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STERN : Femdom Erotica
STERN - 'A masterpiece of femdom erotica, (Goodreads) 'Fantastic femdom novel.' (UK Amazon) 'A wonderful story ... The very best of the genre.' (USA Amazon) 'Modern femdom classic.' (Goodreads) 'Superbly written.' (USA Amazon)
Three erotic novels - 'The Devlin Woman' and its sequels 'Slave Song' and 'Contessa' now published in a single edition. (156000 words)
Dreams of submission to a stern and beautiful woman have haunted David Corrie all his life, and when his wife leaves him in the hands of a formidable older woman his dreams come true in ways he never imagined possible. What begins as a week-end sex game becomes a sensual and darkly erotic descent into complete submission -
'He threw himself into the work, hard labour his only way of forgetting the ordeal ahead but, when he came back at the appointed time, he saw his housekeeping dress billowing gently on the line where Ann had pegged it out to dry. The sight of it sent a frisson of pure terror down his spine, and yet he felt a deep undercurrent of masochistic arousal. He told himself to run away, take the farm-track to the road, and hitch a ride home. He’d go to one of his friends and ask for help. What was to stop him? He didn’t have to go through with this. It was more than any man could bear. But he didn’t move, and he remained by the drying-line, a man in a dream. Finally, after long moments, he took his dress from the line and went inside.'
Review extracts -
The Devlin Woman - 'Outstanding.' (UK Amazon) 'Highly entertaining and convincing.' (USA Amazon)
Slave Song - 'Wonderfully and darkly erotic.' (USA Amazon) 'Enthralling.' (USA Amazon)
Contessa - 'Perfection' (USA Amazon) 'A classic.' (USA Amazon)
WARNING - Contains strong scenes of female domination and BDSM sexuality within a wife-led relationship. Please do not read if you are liable to be offended by such material. Adult readers only.
BDSM/Erotic/Romance/Femdom/Hotwife/Cuckold/Love&Marriage/Male Submission/Female Domination/Literary Erotica/S&M/Mistress&Slave/Fetish/Kink.
Also by Molly Sands - Cruel Heaven, A New Devotion, An Obedient Husband, Magda, Sacred Days, Serving Sarah, The Adoration of Adele Adams, Lady Catherine, Mrs Shepherd's Boy, Learning His Place.
Three erotic novels - 'The Devlin Woman' and its sequels 'Slave Song' and 'Contessa' now published in a single edition. (156000 words)
Dreams of submission to a stern and beautiful woman have haunted David Corrie all his life, and when his wife leaves him in the hands of a formidable older woman his dreams come true in ways he never imagined possible. What begins as a week-end sex game becomes a sensual and darkly erotic descent into complete submission -
'He threw himself into the work, hard labour his only way of forgetting the ordeal ahead but, when he came back at the appointed time, he saw his housekeeping dress billowing gently on the line where Ann had pegged it out to dry. The sight of it sent a frisson of pure terror down his spine, and yet he felt a deep undercurrent of masochistic arousal. He told himself to run away, take the farm-track to the road, and hitch a ride home. He’d go to one of his friends and ask for help. What was to stop him? He didn’t have to go through with this. It was more than any man could bear. But he didn’t move, and he remained by the drying-line, a man in a dream. Finally, after long moments, he took his dress from the line and went inside.'
Review extracts -
The Devlin Woman - 'Outstanding.' (UK Amazon) 'Highly entertaining and convincing.' (USA Amazon)
Slave Song - 'Wonderfully and darkly erotic.' (USA Amazon) 'Enthralling.' (USA Amazon)
Contessa - 'Perfection' (USA Amazon) 'A classic.' (USA Amazon)
WARNING - Contains strong scenes of female domination and BDSM sexuality within a wife-led relationship. Please do not read if you are liable to be offended by such material. Adult readers only.
BDSM/Erotic/Romance/Femdom/Hotwife/Cuckold/Love&Marriage/Male Submission/Female Domination/Literary Erotica/S&M/Mistress&Slave/Fetish/Kink.
Also by Molly Sands - Cruel Heaven, A New Devotion, An Obedient Husband, Magda, Sacred Days, Serving Sarah, The Adoration of Adele Adams, Lady Catherine, Mrs Shepherd's Boy, Learning His Place.
508 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2017
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October 3, 2023
Molly Sands is a beautiful writer with a strong penchant for character development. The story captured my imagination even if at times it seemed implausible. Written with quintessential British flare (the Brit's just get Femdom) this trilogy guides the reader through David's desire to submit and serve. A desire which seems to even bedevil David as he sinks further and further into submission and slavery.
October 19, 2022
How a submissive husband slides further and further down the road to complete submission. Wife, lends husband to her cruel bestie for the weekend, needing a rest from his moans, and ends up leaving him there for the duration.
December 8, 2019
I'm not sure if the single book would be much fun. As a trilogy, however, it's a masterpiece of Femdom Erotica. It paces slow and develops the characters greatly. And the ending is outstanding. I would suggest to read the full trilogy.
March 27, 2025
the gravity of rock bottom
David has lost all semblance of masculinity, yet his mistress Ann has even larger plans that remain a mystery.
This triple header is well written, dreadfully real and as a man, the coup de gras to the extremes of cuckoldry.
Con-sensuality, the stem wall to this dynamic on
S &M, the husband who desires to leave his masculinity behind to love women as a sissy may not realize the extent of his submissiveness and the repercussions. Reading this story will enlighten any male interested in subjugating himself to his loving wife and mistress.
