PLEASE NOTE: This is book one of a two-part series, featuring the male character’s point of view (If you don’t want to wait until book two for his point of view, Exit Strategy is book two of the female character’s POV).Tristan White, the CEO of a multibillion-dollar venture capital firm, has every material thing he could ask for. The loss of his mother and a tragedy involving a dear friend has … a tragedy involving a dear friend has left him unable to form lasting intimate relationships. Even the alternative lifestyle he adopted shortly before entering college to help him cope with the trauma has become less than fulfilling for him in the last year.
When the alluring Keisha Beale breezes into his life seeking startup capital for her record store and studio, his first inclination is to turn her down. But something about the captivating beauty stirs his dormant libido. Mixing business with pleasure ended in tragedy for him once, so he knows he has to tread carefully.
Tristan always builds an exit strategy into every entanglement, but it’s Keisha who severs their arrangement by uttering her safe word.more
Tristan would never be like his dad. Never fall in love with someone only to be hurt and changed. Tristan would have his subs but not a girlfriend. When he met Keshia at a meeting she wanted him to invest in her business venture. Things were changing for both of them. Both saw changes in their personal relationship they couldn’t handle. Will it be completely over.
I did not appreciate the ending of this novel. It just came to and end w/out any finality.
Exceptional
LaVie EnRose&L.V. Lewis, ‘The Venture Capitalist’
The Jungle Fever Series #1 (Tristan’s POV part 1).
As ARC reader I received this book for free and promised an honest review. Here it is.
English isn’t my first language. Sorry for errors.
Rating: 5 (of 5) stars.
In general: Nice BDSM love story interwoven with interesting business affairs.
Main characters:
– Tristan White.
Owner and CEO of a multi-billion dollar venture capitalist firm. BDSM dominator.
– Nathan White.
Tristan’s twin brother. NBA basketballer for ten years. Now owner of a
big sportswear bussiness.
– Keisha Beale.
Chief Operating Officer of Kente Studio Records. She owns the studio together
with Jada Jameson, a senator’s daughter. She asks Tristan’s firm to investigate
in their studio.
– Darnelle Anderson or ‘Princess Danai’. Best friend of Tristan during their youth.
Now a Hip Hop celebrity. Lesbian dominatrix trained by Tristan.
Tristan and Keisha meet when Kente Studio Records wants an investment in their studio from Tristan’s firm. The negotiations are difficult. Tristan claims control over his investments and Keisha and Jada want to keep their independence. Personal bonds make the situation more complicated. Both Princess Danai as Tristan try to persuade Keisha to become their sub. And Nathan gets a relationship with Jada. Nathan too wants to invest in the studio.
Keisha is a proud, independent Afro-American woman who doesn’t like the idea of (light?) BDSM and being a submissive. But she feels more and more attraction for Tristan as a person.
Both authors create an exciting story while describing how business and personal aspects have influence on the development of the relationship between Keisha and Tristan. With insight they make clear in which way the past of both persons partly explain their actions and opinions in the present. Part I ends with kind of a cliffhanger. This reader is impatiently looking forward to the other titles in this Jungle Fever series.
R. Huiszoon.
To me, it was inconceivable that a young, Black, church-raised woman would so readily accept the proposal that she become a submissive. We learn only of Tristan’s motivations and are never privy to the woman’s motivation for acceptance. Sexual harassment at the outset was distasteful and out of touch with reality. Seems to have been written by a man as it played totally to his interests without regard to the woman’s point of view. Also, story didn’t move; it was too slow. Not worth reading the sequel.
The end if the book was not as I expected. But I guess i will have the read the next book in the series to find the HEA. Because I believe that Nd Beales and Mr. White are made for each other. Good read!!
READ A FEW PAGES AND QUIT——-TOO MANY SLUTTY WORDS
Did not like the sex and the storyline.
This was ok, but not apage turner.
Did not like ending
No description! To much of everything. When will the sequel be published?
Very interesting a little over the top but good story looking for next book.
Surprises in the story. It seemed like the main characters were beginning to have feelings for each but they weren’t acknowledged. It was without an ending; so I’m left hanging for more.
I was not aware that this was a two part book. It was okay but I am really not interested in reading the second part. I did not find the characters that compelling.
Loved the romance.
It pulled you in from start to finish
It shows that we are sometimes capable of more than we think