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Submission #4

Collection

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Bonus Content

For serious fans of Jonathan and Monica Drazen - a compilation of off-the-charts hot little stories you've never seen before!

NEVER BEFORE RELEASED -
Count
A Love Letter
Quarantine Couples

NOW UNAVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE
Rachel
First Morning
A Valentine
Twitter Chat
Beat

Also includes the novella - Breathe!

These shorts are chock full of stories about life in the Drazen house, both before and after the end of Coda with plenty of the scenes you love.

249 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 29, 2020

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C.D. Reiss

112 books9,641 followers
CD Reiss is a New York Times bestselling author. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesn't pick up she's at the well hauling buckets.

Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master's degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere but it did give her a big enough ego to write novels.

She's frequently referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut which is flattering but hasn't ever gotten her out of chopping a single cord of wood.

If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.

***NONE OF MY BOOKS ARE SAFE***

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Profile Image for Deanna❤Pink Lady❤️.
820 reviews845 followers
July 16, 2020
There is nothing better than revisiting a couple that your adore. I fell in love with Jonathan and Monica and it was by the very beautiful and lyrical words of this author. I had read all these shorts except for the new one. So as I reread the old ones, it made me fall in love all over again with this extraordinarily perfect couple. The new short did not disappoint and just solidified my love for Jonathan and Monica!! If you have read The Submission Series (it’s in my all time favorite series collection) then this anthology is like going home and if you haven’t then I implore you to start the series and experience the magic of intense and abiding love.
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June 17, 2020
My Goddess.
"No matter how many songs come out of this pretty mouth, it only opens for me."
Have you downloaded my all new Monica and Jonathan COLLECTION with the brand new STEAMY short, COUNT?

COLLECTION IS LIVE >> http://mybook.to/collectioncd

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490 reviews46 followers
June 15, 2020
Jonathan and Monica Drazen made me fall in love with romance. They showed me just how emotionally complex, challenging and sexy the genre could be, and I’ve never looked back. CD Reiss has a gift for taking mere words and making them sing with an ebb and flow that lives in your heart long after you reach the end.
Count, her new creation in this beautiful collection of vignettes, finds our King at the mercy of a tiny tyrant. It’s sexy, hilarious, touching and so spot on Drazen. It makes my heart glad. Collection is more than a gift for fans of the Drazens. It’s a love letter to the family she created on the page and the family of readers her words have brought together.
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468 reviews71 followers
June 21, 2020
"My name is Monica Faulkner-Drazen.
I stand nearly six feet tall in bare feet, but with my family, I can reach the clouds.
Jonathan is the sky. I am the sea. Our daughter is the horizon that cements us together."


I love these two so much.
Profile Image for Sharon Thérèse.
305 reviews45 followers
June 22, 2020
What a delectable anthology. I devoured Reiss’ words like tomorrow didn’t exist and if it were ever possible, fell even harder for two of my all-time favourite characters. I don’t know why I seem to start her books late at night. Maybe niggly interruptions are less likely to occur but for whatever the reason, I didn’t put the Collection down until I’d turned the last page.

For me, meeting up with Jonathan and Monica again was like going home after a long stay away. I’d seriously missed them so with Rachel’s first words, memories came flooding back. And I wanted more. Reiss never fails to deliver mouthwatering prose and her generosity towards these two incorrigible lovers who are simply meant to be, abounds.

‘I was letting him do whatever he wanted, because he was my king, and his voice let me know a king was precisely what I needed.’

Ooh my! Both are so tuned into each other that they left me speechless. Their ribbing, innuendos and Monica’s heartfelt doubts which I have no wish to divulge as they’re hers to tell, blew my mind. I couldn’t have enjoyed their honesty in and out of the bedroom more. Getting lost in their thoughts, humming do-re-mi...well, not only was I offered laugh-out-loud moments, but I never doubted Monica’s SUBMISSION to her gorgeous husband for one minute. He’s her king, she’s his goddess and together they are dynamite.

“You’re my goddess of light and beauty. You know that, right?”

