Carnal Pleasures is the most exclusive BDSM club in the supernatural world. Renowned for their specialized Dominant and submissive training, people come from all over to explore what the club has to offer.Cold and commanding, Adam Archer is the club manager. Though he hasn’t taken on a submissive in years, he agrees to see to the newest member of the club.After surviving a horrific attack, Bane … a horrific attack, Bane is left broken. The lost wolf is sent to Carnal Pleasures at the bidding of his Pack Alpha. Wrapped in pain and self-doubt he doesn’t want to be there. After all, who would help a damaged beast?
Their attraction is instant, but Bane is distrustful of the demanding vampire. Not used to following the orders of anyone but his Alpha, he fights against his temporary Master at every turn.
Determined to make him let go, Adam submerges Bane in a world he never thought to dream of. A place where trust and submission go hand in hand.
Both men are stubborn and fight tooth and nail to make their arrangement work. When they do figure it out, they find they have more in common than mutual attraction. Together, they might heal more than just Bane’s broken confidence.
The Carnal Pleasures series will be a mixture of various M/M and M/F pairings following the lives of the employees and patrons of the club. Due to language and explicit sexual interaction it is recommended for readers 18 and up
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So I went into this kinda blind, I mean I knew it was BDSM related. I didn’t really know what to expect from this author since she’s new to me but I will tell you from the first page, I was hooked. I couldn’t put this down and kept turning the pages to see what more could happen. The transformation that Bane took was hard, rough but yet so beautiful in the end. He’s got some issues in the beginning of this book and being thrown into a BDSM club against his will isn’t helping him at all. He’s hurt, confused and blaming himself for what happened with his clan. He doesn’t take kindly to what Adam wants him to do at first and fights him so much! He soon realizes that Adam isn’t the bad guy in the scenario, he’s only trying to help him. During his training he soon learns to submit and finds new friends in the process, friends that can help him heal and transform into his wolf side. Friends that were there for him when he needed him the most. Him and Adam have a beautiful relationship. It might have started out rocky until they trying got the trust and understanding between them, then it blossomed into so much more! I truly loved the dynamic of the club, the rules they follow and the family they have created. The author did a beautiful job of describing the club and showing the transformation that happened between Adam and Bane. These two truly care about one another and it shows in this book. Oh and I can’t forget the times they spent together both sexy and just being together. It was super sweet and sexy at times! I can’t wait to read the next books in this series and see what more this author will bring to this series!!
Adam and Bane were definitely the ideal Dom/sub for one another.
Their overall growth together captured the moments between them and allowed the story to progress and only get better from one chapter to the next. Carnal Pleasures provided a uniqueness that both men needed from each other.
Suffering loss is never simple. Sometimes it takes the right person to enter your life and give you the desire, passion, and sensuality fulfilled.
A vampire and a wolf; taking paranormal BDSM to a different level.
**I received this ARC via Gay Romance Reviews for my honest feedback.**
A broken man/wolf that is Bane. He is so caught up in his grief and guilt he can’t even shift. His alpha turns him over to a kink club that promises to help. Adam is his Dom/handler who is a vampire. Bane is resistant to everything, but he wants punishment for what happened. Adam refuses to use physical punishment which frustrates Bane. Their journey to what will work to repair the damage
Bane brings on himself is an amazing journey. The characters in this story are very personable and you can’t help liking them.
An interesting take on the BDSM club and a Dom/sub relationship. I’m not sure I’ve read one before where on of the main characters was sent to such a club and into such a relationship for therapeutic purposes, but it works beautifully here. You just knew when you met Adam and learned that he hadn’t taken a sub in a long time that when he agreed try to help Bane that they would end up together. It was a real struggle at times and Adam didn’t make it easy for Bane or himself but they fought through things together and came out stronger on the other side.
I love any type of BDSM story but this one I struggled with a bit. Bane is struggling and his Alpha wants him to try Carnal Pleasures. Adam wants to help him. There were spots in the story that I felt were off. Some of the play seemed like it should help him but challenge him. But overall I liked the story line. I’m voluntarily reviewing from an advanced copy that I received.
I really liked this book – the relationship that Adam and Bane ended up having was something special.
