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Heart of the West #1-3
Heart of the West
Roped - Book 1 in the Heart of the West series Returning from the war, his body wounded, his soul hurting, Jared faces a very different life. A sexual Dominant, doubts about his ability now to satisfy any submissive plague him. Until Ninia. The face of an angel and the body of a centerfold, she's about as unsubmissive as any woman he's known. A nurse in the Cheyenne VA hospital where Jared is sent, Ninia is tough, in control. Until Jared catches her in an unguarded moment and see a vulnerable, softer side. It fires his blood with a need to find out more. Accepting an invitation to a local dungeon, the sexual Dominant in Jared rears back to full potency when he sees Ninia, submissively awaiting his pleasure, his dominance. Now he knows what he wants. And he's about to prove to Ninia he's man enough to take it. Hitched - Book 2 in the Heart of the West series. Even bad boys want to settle down sometime... All it takes is the right woman, and a guy is toast. Brad McTavish knows it. He's known it since the day Keely, the sexy little redhead who makes his hands itch and his cock burn, walked into Roped and Lassoed, Brad's BDSM club, looking for a Dom to master her. Now he's ready to put a lid on his wild ways and settle down to some full-on, loving submission from his favorite slave. But fears from her past haunt Keely. She's having none of it. Especially with Brad. However, as a three-day blizzard hits, locking them up together to wait out the storm, Keely's about to find out there's more to this bad-boy Dom than meets the eye. Lassoed - Book 3 in the Heart of the West series A man will do a lot of things for love - Matt Rogers knows firsthand. A sexual Dominant playing the role of a submissive is the hardest role he's played, but if it means not losing the love of his life again... Diana McTavish has long held his heart and soul. Now that her abusive ex-Master is history, Matt's back in her life - permanently - however she needs him. But submissive Diana's had enough of being bruised and battered. She's taking control. And if that means Matt suppressing his own needs and submitting to her domination - hell, he can do it. As the sexual heat between them flares hot enough to burn, Diana relearns the most important lesson of Dominance and submission - trust. And this time, the switch is up to her.
234 pages, Paperback
First published October 29, 2008
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Ann Jacobs
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First published in 1996, Jacobs has sold close to fifty books and novellas. SANDSTORMS was a 2007 nominee for the prestigious ROMANTIC TIMES Reviewers' Choice award for best erotic romance. Her books have earned awards including the Passionate Plume (best novella, 2006, second place contemporary, 2008), the Desert Rose (best hot and spicy romance, 2004) and More Than Magic (best erotic romance, 2004). She has been a double finalist in separate categories of the EPPIES and From the Heart RWA Chapter’s contest. Three of her books have been translated and sold in several European countries.
A CPA and former hospital financial manager, Jacobs now writes full-time, with the help of Mr. Blue, the family cat who sometimes likes to perch on the back of her desk chair and lend his sage advice. He sometimes even contributes a few random letters when he decides he wants to try out the keyboard. (Most of the time Blue just curls up, hides his eyes with his paws...and sleeps!)
First published in 1996, Jacobs has sold close to fifty books and novellas. SANDSTORMS was a 2007 nominee for the prestigious ROMANTIC TIMES Reviewers' Choice award for best erotic romance. Her books have earned awards including the Passionate Plume (best novella, 2006, second place contemporary, 2008), the Desert Rose (best hot and spicy romance, 2004) and More Than Magic (best erotic romance, 2004). She has been a double finalist in separate categories of the EPPIES and From the Heart RWA Chapter’s contest. Three of her books have been translated and sold in several European countries.
A CPA and former hospital financial manager, Jacobs now writes full-time, with the help of Mr. Blue, the family cat who sometimes likes to perch on the back of her desk chair and lend his sage advice. He sometimes even contributes a few random letters when he decides he wants to try out the keyboard. (Most of the time Blue just curls up, hides his eyes with his paws...and sleeps!)
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July 14, 2010
This book is actually a trilogy of 3 stories (Roped, Hitched, and Lassoed) previously e-published. It's so HOT, I'm surprised the paper didn't burn coming off the printing press.
The stories of 2 brothers and their older sister, all ranchers in small town Wyoming. All 3 are drawn to the BDSM lifestyle, but that just adds to the steamy sex.
The real stories... First, about a man wounded in war who doesn't think he can still be the Dom he once was. But the woman he wants is sub through and through. Second, his older brother has decided he wants the monogamy his brother has found, but his reputation as a dungeon keeper and local bad boy, he can't get a date with the woman he wants. Lastly, their older sister has been a sub to an abusive husband. Now he's gone and she has very real trust issues. But her high school sweetheart has wanted to love her for the past twenty years.
The BDSM descriptions are not just a nod on the lifestyle - a few spanks here, a tie-her-down there - it's more intense and not something that will appeal to all readers. But if you like D/s stories, you'll find these well written, demonstrating a familiarity with the subject as well as three-dimensional characters with very real emotions.
I would say the only flaw is the speed in which the characters resolve their inner conflicts. It's not unexpected given the shorter length of the stories, but I usually like to see them endure more torture and mental anguish.
The stories of 2 brothers and their older sister, all ranchers in small town Wyoming. All 3 are drawn to the BDSM lifestyle, but that just adds to the steamy sex.
The real stories... First, about a man wounded in war who doesn't think he can still be the Dom he once was. But the woman he wants is sub through and through. Second, his older brother has decided he wants the monogamy his brother has found, but his reputation as a dungeon keeper and local bad boy, he can't get a date with the woman he wants. Lastly, their older sister has been a sub to an abusive husband. Now he's gone and she has very real trust issues. But her high school sweetheart has wanted to love her for the past twenty years.
The BDSM descriptions are not just a nod on the lifestyle - a few spanks here, a tie-her-down there - it's more intense and not something that will appeal to all readers. But if you like D/s stories, you'll find these well written, demonstrating a familiarity with the subject as well as three-dimensional characters with very real emotions.
I would say the only flaw is the speed in which the characters resolve their inner conflicts. It's not unexpected given the shorter length of the stories, but I usually like to see them endure more torture and mental anguish.
November 1, 2016
I got this book on a recommendation from a friend. This would be an "out of the box" book for me as BDSM really is not my area of interest; just something a little different to read in between all the other genres I read.
Enjoyed Jared's character and his dominant personality and his of course, "dominant" side as The Master but didn't really care for the whole concept. Entertaining read for sure.
Enjoyed Jared's character and his dominant personality and his of course, "dominant" side as The Master but didn't really care for the whole concept. Entertaining read for sure.
October 22, 2009
Three really good stories! Contemporary western BDSM erotica. Well written with no editorial errors that I can recall!
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