After discovering his boyfriend in bed with another man and then finding out his employer has gone bankrupt, Jace needs to get out of his head, and for him there’s no better place to do that than the local BDSM club. While watching a public scene, he is befriended by an older man who encourages him to take a turn on the stage to be flogged by the Dominant. Although not into public scenes, something about the man, Carlo, inspires confidence, and when the Dom picks Jace out of the crowd, he agrees.
After the scene, Carlo approaches Jace in the recovery room, praising the young man’s submission and suggesting that there might be a place for him at the exclusive club that Carlo helps to manage on a private island in the Florida Keys. Jace would be a full time ‘service sub” charged with doing whatever the high-rolling guests want, within his hard limits, and he would be paid quite handsomely. After spending a few days at the club, and despite some misgivings, Jace agrees.
Before he can be put with guests, Jace must first be trained by one of the staff trainers, who will teach him how to please the clients as well as hone his own submissive skills. Unfortunately, his trainer is the beautiful yet sadistic Drew, a man for whom Jace can do nothing right. He would much rather be trained by Quinn, a man whose calm domination and rope skills push all of Jace’s buttons. Things only get worse when Drew, who wants Quinn for himself, sets out to make sure Jace is sent packing.
Once you get past the implausible setup, “The Contract” is a rather juicy story. There’s lots of kink, of course, romance and intrigue, all tied together very neatly. Once the story gets going, it becomes a real page-turner, and that’s in spite of a plot that, it must be said, is rather predictable. The characters and pacing carry things along at a steady rate so that you can’t help to see how things turn out. It’s always a pleasure to read something that takes a well-known theme and still pulls it off well.
“The Contract” is available from Amazon
