Jackson

Club Depravity #4

by H.C. Brown

After Jackson Moon’s rock star Dom, dropped him for a woman, he enjoyed a variety of Masters. Big Doms, hairy Doms, the spankers, the edge players had relieved his itch, and his need for domination, but he craved that connection again, the special bond with a Dom that went way past trust.

He wanted a Dom to love him.

The way Rogue had.

That special connection that took a sub on a flight of sensation so intense, he never wanted to land, but when he did, he could find love in the strong arms of a man he could trust with his life.

Rogue had loved him, cared for him—left him—crushed him.

What would he do when Rogue walked into Club Depravity? How could he breathe in his scent and survive without him?

Genres: BDSM

65 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2015

About the author

H.C Brown is a multi published, best selling, award winning, author of Historical, Paranormal, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, BDSM, Time Travel, Action Adventure, and Contemporary Romance.
In 2011 she was delighted to received nomination in three categories in the 2011 CAPA Awards.
H.C writes about strong alpha males in complex settings and all her stories have happy endings.
She married her childhood sweetheart and lives close to the beach in Queensland, Australia. Her interests include art, music, and reading romance.

Reviews

[Noxifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not even sure where to begin with this one. The previous books were acceptable (though in sore need of more proofreading), but this...

Okay, first of all (and this goes for the whole series), I'm assuming it's set in some sort of alternate reality where common courtesy and respect isn't a thing. Either that, or all the characters and clubs mentioned are part of some sort of high-protocol, "old guard" community. Just because someone is a sub it doesn't make them a doormat, subject to punishment just for talking to a Dom "without permission", especially outside of a club or scene. It also doesn't mean they automatically need to drop to the floor and grovel to every random Dom around. Or that they're some sort of "free-for-all buffet" just because they're not currently wearing another guy's collar, and only have themselves to blame for getting sexually assaulted if they go alone to the toilet.

But I could gloss over that as just part of the setting. I could also ignore the multitude of examples of people drinking alcohol (hard liquor, not just a beer) before doing a scene, despite how dangerous that can be.
This particular book, however, has a bunch of other very glaring issues. Spoilers from here-on out, I guess.

One: Your boyfriend has expressed regret that being gay means you and him can't have kids. As a solution, you decide entirely on your own, while you're abroad, to fix that by arranging a private surrogacy thing. You don't mention any of it to your boyfriend, and the first thing he hears about it is the media blowing the whole thing up into a relationship or one-night-stand gone wrong. He doesn't seem to contact you at all or respond to your "call me" text messages (ever heard of picking up a phone and calling rather than texting?). Two years down the line, you seek him out again to explain, and expect him to just fall into your arms and accept you back--and your toddler with you.

In what reality is that in any way normal behaviour? We're talking about a child here. A commitment of at least eighteen years. It's not something you plan on your own and just spring as a surprise on your partner. It's not an object you can just present as a gift. Sure, "old guard" protocol and all, it could be seen as your choice as the Dom, but you still tell your partner, preferably before the media gets hold of the (fake) story. Not wanting to do that over the phone is not a good enough reason not to.

Two: One would think that in the process of trying to get hold of your ex boyfriend again to patch things up (which really shouldn't have taken two years), you'd try to meet up in a relatively neutral setting where you can talk things through. But no. Instead you arrange for another Dom to pick him up for a scene, take said Dom's place while your ex is blindfolded, and proceed to do the scene. You then ignore his safeword when he doesn't want to have sex with you after the flogging, because "the scene is over, this is just us". Safe-wording means you stop. Especially when there's very little trust between you two due to the two-year breakup and lack of communication.

Three: After screwing your ex against his express will, you decide that the right time to discuss your issues and "misunderstandings" is before aftercare. When he (understandably so) blows up in your face about it and tells you to get lost, you leave him entirely alone without even asking one of his friends to go make sure he's okay and recovering.

Four: Extra long pregnancy must be a thing, because aforementioned toddler is actually a six-month-old baby. So those "two years" they've been apart were, in actuality, just fifteen months. Barely more than a year. And yet every time the time period is brought up, it's "two years".

Five: Aaaand of course your ex just melts and falls back into your arms the very next day after that. And bloody apologises for not being a "good little sub" and trusting you.
End of story, happy-ever-after.

Okay, rant over. Moving on now. I'm going to give the next book a shot, and hopefully it's better than this mess.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a second chance BDSM story, when his lover leaves him for a woman, he just can't get over it.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jackson by author H.C. Brown is the fourth book in the Club Depravity series. I feel these books are best enjoyed read in order. There are nuances that just fit better if you know things from the previous books.
Jackson’s story is one I was looking forward too. Jackson is a house sub at club Depravity. He is very lonely. His twin brother has already found his happy ending with two Doms. But Jackson thinks that is not in the cards for him ever.
Rogue is the lead singer of Alpha Rock. He has loved and left Jackson once before. But now he is ready to settle into having one Sub as his very own. Only Jackson has decided he doesn’t want anything to do with him. Using his charm, family, and dominate nature he must convince Jackson to take a second chance on him.
I liked that Rogue is flawed. Makes him very human. He is also kind and really a great master.
Over all I really love this series, I hope there are many more. I know I would love to know who falls in love next and how their happy ending will come about.
Five Shooting Stars

[kerryann williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting yet ........

To short with to many loopholes. Hope there is more to this series though, want to see/read more on these two and all the couples. Worth the money to see more