Reiss has also included unpublished snippets of CORRUPTION. Flipping heck...remember Theresa and Antonio? If you’re like me and into Mafia reads, you know what you have to do. One of my top reads last year was PRETTY SCARS; Carrie and Gabriel are the couple to watch out for and Caden and Greysen in EDGE OF DARKNESS will bring out all the feels. Adam has a surprise up his sleeve for the love of his life, Diane...hmm, you’ll be able to discover if he can save their marriage in THE COMPLETE GAMES DUET.

But more to the point, what Reiss has accomplished is a very, but very titillating read with plenty of substance. She has taken her readers on a scorching hot journey right up to our beloved characters in lockdown. Haven’t one-clicked Collection: A Jonathan & Monica Shorts or any of the books mentioned yet? What are you waiting for!
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854 reviews23 followers
June 19, 2020
This collection was okay. None of these extra stories really needed to be told, but it's nice to go back and see how Jonathan and Monica are doing. It was also lovely that Theresa and Antonio, my two favorite C.D. Reiss characters, were given a quick cameo.

However, the chapter where Monica and Jonathan both had a twitter conversation with one another was all kinds of awful.

27 reviews
June 16, 2020
Fell in love all over again

This collection of Johnathan and Monica just makes me more deeply and desperately in love with them than ever before. They were the couple I read after 50 shades as so long ago and they forever changed me. I compare every couple to them.

CD Reiss is so amazing in her ability to write these 2. She is so attuned with them.

It was so good to catch up with them.
126 reviews3 followers
June 17, 2020
2020 superb

The story of my favourite couple Jonathon and his Goddess Monica. Little tales and snippets and then the 2020 story, so good, so well written by C D she brings her characters to life and you feel them, so real. I smiled and shed a tear too.
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1,263 reviews8 followers
June 16, 2020
Jonathan and Monica Drazen you can't not go wrong with this book love every second of it!!!!
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1,186 reviews
May 2, 2021
I listened to the Submission series many years ago when each book was separate. It was such a unique story; one I'd never read before. Then, I listened to Christian Fox and Jo Raylan bring Jonathan Drazen and Monica Faulkner to beautiful, broken life. At that time, I was new to the topic of BDSM and power exchanges. I found it all very intriguing. I devoured all the Drazen stories, but Jonathan and Monica were my favorite.

Every once in a while, I'd revisit Jonathan and Monica, and every time I listened to the audiobooks, I'd pick up something new. Probably something I wasn't clear on or didn't completely understand before. Now, many years later, BDSM has become my favorite sub-genre. I love the power dynamics of BDSM and all that falls under that category.

This wonderful collection of snippets from my favorite Drazen couple has made me so happy, and my heart full. Going back to when Jonathan and Monica were younger and hadn't met just yet was a special treat. Knowing what happens around these brief moments doesn't make them any less exciting or new. It just gives that much more of CD Reiss' gift of Jonathan and Monica. These two are definitely one of a handful of books that have stayed with me through the years, and I can honestly say there hasn't been nor will there ever be another couple quite like these two. And I'm not even mad a little bit about that. Thank you, Christine for sharing a part of your heart and soul.
1,651 reviews8 followers
July 3, 2020
This is Bonus Content from The Submission Series

In order to understand all the bonus content in this book, you will have to read the whole Submissive Series first. These are great little extra tidbits that relate to the series.

1. Rachel

Rachel is the girl that comes up in the story of Jonathan & Monica. Jonathan knew Rachel way before he met Monica. This little story tells of the time when he was fifteen and she was not much older than him. This story involves Jonathan's father. It is not pretty in the least. The story jumps back and forth from his engagement party with Jessica, to the past of him and Rachel. There was also the birthday party for Sheila, but they weren't engaged yet. Jonathan and Rachel were seeing one another at that time. Rachel was there and she was talking to his father. He left with Rachel, but he was drunk, and doesn't remember the rest of the evening. At his engagement part there was a hypnotist and he hypnotized him and everything came back to him. What an awakening it was. This brings to light the missing pieces in the book itself.

