This review originally appeared on the BDSM Book Reviews web site.
Blurb:
Sometimes the little head really does know best.
Jeff White’s needs are simple. All he wants is a submissive to help him explore the dominant side that his ex-girlfriend couldn’t handle. Problem is, inexperience in both dating and domming has resulted in a string of rejections.
What he needs is an experienced sub willing to show him the ins and outs of controlling a scene. Unfortunately, the only one willing to take him on is male, and Jeff is straight. One hundred percent, never-gonna-happen straight.
Easygoing painslut Eddie Powell doesn’t care that Jeff is younger, working class, and shorter. Eddie likes a bit of rough, and Jeff fits the bill perfectly. The trick will be convincing him to follow Eddie’s five-step training programme—which would be easy if Eddie wasn’t starting to have feelings for the rough-around-the-edges landscaper.
Once Jeff lays his hands on Eddie, things definitely get out of hand. But it’ll take more than hot, sweaty, kinky sex to persuade him to come out of the closet—especially to himself.
Review:
“Opposites attract” as the old cliché goes, and you’d be hard-pressed to come up with two more dissimilar men than gruff, straight, working class Jeff and posh gay Eddie. Indeed, Jeff is such a misogynistic, homophobic pig when we first meet him that it’s hard to imagine any man or woman willing to date him, let alone do a BDSM scene with him. It’s difficult, at first, to understand what Eddie could possibly see in Jeff, aside from a colossal challenge.
But Eddie persists, and slowly manages to peel back the veneer of Jeff’s working class attitudes to reveal a man that isn’t quite as insensitive as he might appear. It doesn’t come easily, and the ups and downs of both men trying to come to terms with their feelings is what drives most of the plot.
Of course, along the way there are several hot scenes. Eddie’s “five easy steps” translates into five scenes with Jeff, in which the experienced sub helps the inexperienced Dom to gain confidence. This is, naturally, where things get complicated, since a confident Jeff is even more attractive to Eddie. The scenes progress from basic discipline to bondage and CBT.
The story is related with a good deal of humor, which helps keep things light and not too serious. While the two main characters conform very much to standard stereotypes, they’re nonetheless well defined enough to come across as ‘real‘ people. Jeff and Eddie are in turn surrounded by a rich set of characters that makes the story that much more enjoyable.
“How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps” is available from All Romance Ebooks and Amazon
