Black Light: The Beginning

If you like to read BDSM, then you need to enter the world of Black Light. These are the first 3 books in this series and they’re all in one set for you to enjoy!

Infamous Love
When Emma is stranded in France, Jaxon and Chase come to her rescue. The three begin a relationship that starts as friends, but Jaxon and Chase want more. Will Emma agree? She’s never felt good about herself so will she let the guys in? There are outside forces at work to keep them apart.

Rocked
Oh wow!! This book was an emotional roller coaster ride from the first page. It drew me in and I just couldn’t put it down. Samantha and Jonah (Cash) have a history that goes back to being teenagers. Misunderstandings due to her family’s involvement leave very hard feelings in each of them. The story starts out as both trying to get closure so they can move on but as the misunderstandings are slowly revealed, it get emotional. I cried, I screamed at certain characters and I yelled for joy at the end!! I promise, this book is awesome. It does touch on dubious consent at the start and mentions self injury, though not in a graphic way. These things are totally needed in this book to tell the story of Jonah and Samantha and how the relationship develops. I can’t freaking wait for the next book in this series!!!

Exposed
Maddie has to write a really good story to get the job of her dreams. A popular nightclub is her pick. She wants to find out what is going on and why it’s so popular. What she discovers changes her life in ways she never imagined. A BDSM club called Black Light and a Dom who happens to be the hottest congressman at the moment. After she lies to get in and starts playing with Thomas, Maddie discovers she loves the pain he can give her; but what will happen when the truth comes out? Both Thomas and Maddie are falling hard for each other and her lies and why she is at the club could rip them apart.

It was really good to see characters from the first two books in this series. The story was so well written and you felt like you could easily be sitting there watching all of this happen. Ms. Bene’s books are a wonderful way to relax and get out of your head for awhile. Love the story and I can’t wait for the next book in this series!

The subjects in these books could be triggering for some, so please use caution when deciding to buy or not. The whole Black Light world is amazing and each book stands on it’s own. I have loved every book so far, some more than others but if you enjoy BDSM and trips to the dark side, you will enjoy these books!!

Infamous Love – Stand-alone prequel to Black Light series. Full length with HEA. Emma has been abandoned by her friend days before leaving France to go home back to Wisconsin. She is a graduate student and has body image issues. She meets Jaxson and Chase at the train station when they save her from being robbed and possibly worse. Jaxson and Chase are models and lovers. I liked that once Jaxson and Chase knew that Emma was it for them, they did not waver or let her get away. Not a lot of drama. Some D/s in the steamy scenes.

Black Light Rocked – First book in series. Can be read as standalone. Full length with HEA. Has secondary characters from Infamous Love the Black Light prequel. Those characters are the owners of a new BDSM club named Black Light. This is a second chance romance with Jonah and Samantha growing up as best friends. When they are dating as teenagers they are torn apart by Samantha’s interfering family. Their reunion after seven years is not sweet but steamy because they are both angry and have unanswered questions. I enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it!

Black Light Exposed – Book two in Black Light series but can be read as stand-alone. Black Light is a BDSM club under the night club Runway in Washington DC. Maddie is a journalism major who has always been an overachiever. She will do anything to get a story and real journalism job. Thomas is a congressman who only has time for work. He is a member of Black Light. I like that Thomas is all in and falls hard for Maddie. I also like that once the drama happens it is not long and drawn out but settled in a true BDSM way. Great book, I loved it and highly recommend.

If you are new to Black Light and wondering where to start, this Beginning boxset is perfect for you and a steal at $3.99. Since I’ve read all three books separately, I’ve cobbled together my reviews here.

I admit to falling in love with Emma, Jaxson and Chase after reading “Infamous Love” and that started me down the Black Light rabbit hole. Their romance is sweet and spicy all bundled up into a set of curves and double the set of hard muscular planes that will have you simultaneously squeeing and swooning. And before you tell me that’s impossible, read for yourself. Likes: Her characters. Ms. Grant has the wonderful ability of creating characters that readers will become emotionally attached to. And since this is a Black Light story, we also get to revisit with some of our favorites from other stories, which adds to the well-rounded character development and seriously…Ryder? Oh yea. Add in his girl, Khloe, and Cash and Sam, along with many of the original staff at Black Light East and I might have been squealing a bit too much because this story was amazing, emotional, sexy, loving, and fantabulous.

