She’s his heaven and his hell…
Muriel Stewart has spent the past year grieving the loss of her husband. Now that time has passed, her inner submissive demands Muriel find a new relationship to fulfill her need to love and serve. But there’s only one man who makes Muriel yearn for the intimate Dom/submissive connection the way her husband did, and that’s his best friend, Mathew Galinda … a man who can barely tolerate being in her presence.
Matthew Galinda buried his own heart and needs the day Muriel Stewart married his best friend and business partner. He’s spent the last eleven years keeping Muriel at a distance, tortured by his love for a woman he could never have, and filled with shame for coveting what wasn’t and would never be his. Not even his best friend’s unexpected death could change that fact. Until Muriel decides she’s ready for a new Dom and she wants Matthew to fill that role.
Having Muriel in his life is all Mathew has ever wanted. She’s his heaven and his hell, and could be his salvation if he can get beyond his past, his shame, and the guilt he feels for not having saved Ian’s life.
Muriel Stewart has spent the past year grieving the loss of her husband. Now that time has passed, her inner submissive demands Muriel find a new relationship to fulfill her need to love and serve. But there’s only one man who makes Muriel yearn for the intimate Dom/submissive connection the way her husband did, and that’s his best friend, Mathew Galinda … a man who can barely tolerate being in her presence.
Matthew Galinda buried his own heart and needs the day Muriel Stewart married his best friend and business partner. He’s spent the last eleven years keeping Muriel at a distance, tortured by his love for a woman he could never have, and filled with shame for coveting what wasn’t and would never be his. Not even his best friend’s unexpected death could change that fact. Until Muriel decides she’s ready for a new Dom and she wants Matthew to fill that role.
Having Muriel in his life is all Mathew has ever wanted. She’s his heaven and his hell, and could be his salvation if he can get beyond his past, his shame, and the guilt he feels for not having saved Ian’s life.
Add to Goodreads
4.5 star
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
Firstly I have to state that this is a story with BDSM elements to it and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is book one in Alannah Lynne’s new series Pandora’s Playground and I have to say that she is off to a great start.
This is the story of Muriel Stewart a woman who has loved and lost. Not only did she lose her
husband, with his sudden death, but she lost her Dom. Muriel is a submissive and has shut herself away from her family, friends and the lifestyle she shared with her husband since his death nearly a year ago.Encouraged, or perhaps should I say ordered, Muriel returns to Pandora’s Playground. A club her husband owned with his two closest friends, Lucas Steele and Matthew Galinda. Muriel is a true submissive and cannot help but feel that perhaps the time has come to gently ease herself back into the lifestyle that is as important to her soul as breathing.
Garnering her courage she returns to Pandora’s Playground. Unbeknownst to her Lucas and Matthew have plans for her (although to say Mathew is willing, would be an exaggeration).
She met both Lucas and Mathew through her husband when they were at collage. Mathew was her husband’s best friend. He was also with him when he died and harbours deep feelings of guilt. Not only because he couldn’t save him but because he has always been in love with Muriel.What starts out as a scene to ease Muriel back into the lifestyle, surprises both Muriel and Mathew. Muriel has always been drawn to him and she sees in him the Dom she desires to submit too. She also cannot help but finally see what she has been oblivious too for so many years and that it the depth of his feelings for her. Mathew on the other hand is terrified of where this could lead since in his opinion he is an evil person totally undeserved of Muriel’s love and submission.This is a love story and the romance that Mathew and Muriel find together is beautiful on so many levels, He is the Ying to her Yang. They fit together so well as Dominant and Submissive it is obvious that these two were meant to be together.
I am looking forward to the next book in the Pandora’s Playground series and congratulate Alannah Lynne on an excellent beginning to her new series.
Alannah believes there's nothing more magical than finding the other half of your soul, experiencing fiery passion, and knowing you've found happily-ever-after.
She loves going to work each day (in sweats and a T-shirt) and writing about hot heroes and feisty heroines who torment each other in the most delicious ways before finding their happy ending.
She lives in the coastal region of North Carolina with her husband, who also happens to be her best friend and biggest fan. They have two sons, a dog, and two cats.
She loves going to work each day (in sweats and a T-shirt) and writing about hot heroes and feisty heroines who torment each other in the most delicious ways before finding their happy ending.
She lives in the coastal region of North Carolina with her husband, who also happens to be her best friend and biggest fan. They have two sons, a dog, and two cats.
No comments:
Post a Comment