Leather+Lace (Opposites Attract, #2)

Posted on 14 July 2017 by A.B. Gayle

Swathed in chiffon and lace, Steven Stanhope owns the stage as Stevie Tricks, lip synching the songs of the famous gypsy queen But after he escapes an abusive Master slave relationship, the only collar he ll allow around his neck is black velvet.After a four year absence, Steve is ready to reclaim his life and the property he left behind But is it safe Definitely not if his ex is still into leather To find out, Steve appears at a charity night for the local BDSM community, using the anonymity of his stage persona to mask his identity.Instead of his ex Master, Julius, Steve finds a tangled mess centered around another Master of Leather, Donato Rossi In order to unravel their ties to the past, Steve and Don must find common ground and work together In the process, they learn that when it comes to love, sometimes you have to make your own rules. New Read Leather+Lace (Opposites Attract, #2) [ By ] A.B. Gayle [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr 4.5 stars Review completed March 20, 2014Respect.Trust.Acceptance.Authenticity.Honesty.Appreciation.Love.A few years ago Steve quite literally ditched his abusive Master s shackles and fled to England Now he s back in Australia to claim the life and property he had to leave behind and attends a charitable fundrai...At least 8 unfortunately GR doesn t havethan 5 Before anything else it s a pleasure to read erudite and flowing prose, spiced with the right amount of Aussie ness to pique your interest, and garnered with enough local colour so you feel like visiting another country I noticed Gayle s abilities in that department already in Caught, but it is evenpronounced in this story.SoooThis is a BDSM themed book which stands head and shoulders above the rest, regardless of whether writte At least 8 unfortunately GR doesn t havethan 5 Before anything else it s a pleasure to read erudite and flowing prose, spiced with the right amount of Aussie ness to pique your interest, and garnered with enough local colour so you feel like visiting another country I noticed Gayle s abilities in that department already ...This is extremely well written and thoughtful I loved the Australian setting, the dialogue is a joy, and I don t have a single criticism about the way it s constructed I m not rating it because it was absolutely the wrong book for me at the time I read it I wanted a slutty, dirty fic and this iswellnot I wanted cheetos and coke drunk straight from the bottle, on a rug ...So here is the thing I won t be able to properly review this book without the ever so slightly TMI So bear with me, if you will We ll get there and hopefully you will understand why this book is special To me, and also, I believe, in general.Ok, let s talk about kinksters Serious kinksters Especially gay or straight identified male doms sirs masters what have yous Let s narrow it down to those who elevate their kink tothan just a part time hobby Who seriously invest into the commun So here is the thing I won t be able to properly review this book without the ever so slightly TMI So bear with me, if you will We ll get there and hopefully you will understand why this book is special To me, and also, I believe, in general.Ok, let s talk about kinksters Serious kinksters Especially gay or straight identified male doms sirs masters what have yous Let s narrow it down to those who elevate their kink tothan just a part time hobby Who seriously invest into the community, who wi...I absolutely loved this book and five stars doesn t convey how much I got out of reading it If I had to pick one word to describe it, it would be fresh Fresh setting Australia, fresh take on BDSM coupled with a solid background of the traditional side of it fresh treatment of what can often be a by the numbers romance with a Dom and a sub meeting and falling in love.I read it and felt each and every character come alive on the page, flawed, damaged, real As Steven s past with Julius is I absolutely loved this book and five stars doesn t convey how much I got out of reading it If I had to pick one word to describe it, it would be fresh Fresh setting Australia, fresh take on BDSM coupled with a solid background of the traditional side of it fresh treatment of what can often be a by the numbers romance with a Dom and a sub meeting and falling in love.I read it and felt each and every character come alive on the page, flawed, damaged, real As Steven s past with J...Leather Lace is the second of what I hope will be a number of stand alone books whose characters will make cameo appearances in each other s stories The plus symbol in the title is not just and It indicates that the final result is the sum of the two Both aspects contribute to something new.While the characters in this book are different, they exist in the same world and time frame as the series opener, Red Blue, and one minor character links in You don t have to have read Red Blue f Leather Lace is the second of what I hope will be a number of stand alone books whose characters will make cameo appearances in each other s stories The plus symbol in the title is not just and It indicates that the final result is the