Her last encounter with Anando left Virginia with questions she barely knows how to voice. She enjoyed being the focus of two men’s attentions, but Leo’s need to obtain permission from his lover to be with her puzzles her.
Why would anyone choose to place themselves so completely in someone else’s power, she asks Anando. His hands-on demonstration answers her question – along with a few more she did not dare ask.
Kallysten is a writer of romance novels and short stories, most of them with paranormal elements.
Her first eBooks were published by Linden Bay Romance in 2005. The defunct Venus Press subsequently published a few of her short stories. Because so many of her stories are linked as series and part of the same universe, she decided it would make sense to have them all in the same place, which is why she self-published, first with the co-op Alinar Publishing and now on her own. When she sees calls for submissions that speak to her muse, she sometimes tries for them, and was published this way by Samhain and Torquere.
There is just something about this series that draws you in and hold your attention the whole time. Kallysten really has a talent for crating a beautiful tale that easily enthralls the reader.
Virginia is a great character, being curious myself I could really relate. Anando is delicious and charismatic. Loved this pairing and they make a delightful couple.
This book is beyond steamy!! Oh holy, hot and heavy!!! Seriously sit in a tub of ice while reading this!! Do not make the mistake of reading in public. You will be blushing and feeling naughty, everywhere. Loads of smexyiness throughout, each encounter hotter than the last.
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Hollie Jackson, who does an awesome read. She has a great pace that helps draw out the heat. I love the slight rasp in her tone, it makes naughty bits really sing.
I am very happy I listened to the whole series in one book rather than reading it piece mail on my Kindle. I would have hated having to wait for the next part. This book merges the story and I really could not tell how it was broken up previously.
I am not always in love with vampires, but Kallyston really makes it HAWT!! I love her style and voice as an author, I really hope she does a smexy bear shifter series to really make me happy!
Disclosure - I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts, opinions and ratings are my own.
Once again Kallysten has managed to top the previous installments of her Out of the Box series.
Out of the Box 7 pushes Viginia's limits even further than she ever thought they could. When she questions Anando about the relationship between the club owner Brett, and their one time lover Leo, he doesn't hesitate to tell her that there is pleasure in being submissive to someone else's rule. That in giving one partner control over the other could be freeing as well as rewarding. Virginia contemplates the possibilities of this new type of game and decides that she wants to try it.
I really enjoyed reading this. It definitely changed my concept of what BDSM is. Where before I had thought of whips and ball-gags, I know think of trust and love too. This BDSM game contained not pain but excitement.
Anando is now my favorite male lead ever! The man just knows how to serve up his lovin' right. The gentleness and understanding that he shows Virginia while introducing her to all the pleasures that can be found in the bedroom, or on the hood of a car, is truly a turn on! He loves pushing her to her limits and always seems to be able to read her needs. I wish all men could be like that. But alas...tis why it's called fiction.
Favorite Line
"Anything you want. Always." ~ It made me think of the Princess Bride and "As you wish."