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What has she to live for?

Martha is jaded with life to the point of suicide. About to end it all, she encounters a stranger who takes her on a wild ride of passion, convincing her that she has something to live for.

This is the first episode of a story of Master and Slave, BDSM erotica.

Adult content. For mature readers only.

32 pages, ebook

Published September 30, 2016

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Simone Leigh

190 books1,755 followers
Simone Leigh is a writer of intelligent, romantic steamy fiction. Her red-hot thriller, ‘Target’, won the Reader Voted #BestBook Award in the ‘Inks and Scratches’ Summer Splash Book Awards.

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Although English, Simone has lived in Spain for the last few years. Here, she divides her time between working on her tan, decorating her beautiful villa, writing hot romance and thrillers, and swimming naked in her swimming pool.

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228 reviews35 followers
January 22, 2018
eccentric sexy

Received this Book for free/ARC am Voluntarily reviewing. once I started couldn't stop reading , interestingly eccentric edgy , sexy, highly recommend Reading
1,217 reviews1 follower
April 4, 2018
Another great book by Simone leigh can't wait to read more books by this author
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1,218 reviews6 followers
August 7, 2021
The author is great at sextual storyline. Descriptive, desire, lust.
This is definitely an exotic tryst. I do try to understand the character's emotions. She was in a loveless marriage, depressed & suicidal. She wants a way out.
However, wanting to experiment, learn what you body can crave & feel is understandable.
But to have someone break into your house & go all at it. Is just not my cup of tea. For that reason is why I had to give it a low rating.
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2,852 reviews12 followers
March 27, 2018
Martha decided things had to change...

Bring sees Martha as she's about to make a choice you can't come back from, and something compels him to step in and share with her his perspective on life.

This quick read is clearly marked as book one, and it establishes the characters, their situations, and an interesting relationship between them.
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348 reviews
August 14, 2018
This story tells of a woman so put off by life that ending it seems better, until she meets a mysterious guy named Brin. He is cocky, arrogant; and something about him just tingles there Exsiquisitely he shows her a side of herself she never knew. Must say this story is five alarm hot and more is definitely called for
Profile Image for Shel Griffin.
816 reviews
October 6, 2018
Who is Brin?

I have wondered who this strange man is since I read this little story. Is he really just a Good Samaritan trying to save a life? Or does he represent something more sinister? Will they fall in love or does he just step away from her life? I want to read the next one but these are too costly and short for me to buy. I wish this was on KU.
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826 reviews11 followers
August 5, 2019
A quick and easy read

In the first book of this series of books, we meet a young woman who is about to end her life. But a stranger intervene, he is able to talk her down. But not all is what it seems. Martha is lonely and bored with her life and Brin may just be what she needs. But that comes with some risk.
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2,537 reviews26 followers
July 22, 2021
Sex but very vanilla Dom/sub set up.

It is very much a setting up of ground rules, and early sexy times but so short with very little depth to the characters. Very short and unless you plan on getting the box set and reading the whole thing it isn’t worth it reading on its own. An interesting start but not enough to draw me in for more.
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1,037 reviews4 followers
October 12, 2017
18+ BDSM . Typical cookie cutter story part 1. It is like reading any other mass produced erotica, it does not have anything that makes it stand out from any other. I feel like I wasted 10 minutes that I could have been reading a repair manual.
1,896 reviews9 followers
April 1, 2019
Can Brin open Martha's eyes to new experiences
Simone is one of my top 10 authors and this is a short read. Martha is standing on a rail of a bridge when Brin talks her down from jumping with the offer to have a drink. Brin offers Martha new experiences if she can step out of her
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7 reviews
October 6, 2020
I just love these books! Hot, hot, hot! I can't put them down! I've gotten lost in which to read next so just staring with 1st in line but not at all hard to follow! Even outta order! ! I'm benge reading Simone
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Author 2 books7 followers
April 19, 2022
Not bad at all. A short little teaser to the rest of the master series. Not sure if I will continue it as I’m a little over the whole bad-boy, degrading master thing but it was interesting to give it a shot.

TW: Sexual Content, BDSM
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378 reviews4 followers
December 17, 2024
Ok

The story is great I just wish it was longer. Why are the stories chopped up so small? To bad I won't get to find out what happens cause I won't spend money on no 15 to 20 page book.
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1,592 reviews32 followers
March 26, 2017
Titillating

Short story and the beginning of a new series. The story is different from what I expected from the first few pages. A welcome surprise in characters and storyline.
30 reviews10 followers
March 19, 2018
Ok

It was an OK tidbit but I won't be looking to read the rest. At least not at this time.
9 reviews
May 8, 2020
Wow

Could not put it down. Gave me some ideas and I hope my husband get home soon. I'll definitely be reading more from Simone Leigh.
947 reviews3 followers
December 22, 2020
Enslaved

A troubled women who wanted to kill her self when a stranger makes her a slave to rock her world
162 reviews
July 20, 2022
Well written fantasy

This fantasy, positing that all risk is removed from risky behavior, provides adequate titillations to draw in readers to the author's extensive body of work.
397 reviews3 followers
March 3, 2024
This was a quick, interesting and different read. Will have to read on to see what happens.
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Blurb:
What has she to live for?

Martha is jaded with life to the point of suicide. About to end it all, she encounters a stranger who takes her on a wild ride of passion, convincing her that she has something to live for.

This is the first episode of a story of Master and Slave, BDSM erotica.

Adult content. For mature readers only.


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Blurb:
What has she to live for?

Martha is jaded with life to the point of suicide. About to end it all, she encounters a stranger who takes her on a wild ride of passion, convincing her that she has something to live for.

This is the first episode of a story of Master and Slave, BDSM erotica.

Adult content. For mature readers only.
Profile Image for Samantha.
334 reviews5 followers
February 10, 2017
Dipping my toes into a new genre and this book was interesting. I enjoyed some parts and raised my eyebrows at others. I will say Im intrigued enough to pick up book three.
Profile Image for Rhonda Hicks.
4,666 reviews83 followers
April 5, 2019
Martha is standing on the ledge of the bridge giving herself the last pep talk about jumping. She has nothing to live for. While having this internal conversation, and so lost in thought, a Brin grabs her arm and tells her she doesn't want to do that. His logic being if she were half way down and changed her mind, there would be no way to stop things. Instead he invites her to come have a drink with him. What happens next is an eye awakening, heart pounding experience that will lead to a new life experience that Martha has never known.
This quick, easy read is fast paced with the first paragraph. Painting a picture and bringing a logic to the set of circumstances that would be believable. The personalities of the characters come through with each word and action Simone Leigh has given them taking me on a wild adventure that is both intriguing and heart pounding. Wait til you see what happens.
Profile Image for Angel Bunton-Miller.
78 reviews1 follower
December 28, 2016
Alive

You never know you're missing something if you haven't allowed yourself to try it. I love the dark, ominous character that almost becomes everything and more for Martha.
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