Review & $25 Gift Card Giveaway: Assumed Master

Original Title: Assumed Master
Author: Lila Munro
Publisher: Rebel Ink Press
Release Date: May 2012
Genre: Erotica

We may be born to the lifestyle,

Julie Stevens and Dante Larson always knew their tastes were a bit more eccentric than those of the average person, but acknowledgement of their chosen paths came at different times. While their lives have run parallel for the last twenty years, destiny always came knocking at the wrong time. Julie was a closeted edge player and before Dante could pull her free of her fears, Mason came along and dragged her kicking and screaming from her self-inflicted darkness, leaving Dante wanting. Although Dante’s been in love with Julie since the day he first laid eyes on her, he's happily married to Blake. But the tides are turning.

But Lady Fate dictates how it should be lived…

Still mourning the death of the only Master she’s ever known, Julie finds herself forced to live with the one man she’s been terrified of for years, Dante. While she has to admit something between them feels right, just as many things feel very, very wrong, starting with the fact he’s married to her gay best friend. Before she even has time to sort out her current predicament, another man catches Julie's attention. But after losing her mother, her sister, and her husband, can Julie come to grips with the fact that Keegan McKettrick jumps out of perfectly good helicopters for a living, rescue diving for the Coast Guard? And where exactly does that leave Dante, who knows for sure he needs a woman to complete his unconventional marriage? Quite frankly, he's tired of waiting.

REVIEW

In this erotic BDSM novel, we see people with Master-Slave relationship.  While Julie was living in such a relationship with Mason, Mason died.  Without a master, Julie feels scared.  But Mason's will states that Julie is handed over to Dante's slavery.  Julie is now clearly terrified, as she had heard about Dante's abusive ways.  Dante is already having a gay relationship with his slave, Blake.  But, soon she starts trusting Dante, and the three (Dante, Blake and Julie) have a trusted relationship.

Dante compromises some of his ego for his slaves, so that he can make them happy.  And Blake's character was adorable at times.  There is nothing to say about the plot or characters, as the novel doesn't concentrate on it.  Lovers of BDSM novels will enjoy this.

GUEST POST

10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT GUESS ABOUT ME...

- By Lila Munro

#10…I have a green thumb and love to dig in the dirt. Not only do I enjoy cultivating flowers, I have a raised garden bed full of veggies.
#9…I played clarinet, bass clarinet, and oboe for eight years, but didn’t pursue it in college.
#8…I went to university in Brad Pitt’s hometown, Springfield, Missouri.
#7…I love to cruise flea markets and thrift stores in search of old books, my mission to save their lives. I recently acquired a complete set of Shakespearean texts from Harvard circa early 1900’s.
#6…I switched majors in college five times. I moved from Public Relations to Communications to English to Secondary Education, finally getting three degrees. A Bachelor’s in psychology and sociology and a minor in English.
#5…I was a girl scout.  Sold a lot of cookies, too.
#4…My greatest vice has got to be Vera Bradley. My closet looks like a store. My favorite pattern right now is Very Berry Paisley.
#3…I’ve held driver’s license in four states and overseas. Missouri, Delaware, North Carolina, Virginia and Okinawa. Driving on the left was difficult for me to overcome once back stateside.
#2…I love the ocean and am particularly fond of snorkeling.
#1…I share a birthday with my husband and that day also happens to be our anniversary…
Thanks for having me over today!

GIVEAWAY

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