With my athletic career behind me and only an all-girls junior Olympic team to dedicate my life to, I was feeling empty. I was drawn to a life I’d read about in so many romance novels and finally ready to explore my innermost desires. I arrived at Thorne N’ Vice on a mission to live out my wildest fantasies with one very particular master in mind. He thinks I’m forbidden territory and he can deny me. But I am no ordinary woman… Everyone in my inner circle has settled down and started to have families. But I’m left alone, living an unfulfilling bachelor’s life. As an owner of Thorne N’ Vice Resort, I spend my days running the resort from my office in Costa Rica. The lack of human connection begins to rear its ugly head just as a stunning woman walks in looking for a taste of what I can give her. I’m a sadist but I’ve got rules that need to be followed. She’s a guest and off limits; but unrelenting desires blur those lines… Publisher’s This steamy contemporary romance contains elements of power exchange. While it is the third book in the Club Vice series, it can be read and enjoyed as a standalone.
The story is the third in the Mysterious Master of Club Vice series and it will have people from the first two previous stories but could read as a stand-alone. Derrick Martin is working out of their Costa Rica location of Thorne N Vice resort. As a businessman with partners, they must maintain a level of caution, especially when it comes to guest--with their attorney laying down a rule of not getting involved with a guest. But then Breslin McKenna enters his lair, and she wants him to master her—and he wants that too.
“There was something between the two of us. Whether it was forbidden lure or chemistry, I couldn’t be sure. She tasted like a bad decision with promising reward. She moaned into my mouth as my tongue swept over hers.”
Breslin McKenna has loved reading romance, and as she gets older, she started reading and learn more about BDSM and erotica. Having been a child athlete, her entire life was focused on gymnastics and training for the Olympics, which she succeeded at winning a medal. Now she is a coach for the junior Olympics. Fulfilling a fantasy, she takes a week vacation and books herself in Thorne N Vice with the goal of having Master Derrick Martin train her. Derrick is flattered, but with warnings from Jessica, their attorney, he must proceed with caution.
The plot will have Breslin and Derrick connecting, and there is strong chemistry between them. What will begin as dinners together, will slowly escalate to mild sessions of BDSM. Bree takes to his form of control, power exchange, and dominance without any complaint. They only have days together, and so he will check her out as a guest and move her into his room for the rest of her stay. No matter what Derrick does to her, she is accepting, and he lets her know he is a sadist, that he thrives on delivering pain and seeing tears, but she doesn’t back down.
“He gave me an inch, and I wanted two miles. He gave me a taste, and I wanted all of him. He knew it, and I knew it. Coming to a fetish resort alone was either one of the bravest or dumbest things I have ever done in my life.”
“The most important thing I need from you, Bree, is your trust. I can take you places you’ve never imagined if only you trust me with your safety, your pleasure, and your pain. You are my special little something.”
What happens when Bree’s week is up, and she must leave and go back to Utah? When she returns home, she is devastated and missing him, and reality sinks in that she doesn’t have a number to call him. Calling the resort doesn’t work because the front desk won’t relay her calls. Weeks go by before she remembers a name to contact. Why hasn’t Derrick contacted her? They each expressed their love for one another.
“Love doesn’t have a time requirement. It’s trust, respect, passion, and adoration. You trust me with your body, your limits, your satisfaction. You trust me to respect all of you: mind, body, and soul. And the rest goes without mentioning.”
The story is the journey into submission by Brislin and turning over complete control to dominate and master, Derrick. He is open and honest about his form of control and that he is a sadist who enjoys inflicting pain and seeing tears. At one point in the story, he does take that too far, asking her to please not safeword, and she doesn’t—but at what cost?
The story has explicit sex scenes with strong BDSM, bondage, impact play, spankings including with implements, public demonstrations, and pushing the limits. There is also an insta-love relationship between Bree and Derrick.
This Book was actually an interesting combination of romance, BDSM, sex, and instalove.
Derick and Bree had an intense, instant connection. Bree was just enough of a masochist to soothe the sadist in Derick's soul. The book was chock full of sex. So much sex, to the point of becoming somewhat boring. Just when you would reach that point, a bit of romance and vulnerability would rear its head and the feel of the story would change.
I understand This is the third book in the series. I am not sure I will read the others. Although Derick had Bree's full consent and she often used the words herself, it just rubbed me the wrong way. I understand this is a very subjective thing, but the whole "my dirty whore, my pain slut, etc." , just offends me. If none of this offends you, read the book and form your own opinion.
I voluntarily read and reviewed the Advanced Reader Copy.
Desiring Derrick is part of the series, The Mysterious Masters of Club Vice, but can also be read as a standalone. This book is an intense S&M romance that catches your attention from the beginning that mesmerizes you as you go. There is plenty of erotic passion and yet romantic love, while the characters are personable with deep emotions. Derrick holds a past loss close to his heart while Breslin harbors a deep desire to learn to discover her inner submissive side. These characters just seem to take you on an emotional ride with their story that you don't want to miss. The author includes plenty of erotic sex, spanking, love, loss, memories, intense emotions, friends, and so much more. There are some harsh scenes that coincide with the S&M relationship; however, this story is well worth reading. I highly recommend this 5 star read! I voluntarily received an arc copy of this book.
Breslin has secret desires that she feels can only be met at Thorne n’ Vice Resort. She meets one of the owners, Derrick, for a private session, and while there is chemistry, he is very hands off. (In fact my only concern/complaint is that it is unclear what the purpose of the session was when Derrick basically said he couldn’t meet any of her needs, especially touching her because it was against the rules.) But despite this, I really enjoyed the book. And in fact it is the rules that cause the problems. They are attracted to each other, but cannot take it any further than looking. But you can guess how long that lasts. This book was sexy and fun!!
Desiring Derrick is the third book of the Mysterious Masters of Club Vice series. Though it is a series, and I haven't read the other books, I did not have the feeling that I missed some information.
Derrick and Bree are very interesting characters. Derrick is an experienced Dom and a sadist, and Bree is a beginner who always wanted to explore the lifestyle. They meet at a BDSM resort and soon realize that they are a perfect fit. There are a lot of pretty intense BDSM scenes and some name calling, but it is consensual. I liked reading the book.
A wonderful story about 2 bright and likable people who meet at a BDSM themed resort and gradually fall in love. The story takes them from the resort to Las Vegas, and through a number of stages – but throughout the development of the relationship, there is a strong presence of consensual and enjoyed punishments which are an important part of the development of their relationship