A rogue who always gets what he wants… Until he meets a girl as elusive as quicksilver… the enigmatic girl with the dark gypsy eyes, who bursts into his life like a shimmering flame.
Adventure-seeking Ruby Beckett craves intensity of experience wherever her wanderlust takes her, and it takes her all over the world. When she volunteers for a whipping demo with the strikingly attractive Master Evan, the sparks between them flare into the bright, burning heat of desire.
Each is determined to maintain their carefully crafted, self-contained lives. But the stakes soar when Ruby shares her darkest fantasy with the one man who might actually make it come true…
The Gypsy & the Rogue is a BDSM Connections novel. While your experience will be enhanced by reading all the books in the series in order, this novel is a stand-alone story.
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Though Ruby and Evan are both world travelers, they each happen to wind up in the same city with mutual friends. Ruby takes a cat-sitting job in Portland since she has friends there she has not seen in a long time. Evan is there to help set up for a new event center that is opening. When Evan needs a volunteer for a whipping demo, Ruby is determined that it needs to be her. 3
Through the days they spend time together they each wonder if the other is how they would stay in one spot. Each one fulfilling the others needs in ways they did not know was possible. Neither person wants to admit their need of the other though since they always led such carefree lives…
I am loving this series. Read apart or together (though characters do mingle in other books).
Embarking on an intense and dark fantasy will teach them both what they need to learn, what they need to know.
In the mood for some steamy, intense BDSM play between two adventurous souls? Claire Thompson brings you THE GYPSY AND THE ROGUE, her latest book in the BDSM Connections series. What a story this is?
This is Evan and Ruby’s adventurous, thrilling journey – a journey that will expose start out in thatt lightt-heartedd, fun way, learning about each other yet not delving too deep. It’s when you start trusting, start giving more of yourselves, that tightly held secrets are revealed. Both are adventurous, free spirits in their personal lives and up for most anything when it comes to the sexual playtime. Both are very attracted to the other. The chemistry between Evan and Ruby is explosive, it’s intense. It’s heightened further when a long held secret is exposed. Will being that adventurous bring them fulfillment or pain ? Or will it teach them so much more than they ever thought possible.
Claire gifts you a steamy page-turning book. It’s a wonderful. light hearted, yet often times through out, highly intense, darker moments. Some scenes depicted are pretty intense, yet thoughtful and handled with care.
You definitely get to catch up with old friends. I love when books and characters connect within a series… and this was beautiful. Friends that are reunited and back to give us more sexy fun, laughter and the gift of their caring friendships. It makes a series so worthwhile, a joy to read, when characters and stories are connected. Let Evan and Ruby guide you on their adventure and experience their daring, their free spirited nature.
I LOVE Clair Thompson’s writing, and this book is no exception. She is a master of sensual words and erotic BSDM concepts. Somehow she managed to slowly, carefully, sensuously take me on an erotic journey into areas of BDSM that I have never come across before. Reading her words made it extremely hard to breathe. The descriptions are so amazingly eloquent! Just when I thought this story could not get more exciting, it did!
The characters in this story are outstanding. It amazed me to watch the play between a woman who is strong and independent, yet able to be compliant and submissive, and a man who is willing to concede power, at times, while maintaining his dominant aura. Seeing how individuals in the BDSM community can deal with and overcome the same issues people in all lifestyles face made them all the more empathetic.
Thank you, Claire, for the way my whole mind, body and soul are enriched by reading and absorbing what your talented intellect creates. Please, please, do not write more—I cannot stand the excitement that curls deep in my belly, just by reading your words!!! WAIT! WAIT! I mean write more just like this very quickly, so I can read it and always feel this way!!!
The Gypsy & the Rogue, Ruby and Evan. Both wanders by nature, but what are they seaching for? This is a delightful story of the journey to finding love. Ruby and Evan meet at a BDSM demonstration where Ruby volunteers to be the subject for Evan. Sparks fly between them with an instant connection. They enjoy their brief time together, neither of one admitting to the other how they feel. Ruby gets called away to Mexico to cover for a friend that had a family emergency. All seems to be lost for these two. Will they find their way back to each other? To find out you are going to have to read the book. If you have not read the other books in the BDSM Connection Series, start with book 1. You won’t be disappointed. This is a favorite series of mine filled with hot sex, just the right amount of BDSM kink and romance. Claire Thompson you out did yourself with this one.
Hot BDSM romance between Evan, a BDSM events coordinator, and Ruby, a globe-trotting gypsy. Both were commitment-shy and neither was looking for more than a casual hook-up. But the heart wants what the heart wants. Evan was a Dom and Ruby was a sub for the most part but both were confident and self-assured enough to switch. In acting out Ruby’s fantasies, they learned that there are several levels in the world of BDSM and were surprised to learn that their level was not at all what they expected. This is a sexy, steamy story that will keep you reading into the night with a smile on your face. Claire scores another hit!
I loved this hot, sexy new winner from Claire Thompson. This is not a book report, for The Gypsy and the Rogue, but my impressions after reading about a sexy, dominate male and a spunky, strong, submissive finding their way to each other through the most intense, thrilling, pantie-melting sex. The descriptions were detailed and enticing. The plot moved quickly and held my interest throughout, without emotionally draining angst. And the characters were all very likable and believable. I could relate and feel myself in the situations. And now the good part, the sex. OMG the sex was great and plenty of it. I read erotica, BDSM mostly, and The Gypsy and the Rogue is filled with the hottest, intense, off the chart, sex superbly described and intimately detailed. Perfection!
