Not all fantasies are safe, sane, and consensual. Welcome to the world of The Gallery… Devin’s a pilot and playboy, as well as a Gallery Dominant known for his sadistic desires. Ella is a famed astrophysicist whose quiet intelligence masks a depraved longing for pain. When the two connect in a foreign dungeon, neither knows that one of them will soon save the other’s life. From such dramatic … beginnings, a mutual friendship grows, along with a daring D/s relationship. Is their play merely sensual, or do their feelings run deeper? Within the opulent walls of The Gallery, Devin and Ella explore ever-expanding limits and test the boundaries of trust… Publisher’s Note: This book stands alone as part of an interconnected series.
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Deep Control (Dark Dominance #2) by Annabel Joseph was an absolute delight to read.
Its one of them reads that’s a little bit out of the box in regards to the normal and that’s what floated my boat with this story.
So Deep Control is the second book in this series and although
these books occupy the same world this can totally be read as a stand-alone, I did and had no issues what so ever following along.
I also want to mention how much I’m loving that book cover, such a hot combustible image, adoring it totally.
So this book follows Pilot Devin a Dominant and a bit of a sadist and Ella an astrophysicist with a penchant for pain.
When the two meet, first with a brief encounter at a club and later as Devon is accompanying Ella on a flight to New York as a flight coach due to her severe phobia of flying, sparks do fly and after sharing a traumatic life-affirming experience the two end up hooking up and realise there desires align perfectly.
Deciding this is something they both want to explore Devon asks Ella along to the Gallery. An exclusive club that caters to the extreme, here there are no safe words and a sub needs a sponsor and invitation to play.
Neither wanting a relationship, each for there own reasons, the two embark on a friendship of mutual desire and depravity, but sometimes the best-laid plans can easily go to pot.
So I really enjoyed Deep Control, it was a hot messy read but also had the added bonus of a great storyline, I really liked all the characters if at times I did want to give Ella a big kick up the derriere for her sheer stubbornness in realising what she actually held in her hand and was in danger of losing if she didn’t pull her finger out and smell the coffee.
Devin himself was such a delicious specimen and I just loved how he took such good care of Ella it was very apparent early on how much he cared.
I found this to be such an easy read with some great secondary characters and I raced through this very quickly indeed.
I should also probably mention that there are menage scenes where Devon shares Ella with his friend, this is all completely consensual and the HEA that eventually occurs is only between Devon and Ella but I thought I should this just mention just in case this bothers you at all.
Though I haven’t read anything by this author before I am pleased to say this was a very positive experience and I will definitely be checking out any other books she has out, especially the ones in this series.
So that’s about it, Deep Control gets a big thumbs up from me, check it out you won’t be disappointed.
I was provided with an ARC of Deep Control (Dark Dominance #2) by Annabel Joseph of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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5 DEEP stars! This book is for readers who crave a deep connection with the BSDM world.
“Even with my eyes closed, I could feel his presence beside me like a gravitational force”
Sometimes I wonder what does it make a reader pick her/his next read. Is it the cover, the blurb or maybe the number of reviews of that book? Well let me tell you that Deep Control by Annabel Joshep fulfils all the requirements most of the readers look into their next read.
This book made my inner goddess jump like a little girl. It was a wonderful experience to read it and I want to repeat it many times as possible. The author is new to me but she was able to take me deep into the BDSM world.
Deep Control has a refreshing plot. It isn’t only about dirty and painful BDSM (well just a bit). It’s more about deep feelings and control. I was really surprised with the storyline because there are a lot of BDSM books and this one is an original piece of art.
The characters are well developed and complex. I didn’t know that I have a thing for pilots until I met Devin Kincaid. He is the Dark Dominant every Submissive dream of. He is intense and so possessive. Devin is the kind of man that will hunt you down. He is the one who can twist your darkest desires. Devin is definition of sin.
“If you were mine, I thought, you wouldn’t look at me so casually. There’d be a lot more fear in those eyes”
The heroine of this story is a brainy woman. Doctor Ella Novatny is the submissive any dark Dom desires because she enjoys pain,she craves it to the level that her soul hurts. Her fear to fly will lead her to meet pilot Kinkaid, the handsome man who touched her body in the Italian BSDM club she visits to satisfies her need for pain and sexual satisfaction. Her body recognizes him like she belong to him.
“Even with my eyes closed, I could feel his presence beside me like a gravitational force”
Devin and Ella are a perfect couple. She craves pain, the kind of pain only Devin could give her. He is the Dom her body desires. Lust and sex, pain an release. Devin will give her everything she wishes because she is not like any of the other submissives he had. Falling in love was out of the game but fate had other plans for them.
“And don’t worry. I’m not one of those needy, clingy women who falls in love as soon as she has sex with someone.”…
“Thank God. I’m not worth falling in love with”
Their encounters will be hot and full pain and lust. They fear the L word but more Ella. Together will discover that their Dom-Sub relationship is becoming something more deeper.