2. First Morning

Things went right, and then they didn't. A call from your ex will do that. Monica left. Why? Did she hear him on the phone? This was a steamy chapter, all in all, but a good one.

3. A Valentine

It's six weeks after Jonathan's transplant. Both of them are afraid to have sex because of Jonathan's condition. He has been given the go ahead, though. He goes for his biopsy the next day, just to find out it's Valentine's Day, which he forgot. He made a plan for a romantic dinner. Monica had already made plans. Both of their plans were surprises. He ended up going home where she was. Finally, the sex issue wasn't a problem anymore. It's a cute little story; only four chapters.

4. Love Note

This is a note to Monica from Jonathan. He is her dominant and she is submissive. He lays out orders for her on what to do until he flies to see her. She loves pain and he's only happy to give it.

5. Twitter Chat

It's all Twitter Chat between Jonathan and Monica, but a steamy one between dominant and submissive. It's a great chat.

6. Breathe

This is a story that takes place before Jonathan and Monica had the baby. This story has to do with a singing coach who teaching her correctly. She had to learn how to breathe, such the title of this story. Monica goes through a rough time in this story. There are steamy scenes in the story, as in the whole series. She also needs to breathe with the things she does with Jonathan, such the title of the story, also. It's a fascinating short story. I love it.

7. Beat

Jonathan and Monica are in Italy. Jonathan's sister found out they were going, and her and her husband went there, too. He finds out his sister cannot have children. She is sad. Jonathan and Monica have a daughter Gabrielle. They get to the hotel where he punishes her for actions during the day. It is what she craves and what he likes to do. They fit perfectly together. Then they were in the past. His kidneys are failing from the heart transplant he had. Now they're in Zurich. About an artificial heart that Jonathan was funding. They gave him an artificial heart. It worked. I was so happy to hear that.

8. Count

By now, Jonathan and Monica's daughter was three years old. Monica was gone for two weeks and they had a discussion about going to her dress rehearsal. It's all about control for Jonathan, but Monica wasn't giving in, which would cause repercussions later. They love their daughter and parent to the best of their ability. Jonathan is a numbers man. He counts everything, and I mean everything. Even though Jonathan is a billionaire, he wants more children, which if Monica agrees, she has to slow down her singing career. He also needs another purpose in life, something to concentrate on. She agrees to more children, and he also finds another purpose in life. All is well. Great bonus material to this series.
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1,186 reviews
April 26, 2021
I listened to the Submission series many years ago when each book was separate. It was such a unique story; one I'd never read before. Then, I listened to Christian Fox and Jo Raylan bring Jonathan Drazen and Monica Faulkner to beautiful, broken life. At that time, I was new to the topic of BDSM and power exchanges. I found it all very intriguing. I devoured all the Drazen stories, but Jonathan and Monica were my favorite.

Every once in a while, I'd revisit Jonathan and Monica, and every time I listened to the audiobooks, I'd pick up something new. Probably something I wasn't clear on or didn't completely understand before. Now, many years later, BDSM has become my favorite sub-genre. I love the power dynamics of BDSM and all that falls under that category.

This wonderful collection of snippets from my favorite Drazen couple has made me so happy, and my heart full. Going back to when Jonathan and Monica were younger and hadn't met just yet was a special treat. Knowing what happens around these brief moments doesn't make them any less exciting or new. It just gives that much more of CD Reiss' gift of Jonathan and Monica. These two are definitely one of a handful of books that have stayed with me through the years, and I can honestly say there hasn't been nor will there ever be another couple quite like these two. And I'm not even mad a little bit about that. Thank you, Christine for sharing a part of your heart and soul.
66 reviews
June 18, 2020
Monica hits all the right notes, Jonathan, all the right spots

Beautiful. Sweet. Combines heart-achingly *real* feeling with the best escapist, erotic love. Captures both the purest of parental devotion as well as the jittery sense of inadequacy at ever doing the job right. This couple doesn’t take anything for granted. They love hard. The focus is on their relationship. The bombastic money and fame gives the story sparkle, but it’s really about knowing someone and honorably loving that someone. J&M are my perfect couple.
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13 reviews
June 18, 2020
Monica hits all the right notes, Jonathan, all the right spots.