Bane is struggling and his Alpha comes up with an idea to try to help him. Cue Adam and Carnal Pleasures. Adam wants to help Bane find his footing and slowly but surely they realise that together they can have something amazing. I do have to say that some of the play between Adam and Bane I struggled with – I don’t have a problem with humiliation or dub con, but I think it needs to happen with a character who wasn’t already struggling as much as Bane was. Sometimes it just didn’t entirely feel like Adam was helping Bane but trying to change him. Perhaps if we’d had a few fewer scenes it wouldn’t have felt quite so intense – that might just be me though! That being said, when they weren’t playing I could feel how well they could work together and I felt in the end they were exactly where they needed to be. With a few tweaks this definitely would have been hitting five stars. Either way it’s definitely worth a read!
*An ARC was provided by the author, publisher or promotional service and I have chosen to publish a fair and honest review*
I liked this for the most part. It was very therapy feeling if that makes any sense and kind of took away from the romance part of the story but overall it was good.
Bane – one very growly bad boy, has been tasked to be “tamed” at the hands of one very demanding Master – Adam
Can two complete opposites find common ground? Will Adam turn from Bane upon discovering his darkest ‘secret’?
If you are looking for dark and gritty IMO this is not it –
If you are looking for a romance that has all the feels and this would be it
Bane has suffered a loss and trauma that has left not only him but his wolf in a very dark place. Modern counseling and medications have not worked and things are getting darker. As a last resort, his Alpha refers him to Carnal Pleasures. Enter Adam. Adam is not looking for anything permanent but something about the broken man standing in front of him calls to his protective side. When secrets are revealed both men must reevaluate their beliefs and chose a path.
I really enjoyed this first in series. The cast was so charismatic! Some of the characters are in your face hilarious and others you can feel their auras emitting from them like tendrils seeking out its prey. This being a first in series a lot of future plot lines are hinted at and we are briefly introduced to characters but not really given a lot of detail regarding them – for obvious purposes. The story line was easy to follow and kept my heart engaged. I really fell for these two.
I need the next in series
I’ve read all of Clare Marta’s books but Summer Stanton is a new author to me and I will be reading more by her. This story combine my two favorite tropes- M/M and paranormal but when you throw in the BDSM aspect I was just giddy. Bane is a wolf shifter that who’s wolf is broken and won’t connect with Bane because of a tragedy he experienced personally. Adam is a Dom and a vampire and he takes up Bane’s contract as a favor. There is sexual tension when they first meet and Adam just knows he can help Bane reconnect with his wolf. Bane doesn’t easily submit to Adam because his wolf is an alpha, but they clearly have defined roles in the relationship.
This book had it all and the emotional roller coaster the reader is on is highly addicting. I felt for both of the main characters and their plight to get where they are today. Some parts were heart wrenching and others I was out raged on behalf of Bane and Adam. I highly, highly recommend the story. I can’t wait for the second installment of the series.
*WARNING* contains explicit adult m/m situations
Bane is a broken wolf shifter. Bane’s alpha thinks sending him to Mystic’s BDSM club might be able to fix him.
Adam is a vampire dom at the club and Mystic is sure that is the Dom Bane needs.
I have read a few BDSM books, but this is the first with paranormal beings. I enjoyed this story. These are great characters. My heart broke for Bane and what he went through, plus the complete lack of support for his do called alpha and wolf family. Adam was just as broken, but he has had longer to heal. This a beautiful story of 2 souls helping heal each other.
Hot Hot Hot!!
When you combine paranormal with BDSM and make it MM, I’m in heaven!
The characters are both damaged in their own ways, and the strength that they both show is pretty damn amazing. Loved loved loved this book!
Bane , the first in the Carnal Pleasures series is a scorching hot MM book i didn’t expect to enjoy as much as i did as MM is not a genre i usually read . Bane is a seriously damaged wolf , mentally more than physically , Adam is a Dom vampire who retired a long time ago but couldn’t refuse to help after meeting Bane at the request of Mistress Mystic who thought Adam was Banes only chance . Sparks don’t just fly between Bane & Adam they practically set fire to the pages . This book is not for the feint hearted as the sex scenes are realistically red hot as is the battles between Adam a Dom who started as a Sub & Bane a wolf who is possibly Alpha material , what both get out of this pairing when they finally work it out is not what either of them expected , can’t wait for more from Claire Marta & Summer Stanton.