Mistress Marguerite Perruquet is a woman of many shades of mystery. To those at the exclusive BDSM club known as The Zone, she is the Ice Queen, a mistress so sexually intense and emotionally unavailable that many submissives flock to get her attention. Marguerite has kept her past a secret, as well as the real reasons why she entered into the extreme world of BDSM two years ago. She has always respected grand Master Tyler Winterman, a Dominant who equals her expertise in a field where regular vanilla sex does not exist. They share a physical attraction, even if it is unheard of, but neither will admit nor confess to one another about it. Two Dominants cannot have a relationship, or can they?

Tyler's big opportunity to find out arrives when the mentoring requirement of The Zone has not been met by Marguerite. She is a without a doubt a Dominant mistress, but has never gone through the checklist of submissive training. One cannot be a truly great mistress without gaining knowledge of how the submissive learns to give up control willingly. Marguerite chooses Tyler to be her trainer, for only a man who is her equal can hope to top her sexually. She has a deep phobia about not being in control. When he accepts wholeheartedly her offer to teach her enough to meet regulations, Tyler has another motive. He needs to examine the true attraction between them. Perhaps Marguerite is a switch, a true submissive under the clothing of a Dominant.With only one weekend at his house to reach her,the challenge begins. Tyler must open the gates of her heart and soul and find the true woman that she is. Can two Dominants find love together or is something between them going to change all the rules of the game?

As always, Joey W. Hill has written a completely mind-blowing novel about the world of BDSM. The world that Mistress Marguerite and Tyler live in is not one of innocence and simple pleasures. It is about exposing your weaknesses and vulnerability to another person to obtain the ultimate intimacy. It is the true experience of being completely honest about who you are and what you expect from another person in a relationship. Both Mistress Marguerite and Tyler are very strong-willed people with emotional baggage. Life has certainly been not kind to either, but they have learned to deal with it as best they can. When they come together, it is an explosion of fireworks, not just of the sexual kind, but also the emotional. Tyler comes across as very confident, yet caring.

Who is meant to master who in this complicated relationship? Tyler and Marguerite are about to find out that rules of the BDSM and D/s are not always cut and dried,but are instead very complex.The ending is one that leaves the reader in great anticipation, for it has a huge, incomplete finale. Part Two of this series should be arriving soon, and I cannot wait to read the conclusion of this original and very sexy love affair.


Reviewed by: Anita