On Desire Island… Your darkest fantasies come to life…Part of the scene for years, Skylar craves submission but has yet to find a Dom who doesn’t need instruction. Topping from the bottom becomes a way of life, but it leaves her wondering whether she’s really cut out for the lifestyle. When she wins a charity raffle for a free week at a new BDSM resort, Skylar vows to explore her darkest … lifestyle. When she wins a charity raffle for a free week at a new BDSM resort, Skylar vows to explore her darkest fantasies once and for all.
Training submissives is rewarding work, but maintaining a professional distance can be lonely at times. For Caelan, it’s not usually a problem, but there’s something about the new girl that’s impossible to ignore. Though she signed up for the 24/7 total immersion packet, Skylar refuses to fully submit. But Caelan senses the submissive lurking inside. Skylar is longing for a strong Dom, and he won’t let her down.
On Desire Island, hiding behind your fears doesn’t fly. Using intensive erotic discipline and control, Master Caelan won’t relent until Skylar embraces her true nature. It may be harder…and more rewarding…than either of them imagined…
One True Master is Book 1 of the Desire Island Series. Bring your darkest BDSM fantasies to life.
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Another great book on BDSM by Claire Thompson. I enjoyed the book, though I would have prefer more sex scenes but overall, it’s a great read.
I think this was a freebie because its the first book I’ve read by Claire Thompson. The premise was pretty cool, so I may check out more of her work! Happy Reading!
This is a great book, can’t wait to read the rest of the series! If you like books about BDSM, this is the book for you. This is a good story, the plot moves along as you get to know and love the characters. Fun for me, I learned a new “type” of submission – will be following up on that! The book can be read as a stand-alone – but there is a small cliff-hanger – makes me want to read book 2 even more!!! I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
What do you do when you win the week of your dreams?
You grab it and run with it!
Even the official preliminary arrangements via mail and phone read like foreplay!
So when Skylar gets to her destination and finally meets her assigned Dom, Caelan, in person, it doesn’t take long until those two connect on a ‘non-professional’ level.
As a matter of habit Ms Thompson fills the pages of this book with her usual smoldering, sumptuous description of their growing attachment.
And attached they do become, boy do they ever!
I’m glad this is the first book in a new series of her’s. Can’t wait till the next one.
I very much enjoyed this story of Master Caelan & Skylar. A LOT.
Both Master Caelan & Skylar are plagued by their own internal struggles, insecurities, desires & needs & the reader is privy to them via alternating POVs.
Skylar is wrestling with herself & Master Caelan to find out exactly what type of BDSM dynamic/relationship she truly wants & needs. And during her journey she must dig deep within herself AND be truthful. If not, she’ll never be happy.
And Master Caelan has his own struggle, finding himself unaccountably affected by Skylar physically AND emotionally.
As always, I love Ms Thompson’s writing, there is a smooth flow, just the right amount of site description, intriguing secondary characters & a plot to pull the reader in & invest them in the ultimate outcome for the main characters.
There is no OM/OW drama, no TSTL moments by the heroine, no extreme angst.
This is a wonderful, heartwarming & steamy tale of 2 people searching for their ‘One’ & just maybe finding them.
I don’t know if I can explain it, but I just love this story! I loved the instant connection between Skylar and Caelan! An immersive BDSM experience on an outer-bank island?! This was Skylar’s chance to see if she truly was submissive. Problem: she’s falling for her trainer. But, is he falling for her. So darn romantic! I want more, more, more of ths couple! I fell absolutely and deeply in love!
4 stars
Enjoyed the book. Always enjoy a good BDSM book and love the island bdsm training storyline. Would have enjoyed more sex scenes and was hoping for more water scenes with bondage mentioned in the book but the scenes were never mentioned unless they are coming up.
After reading this I am sure Claire Thompson is holding out on all of the best BDSM places.
Skylar enters a raffle to win a trip to a BDSM paradise resort. On a whim she buys one extra ticket, because who knows. That extra ticket must have been lucky because that was her winning ticket.
She is wary if the trip because even though it will give her everything she wants (if even for a week) she questions whether that is something she wants long term when she gets back.
Caelan is a professional Dom. He is excited about his new short term submissive. (Heck he enjoys his job so he is always excited by them). When Skylar shows up though he knows right away that this won’t be like his other jobs.
As they share and enjoy their week together as Master and slave, they know they will have to decide if it will be just for the week or if they want to break protocols to make it more.
The golden opportunity to her submission…
Skylar, is on the search for more intensity in her submissive BDSM journey. A journey, that while pleasant, she finds she is missing something special, something vital that she feels will complete her. It so doesn’t include having to guide Dominants and Masters every step of the way.
A golden opportunity, a winning ticket affords her the chance of a lifetime — entrance to the exclusive, ultimate BDSM experience on DESIRE ISLAND. Where she can immerse herself within a paradise setting and experience her every wishful desire in the hands of an experienced Dominant. Caelan, renowned Dr of Psychiatry, and leading the way into new research — will be the one who will take Skylar to the places she longs for and places that will fill her hearts desire. Both find themselves drawn to each other in more ways than either imagined.
ONE TRUE MASTER is Book 1 in the DESIRE ISLAND series. Where your every fantasy is catered for and where your darkest erotic submission isn’t just given… it’s demanded.
Claire gifts her readers with a page turning book filled with romantic passion, sexiness, and intensity. Her words and scenes are highly descriptive, beautifully explained for those that may not have a full insight or understanding of the BDSM lifestyle. There are wonderful secondary characters through out – that you wonder if they too will soon share their story.
