Taking part in
the fairy tale event at Pleasure Manor is difficult enough, but when Beauty
challenges him both in the bedroom and out, he’s not sure he can control his
inner beast.
EXCERPT
She licked her lips, suddenly nervous again. How did a
person begin a cold turkey sexual fling? She didn’t engage in one-night stands,
always dated and got to know her past lovers first. “I’m Caitlin. I’ve never
been here before. What now?”
He inclined his head. “I’m Damon. I’ll be your Dom for the
weekend. Find the X on the floor and stand on it.”
Damon. To tame. Oh, yes, she wanted to tame her beast. Like
a flame set to gas-soaked briquettes, his gaze on her breast, along with his
sexy, deep baritone voice, ignited the ball of lust swirling in her center.
Whew, this won’t be so bad. In fact, if she hadn’t been
cuffed, she might have jumped him, tumbled them both onto the couch.
He snapped his fingers, bringing her back to the here and
now. “First rule. I don't give instructions more than once. Do as I ordered.”
The lust in her veins cooled and once again, indignation
threaded with anger took hold. “Excuse me?” No one had ordered her around since
she was thirteen and assumed the role of parent to her younger siblings and
caregiver to her mother.
“Your choice is to obey or leave. If you want to leave, I’ll
remove the cuffs and let Hastings arrange for you to be taken home.”
Go before she sampled this hunk? Nope. No matter how much
she hated being told what to do. Her curiosity was piqued, and her body ached
to have this man kiss her. And fuck her like a stallion claiming his mare. This
Belle wanted her Beast.
***Nona's Review of Beauty
Submits to Her Beast***
This is the fourth installment in the author's Once Upon a Dom series. Each story in
the series features couples donning fairy tale characters' disguise to enact
kinky sex games and find true love in the bargain. In Beauty Submits to Her Beast, Caitlin spends her life rescuing
horses and running her ranch. She's used to being in charge. But her love life
is decidedly lackluster, so she jumps at the chance to spend a weekend at a
BDSM getaway. This will be her opportunity to experience the awesome sex she
dreams of.
At the getaway Caitlin finds her disguise is that of
Belle and her Dom aka "Beast" is Damon. Though Caitlin finds it hard
to hand over control, Damon more than delivers on his promise of sexual
adventure. While he introduces her to all kinds of delights, their relationship
deepens as they get to know each other. Caitlin discovers Damon, a former SEAL,
is tortured by memories of his lost comrades and consumed by guilt, believing
he was responsible for their deaths.
Though I've read and enjoyed two previous entries in
this series, I must say I liked this one best. Because it is considerably
longer than the earlier novellas, there's more room for character development
(not to mention plenty more hot sex!) I liked Caitlin's self-assurance and the
way she owned what she enjoyed sexually. Her efforts to be a "good
sub" were sometimes comical, in that submitting was so unlike her nature.
Damon was a super-hot hero and his struggle to overcome his past was very
touching. I loved how deeply Caitlin cared and how much she wanted to help him.
Her plan to give him room to battle his demons was very wise. I enjoyed the
reappearance of several characters from earlier stories--especially Glorie, the
Domme. I really hope she gets her own story. And I loved the description of the
treehouse--I want one for myself!
I highly recommend Beauty Submits to Her Beast as an awesome erotic read. Everyone who
loves feisty heroines and tortured alpha heroes should give
this book a try.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sydney St.
Claire is the pseudonym of Susan Edwards, author of 14 Historical Native
American/Western/Paranormal romances and the author of the popular “White”
Series.
Sydney loves
writing and sharing stories of love, happiness and dreams come true with her
readers. She credits her mother for her writing success. Encouraged to read as a child, she always
preferred happy endings which meant romances were her favorite genre. Sydney takes her readers into the world of
erotica romance where her characters come together in explosive passion as they
solve life’s problems and find true love along with the best sex our hero and
heroine have ever experienced.
Sydney’s office
is quite crowded with three dogs at her feet and five cats to keep her company
while she writes. Three cats always insist on beds on her desk, barely leaving
enough room for her monitor and keyboard. Life gets fun when all five insist on
supervising…
When not
writing, she enjoys crafts of all sorts including quilting, sewing,
cross-stitch and knitting. She and her husband of 30 + years are avid
gardeners. He takes care of the veggies, and Susan is in charge of the
‘pretties’. Her medicine wheel garden is in a contact state of war: flowers vs.
weeds. Sadly, right now the weeds are wining…
While writing,
she listens to a wide variety of music. Her current favorites are Blackmore’s
Night and David Lanz.
Contact Links:
Email: Sydney@sydneystclaire.com
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