Not sure what it is about Livia Grant’s stories but they keep giving me a massive case of “the feels” and “Black Light Rocked” was no exception. I really enjoyed the characters Cash (Jonah) and Samantha. The risk Sam took and the not so positive payoff that eventually turned around into what developed into a well-plotted relationship. And if you’re scratching your head, I’m trying to avoid spoilers here because there are aspects to the story that are THAT good, not the least of which are the characters. I feel like I should backtrack. You know how there are some stories where you REALLY want to like the characters but the male lead is too much of a jerk and the female is too whiny? Yea, that isn’t this story. Not even close. While Cash starts off as a playboy with an attitude, it shifts quickly, and Sam is very much a likeable character that you will almost immediately be rooting for her happily ever after.

In “Black Light Exposed”, Jennifer Bene introduces us to Maddie, hopeful future reporter for The Washington Post, and Congressman Thomas Hathaway. And yup, Maddie has a HUGE secret that she has to balance against her growing attraction for Thomas. And when that comes to light—cue the marvelous drama. Likes: Once again, the characters. I love the intermingling of other characters from different books in the series as it lends a level of comfort (maybe not the right word), in that you feel like you’re watching old (and new) friends together. The scenes between Maddie and Thomas are all sorts of sexy, and Ms. Bene ratchets up the drama and angst to the point that you will earnestly hope for their happily ever after.

The first three Black Light boks all in one boxset. The book that started it all

Infamous Love

A lovely and very hot menage story. Loved the main characters and their relationship. I love a book where characters aren’t perfect and have struggles, but do find the strength to stand up for themselves and the ones they love. Looking forward to reading more about Emma, Chase and Jax in the next book.

Exposed
The second book of the Black Light series and My first Jennifer Bene book, but It won’t be my last. I loved this book. Maddie and Thomas were great characters and I loved their relationship and Maddies introduction into the lifestyle. And I thought Maddie showed real guts to own up to her mistakes and atone for them.

Rocked

Really liked this. I wished it was longer though, but I hope we will get back for the characters in the next book of the series. It was great to see the characters from Infamous Love again. I really felt for Sami and Jonah and all the time they lost.

I just loved this ultra steamy book that started it all in the Black Light series!
Livia sets the perfect stage for where Emma, Jaxson and Chase physically meet for the first time in the train station on their way to Paris. You feel how Jaxson and Chase woo Emma with their words of how far superior she compares to their model dates the day before and know of her desire to be on the dancefloor in the spotlight. Emma seizes her chance to experience being with these exceptionally handsome and domineering men for the time she has with them. Yet Emma returns to Wisconsin to begin her summer semester and TA job without exchanging contact info wishing she had, but knowing she would never see them again. To say that Emma is surprised when Jaxson and Chase show up at her TA job for a vacation with her to renew their steamy interactions is putting it mildly. They live in Emma’s hidey hole apartment until work, life and family pressures demand answers. What will Emma do about her education and family when Chase and Jaxson offer her the chance of a lifetime? Will Emma survive the public scrutiny of stepping out with her men? Jaxson’s father demands for him to make an appearance for his political event puts Jaxson in turmoil of what to do until Chase and Emma step up with “Where you go, we all go.” Each character’s weakness is portrayed in the story and how the others work together to overcome them! Superb story that will have you reaching for the next Black Light book!

Rocked: Samantha and Jonah, aka “Cash” have a past that kept them apart for seven years. When Jonah’s band, the Crushing Stones is playing at the new club in town, Sam scalps a ticket from her law professor to attend so she can have closure of their lost love. But when Jonah sees Sam in the audience, things go a bit haywire between the two of them. Jonah asks Chase to keep Sam occupied until after the concert. Afterwards, in Jonah’s rage over the past, the unthinkable happens, causing Sam to leave the club. But can the feelings from the past be resurrected despite the odds that Sam’s father and Jonah’s manager will try to ruin their budding relationship? Will Sam accept Jonah as her dom? So many plot twists and steamy sex to keep you turning the pages!

