The rest of the BDSM is a grab bag - some spanking, some voyeurism, some slave stuff.

The sex scenes are pretty hot, especially if bondage and orgasm denial are your thing. Well-worn tropes abound - a strong woman realizing she likes to submit, dinner in a restaurant with conveniently long tablecloths, 'natural' subs and doms, instalove, etc. Our hero is an alien from said planet, though he seems to be completely human (if well endowed). I mean, it's set on a BDSM planet! An Intergalactic Marshall goes undercover and takes a cop as his sub! I was so ready for some craycray. I knew I wouldn't be able to concentrate so I settled in with tea, meds, and the wackiest book I could find - Bound to Trust. Today a migraine tried to set its claws into my brain. I MIGHT finally have to read Fifty Shades of Grey, before all this is through. It was still an entertaining and filthy way to pass 90 minutes.

Ellora's Cave, as a brand, putting out consistent stories by known authors, was the Bookstagram of its day, weeding out the dreck from Kindle Unlimited SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO!Īnyway, in conclusion, not my kink, heteronormativity and male gaze = style at the time, OH HOW WE'VE GROWN, etc. I suppose, though, that I forget what 2006 was like - combing through the dregs and constantly relying on cabals of internet friends and/or recs posts to find stories that you'd enjoy, that weren't eye-rollingly over the top, etc. That said, even in the long ago days of 2004-2006, there was plenty of smut being put out (by aforementioned fanfiction authors) that would have been higher on my reading preference list. The writing was quality fanfiction competent, and I ended up doing down an internet rabbit hole and reading a WHOLE lot about Ellora's Cave, the independent publisher of erotic fiction, which was an eBook darling in the aughts. The pros? It was short, and had a really high sex-scene to page count ratio, so file it VERY soundly under 'erotica' for people who could care less about complex plotting or believable interpersonal dynamics. Basically your standard syndicated Star (blank) universe porn with (minimal) plot. Heteronormative and male gazey in a very early 2000s way. Was looking for something IPB-ish and found this on Libby under the 'erotic' category.

Bound to Trust by Jaci Burton