Anvil of the Flesh

Faye Brand is a member of a U.N. weapons inspection team. She’s got man trouble; she can’t find a guy strong enough for her, one who wants to play bondage games. Her former lover, a reporter, isn’t getting the job done, so she gives him the boot. When separated from her group, she comes upon a map to a secret weapons cache and slips out of her hotel in drag to find the location. Captured, she is condemned as a spy and threatened with torture unless she signs their phony confession.

Frenchman Laurent Verte discovers the beautiful American woman unconscious in a smuggler’s truck. Laurent is ruthless, hard, cold, and totally adapted to the life he leads; he walks the fine line between loyalty and death. In short, he is exactly what Faye has been looking for - a man to master her. Laurent is not a nice man. Are things as they appear to be? Who can Faye trust?

From the Middle East to both coasts of the United States and back again, Anvil of the Flesh explores the power struggle between a strong woman and a stubborn, dangerous man. Faye knows what she wants and needs, and craves Laurent’s mastery as her body cries out for domination. Add to this erotic tale the danger and exhilaration of being foreigners in a hostile country and you’ve got all the necessary ingredients for a thrilling story. L.J. Sliver pens an exciting story of shadowy political intrigue and intense eroticism in Anvil of the Flesh.

Reviewed by: Michelle