Cuckold: Awakening

by Jillian Sundowne

A kinky romance and a deliciously deviant love story.

Tess and Alex lead a quiet, conventionally suburban existence. Their marriage is stable, and for the most part it is loving and fulfilling. Yet a sad little gulf lies between them. They both carry a secret desire which they dare not reveal. Lying together in the dark haven of their bedroom they can feel their secrets hanging in the air, flitting in the corners like dry, grey moths. Yet they continue on as they did the day before, too scared to reveal what drives them; what consumes them.

All of that will change. With the guidance of her gregarious and passionately kinky friend Isa, Tess sets out on a journey of discovery to finally sate her craving for … more.

It begins when Tess admits to Isa that she dreams of being with another man while Alex, bound and helpless, is forced to watch, enduring the jealousy of it sharp and deep inside him, right where he begins.

With Isa’s mentorship, Tess awakens the submissive passion in Alex, and together they plunge deeper and deeper into a new and intense kind of relationship, one which grows from the passion and sacrifice at the heart of true power exchange. Through a series of funny, sexy and poignant awakenings Tess finally reaches the point where she feels ready to reveal her deepest wish; to make Alex her cuckold. But will she take the plunge?

Genres: Erotica

106 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 19, 2013

Reviews

[Thomas Bitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tess has a recurring fantasy of having sex with a nameless, faceless man while her husband Alex is tied to a chair and forced to watch. She also has a feeling that she wants more, but does not understand just what that more is, when talking things through with her friend Isa, she is surprised that Isa thinks her husband shows signs of being a latent submissive. Tess sets out to discover the true nature of her husband’s sexuality and in the process find out about the “more” she wants. The eccentric Isa is a dominant who has a regular submissive slave called slug and is Tess’s mentor and confidant. After and enlightening trip to the zoo where Tess orders her husband to get her a coffee, he admits he likes her taking charge. Tess confirms that Alex is indeed submissive and Isa arranges a special delivery of a paddle and a mysterious black bag, very soon Tess is using the paddle to warm her poor husbands bottom as he accepts his new submissive role with very little resistance. The contents of the little black bag are revealed and are also soon put to use, ensuring Alex’s compliance and submission. But all the while in the back of Tess’s mind is the recurring fantasy of cuckolding her husband, can she push him that far? Isa advises Tess that she is rushing things, but Tess is impatient, believing she knows her husband better than Isa does, but does she?

I think I have read parts of this story before, maybe in a short story somewhere, certainly the characters of Isa and Slug rang some bells somewhere in the back of my mind. The story was a pretty good one although the end was a little inconclusive. The author is a competent writer, but the descriptions of some of the emotions and bedroom action were sometimes a bit flowery and over elaborate for my taste, but on the whole it was an enjoyable read.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good start to the series. At times the way it was written, I could see Morgan Freeman narrating it. Don't ask...maybe it was due to seeing a couple of his movies recently ;)

The husband doesn't realize he's a sub and he's not written as wimpy. Yea! And the wife wants to be a domme but has no clue how to. Good thing she has a friend who can help her. As long as she listens... Plus you can tell they are in a loving relationship.

The bad thing is this author ONLY has the three books in this series on Amazon....and no other books. These were written a few years ago. Even her twitter is dead. I would've liked to have read more from this author.

[Will G · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good start to a multi book series. A wife decides she wants and needs something more. A husband who doesn’t realize his submissive nature. And a wife’s best girlfriend who lives as a Dom and loves to advise make for a potent mix. The couple start a journey down the road towards cuckolding. Going to start the next book in the series right away.

[Paulskim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found some powerful pages within this book about a couple's path towards a marriage transformed in its foundation from the wife's desire to have ''more'' in her life. She loves her husband who is masculine but his loving gentleness makes him a great friend but not a great lover. She craves to realize a sexual fantasy that brings her to shuddering orgasms when she's masturbating: being possessed by a manly man. Tess is mentored by Isa, her female-dominant friend, to reveal Alex's submissiveness and develop her own dominance; but I found things could have benefited from a more progressive tone. Nevertheless, the couple's love and their acceptance of each other's unveiled personalities is the main factor to make this story realistic and exciting.
Edit: I dropped book 2 of the series at the 40% mark because while the couple had to deal with pushing boundaries it really became a one way street for the wife humiliating a wimpy husband.

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Upfront warning: This is part one of what had been planned to be a four-novella series. Alas, book #4 has never appeared. So if unfinished stories frustrate you to distraction, don't embark on this series. "Cuckold: Awakening" begins with suburban wife Tess recognizing that she has needs that aren't being met in her marriage to Alex. He's a nice guy, mind you, even wonderful in his ways, but Tess aches for a something more that she can't really define. She seeks guidance from her best friend, Isa, who is mysterious, kinky, brash and tantalizingly promising about how Tess might find everything she wants by taking charge of Alex--whom Isa promises is a submissive-in-waiting. Isa's promises are enough to ignite Tess's desires to not only dominate Alex, but to make him a cuckold, too. Isa is the bright light of Sundowne's trio: she brings wit and wisdom to her quirky new-age dominatrix persona who becomes siren and mentor to Tess's lustful desire to push her marriage and husband to unexpected places. Whether Alex can or will be the submissive cuckold the two women imagine him to be is the book's unanswered question, and Sundowne writes Alex with more complexity than is generally found in generic cuckold stories. Awakening is a sparkling start to this trio's story.

[Leslie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, I suppose if women inflicting pain, humiliation, and degradation on their cherished husbands is your thing, then you might find this book mildly entertaining. I would have given this 1 star but maybe I'm missing the point and this is how it's supposed to look. I typically enjoy reading d/s books where the female is the submissive, and I assumed the reverse would be similar, just, you know, reversed. Like the domme would care for, reward, and punish the male sub. Not just punish, punish, and punish him. Even if this was my thing, I'm pretty sure I would still have been super annoyed by the woman. Bitch sits around at home all day "working from home" which really just includes masturbating and gossiping with her harpy of a best friend, and her husband goes to work everyday and does all the housework. To please her. While getting no sex in return. And lots of pain. Did I mention she's a bitch? If this was supposed to make the woman seem empowered it fell short. She was just mean.