Jared leaves his homeland of Scotland with a broken heart and the desire to start again. With his untested skills, he forges a new life on a tiny spit of land near Nassau, building the premier vacation destination for those in the BDSM lifestyle.A few months later, Pleasure Island opens to much fanfare in the community and proves to be so popular, he is forced to hire more help.Naomi is fleeing a … help.
Naomi is fleeing a bad marriage. Her battered and bruised soul needs a place where she can hide away from the rest of the world – and where her abusive ex-husband won’t find her. A native of Miami, she takes an offer to work as a maid on a resort island far away from civilization. She never expected that resort to be an exclusive BDSM club. Nor did she expect to have all sorts of wicked fantasies about her new boss.
Jared immediately recognizes the sweet submissive within his newest employee. What’s surprising to him is the desire he feels toward her. He sets out on a campaign to conquer Naomi’s hesitation and show her pleasure beyond her wildest imaginings. And when he catches her going through his personal belongings, what starts as a discipline session turns into one of the hottest, most erotic nights of his life.
Jared sets out to convince the hesitant, sweet sub to submit to him for more than one night. But when Naomi’s ex-husband descends on the island and kidnaps her in the middle of a devastating hurricane, Jared will be forced to use every weapon in his arsenal to save her.
Publisher’s Note: Her Master and Commander, the first in Anya Summers’ exciting new series, contains explicit sexual themes including anal, as well as strong elements of BDSM.
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A great spinoff series.
A great beginning for a series.
I can’t wait for more of this series, I want to say more about this story but I absolutely hate spoilers, so I won’t go into details.
Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Happily Ever After, Wonderful characters, Page-turner, Great world building, Unpredictable, Easy-to-read, Entertaining, Sexually Action-packed, Steamy.
Bookshelves/tags:
adult, adventure, angst, bdsm, club, contemporary, dom-sub, island, romance, series, spanking, suspense.
A spin off from the Dungeon Fantasy club series. it is to painful for jared to see Zoey with Declan so he goes off to run a new BDSM club on a tropical island. He is burying his plan into work until he meets Naomi.
Naomi has her own painful past and it threatens to tear them apart. But when her past is catching up there is nothing jared wouldn’t do to protect the woman he loves.
It is a very emotional read that deals with some painful and sensitive subject.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book is so good!
This series is proving to be really good! This book is about Jared and Naomi and it helps to read them in order because they are connected but the fantastic part is they all just flow from one to the next. Jared is trying to get over Zoey when he gets the chance to start a new Dungeon Retreat that will be a bit different from the others. He meets Naomi, who is applying for a housekeeping position without realizing what the resort really is.
This book is well written and the characters are really well defined. It’s easy to follow and has tons of heat and passion, with a bit of angst thrown in too. All and all, it’s a really good book.
WOW – this book has it all – dominance, submission, action, drama and LOTS of steam. Pleasure Island needs to be a real place I can go to for vacation – course I might not leave. Great book 1 of the Pleasure Island Collection. Hope you enjoy it like I did!
My review is on the first book, Her Master and Commander and if this is any indication of how the rest of the stories are, then be prepared. You might need extra panties somewhere along the way.
Jared McTavish’s best friend, Declan, asked him to join and double top his wife Zoe he had agreed. Somehow, Jared had been ensnared and fell in love with his best friend’s wife along the way but Zoe had a look to her when she gazed at Declan that she would never have with him and he could never play second fiddle waiting for scraps of affection, nor could he hurt his best friend. After careful consideration, Jared decided for his own well being, he needed to leave his homeland of Scotland and the couple in order to fall OUT of love with Zoe. With the approval of the executives of Dungeon Fantasy Club, since they were the ones who had made the purchase, he would build a Dungeon Fantasy Club on a private island off Nassau and call it Pleasure Island.
When Naomi Cates’ friend gave her the advertisement for the housekeeping position at Paradise Island, Naomi had no idea what kind of resort it was. All she knew was if she were to get this position, then she could stop hiding from her abusive ex and not have to worry about where or when she’d see him or when the next punch would take place. This could give her the opportunity she needed to build a new life.
Anya Summers has a way of weaving a story that keeps her readers intrigued and wrapping it around characters who are so personable you will feel like you know them. Then place it all in a setting of a BDSM resort with a sexual chemistry that could set the pages alight and you have a book you can’t put down. Top it off with an HEA and you have the perfect scenerio.
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Finally, Jared gets his own HEA!
Jared just stole my heart in Her Highland Master. He drags his broken heart (and mine along with it) down to Pleasure Island to set up a new DFC venue and find a life after Zoey. His wish is granted in the form of Naomi, on the run from her abusive ex and willing to do just about anything for the safety her new job affords. Naomi doesn’t believe any man can be trusted, but even when she starts to trust Jared she can’t risk losing the job that is her only sanctuary. Jared is intrigued by the strong young woman who doesn’t yet realize she’s a natural submissive, but his heart isn’t ready yet to take any chances.
Having read His Unexpected Love first, I really enjoyed the way the overlapping events were shown here from the other characters’ viewpoints. It’s a brilliant author who can pull off such a feat seamlessly, especially with books published a year apart. As the first in a new series, it sets up the locale and cast nicely; I already have the remaining books queued to read in the coming days. This series is one of the best BDSM series I’ve read, with beautifully developed characters and steamier-than-steamy love scenes, full of emotional depth and vibrant relationships. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
This was a steamy hot story that is part of the Pleasure Island series. I really enjoyed Naomi and Jared’s story, and I liked the way he introduced her to BDSM. I thought a few scenes felt rushed or weren’t explained as well, but overall, I found this a highly engaging book with a good intriguing plot.