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Le Petit Mort #2
Red Lust
Red Lust, the sequel to Purple Passion
Stella likes to get a flogging now and then at a local BDSM club, and she knows how to play the game of submission well enough to make sure the tops give her what she wants. She keeps her professional life as a physical therapist carefully separate from her life of kink until the arrival of Evan, a hot and skilled Master with a whipping arm that needs her professional care.
But Evan wants more than a doctor and a willing target, and he sees through the role Stella plays to a woman who hasn’t met the right master -- until now. While he’s happy to indulge her penchant for floggers, he has his own set of sensual games he’d like to teach her that will leave the curvy redhead hot with lust -- and maybe love.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some readers may find objectionable: anal play/intercourse, BDSM theme and elements (which may include scenes of bondage, spanking, and other elements practiced within a BDSM lifestyle).
Stella likes to get a flogging now and then at a local BDSM club, and she knows how to play the game of submission well enough to make sure the tops give her what she wants. She keeps her professional life as a physical therapist carefully separate from her life of kink until the arrival of Evan, a hot and skilled Master with a whipping arm that needs her professional care.
But Evan wants more than a doctor and a willing target, and he sees through the role Stella plays to a woman who hasn’t met the right master -- until now. While he’s happy to indulge her penchant for floggers, he has his own set of sensual games he’d like to teach her that will leave the curvy redhead hot with lust -- and maybe love.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some readers may find objectionable: anal play/intercourse, BDSM theme and elements (which may include scenes of bondage, spanking, and other elements practiced within a BDSM lifestyle).
157 pages, ebook
First published February 13, 2012
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June 25, 2017
DNF. The author's plot device to get Stella and Evan together didn't work for me. They both acted stupid and unprofessional at her place of work. They were both indiscrete causing attention to themselves. Stella took things too personally and protested too much about Evan unknowingly making an appointment with her. Evan bullied too much in flirting and asking her out on a date. He should have had more self control than that. Evan was so out of line that the manager canceled his patient privileges. Also, Stella, as a physical therapist, was missing a compassionate heart for Evan's injury. I couldn't suspend belief. I stopped caring about them and stopped reading.
What would have been a great way to work the scene would have been to have both MCs keep their damn mouths shut and let their sexual attraction slowly build during the physical therapy evaluation. Six weeks of sexual sizzling therapy sessions while they started a personal relationship at the club and outside of Stella's workplace would have been great. That would have been believable.
What would have been a great way to work the scene would have been to have both MCs keep their damn mouths shut and let their sexual attraction slowly build during the physical therapy evaluation. Six weeks of sexual sizzling therapy sessions while they started a personal relationship at the club and outside of Stella's workplace would have been great. That would have been believable.
May 21, 2012
Are you a submissive or do you just want to play a bit? Stella isn't new to BDSM yet in some ways she appears new. Others have accused her of being a painslut, and not in a good way. Stella is a doctor of physical therapy who enjoys impact play, specifically flogging. Le Petit Mort is the local BDSM club where Stella enjoys bottoming. She rarely repeats with Dom/mes because she doesn't enjoy the submission part.
Stella is interesting to me. Not everyone has to be a submissive to enjoy impact play. I like how Ms. van Yssel shows a different side of BDSM with just the SM side of it. It does start out with SM focus and morphs into a D/s relationship. This doesn't always happen like this, but when it does, it is so satisfying.
Evan is new to town. He is a Dom with friends at Le Petit Mort. He's not actively looking, but if he finds a submissive, he is willing to play. He finds Stella aka Starlight to be of interest. His pursuit amusingly causes the strong willed doctor to shy away in stutters. Personally, I find a strong Dominant sometimes has the same effect on me.
I enjoyed this story because once again Ms. van Yssel demonstrates the realities of BDSM. Just because it's a group of BDSM people doesn't mean that everyone gets along and there are no petty swipes. I also appreciated the introduction of kink friendly professionals. Ms. van Yssel doesn't go into length about what kink friendly means; she shows it in a way that the reader can pick it up quickly. There are professionals - specifically doctors, lawyers and law enforcement agents who are known in the BDSM community as kink friendly. They do not advertise, but when a BDSM situation occurs and requires BDSM knowledge, it's always preferable for a kink friendly person handling the situation.
Ms. van Yssel's contemporary romance is sweet. I enjoyed the journey she guides us through Starlight's eyes. While I could understand some of Starlight's dilemma, I couldn't empathize. Some of Starlight's internal struggles with submission just didn't work for me. It felt as though she argued semantics with herself constantly. I do understand that this is a conflict some strong independent women deal with when they want to submit yet find that it may be "wrong". I guess since my struggle with this concept happened well over a decade ago, I barely remember it.
I recommend this book for new to BDSM readers. It provides great insight on the difference between a SM and D/s relationship. It also shows how one can have both. Who doesn't want to have their cake and eat it too?
May 19, 2012
I'm not sure what it is about Sindra van Yssel's books. They are good stories, with interesting enough people, and strong writing. But I always end up feeling a bit unsatisfied, as though I skimmed along the surface of the story and the depth I wanted was just out of my reach. This is really a 3.5 star read, but I did really appreciate the way D/s roles ebbed and flowed between Stella and Evan in a realistic, organic way. Being his doctor had Stella assuming the role of dominant outside of their sexual relationship. This was the most interesting part of the story to me. The importance of honesty and trust on the part of both the sub and the Dom. Inside the sexual dynamics Evan was the Dom, but Stella was insecure about being a submissive, unsure if she was or wasn't, should or shouldn't.
We weren't given a lot of back story on either Stella or Evan. I thought they were both admirable people, but they remained somewhat one dimensional. I did like the way the author described the scenes between Stella and Evan. It is clear that Ms. van Yssel knows of what she speaks - or in this case, writes.
As to the supporting cast, I felt like an outsider. Instead of becoming good friends, the supporting characters remained acquaintances. References were made to events as if I where overhearing them at a party and not given the full story. I've read other reviewers discuss authors that tell instead of showing and I think that may be the problem here.
All in all a fun read, light and enjoyable but with the potential to become so much more.
We weren't given a lot of back story on either Stella or Evan. I thought they were both admirable people, but they remained somewhat one dimensional. I did like the way the author described the scenes between Stella and Evan. It is clear that Ms. van Yssel knows of what she speaks - or in this case, writes.
As to the supporting cast, I felt like an outsider. Instead of becoming good friends, the supporting characters remained acquaintances. References were made to events as if I where overhearing them at a party and not given the full story. I've read other reviewers discuss authors that tell instead of showing and I think that may be the problem here.
All in all a fun read, light and enjoyable but with the potential to become so much more.
April 19, 2012
Another really good story and journey through the BDSM community.
Evan is human and strong; Stella is uncertain but strong in what she believes to be her natural self. Until she meets the right guy. Then he kind of turns her 'known' self upside down.
Sensual, informative and erotic...you won't regret it.
Now...where is Brett's story??
Evan is human and strong; Stella is uncertain but strong in what she believes to be her natural self. Until she meets the right guy. Then he kind of turns her 'known' self upside down.
Sensual, informative and erotic...you won't regret it.
Now...where is Brett's story??
January 1, 2013
I just love these Sindra van Yssel stories. Another great read.
Stella loves being flogged! (I sooo wanted to be Stella!!) Oh, and the almost-fisting scene....HAWT!
Stella loves being flogged! (I sooo wanted to be Stella!!) Oh, and the almost-fisting scene....HAWT!
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January 13, 2013I've taken a trip on the Dark-Side of whips.. and I may never come back. Review should be up by tonight. ;)
June 2, 2016
4.5 stars
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