Beautiful. Sweet. Combines heart-achingly *real* feeling with the best, escapist, erotic love. Captures both the purest of parental devotion with the jittery sense of inadequacy at ever doing the job right. This couple doesn’t take anything for granted. They love hard. The focus is on their relationship. The bombastic money and fame give the story sparkle, but it’s really about knowing someone and honorably loving that someone. J&M are my perfect couple. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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9 reviews2 followers
July 11, 2020
CD Reiss is #MyAuthorCrush

I am an Audible only girl and THE COMPLETE SUBMISSION SERIES is my all time favorite. Any chance to get more of Jonathan and Monica and I am going to take it , even if I have to READ it. Their love story is so intense and beautifully written. This was just what I needed. ❤❤❤❤❤ I can't recommend COLLECTION enough. Read it and when available on Audio, listen to it. Jo Raylan and Christian 💋💋 Fox will be narrating again. They are magical 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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1,576 reviews18 followers
August 12, 2020
I always want Monica and Jonathon Drazen .

No matter how little or how much I will devour what I get..
My appetite is quelled for now but probably not for long , I shall need more of them .

The story of millionaire Jonathan Drazen and sultry singer Monica Faulkner.
Jonathan Drazen is rich, Dominant, and hopelessly empty, until he meets Monica Faulkner and brings out her natural submissive.
One of the best series I have ever read...
Profile Image for Beth Burkle.
246 reviews
July 1, 2020
As always; a five star plus for C.D. Reiss! I can never get enough of Jonathan and Monica and to know how life goes for them is awesome and I can only hope that the story will continue for a long time! Also so good to know how some of the characters are doing in the COVID 19 era.
Thank you Ms. Reiss and please we need more!!
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1,597 reviews5 followers
July 25, 2020
Thank You...

It is gratifying to read the outtakes from Jonathan and Monica’s story. Or, should I say read again. I love Jonathan. The way he defies death, and embraces loving Monica and Gabby. I love alpha heroes with a feet of clay. At the same time so dominant. I am not a fan of sex by torture or BDSM, but somehow these two made it work.
Borrowed through Kindle Unlimited.
Profile Image for Angie Bowman.
419 reviews2 followers
November 5, 2023
Fantastic Collection of Stories

Collection is an anthology of Jonathan and Monica short stories.
It was amazing catching up with what was happening in Jonathan and Monica's life. Learning more about Jonathan's past and what made him him.
They are a couple you just want to keep reading about.
84 reviews1 follower
June 23, 2020
Goddess

What a breathe of fresh writing. I got you Jonathan and Monica all over again. Gabys adorable and sex is hot. But it’s their continued love that’s palpable. Christine you rock
Profile Image for Jorie.
520 reviews3 followers
February 11, 2022
Well worth the read

Amazeballs.
Added scenes from Jonathan and Monica.
What's not to like. I forgot I had to stop and use my BOB with Jonathan an Monica.
Enjoyed every word.
Jonathan and Monica will remain one of my favorite couple.
Profile Image for Karen Denise Foster.
1,069 reviews25 followers
October 1, 2023
I was gald to have a little more of Jonathon and Monica that was a bit lighter than their last book.

I haven't read about the other couples in the short stories so I skipped them for now and will come back to them.
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1,136 reviews3 followers
June 22, 2020
These two are my favorite. Jonathan Drazen is sinfully dominant and unapologetic. Monica is his goddess and his wife. Together they are explosive.
181 reviews1 follower
July 12, 2020
Loved it

You can never have too much Jonathan and Monica. This book is giving you a quick glimpse into their lives
255 reviews
August 21, 2020
Icing on the cake

This book was just the icing on a very enjoyable cake. I really like catching up on Jonathan and Monica life with baby Gabby.
Profile Image for Kat Crumb.
800 reviews6 followers
December 5, 2021
Great

This is a great series loce jon & monica's story but boy do they have issue's. The collection was a tad confusing.
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