Driven
to the Edge
Tales
from the Edge #7
124
pages
The blurb
Not all limits can be negotiated.
The Edge is reaching a major milestone. After ten years in business together, Doms Joe Dexter and Heath Anders are planning a celebration and new beginnings. But even the best-laid plans can be thrown off course.
When Olly, Joe’s beloved sub, gets caught up in a hostage situation involving Special Forces soldiers, PTSD and blood diamonds, a party is the last thing on Joe’s mind. He hates the lack of control, and the thought of losing Olly takes him close to the edge.
Joe is not the only one reassessing his priorities. Olly needs Joe’s strength more than ever. He feels safe only in Joe’s arms or in his bondage.
Can Joe and Olly find sanctuary in each other or will their latest adventure drive them apart?
The Edge is reaching a major milestone. After ten years in business together, Doms Joe Dexter and Heath Anders are planning a celebration and new beginnings. But even the best-laid plans can be thrown off course.
When Olly, Joe’s beloved sub, gets caught up in a hostage situation involving Special Forces soldiers, PTSD and blood diamonds, a party is the last thing on Joe’s mind. He hates the lack of control, and the thought of losing Olly takes him close to the edge.
Joe is not the only one reassessing his priorities. Olly needs Joe’s strength more than ever. He feels safe only in Joe’s arms or in his bondage.
Can Joe and Olly find sanctuary in each other or will their latest adventure drive them apart?
My thoughts
““You make everything better, Sir,” Olly
murmured, his voice heavy with fatigue.
“No, we do love. Together (…)””
You have to feel sorry for Olly. Here we have
the nicest of men with the softest heart imaginable and somehow trouble and
danger seem to stalk him. At first glance this young sub seems so ill equipped to
deal with everything life throws his way but then you think and look again and
realise that first impressions can be deceptive.
We get to see a different side to Olly in this
book. Or rather, we get to see the full scale of the man we’ve only seen
glimpses of so far. I had never any doubt that underneath Olly’s flighty
silliness lived a strong and smart man; he had to have been just to survive
what happened to him in Reaching the Edge. And every now and
again this ‘other’ Olly would shine through in the other books too. In Driven
to the Edge, however, Olly’s strength and intelligence spring to the
forefront as he deals with stress, confronts danger, and solves mysteries that
have others bewildered.
And just as we get to see another side to Olly,
we also get a glimpse at another aspect of his relationship with Joe. While Joe
may be the Dom and very much in charge and it may be Joe’s job to keep Olly
balanced and centred, that doesn’t mean Joe doesn’t need Olly’s love and
support just as much as Olly needs him. In fact, if this book shows something
in all its glorious beauty it is that (BDSM) relationships are successful only
when the two partners complement each other, when they can lift each other’s
burdens and feel safe being either strong or in need of strength, depending on
the situation.
““I’m supposed to look after you. That’s how
this dynamic works.”
“It works how we want it to work.” Olly planted
a big wet kiss on Joe’s lips. “Just for tonight, I’ll take care of you.””
I challenge anybody to read these books and not
fall hard for Olly (and almost as hard for Joe, Aiden, Heath…. Need I go on?).
As much as I enjoy reading about (well-written) BDSM dynamics in general, I can’t
deny that the diverse relationships in these books have captured a special
place in my heart. And slap bang in the middle of that special place are Olly
and Joe, shining their love for all to see, enjoy, and maybe envy just a
little.
Once again the balance between suspense, love,
and mouth-watering kink was just about perfect. Once again I found myself
captivated by the story and reading as fast as I possibly could while making
sure not to miss a single well chosen word. It is a delightful form of
addiction, only overshadowed by the realisation that I’m getting perilously
close to the end of this favourite among series.
Christmas at the Edge
Tales from the Edge #7.1
Free Short Story
The
blurb
Christmas at The Edge will be extra special
this year.
Joe and all the staff have been secretly plotting to get Olly the one thing he wants more than anything in the world—well, apart from Joe of course. The only problem is, this present comes with four paws and a tail. Combined with Olly, that’s a whole stocking full of mischief.
Joe and all the staff have been secretly plotting to get Olly the one thing he wants more than anything in the world—well, apart from Joe of course. The only problem is, this present comes with four paws and a tail. Combined with Olly, that’s a whole stocking full of mischief.
My
thoughts
There’s
really not a whole lot I can say about this short story except that it’s all
about Olly AND a puppy. Combine the sweetest, brattiest, funniest and most wired-to-the-moon
sub with a four-legged bundle of energy and you’ve got yourself a swoon worthy case
of cuteness-overload, laced with an enticing side of BDSM-sexiness. Reading
doesn’t get much more enjoyable than this.
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