Dark Control

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Author: Annabel Joseph

Publisher: Scarlet Rose Press

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Description

Not all fantasies are safe, sane, and consensual. Welcome to the world of The Gallery…

Juliet meets Fort St. Clair on a miserable, drunken night, and wakes up the next morning cuffed to his guest room bed. Of course, Fort would never take advantage of her. No, the pleasure and pain he wants to inflict on her body must be negotiated in advance, because once Juliet sets foot in his private, exclusive dungeon, she belongs to him.

BDSM at The Gallery is supposed to be a straightforward arrangement, an affair by the rules, but Juliet and Fort’s growing connection brings unexpected emotions they can’t control. She’s the free spirit who transforms his rigid world, and he’s the Dominant she can finally trust—or can she?

Excerpt

Now that I had her against me, in my power, I couldn’t touch her enough. But I had to be careful. That was what I told myself: as long as I was careful, I could have her body and not do her any harm. I’d be a kind sadist. I’d be clear about our boundaries so she didn’t feel used or manipulated.

Well, I’d do that later. First, I had to shove my tongue down her throat.

She responded as if she liked it, humming and pushing her body against mine. I let go of her wrists and grabbed her hair, then shoved her wrists back against the wall when she dropped them. “Over your head,” I ordered, and she obeyed.

I hoped no one would discover us here. We were hidden between two piles of lumber, in the darkest corner of the room, but we’d be heard. She moaned, I growled. After I pulled her hair down from her chignon, I wrapped my fingers in it. I could hear metal hairpins hitting the concrete floor, make-out shrapnel. I left her mouth to trace a line down her neck, half kissing, half biting the tender skin. I shoved a thumb up under her chin, pinning the back of her head to the wall as I lapped at the hollow of her clavicle.

Until I saw her out in the gallery, I’d forgotten how she stole my control. I’d come to get a glimpse of Juliet, nothing more, after months of restraint and good behavior. But once I touched her, once she turned to me, all reason fled. The way her eyes widened in surprise—and a little fear. Her bare, pale arms, the hair, the goddamned socks...

I ripped off her sweater, pulling it down her shoulders, barking at her to lower her arms when she tried to keep them over her head the way I’d told her.

First things first: I used the girly red cardigan to tie her hands behind her back, wrapping it around her wrists and cinching it tightly, even though it would probably ruin the garment. I’d buy her another one. I didn’t care. I looked in her eyes and saw that it was okay, that the bondage excited her even though it took away her control.

At that point, I still only meant to kiss her. I held her by the waist and ground my cock against her, running my fingers over her hips and breasts. I molested her sock-covered thighs, then took her knees and hiked her up the wall so her legs were around my waist.

“Put me down,” she said. “I’m too heavy.”

“You’re not too heavy.” I kissed her again to shut up her protests, and pulled her skirt higher so I could squeeze her ass. Jesus, a thong. I smacked her bare cheeks a few times, I couldn’t help it. Her trapped fingers scratched mine but she couldn’t get loose. “Stop struggling,” I said. “You can’t get away from me.”

“Oh God.”

She squirmed as I yanked the thong up between her ass cheeks. She was wet as fuck, and it was all I could do not to force my fingers inside her pussy. My hands did minor violence, squeezing her breasts, pulling her hair, scratching her thighs, but it wasn’t enough. The more she arched against me, the more I wanted to be inside her. “I want to fuck you,” I said, pressing her against the wall. “I want to jam my cock inside you until you hurt.”

Publisher Notes

This book contains BDSM edgeplay that some may find objectionable, but there's no violence or rape and it has a happy ending.

Please commit to an *honest* release-day review to be posted SEPTEMBER 25, 2017. Post your review to Amazon (preferred), although reviews at other sites are also awesome. To help sustain my sales and to help me make a living, please do not share, pirate, or publicly post ARCs. Thanks for being an advance reader!

This is book one of a three book series, and all three will be interconnected standalones.

Marketing Plan

Please commit to an *honest* release-day review to be posted SEPTEMBER 25, 2017. Post your review to Amazon (preferred), although reviews at other sites are also awesome. To help sustain my sales and to help me make a living, please do not share, pirate, or publicly post ARCs. Thanks for being an advance reader!