It appears that somehow getting the wife to punish him, betray him, or take another man in front of him somehow removes the shame and guilt of this transgressive journey, nuances the cuckold’s reward into his wife’s freedom as the eroticized result of all insecurity, inadequacy, and masculine efforts to be comfortable as a man according to societal indoctrinations. Today open marriage’s might take this path to sugar coat both husband and wife as they subscribe to honesty and trust to reinforce the communications needed to allow consent to prosper in what is really just having an affair with each others blessing. Maybe it works, probably it won’t. Molly Sands is a genius in this genera and that is a fact. Read all her/ his books!
David has lost all semblance of masculinity, yet his mistress Ann has even larger plans that remain a mystery.
This triple header is well written, dreadfully real and as a man, the coup de gras to the extremes of cuckoldry.
Con-sensuality, the stem wall to this dynamic on
S &M, the husband who desires to leave his masculinity behind to love women as a sissy may not realize the extent of his submissiveness and the repercussions. Reading this story will enlighten any male interested in subjugating himself to his loving wife and mistress.
It appears that somehow getting the wife to punish him, betray him, or take another man in front of him somehow removes the shame and guilt of this transgressive journey, nuances the cuckold’s reward into his wife’s freedom as the eroticized result of all insecurity, inadequacy, and masculine efforts to be comfortable as a man according to societal indoctrinations. Today open marriage’s might take this path to sugar coat both husband and wife as they subscribe to honesty and trust to reinforce the communications needed to allow consent to prosper in what is really just having an affair with each others blessing. Maybe it works, probably it won’t. Molly Sands is a genius in this genera and that is a fact. Read all her/ his books!
October 15, 2023
One of the best and most recommended of "real life" femdom sagas. Molly Sands writes slow burning, loitering in your mind femdom adventures. There is a blend of female-led romance, but also psychological cruelty revealed through scenes of humiliation crafted by females who discover their latent potential for dominance. By its title this is one of those with more cruel aspects - these come progressively to the fore as the books in this volume go on.
Definitely worth reading to the end of the saga to fully appreciate this.
Definitely worth reading to the end of the saga to fully appreciate this.
July 20, 2021
I would agree with what the other reviewers have said here. The book that made me appreciate Molly Sands was the Devlin Woman but it works if you read it in conjunction with its sequel. This volume has that and the further installment, "Contessa" where things really develop.
As a book of the complete trilogy it's probably a modern femdom classic.
As a book of the complete trilogy it's probably a modern femdom classic.
November 18, 2020
Stern
This Trilogy is a great and very erotic set of books. These 3 stories blend nicely into one another. Great reading.
This Trilogy is a great and very erotic set of books. These 3 stories blend nicely into one another. Great reading.
July 24, 2026
Stern is a collection of three books ("The Devlin Woman", "Slave Song", "Contessa"), telling the story of David, a submissive man; his wife Susan; and Ann Devlin, an older widower friend of Susan with a long experience of Female Domination. The premise of the story is that David, while apparently enthusiastic about FemDom, likes to "top from the bottom", and Susan is getting tired of it, she would like him to be more obedient. Susan speaks of David with her friend Ann, and Ann proposes to leave David in her care for a weekend, to improve his behavior. David is initally against the idea, but Susan manages to convince him; and what begins as a two-day experience slowly develops into something more, with David slowly led by Ann to leave his pride and preferences behind, and authentically become a slave...
Molly Sands is a wonderful writer, able to create characters who are, if not fully believable, realistic and understandable. The dialogues are especially good. The actual BDSM acts are few and far between, but the story is a slow burn, carefully crafted so that when a climax arrives, it's incredibly strong. Personally, I find this style way better than just an escalation of more and more extreme acts. I don't enjoy some of the kinks depicted in the story, but it was so well structured that it captured me from the first to the last page.
In my opinion, there are two narrative devices in particular that Sands is a master (or Mistress? :-)) of, and she uses often in her books, including this one. I will put them between spoiler tags just in case:
Minor flaws: the ending is quite open, with unspecified new developments for David's servitude looming on the horizon, but as far as I understand, there is no fourth book (yet?) in the series, with "Stern" last published in 2017; also, the story is not divided into chapters, but that is typical of Sands' style.
As for the fetishes appearing in the story, here is a list with some spoilers:
Molly Sands is a wonderful writer, able to create characters who are, if not fully believable, realistic and understandable. The dialogues are especially good. The actual BDSM acts are few and far between, but the story is a slow burn, carefully crafted so that when a climax arrives, it's incredibly strong. Personally, I find this style way better than just an escalation of more and more extreme acts. I don't enjoy some of the kinks depicted in the story, but it was so well structured that it captured me from the first to the last page.
In my opinion, there are two narrative devices in particular that Sands is a master (or Mistress? :-)) of, and she uses often in her books, including this one. I will put them between spoiler tags just in case:
Minor flaws: the ending is quite open, with unspecified new developments for David's servitude looming on the horizon, but as far as I understand, there is no fourth book (yet?) in the series, with "Stern" last published in 2017; also, the story is not divided into chapters, but that is typical of Sands' style.
As for the fetishes appearing in the story, here is a list with some spoilers:
July 1, 2023
Very much a 'Be Careful What You Wish For Story'. A tantalizing trip down a dark pathway.
One of the very best Female Domination and male submission stories I've read.
The Devlin Woman (part 1) and Slave Song (part 2) are on Goodreads Best Domme / Fem-Dom List and rightfully so. I think they should be higher on the list though.
One of the very best Female Domination and male submission stories I've read.
The Devlin Woman (part 1) and Slave Song (part 2) are on Goodreads Best Domme / Fem-Dom List and rightfully so. I think they should be higher on the list though.
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