Passionate Book Reviews

Three short stories from A.Knight, all crew members from the same Mercenary Ship Starrunner. Trinity, The Thrall, Claiming Cassidy. Outcast on a world of religious zealots Trinity Yeager must find a way off the planet before she is forced onto the bridal auction block. Her only hope is to convince the Captain of the team of mercenary soldiers that she is capable of doing anything to join his crew.

Nathan August, Captain of the Starrunner, can’t get his supplies fast enough & get off of Rapture’s Colony. When the beautiful Trinity wants to join his crew, it’s just not a safe life for most. To scare her off he says the only position open is to be his personal sex toy - when she accepts he adds his first officer to the deal. Trinity is up for it all to escape

Bedesem Colony was founded by people who are into BDSM. Many little kingdoms of Dom’s(Male & Female) exist, the thralls are subs. A kidnapping in the Domininality of Rabican brings the crew in for a clandestine rescue mission. First Officer Sebastian is to go uncover as a thrall to find out where the Dominors son is being held before a rival Dominess breaks him. Sebastian doesn’t expect to find a delicious asset in the Dominess of Corvo’s daughter Zaria, or what he would do to keep her.

The crew of the Starrunner is pitted against a group of Dharani warriors (mercenaries themselves) for the possession of a little colony world of New Galveston. Lieutenant Cassidy Vika is a fighter pilot from the Starrunner who is at the losing end of a dogfight with Major Rune Alrigo (Dharani warrior). With no other choice she decides to land her damaged ship on the planet below. Rune follows, to finish the job. He doesn’t expect to come across a woman who could be the mate he has longed for.

All three stories are good, the first & third are my favorites. Trinity is spunky - especially how she tells off the zealots. Nathan is typical male but it is a sweet story with HOT SEX.

It would have been fun to have Sebastian turn into a switcher(someone who can be Dom & Sub) that is my biggest beef with the book. Alpha men are so much fun but Alpha females are as well. Their sex scenes start off HOT.

Claiming Cassidy, now that I think about it, is my favorite. She is tough, smart & not intimidated at all by the stud Rune. Humor with the first time BJ had me smiling & an in depth look at the warrior society Rune comes from in a short story was satisfying. How they come together & stay that way has me wondering if AK would revisit this universe she created.

Reporter Jane Colby works in a small town; not a place where horrible murders happen; shocking her and the local detective. What will be even more surprising is that the killer is from the future and has murdered in the past.

Baran Arvid is a warrior from the killers own time (24th century) and is sent back to protect Jane and use her as bait to trap the time traveling Jack the Ripper. As they wait for the killer to make his next move their desire sizzles even if it can have no future.

Kris Torrence, is a prim, proper professor who wants to experience sexual submission just once in her boring life. A classified ad in a newspaper for an island resort catches her eye it’s for a gentleman’s’ resort that needs women comfortable in the role of submissive sex slave.

Jack Mckenna has been Kris Torrence’s longtime nemesis. When he too vacations at the resort and sees a naked sex slave who reminds him of his longtime, unrequited desire, he decides to buy her. When they finally meet it is the shock neither will forget.

Jack is the bane of Kris Torrence’s existence. When his friend and owner of the resort invites him to vacation there at the same time, the fun begins! Kris has no idea what to expect when she agrees to be a plaything for rich men. I especially liked how the new girls are masked then massaged into accepting stroking from strangers. It was a SIZZLING HOT way to start. Her reactions to Jack are most revealing, intimate. You feel it is just the two of them, not an island full of rich Dom’s. Jack’s emotions swing from one extreme to another as he must try to win her. Jaid Black’s characters have some sense of humor - not all erotic romance has to be about angst or sex. I look for humor in life so to have it in my books is especially nice. Definitely a keeper for my STEAMY collection (if you like books that are not for the faint hearted).

I love the way Jaid Black writes. This mystery is a little more tame than her other books. The plot combines Murder, Mr “Too Good To Be True” from an S&M chat room, Romance (Nikki & Thomas feel so real their first meetings had me laughing), Sex, well done with the S&M theme. It was erotic with such honest feelings expressed so well. Throw in the phychic friend and the book doesn’t disappoint those who love romance books that are not always straightforward.