Guest Review: His Intimate Submission by Anne Douglas

Posted December 16, 2009 by Book Binge Guest Blogger in Reviews | 3 Comments

Kati’s review of His Intimate Submission (Erotic Explorations, Book 1) by Anne Douglas

Months ago, on a hot Florida night, three friends explored one another. It’d been good enough that they’d explored together some more.

But while the sex is as amazing as ever between the couple, Jason’s shutting Lucy out of the everyday things. He’s searching. Lucy doesn’t know what Jason is seeking, but she’s scared that might mean leaving her behind. It’s time for her to pull up her big girl panties and figure out what’s wrong before things go really bad.

Jason surprises her—he’s not cheating and he’s not about to leave her, but he has an overwhelming desire he’s worried to admit. Lucy will have to demand her lover’s intimate submission to set them back on the path to happiness.

Lucy and Jason are back in this novella. Lately, Lucy has been sensing some distance from Jason. Is he unhappy in his relationship with her? Or is it something else? She resolves to talk about him, and he confesses with much trepidation, that he’s interested in having her dominate him sexually. Lucy agrees to try a Dom/sub relationship, but decides that she needs to do some research about how to go about dominating Jason safely and in a way that is fulfilling for both of them. Lucy speaks with a woman and her lover who have a Dom/sub relationship, and she finds that it’s very important for the Dom to be fulfilled by the actions that they are taking with the sub. And she goes to a sex toy shop and finds a variety of toys that she and Jason can use to increase the adventure in their play.

The story itself is very straightforward. Again, it’s short in length, 52 pages. But Douglas is very effective at building the foundation of mutual respect and desire between Lucy and Jason. It’s clear in how carefully Lucy researches the lifestyle that she really cares about Jason and wants the experience to be fulfilling for him. The play between the two of them features quite a lot of anal play, which I had no problem with. However, a large chunk of the story deals with, well, preparing for anal play, including a very detailed sequence with an enema, which I found not to my taste at all. I’d never thought much about the fact that an enema might be in order before prolonged anal play, but I have to be honest, reading about it exercised my squick factor heavily. I understand that this could very well be part of the lifestyle, but it’s one that I definitely prefer not to read about.

Overall though, the story features very hot sexual encounters between a couple who are both likeable and clearly seem to care deeply for each other. But for me the detailed description of one of the acts was really more than I wanted to read about and affected my final grade for the novella.

2.5 out of 5

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This book is available in e-format only from Ellora’s Cave. You can buy it here.

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3 responses to “Guest Review: His Intimate Submission by Anne Douglas

  1. Oh I’m with you on the anal play prep. It’s just something I don’t want to read about in my romances, whether they do it or not. 🙂

  2. Anonymous

    I just read this one today I loved it, I thought the prep scene was sweet and nicely done.
    Though I have a different personal squick, I don’t like the books that do not allude to any prep. shudder

  3. Anon – You’re probably right. I’m not that versed in that particular lifestyle, so it makes sense that they do it. Reading about it just isn’t to my taste.

    But that’s the beauty of romance, there’s something for everyone.

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