In this exciting paranormal erotic romance, a dominant schoolteacher with a serious role-play fetish finds the perfect submissive in an infamous vampire lover.
Cerise Norrell, Type A substitute teacher by day, is ready to quit being a domme. Despite her best intentions, none of her partners can keep up with her scene fetish and attention to detailβlet alone her demand that they have a costume and set waiting every afternoon by the time sheβs home from school.
Over a dozen potential subs have left her in the past year, but just when Cerise thinks itβs impossibleβthat sheβll have to go back to vanilla relationships, or be alone foreverβshe meets William, who wants to make all her fantasies come true. He turns her home into a geishaβs dream apartment, a concert hall with a grand piano (which he uses to play an original composition while wearing a tuxedo), and even rents an abandoned loft for a zombie apocalypse sceneβcomplete with canned goods.
But thereβs something strange about William. Well, a lot of strange things. He must be absurdly rich, since he can afford to provide extravagant costumes and props on a daily basis without having to leave work early. He must be insane, since he puts up with Ceriseβs over-the-top demands. And most importantly, he doesnβt redden when heβs spanked, and his skin is as cool as satin sheets. When Cerise discovers sheβs become dome to the infamous βChilly Willy,β as heβs known throughout the BDSM urban lore, she begins to find out thereβs a whole lot more to her handsome submissive than a creative mind and a hard body.
And when itβs William, ironically, who starts pressing Cerise to give him the kind of commitment sheβs never given anyone, itβll take everything she has to work through her issues, confront her past, and learn to be vulnerable.
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Release Date: August 19, 2013
Publisher: Pocket Star
Source: Edelweiss
Reviewer: Elizabeth
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Reviewer’s Thoughts
The story captured my attention from the beginning and I loved the premise of a female domme. But as the story progressed, I was having a hard time enjoying the relationship between Cerise and William. I donβt really understand the whole dominant/submissive roles or why someone would enjoy subjugating themselves to please another.
I absolutely loved Williamβs character. He broke my heart with his vulnerability and desperate need to be accepted. When learning about all the years of rejection and loneliness, I was a little misty-eyed. Cerise, on the other hand, is my least favorite character. I know itβs pretty harsh, but as I continued reading, she just kept getting more selfish and mean. Cerise tried redeeming herself in the end but personally, I didnβt buy it. She doesnβt deserve William.
The story was really a lot of fun to read, with the exception of the previously stated. The role playing scenes were very imaginative and entertaining. The characters were well-developed, just not a fan of Cerise. I thought Mina wrote a good story. I liked the plot and the journey of to find happiness.
Shannon
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