Drawn together by bondage, leather and ink… Kept apart by their secrets… to dip her toes back into the lifestyle she loves so much. That is, if she can keep her nightmares and panic attacks at bay while not letting on that her scars are more than merely skin-deep.
Dylan’s heart breaks when a BDSM connection goes horribly wrong. While he can’t do anything about the past, his new gig as a trainer for Dominants with a focus on Risk Aware Consensual Kink is his chance to make amends. He’s passionate about the scene and sees something in Kendra—her feisty nature hides a kindred pain that draws him in.
Their instant and powerful attraction makes each scene more intense and sexier than the last, driving them deeper into a relationship. But when the fault lines of their secrets threaten to crack wide open, each of them must make a choice…
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This is the second book in the Desire Island series, and can be read as a standalone. Dessert chef Kendra gets a job at a luxury BDSM resort, where she meets Master Dylan. His focus on safe and consensual practices hit the heart of Kendra, who has shown amazing strength in her life. Kenny won’t let her past stop her from living her life the way she wants, and bravely bares her battle scars. I loved watching these two fall in love, meeting their challenges from the past head on, and soaring to amazing heights. This author writes the most fantastic, emotional BDSM romances, and I can’t wait to visit Desire Island again!
I received a copy of this book. My honest review is voluntarily provided.
Kendra comes to Desire Island to join her cousin at the BDSM resort with secrets. She meets Dylan, the Dom with his own secrets. Together they make a steamy love story. The only complaint I have is that I didn’t want it to end
Claire Thompson does it again! Two of a Kind explores the world of domination and submission with a special emphasis on consensual kink. The main characters, Kendra and Dylan, must overcome issues from prior relationships in order for their current one to grow.
Strength. Resilience. Resolve. There are so many reasons I love this author. Her characters are all women I want to be.
Kendra ignored her inner voice and she was physically hurt. Dylan ignored his voice of reason and someone he loved was hurt. Yet despite the hurdles these two must overcome they learn to trust and love again and in doing so they find each other.
This ia a beautifully written love story with a nice twist of fire, domination and respect.
I read and reviewed a copy of this book.
This is the 2nd in the Desire Island series and it did not disappoint. This couple had a different dynamic and I liked that. Looking forward to seeing what else comes from the island
Great job Claire
Claire is such a good story teller. This one is about 2 people who both have experienced life changing events in their pasts. In sharing their conflicts with each other they were able to grow closer and fall in love. There were some very literally hot (wink wink) BDSM scenes in this story!
Kendra has been physically hurt in a one night meeting with a person she had been chatting with for a while. She is ready to move on. Her cousin Abbie said they had an opening on Desire Island where she worked for a pastry chef, so she applied and got the job. She meets Dylan who is also hurt, but by a traumatic event in his past. Very great read and goes by so fast, can’t wait for the next installment.
Dylan and Kendra had fabulous chemistry from the first glance! It only built from there, as they explored and got to know each other, their bond deepened. The more they shared with each other, the more they realized they both had traumatic BDSM experiences, and they both found peace from those experiences with each other. Layered with all the new experiences and shared pleasures, this made for an emotional and sexy read!
This was such a great, intense, sexy and sensual read. Kendra and Dylan are two broken but beautifully written characters who’s chemistry is off the charts.
Loved it – highly recommended!
A cute, fast paced story about two damaged people. Kendra has come to Desire Island, a BDSM resort, to be the pastry chef – in part to escape memories of a terrible experience with a would-be Dom who injured her, but also to renew her participation in BDSM. Dylan has come as a trainer to escape equally bad memories of an experience with a girl he used to know. Both characters are strong and honest with each other, and their relationship develops in a logical way. Other people in the story come from the first book in this series, One True Master, but it isn’t necessary to have read that book to enjoy this one. I received a free copy of this book via Bookfunnel and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This series gets better with each book and meeting the characters from previous books is fun. Declan and Kendra are so well matched, both have hurt and tragedy in their past that they have overcome and grown from. It was interesting that they did not enter into a Master slave relationship even though Caelan and Skylar had, it provides the reader with different perspectives of the lifestyle. This is a gentle book with intense feelings and is a rewarding read.