sum of the two Both aspects contribute to something new.While the characters in this book are different, they exist in the same world and time frame as the series opener, Red Blue, and one minor character links in You don t have to have read Red Blue first.Fans of Caught will also be pleased to see Nat and Danny making an appearance as they join the Opposites Attract universe.DedicationI ve always been fascinated by the concept of BDSM Not so much the mechanics, but the mind set and why people would become involved Lately, kink is drifting intomainstr...This story might appear to be about BDSM but, really, the core of it is two damaged souls fighting their way back to where they want to be The blurb explains things well so I ll focus on how I felt It is rare to find a story where I can feel the emotions of the characters Where they take on an almost life like characteristic that speaks to me, makes me think, and makes me ache for them These two have so much in common yet, at times, are worlds apart The build of the relationship is so car This story might appear to be about BDSM but, really, the core of it is two damaged souls fighting their way back to where they want to be The blurb explains things well so I ll focus on how I felt It is rare to find a story where I can feel the emotions of the characters Where they take on an almost life like characteristic that speaks to me, makes me think, and makes me ache for them These two have so much in common yet, at times, are worlds apart The build of the relationship is so carefully drawn, with such great build up and exploration, that nothing happens too fast Actually I suspect some mig...Leather and Lace is a very well written story A.B Gayle shows us in beautiful words why someone feels the need to serve, or why another one is driven to be a Master Steven is a drag queen, who returns to Australia after fleeing an abusive relationship with his former master Julius He has lost himself and surpresses his desires to submit and to serve.Don is a leather master who lost his slave Alex to Julius He has his own fears and doubts After the death of Alex and Julius he comes to Aus Leather and Lace is a very well written story A.B Gayle shows us in beautiful words why someone feels the need to serve, or why another one is driven to be a Master Steven is a drag queen, who returns to Australia after fleeing an abusive relationship with his former master Julius He has lost himself and surpresses his desires to submit and to serve.Don is a leather master who lost his slave Alex to Julius He has his own fears and doubts After the death of Alex and Julius he comes to Australia where he meets Steven who isn t the unfaithful slave he has expected him to be He discovers the truth behind Julius and Stevens relationship and is horrified as he finally realizes what Steven has gone through He tells Steven to listen to his heart and not to believe his mother and therapists, who are trying to pe...I enjoyed the slow development of this story watching the growing mutual discovery and relationship between Steve, a man who let love convince him to go far deeper into a slave relationship than he truly wanted, and Don, the Dom whose last lover, and slave, recently died This story has BDSM front and center, but not in the sense of having a lot of scenes, or pain and bondage as a common event Instead it sabout the concepts of BDSM, the way it can work and the way it can fail when sane, I enjoyed the slow development of this story watching the growing mutual discovery and relationship between Steve, a man who let love convince him to go far deeper into a slave relationship than he truly wanted, and Don, the Dom whose last lover, and slave, recently d...I meant every word I said Give to me your lace, and I ll give you my leatherSteve reminded me, and my son, of Nina Flowers This is my first book by A B Gayle and it will not be my last It is well written, well edited, well researched, unique and interesting The MC s are three dimensional, in spite of one POV Don has the right amount of mystery for who he is and Steve s inner voice is essential for the reader to understand the primary storyline There are elements of BDSM, but it isnI meant every word I said Give to me your lace, and I ll give you my leatherSteve reminded me, and my son, of Nina Flowers This is my first book by A B Gayle and it will not be my last It is well written, well edited, well researched, unique and interesting The MC s are three dimensional, in spite of one POV Don has the right amount of mystery for who he is and Steve s inner voice is essential for the reader to understand the primary storyline There are elements of BDSM, but it isn t a BDSM book There is also some drag yet, once again, it is not a book on drag, but both are integral to the story being told I loved my city being on display, my culture I loved reading a book with oh so familiar landmarks and places I know so well as a backdrop not the Opera House or the Harbour Bridge it s just lovely to have a book set in my backyard. But it could have been set anywhere and been a good book simply because of the writing...

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14 July 2017

A.B. Gayle