Exposed: This is my 8th book by Jennifer, and I love an author who writes in dual point of view. Maddie is looking for her exclusive story to get hired by the Washington Post, and knows there is a story to be told about Runway, the new club and the social elite who arrive then seemingly disappear inside the club. Finally, discovering a guarded secret door, and getting past it, she is asked the pointed question of whose guest is she. Enter Thomas who offers Maddie be his guest to play at Black Light. Maddie has no idea what she is getting into, but agrees to play with Thomas. They are instantly attracted to one another and each offer the other what they have long been needing in their lives. Will Maddie expose everything she has seen at Black Light with Thomas to get her dream job? You have to read to find out and trust me, you won’t want to put the book down

This is the first two books plus the prequel introducing the three main characters that create the Lack Light Series and the amazing Valentine Roulette anthologies. I started this series out of order by starting with the first anthology which then made me fall in love with the characters and the Black Light world. I went back to the beginning to learn about the characters. I highly recommend all things from this world. I have discovered some amazing new authors from the individual and anthology books as well as fallen deeper into the number 1 fan of old favorites.

Infamous Love (Prequel)
My first exposure to this author was in The Black Light Series, which in my opinion is one of the best collections of true authentic BDSM collections out today. I loved it so much that I had to come back to where the characters that started it all were from. This book gave me the background into their relationships and I appreciated that because as I progressed into the story I became invested in their stories.

This prequel was not of the same quality of writing as the one later in the series. I think that comes with time because let me tell you this author can write as the series as continued. Regardless, that the story was more sexually-oriented it still offered insight into the characters and their characteristics which GREATLY helps later on down. While this book was not my favorite because the characters seemed immature, it gives great leeway for them to mature, much like the series matures.

Black Light Rocked
4.4 stars

I am not sure how I missed this book in the Black Light series considering How much I enjoy it but somehow I did. There is something about this author that I really enjoy. She always manages to create a story that sucks me in. This book had me a little worried about how these characters started out but it worked out in the end. I did miss seeing the characters build on their new relationship in the lifestyle. However, I did enjoy seeing the lifestyle incorporated by way of Jaxson, Chase, and Emma whom I adore.

I highly recommend all things Black Light.

Black Light Exposed
4.4 stars

I first discovered this series from Black Light Valentine and was hooked. I was needing a reread of the series, and to my surprise, I discovered I had missed a few of the stories. This being one of them.

This book was great. I loved the interaction with the Old characters that I love as well as the dynamics of Maddie and Thomas. These two were very hot together. I was frustrated with the background of the story but liked how the conclusion came to be. It builds well into setting up the stage for the Roulette series.

These three books consist of a prequel and the first 2 books in the Black Light Series. They are well-written, emotionally addictive and incredibly erotic.

Infamous Love (prequel) by Livia Grant
While in France, two extremely attractive male models serendipitously meet and rescue a Wisconsin graduate student, who considers herself quite seriously unattractive. What these men see in her is her honesty, humility and sincerity, along with a voluptuous body just made for submission.

Black Light Rocked (book 1) by Livia Grant
I love it when a story pulls you right in, and that is exactly what happened with this one. Although the story itself is interesting, the power-exchange between doms and subs was introduced quickly enough for me to be both enticed and intrigued. OMG! The BDSM scene in the club was amazing. I could barely breathe while reading it. Then, I was breathing too hard. What a fabulous, vicarious experience!

Black Light: Exposed (book 2) by Jennifer Bene
Maddie is a copy editor for a free ad paper. She is searching for a unique story that will catapult her journalism career into a major newspaper. Believing something nefarious is occurring at Runway, she perseveres.
Madeline’s sneaky entrance into the hidden Black Light Runway, just tickled my mind. She met Thomas as she tried to enter the club. He asked her if she would like to play, and she replied, “Yes.” She had no idea what she was volunteering for. Maddie thought she was delving into a gamboling den; instead she discovered a secret BDSM sex club. OH MY!!! What a discovery!

These Black Light stories are amazing. They held my interest from start to finish and I recommend them highly.