Another great story by Claire Thompson! Caelen and Skylar meet as she is wins a week at the exclusive Desire Island, which is a BDSM resort. He is chosen as her trainer. As he takes her through the steps of submission, her eyes are opened and she realizes this is what has been missing her life. As for Caelen, he falls deeper and deeper for the submissive.
Claire’s writing is always like the finest of wines, at times they are very warm tones, but then you also have some sweet tones, but all of it ending with a pleasurable palate. That’s how I felt reading this story, I felt like I knew this couple, I love their chemistry as we are taken from their first meeting to the ending of the story. Claire does an amazing job with details, you could close your eyes and envision it all.
Skylar has been looking for someone who can truly master her. She has not been able to find the right person and has been unsatisfied in her relationships. She wins a raffle for a vacation at Desire Island where all of her fantasies can come to life.
Caelen is a trainer at Desire Island and immediately clicks with Skylar during their pre-visit skype chats. He is intrigued and looking forward to training her. When they meet in person sparks fly.
Will Caelen be able to continue training Sklyar knowing that she is leaving the island after her time is up? Will Skylar find her One and be able to fully submit to Caelen?
This is a sweet love story and a very quick read – I couldn’t stop once I started. I highly recommend it!
Smoking hot tale of the BDSM lifestyle. Skyler has played in the world of submission but never really found her place, never finding the right dom to submit to. Stagnant in her life and job she is seeking something in her soul. She wins a week’s stay at a kinky island resort and discovers what her true calling to submit. Master Caelan is her slave trainer but the attraction and feelings become more than just dom and student slave. Hot and steamy with lots of off the charts bondage and discipline.
Ms Thompson always leaves you satisfied! This book is a great fantasy with complex, believable characters and a happily ever after Even in this short story Thompson draws you in and the pages and story fly by. The setting, a private island for like minded kinksters is the perfect setup for a great new series. I can’t wait to read more! I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Skylar and Caelan’s story…- I didn’t want to put down the book.
Skylar won a week away in a very special resort, a BDSM resort, were she could choose among many different ’packages’.
Caelan is a Dom that is going to be handeling Skylar’s ’request’.
It was a real ’feelgood’ story, but of course with a twist – as usual – by Claire Thompson.
Rekommenderar!
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Intense, erotic, and oh so GOOD! An instructional BDSM MUST-READ!
I’m always amazed at how author Claire Thompson takes me, the reader, into the life of what appears to be an ordinary person, makes me care deeply for that person, and then takes me – along with this character through the SM paces of BDSM! With her eloquent, descriptive prose, I am feeling every binding, every stroke of the cane, and every erotic response. Then, when those emotions build into so much more than a student’s respect for an instructor, readers are taken through every emotion as the buds of caring and lust bloom into so much more for Skylar and Caelan! Well-written, with all of the feels and emotion that romance readers look for in any romance, ONE TRUE MASTER is an outstanding ROMANCE within the practice of consensual, sadomasochism, and the building of a love so powerful that lives are changed forever. I especially liked the unforgettable trust Skylar gave to Caelan and the way author Thompson used dual narration to build that reader/character identification which made ONE TRUE MASTER so unforgettable and a deeply emotional read. Although novels which include the less portrayed side of BDSM are not for everyone, especially those under the age of 18 or those whose sensibilities cringe at the thought of SM erotic pain ONE TRUE MASTER brings to light both how and why that choice is so appealing. However, if you are curious as to how the SM part of BDSM would look, then ONE TRUE MASTER should be your next romance purchase! I voluntarily read an early copy of ONE TRUE MASTER, and this is my VOLUNTARY, honest review. ONE TRUE MASTER is worthy of both a reader’s time and the cost of admission to the introductory novel a wonderful new series, set on Desire Island! I STRONGLY suggest that you purchase your copy of ONE TRUE MASTER today. Happy pages!
“One True Master”: This is the first book in the series and it stars Skylar and her journey to find that One True Master. In my review of the book I don’t want to give away any part of the story, but I do recommend this book. It is a fast read and it does a very good job of keeping you turning the pages on your Nook or Kindle. As with Ms Thompson’s other books she has a talent to bring you to the place to make you feel as if you are part of the story. This book leaves you wanting more and makes you wish the other books in the series were already downloaded and ready for you to read.
Skylar has been part of the BDSM community for a number of years, but she has yet to find a Dom that can fulfill her deepest desires. Mostly, she has scened with wannabes who have not lived up to her expectations. Now, she has won a 1 week BDSM vacation at Desire Island, a club devoted to bringing your darkest, secret fantasies to life. Will she choose a simple BDSM vacation or will she explore deeper?
She fills out a questionnaire and talks to her trainer on line. Will they connect emotionally as well as physically? Will she be able to accept her training and all it entails? Will this lifestyle be the place she craves or will she return home and resume her previous experiences with a new outlook? How will she decide?
I love the writing of Ms. Thompson. This book, like all the others I have read, is filled with passionate, erotic, breathtaking, sensual scenes that pull me in and hold my attention from beginning to end.
Another sweet and sexy read from Claire Thompson. As always great characters and good strong story line!
Really enjoyed it!
A good story about a sub who learns about true submission and true love.
A good series starter, looking forward to reading more from Desire Island
I love everything Claire Thompson has written. She understands and communicates to the reader the intense connection between a Dom and sub. And this book is no exception. Caelan and Skylar are well written, relatable characters, even if you aren’t into the “scene”. I loved the struggle both had with themselves to keep everything professional and I loved how Mistress Ella and Master Ryan reacted to Caelan’s confession. The book was a page turner from start to finish. Well paced, super sexy, great chemistry, well done!