The Beauty of Surrender: A Novel

by Eden Bradley

Book Overview

Shibari, the ancient art of erotic restraint...Its finely knotted ropes are a turn-on, a sexual experience...and, for some, an absolute necessity. Serving the Master: Desmond and Ava At a San... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553385585
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Delta
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies!

Erotic author Eden Bradley delivers with THE BEAUTY OF SURRENDER. Comprising of two electrically charged novellas, THE BEAUTY OF SURRENDER explores the relationships between two different couples with one thing in common - their love for Shibari ropes. "Serving the Master: Desmond and Ava" Ava Gregory yearns to submit to a dominant Master. The tighter she is bound, the higher her pleasure. Going to the club, Pinnacle, Ava looks for someone to take her in hand and when her Mistress is unable to bring her to the heights of ecstasy she needs, Ava is disheartened. Her Mistress, however, has another plan and that plan is Master Desmond Hale. Desmond thrives on the control he wields and with one look he finds Ava to be the epitome of everything he desires. When the ropes are loosened, Desmond and Ava find themselves wanting more than just a simple D/s sexual relationship - with one problem. Demons in each of their pasts come to haunt them and unless those can be exorcised, forever is not something Desmond and Ava will have. Desmond is the embodiment of a powerful and controlled Master. He is dominant to the bone and very much aware of the power he has over his submissive. His past, however, haunts him and because of this, Desmond has a difficult time with allowing himself to trust. I knew this when reading and worried and agonized over his inability to commit - I should have trusted Ava. Her almost innocent aura surrounded Desmond with love and silenced his demons. The end result is a relationship that both needed and where each cherished the other. SERVING THE MASTER is excellent! "Soothing the Beast: Marina and James" Widowed art dealer Marina Marchant is a Shibari rope master and a Domme. She gives seminars on rope bondage and at one such workshop, she meets James Cortez. James is a journalist who has seen death more times than he can count. His job is dangerous and deadly and all he wants is to be able to achieve the ultimate in satisfaction in order to find release. He wants someone to control him so that he can shut out the pictures in his mind of destruction. Marina, still grieving the loss of her lover Nathan four years ago agrees but hesitantly. No sex is one rule she gives James but James is quite stubborn. With Marina's touch his head goes quiet and he knows that in order for Marina to become his, she has to let go of her past and the fear that controls her. This won't be easy, but James has one thing on his side - his love for Marina. James Cortez is heady and sexy and he scares Marina to death. He represents forever and because of the death of her partner, Marina is scared to love anyone. James, however, doesn't take no for an answer and the results are glorious. Their love scenes are passionate and while Marina is the Domme in this relationship, the love they share for the other is equally divided and very precious to see. SOOTHING THE BEAST is a great title for this titillating novella - both Marina and Ja

two well written erotic romantic novellas

"Serving the Master: Desmond and Ava". In San Francisco submissive Ava Gregory seeks the trance state, but dominant Marina Marchant failed to get her Bottom to achieve that at the Pinnacle BDSM sex club. Marina introduces Ava to her Nawashi expert peer in the play of the Japanese Shibari erotic ropes Desmond Hale as her guru. They achieve more than just the ultimate in play as they fall in love. Although she overcomes her embarrassment of being a submissive that has limited her contact with her family in Seattle, he never overcame his need for control since his sister Nessie drowned when they were children. Love means ceding some control. "Soothing the Beast: Marina and James". Marina Meets James Cortez at a lecture she gives on Shibari erotic ropes techniques. He pleads with her to play him until he achieves the shadow place so he can get respite from his demons that haunt him after the horrors he seen as a reporter covering the ugliness of the world. She informs him she only plays with women, but his need persuades her though he is not a submissive by nature and prays with her on top will give him freedom from his nightmares. As they enjoy the bondage and more, their attraction turns to love, but she fears the emotion ever since her Nathan died from cancer four years ago. These are two well written erotic romantic novellas that focus on the characters more than sex though there are several heated rope scenes. Fans of BDSM romances will relish both well written tales but also feel each one could have easily been novel length as Eden Bradley's exploration of the relationships beyond just top-bottom play went deep and profound especially the fears of the dominants but the resolutions seem rushed for such profound tales. Harriet Klausner