It’s clear she is still scared, but instead of cowering at my words, she stands tall. I nod and stare into her azure eyes while I speak my next sentence, “I hope so because next time it won’t be the basement you face. Like blood in shark-infested waters, she’s leading me right to her, showing me right where to strike. Not only that, but if you do try something, the cell in the basement will be the least of your worries.” There is so much malice in my words, it’s almost hard for me to speak them.įallon’s throat bobs, and she white knuckles the towel. If you’re thinking of trying something, don’t.
“All I need you to know is that I want you to be on your best behavior. Like a monster? Like I want to ravage her alive? She stares at me as if she knows something bad is going to happen. “You’ll find out when he gets here,” I tell her with a growl. I can’t be thinking about getting close to her or fucking her. I guess there’s a case for calling this a psychological drama but readers have shelved it, in descending order, on Romance, Dark, Contemporary and adult so who am I to argue.“Yeah,” I snap, her voice dragging me out of the lustful haze. Presumably that reader would not be owned and would therefore have to suspend belief into a fantasy life. I didn’t relate to the all-powerful Julian, I’m not that sort of bloke, but I could relate to Elena’s position and know that a female reader could sink into Elana's head far more comfortably. I learned a lot, which was my primary reason for reading the book, but also enjoyed a thoroughly good read. Looking at the two writer’s Goodreads Author Profiles shows them both to be female so there goes my theory of the partnership being male/female and taking a chapter each. What I didn’t expect was Elena to already have the shackles of ownership from an overbearing and over protective father and so her attitude seems to be, ah well, I have a new owner.įirst person narrative with the two characters taking alternate chapters shows each character’s growth, life changes and mis-interpretations. We obviously expect her to fight against being owned and wonder how she will cope. Without spoiler, because it is reveled in the first chapter, Elena is the daughter of a mafia boss who has huge debts so she is sold to Julian, another mafia boss. For this reason, straight after this novel, I read Decadent Deception by Dakota Skye. As an author, I'm interested in how women portray men in novels, how men portray women and how both genders criticise the other for not understanding. This, I thought would be an interesting insight for a female reader so even more interesting for me, a male reader.
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