Published by Berkley Books, Penguin Random House Genres: Contemporary, Romance
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Surrender Trilogy and the Breathless Trilogy knows what makes readers hot. Now she turns it up in Mastered, the explosive first book in a new series of a desire too dangerous to resist.
What he wants, he takes with no remorse or guilt.
She stood out in his club like a gem, unspoiled and untouched. A lamb among wolves, she clearly didn’t belong. Drawn to her innocence he watched as she was surrounded by men who saw what he did—but no one but him could touch her. He summoned her to his private quarters. He sensed her fear. He also recognized the desire in her eyes. And he knew she wouldn’t leave before he possessed her. She had no need to know his secrets. Not until he had her under his complete and utter control.
What he wants, she isn’t sure she can give him.
The moment he told her want he wanted, she couldn’t resist. Instinct told her to run, but her heart said stay and walk the fine line between pleasure and pain. Though she wasn’t sure she could ever completely surrender, the primal part of her wanted to try, even knowing this man could break her in ways she never imagined. Because once he possessed her, he owned her and it would be too late to turn back. She can only pray that he doesn’t destroy her in the end.
Stephanie’s 3 Star Review:
| I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for an honest review.
BDSM/Erotic romance books are some of my favorite ones to read. When I was asked by the publisher if I wanted to review this Maya Banks book I jumped on it. Sadly this book had great potential but there was so much I felt could/should have been done differently. This is a mature adult book so expect quite a bit of sex. Of course it has some BDSM aspects included. There’s some anal sex – but these scenes turned me off. I don’t think the author wrote that part of the storyline well. Just from reading other books that include anal sex there’s some missing key elements in this particular story. I felt like the editor could have done a better job helping the author tighten up this story in places. There’s chunks of backstory missing that I expected to be in this particular book but turns out we will have to wait for the second one. I’m sure there will be plenty of you that will read this particular story and thoroughly enjoy it. Others will be in the same boat as me. I will read the next one because I just can’t not not read it. I want to know how their story ends… It’s basically man meets woman then demands woman submits to him. He doesn’t take no for an answer. I think she quickly moves forward in this relationship without even questioning why she’s submitting. She doesn’t even know what the man does for a living other than owns a club and some other businesses for goodness sakes. That would be one of my first questions. What do you own? Where did you come from? Where is your family? What’s your favorite color? The basics. None of this is covered in this particular book. Hopefully some of that will be covered in the next one. I think the overall concept of the book is great. I really enjoyed Drake and Evangeline’s interaction. Again, plenty of holes to fill/answer with the next book. |
About the Author:
Maya Banks is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 50 novels. A wife and mother of three, she lives in Texas. Visit her website at www.mayabanks.com.
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