This is a great read into the BDSM lifestyle. Ruby is a wanderer who never knows where she will be. She meets Evan who is basically her male counterpart. This is Smoking Hot! The way they meet and everything in between will keep you turning page after page!
This is the fourth book in the BDSM Connections series. I read this as a standalone as I had not read the first three books and was able to keep up. But I recommend that you read the first three books if you can. Talk about hot and dark. The chemistry is off the charts for Evan and Ruby. If you like BDSM stories, you’ll like this book. I read a reader copy and voluntarily chose to write a review.
This may be my favorite from this series. Could be a standalone, but the friends will make more sense if you’ve read the others in this series. Both characters experienced in BDSM. I loved all the scenes and new equipment that was introduced. I was frustrated with their communication, but that’s what makes the story. Highly recommend!! Good length, no cliffhanger!
I really enjoyed reading about Ruby and Evan. They were two adults who knew themselves, knew their desires, their wishes, and the way they wanted to live their lives. They kinks meshed perfectly, their personalities suited each other, and they clicked in almost every way, even being so completely unaware on their feelings and how to express them. They were lucky to have friends to help them out with that part!
Super sexy, lots of fun, and a great read
Loved the book. This is about Ruby and Evan who both have wanderlust and are not looking for a permanent relationship. They meet when Ruby is house sitting for 2 cat’s and visiting with her friend Allie. Evan is in town to help set up a new BDSM club. Good weaving in if old and new characters into the story. They have plenty of good times and are not good at telling each other their feelings. This includes plenty of steam, bdsm scenes and a happy ending.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review………..
Claire Thompson writes compelling characters, titilizing stories, and has become one of my favorite authors. Evan and Ruby have instant chemistry and share a love of travel and adventure……alone. Neither has been in a long term relationship in a very long time, but they seem to want more with each other. This book is a fast, sexy, well paced read that I’m sure any BDSM lover would enjoy.
This is a book in the BDSM connection series, but you can read it as a standalone. It features characters from the previous book, but it has a new couple and story.
What I enjoyed most about this book is that I read about plays and equipment that I haven’t read about before. That makes it fresh and different.
Evan and Ruby are likeable characters, both of them wander. They never stay still long in one place. When they get together they talk about desires and fantasy and it as fun reading about them bringing those fantasies alive and finding out how they compare in real life.
And that cat sitting made me laugh.
A Review of The Gypsy & the Rogue (BDSM Connections Book 4) by Claire Thompson
Evan and Ruby – 5 Stars
With dynamic characters who are more mature, this was one book that gave me all the feels that I could ask for and more. From the way they met to the differences they were able to admit seeing in each other, it will take you on a trip that will make you want to get out there and go as well. Definitely one of those books that will stay in my top list of books to keep and re-read.
**Honest review voluntarily provided from a Complimentary Copy**
Will two kindred spirits find love?
This is my 5th book by Claire and she is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.
Ruby eyes Evan at the BDSM Connections Event Center where she is helping her long time friend set up her vendor booth. Evan picks Ruby for a whipping demo, and the electricity between them surprises them both as kindred wandering spirits. When Evan is asked to pre-test the new equipment, and he chooses Ruby in an instant. But will their wandering spirits keep them apart or will they take a chance at love? You have to read to find out and won’t want to put the book down.
This is a delightful story of two people who never seem to stay in one place long enough to form a relationship. Although this is the fourth book in the BDSM Connections series, it’s easily read as a standalone. Ruby and Evan keep connecting with each other, and there are lots of sizzling scenes between them. Their relationship is so natural but it’s hard to look to the future with these two people who spontaneously move on to their next adventure. I really love the main characters, as well as revisiting the other couples who have already found love, and you know there will be a group scene when they all get together! This book has is a character driven romance with a lot of kink, and is beautifully written.
Wow excellent addition to The series, I could not put the book down you feel as if you are in the story. Looking forward to the next book.
A wonderful, hot, thrilling story about letting in another person and find love.
As always Claire Thompsons way of writing allows us to be part of the story, and not just sit by the side and look in.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
One five alarm fire coming up!
When the description of the prep-work for a scene is already as intense as in this story, you know you have another thing coming! And it is coming. All the time and everywhere!
Two “Wanderers”, constantly moving from place to place, meet while preparing a new venue, a BDSM convention center. Both having been in the lifestyle for a time, they hit it off right from their first meeting. Without the need for the usual dating rituals, they get right to the nitty-gritty, both knowing that their time together is limited.
This makes for a highly condensed, sensual tour de force. It takes you with powerful images from light scenening, to what every Dom should know and experience, into hard core 24/7 territory, and almost everything in between.
Although they know each other only for an incredibly short time, their connection is of a deep and genuine kind.
But when the end of their time together comes sooner then they thought, their old patterns emerge and their safety walls go up.
Fortunately they have a close and meddlesome group of friends …. !
I really like this series and this newest book, The Gypsy and The Rogue is no exception. Evan and Ruby are great characters; strong, passionate, lusty, kinky. Fear of commitment keeps them on the move, no place or no one ties them down. Now, from their first moments together, feelings start to form and they are both thrown by them. It takes good friends to point out the error of their ways but Evan and Ruby must take the first step toward love themselves.