S is for by L. Dubois

Story 5 of 5 stars

Heat 5 of 5 stars

Series – BDSM Checklist

Main characters – Julen Morton, Lihn Vo, Peter, Diann, Delaney ‘Laney,’ Joni

The Overseers of an exclusive BDSM club are shaking things up a bit with a BDSM checklist game. The letter S has so many items they choose three dominants and three submissives to cover them all.

Lihn Vo, Master Vo is a thinker and a planner but the others want to grab a sub and knock out items on the list quickly. He’s uneasy about it but goes along with the other two Doms.

Julen aka Master Morton is a dedicated rope top, with years of experience.

Master Peter is a demanding sadist, who fell in love with his sub and lost her.

Diann is a hardcore masochist who enjoys degradation kink. Peter used to be her master until he fell in love with her, but she didn’t feel the same way.

Delaney ‘Laney’ is a service submissive. She tries to be perfect but finds herself often overlooked or ignored.

Joni comes to the club to let go of the reigns of control. She knows her needs and isn’t afraid to advocate for them.

When the Doms first get together, their quick plan to split the letter S ends with three unhappily aborted scenes. They must regroup, and re-evaluate before starting again with their three submissives.

Dubois delivers another great addition to the checklist series. Addressing the real-life complexities of BDSM world and relationships, while delivering sizzling heat.

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Monster without a Cause by Lila Dubois

Story 3.5 of 5 stars

Heat 5 of 5 stars

Series – Monsters in Hollywood

Main characters – Luke, Keira

Luke is a gargoyle. He and two other monster friends go to Hollywood in hopes of fixing their image among humans. Not wanting to make any mistakes in the human world he initially comes across as hesitant and very careful. He’s naive and unsure in the human world, bolder and dominant in his own element.

Keira is a strong, independent, woman who joined with four friends to create Calypso Productions, a cutting-edge Hollywood production studio. She’s the creative director and one of the producers, who isn’t afraid to reach out and take what she wants.

Luke and his friends bungle their pitch to the women. Hoping to change their mind he takes Keira to dinner. Their heat has them tumbling into bed, but when morning comes Luke accidentally outs himself.

This story was previously released in 2008 as ‘Lights, Camera… Monster.’ Dubois has made revisions as well as expanded on the original release. So, I was surprised to see editing errors. I love Lila Dubois and her stories but this one just seemed to be missing something. Normally I fall into her stories, feeling all the feels but I never felt like I broke the surface of this book. There are definitely some great scenes but more than once I felt like I was being told how things were, rather than experiencing it. I was left wishing for a bit more story to go with all the spice. An interesting first book in the ‘Monsters in Hollywood’ series.

Author warning: the story includes gargoyle-on-human sex scenes. While warnings are always appreciated, I didn’t find anything squicky about the scenes, kinky… yes… squicky? not really.

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R is for … by Lila Dubois

Story 4 of 5 stars

Heat 5 of 5 stars

Series – BDSM Checklist

Main characters: Master Ben aka Ilias Bennani, Josslyn

Per the author’s note: ‘This book contains a rape fantasy scene. It’s consensual non-consent within the context of this story. This may be difficult for some readers and I appreciated the author sharing which chapters contain possible triggering scenes. Read at your own discretion.

Josslyn is a submissive masochist, who has never had her needs fully met. A husband who died too young, and made her feel like a burden. She is a strong capable woman, who hasn’t found the one to meet her needs until Ilias.

Ilias Bennani aka Master Ben is a sadist, who plays with partners who give him their full and complete submission. A careful, insightful Dom who plans an executes scenes to meet everyone’s needs.

This is an intense story, with intense scenes and a couple that thrives in the sadist and masochist dynamic. They are perfect for each other and have amazing chemistry.

I was completely entrenched in their story until the last chapter. The transition from the end of chapter 15 to chapter 16 was a huge disconnect for me. It jumped and it felt like part of their story was cut. The ending also felt very abrupt, leaving me feeling shoved out of a story I very much wanted to continue. I needed more of a segue after the intensity of what happened. I received an advanced copy and the published book may have changed.

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M is for … by L. Dubois

Story 4 of 5 stars

Heat 5 of 5 stars

Series – BDSM Checklist

Main characters – Master Z’ Zidan Ghaffari, Calista Leonard

‘Master Z’ Zidan Ghaffari and Calista Leonard have history. When the Overseers of the Las Palmas require members to play the BDSM Checklist Game they have no idea they are about to be thrown together to play.

We are dropped into the game while Cali is in the sub garden and receives a bag containing manacles and a mouth-bit. She’s a masochist and loves being bound and helpless. Cali uses BDSM as an outlet for emotional and stress relief.

Seeing Master Ziadan is her Top for the game throws her and she has a hard time staying in scene with memories from their past popping up in her mind.

They start their letter with an intense medical play scene, mostly from Calista’s point of view before moving on to other items on their list. It’s very emotional and erotic and caters to Cali’s masochist needs but I found it hard to connect with Zidan until the later half of the book. He has the aloof sadist down pat.

If you are looking for light BDSM this is not the book for you. It’s intense BDSM play, dealing with emotional baggage that may not be everyone’s cup of tea but I thought it was well written and a great addition to the BDSM Checklist series. The two epilogues were awesome additions.

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K is for … by Lila Dubois

Story 4.5 of 5 stars

Heat 5 of 5 stars

Series – BDSM Checklist

Hero – Oliver Sanz

Heroine – Kumiko Ito

Oliver and Kumiko are both members of an exclusive BDSM club that have started a game requiring them to scene involving kinky activities starting with the letter K. Que in kinky activities such as kidnapping, knife play and one more revealed toward the end of the book.

Before you run for the hills about the kidnapping part of their story, Kumi has a safeword and at anytime she can safeword out if she chooses to do so.

Lila writes smoking hot BDSM scenes and she handled the realities of that type of play/scene extremely well. I swear I felt like I was living the moment with Kumiko. I didn’t feel quite as connected with Oliver but I still liked him a lot.

While it’s easy to gloss over the realities of real life and intense BDSM scenes, Lila gives us the good, the bad and the ugly and leaves us wanting more. Making these two feel real as they process life stress and inner voices that aren’t always kind.

My only wish is that the end scene happened after their second weekend but I’m greedy that way, always wanting more of a good thing.

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