“My sadistic lover was a force of nature, a giver of pleasure that could so easily become an addiction”
I am curious for Milo’s book. He intrigues me. I need to discover his secrets. Milo was a brilliant addition to this book. His participation was wonderful. The Gallery has not closed its doors yet.
This book is for readers who crave a deep connection with the BSDM world. This is a must read you should not miss. Annabel’s writing is so realistic. She made me feel every emotion and the sex scenes were so hot and kinky. 5 stars are not enough for this book. She has won a new fan in me.
Part of very edgy series. Love meets BDSM for HEAs. Read all three in order or separately.
When a book begins with a pilot in Italy trying to decide whether to go for a drink or BDSM , I know I’ve got the right book! Devon and Ella fell with for each other at first words, yet neither figured that out until much, much, much, later
Devon is a sadistic playboy pilot, with a new submissive to play with each time he goes to the Gallery. The Gallery is an exclusive BDSM club in Manhattan where only men Dominants are allowed, and the submissive women are available to all. Anything goes there, and it usually does, and only those hardcore into the lifestyle go there, and only if a sponsor brings you. Devin has a list of beautiful blondes for the Gallery, in fact to most clubs around the world, to satisfy his needs. He hasn’t been to Pisa in a while, and he decides to go solo to the club here
The story really begins when Devin sees a beautiful blonde at the club. What is happening to her is consensual and monitored, and he can’t stay away. She is also as deeply affected, we find out, and this is the start of self-denial for them both. As much as these two will gladly give into their sadistic and masochist needs, and recognize how perfectly their needs align, emotional connections terrify them
Ella is world renown scientist, smart, and sexy, and one of the few women in her field. She keeps herself completely cerebral to avoid emotional entanglements. She has seen what love has done when lost, and her scientific mind gives her reason to avoid feelings
The story is hot, it is sexy, and it seems to be exactly as Devin and Ella’s relationship, some emotions that are quickly tapped down. We alternate between their points of view in the story, which adds to the wonder of what the person off-screen is thinking. This isn’t a sunshine and flowers courtship, it is butt plugs and whips. Both Devin and Ella want to stick to the rules they agreed to at the beginning, but like everything else with these two, things are out of their control and moving fast without regard for what they want
If you crave that darkness, that deep sado-maso connection between two characters, and them dealing with their emotions the only way they know how, ignore and deflect, then you’ll love this book as much as I did!
What would you do if you were out one night playing at a BDSM club with a woman who was blindfolded so she didn’t know whom was playing with her and then you met her the next day and realize that she is the one you are to escort on a flight from Italy to New York? Well, that is the dilemma that Devin is faced with.
Ella is a bright, intelligent woman, she knows that her fear of flying is irrational but that doesn’t make her less afraid in fact all of her fears come true…well some of them anyway. Devin and Ella have great chemistry and you can tell right from the start that they will be testing each others limits. Devin is a confirmed bachelor and has no plans to fall in love and change his ways but then again he never met a woman like Ella before.
I found this to be an extremely hot read with tons of sex scenes that could very well get a monk in the mood. While Deep Control is the second book in the Dark Dominance series it can be read as a standalone, which is what I did. But, if you’re like me you will enjoy this book so much that you will want to go back and read all about Jules and Fort in Dark Control, up next we have Milo’s story in Dangerous Control due out later this year.
**I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book**
A fascinating and intriguing romance that is open, brazen and scorchingly hot…
I’m really excited about Deep Control. I haven’t read Annabel Joseph before now, and I’m really kicking myself for it. I can’t get over how clever this book was. Ok, so it is VERY erotic, in that a lot of scenes are of a sexual nature. Do not even complain! SO, yes, theres a tonne of hot, filthy, dirty, scorching, lip bitting sex, BUT, the story itself is very intelligent. If you now me, you’ll know that I love it when an author doesn’t underestimate their readers’ intelligence. It’s one of the reason I’m such a CD Reiss fan, but Annabel Joseph has taken it to a whole new level. If you love a geek, you will love Ella, regardless of whether you’re male or female, whether you’re gay or straight You will love this heroine. She is queen of the geeks.
Anywho, plot wise I really enjoyed this book. Although the characters have their kinks they do go on a journey of discovery. This isn’t one of those books where the characters go on a sexual kink journey. They already know what they like and what makes it happen for them…they are also not afraid of going after it. The journey that Devin and Ella go on is emotional. It’s about them discovering what they want and need emotionally and how to accept it. If that makes sense? I wouldn’t say that they are ever on different pages, even when they aren’t mentally aware of what they want, or rather what their hearts want, their feelings are already driving them down that precarious path. This is very much an insta-love romance and although there is a slight undercurrent of angst, it’s very minimal. The drama is also rather tame, well once Ella actually makes it on a plane to New York and once that sleezebag Leo is dealt with. Saying that, even when there is drama, it never detracts from the erotic feel of the story. Personally I loved that. I was so engrossed in their pleasure and their kink, it was a journey of discovery for me.
