

I love this one because I was forced to, much like Laurie, the jaded BDSMer was forced to love Toby but not in a stilted set-up. I have loved Alexis’s other books because they are clever, funny, and hot. I was a bit let down when I saw it was BDSM. Toby has to live his own life, and Laurie has to let him. Because whatever they have, however right it feels, he knows it can’t last. But while Laurie will surrender his body to Toby’s desires, he won’t surrender his heart.

He wants to make him hurt, he wants to make him beg, he wants to make him fall in love. But he knows, with all the terrible certainty of youth, that he wants Laurie. He doesn’t know how he ended up where he is or where he’s meant to be going. Toby doesn’t know who he wants to be or what he wants to do. He’s tired of pantomiming submission, and he’s long since given up looking for more than hollow release. And for him the BDSM scene especially is all played out.

Laurence Dalziel, a thirty-seven year old trauma surgeon, is worn down and washed up. Publisher: Riptide Publishing (February 15, 2015)
