[b:Maintenance Night|15861753|Maintenance Night (Valley of Surrender, #0.5)|Trent Evans|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1346223544s/15861753.jpg|21611550] by [a:Trent Evans|5758969|Trent Evans|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1472239040p2/5758969.jpg]
Genres; Adult Erotica (Erotic)Suspense Romance.
4.75 Stars
Negatives & Positives
Oh my.....Is it hot in here or is it just me?
Fanning face.....breathing a little funny.
I may need a strong drink and a cold shower.
Or maybe a cold strong drink and a hot night with my hubbie! Oh my goodness!
I did see two typos. But lord have mercy if I can remember them! This book is HOT!
Erotica the way you really want it. Beautifully written. Flows smooth and delicious.
An actual story with solid characters. Lacey and Troy are intense.
And this is just the prequel! I don't know if this old body can take the heat.
I may just spontaneously combust. ( )

This book...

...it hot but it made me think: Are there ways you can change your mate that are irreversible?

The heroine, Lacey, is a pain slut. After marrying, she cautiously (expecting rejection) tells her husband that she is interested in Domestic Discipline and wanted to be spanked until she cried.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), her husband jumps right in, feet first.

The story is told completely from Lacey's viewpoint...and so the hero, Troy, undergoes a transformation that Lacey thinks about. Troy initially had difficulty spanking Lacey...but now he craves it. He enjoys and gets off on hurting and embarrassing Lacey as much as possible.

Now, don't get it twisted...Lacey is a pain slut so she enjoys it quite a bit...but this particular Maintenance Night pushes her boundaries more than she would like. He spanks her, canes her, binds her, embarrasses her (in private), blindfolds her, ties her down and then has anal sex with her. All as punishment. - I have to agree with another reviewer...while the anal sex was hot, I do have a problem with it happening for the first time as part of a punishment. I don't like the implications (of sex as punishment). -

As all of this is happening...Lacey is thinking to herself about how cruel and cold Troy has become. This put a…level of discomfort in the story to me. I’ve not read a lot of domestic discipline stories before, this is a new sub-genre for me. In the few I have read…disciple was mostly doled out in a rather loving and…intimate fashion. This story’s hero is a lot more remote…and thus a little scary. I kept thinking…all women considering a DD relationship with no prior experience should read this, lol.

Slightly off subject

This book reminded me of a story a [vanilla] male friend told me – he started dating a girl who was previously abused and [apparently to me] subby. Sadly, I don’t think she ever made it to the BDSM world to find a Dom (at least by that time) and instead got her rocks via abusive relationships. She made my friend uncomfortable with repeated requests to be slapped (in the face) and hit during sex. Beyond the vanilla expectations and with no real explanation (or maybe even knowledge of herself?) of what she was looking for. My friend told me that at first he was uncomfortable…then started to enjoy it…and as she pushed him to slap and hit her harder (and pushing for it outside of sex), uncomfortable again. He didn’t like where the relationship was going or what he felt like he could become. So he broke it off. I think about her now and again. I hope she managed to find what she needed without the abuse.


Back on subject

Even though Troy was a bit scary and I’m [very] far from a pain slut…Troy’s obvious desire in what he is doing to Lacey (and her crazy musings) does lend an air of sexy that I thought would have been difficult to create. Especially with the lack of Troy’s POV (making him seem cold and scary) and Lacey’s circular mental diarrhea.
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This book...

...it hot but it made me think: Are there ways you can change your mate that are irreversible?

The heroine, Lacey, is a pain slut. After marrying, she cautiously (expecting rejection) tells her husband that she is interested in Domestic Discipline and wanted to be spanked until she cried.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), her husband jumps right in, feet first.

The story is told completely from Lacey's viewpoint...and so the hero, Troy, undergoes a transformation that Lacey thinks about. Troy initially had difficulty spanking Lacey...but now he craves it. He enjoys and gets off on hurting and embarrassing Lacey as much as possible.

Now, don't get it twisted...Lacey is a pain slut so she enjoys it quite a bit...but this particular Maintenance Night pushes her boundaries more than she would like. He spanks her, canes her, binds her, embarrasses her (in private), blindfolds her, ties her down and then has anal sex with her. All as punishment. - I have to agree with another reviewer...while the anal sex was hot, I do have a problem with it happening for the first time as part of a punishment. I don't like the implications (of sex as punishment). -

As all of this is happening...Lacey is thinking to herself about how cruel and cold Troy has become. This put a…level of discomfort in the story to me. I’ve not read a lot of domestic discipline stories before, this is a new sub-genre for me. In the few I have read…disciple was mostly doled out in a rather loving and…intimate fashion. This story’s hero is a lot more remote…and thus a little scary. I kept thinking…all women considering a DD relationship with no prior experience should read this, lol.

Slightly off subject

This book reminded me of a story a [vanilla] male friend told me – he started dating a girl who was previously abused and [apparently to me] subby. Sadly, I don’t think she ever made it to the BDSM world to find a Dom (at least by that time) and instead got her rocks via abusive relationships. She made my friend uncomfortable with repeated requests to be slapped (in the face) and hit during sex. Beyond the vanilla expectations and with no real explanation (or maybe even knowledge of herself?) of what she was looking for. My friend told me that at first he was uncomfortable…then started to enjoy it…and as she pushed him to slap and hit her harder (and pushing for it outside of sex), uncomfortable again. He didn’t like where the relationship was going or what he felt like he could become. So he broke it off. I think about her now and again. I hope she managed to find what she needed without the abuse.


Back on subject

Even though Troy was a bit scary and I’m [very] far from a pain slut…Troy’s obvious desire in what he is doing to Lacey (and her crazy musings) does lend an air of sexy that I thought would have been difficult to create. Especially with the lack of Troy’s POV (making him seem cold and scary) and Lacey’s circular mental diarrhea.
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