When it came to the characters I was so fascinated and intrigued by them. Devin is very much an alpha male, and he has this consuming and possessing aura about him that at times had me wanting to get on my hands and knees for him. Do I thin he’s your typical BDsM hero? No. He isn’t your typical overrun by demons guy that likes to take out his pain on others. Nope, this guy is actually so laid back that he’s horizontal! Ok, so he’s had a hard childhood, but that’s not the thing that makes him who he is. Don’t get me wrong, at first I just thought he was a brute, but the way in which he looks after Ella, and not just because he wants sex, or because they’re just had a scene, but because that’s who he is…that just made me love him so much. He pushes her boundaries without going overboard, and because that’s what she needs. Which brings me to Ella. Ella is super intelligent, she’s a masochist and she’s got issues. Like Devin, I didn’t ever feel like those issues were what made her crave or need pain in order get the most out of her pleasure. They definitely played a part in their attachment issues, but never in the kink. Again, for me this was a really fresh take on the BDsM trope. I also liked that consent was big part of the development of this story and their kink relationship. It was never just assumed or interpreted, it was clarified. Again, massive bonus points from me!
All in all, I found Deep Control a fascinating and intriguing story. It is well balanced and expertly handled and developed. The writing was pleasurable and something really needs to be said about Annabel Joseph’s ability to write so openly, brazenly and unforgivingly in regards to the kink and the BDsM lifestyle. Her bravery is astounding and awing, and I cannot wait to read her other books if they are all as ballsy as this.
Deep Control is one of the best, if not the best, book I have read in this genre. Hands down.
I’m so excited; I’ve added Deep Control to my list of favorite books to re-read. A list, that until now, that had only one other book in this sub-genre on it. If you’re a BDSM lover this is one book you won’t want to miss! It’s the second book in the Dark Dominance series, the emphasis on dominance, make no mistake about it, this author knows her Doms. And fair warning, she writes some pretty sadistic Doms, much to my heart’s delight! Mercy, my #1 favorite book by Ms. Joseph that I’ve shamefully neglected to review, is a perfect example of how it’s done right. The story’s told in dual POV and it has some amazing secondary characters one of which I can’t wait to read his story. It moves at a fast pace, with lots and lots of heavy action, and I couldn’t put it down until the very end!
Dr. Ella Novatny is a brilliant astrophysicist, working in Pisa at a prestigious think tank, but was forced to accept a job in NY. Since it’s her last night in Pisa she has a going away party at Via Sofferenza the perfect club for Sadists to play and for a submissive like her to be pushed to their limits.
Devin Kincaid, a pilot for the airline his family owns, is in town because he’s agreed to accompany a nervous passenger with a severe case of aviophobia, on a trans-Atlantic flight. And since he knows Tuscany well he decides to spend the night at his favorite kink club. He knows Sadists like him are welcomed and will find willing partners to play with. As expected, and much to his delight, he finds the perfect partner to scene with. One that had a sign taped to her stomach that said:
“My last night here. Help me have fun.”
And what fun she was having! The gorgeous blond was blind folded, ball gagged and tied spread eagle and surrounded by a group of men, all of whom are helping her have fun. When Devin’s invited to join in, he doesn’t hesitate, this is exactly the kind of submissive he enjoys. Afterwards he retreats and from a distance observes how her Dom took care of her and her reaction.
“If you were mine, you wouldn’t look at me so casually. There’d be a lot more fear in those eyes.”
Imagine his surprise when he discovers his nervous passenger he has to accompany is the beautiful blond from the club. The scientist really does have an irrational fear of flying, and the fact that she recognizes him from the club doesn’t calm her nerves.
When these two make it to NYC, where Devin’s based, they agree to continue playing together at The Gallery, an exclusive club, where he’s a Master. It’s a club where the submissives aren’t exclusive, and everyone shares, something he’s never had a problem with in the past. His friend, one of the owners, Milo is especially taken with the nerdy doctor. Both Devin and Ella aren’t looking for a relationship, they both have issues in their past that have hardened their hearts, and when they deny their feelings things take a turn for the worse.
I loved this story and can’t wait to read the next book in the series that will feature Milo.
Deep Control is the second book that I have read by Annabel Joseph and I really enjoyed the story along with the BDSM theme.
Ella is a really smart woman working as a Physicist. She has a lot of fears, flying is one of them and is into pain. In fact, she craves pain. Ella meets Devin in a club in Italy, Via Sofferenza. This was her last night in Italy and she was going out in style.
Devin joined in on the scene and then low and behold guess who is on the flight to the states the next day.
Deep Control had a very good story. Suspense & action included. This book is a page turner just waiting to see what was going to happen next.
I am going to give Deep Control 4.5 stars and I can’t wait to read Milo’s story in Dangerous Control.