The
Pleasure Principle
By Kimberly Adkins
Genre: Contemporary Erotica
Anderson Cain
and Julian Brax have been best friends since college, two men with very
strict—and very different—approaches to finding love: one by studying the
physical act of sex, the other by mastering the art of dominance and control.
But throughout their relationship, one thing has remained a constant: They've
never let a woman come between them. Until now.
Shy and mousy
Alice Dahl spends her days cleaning houses for clients who value discretion. In
her bulky uniform, glasses, and cap, she appears non-descript and unobtrusive,
and does her job without asking questions. Until she begins working for the
secretive, and stunningly gorgeous, Dr. Anderson Cain, who awakens a sexual
longing in her that she can’t ignore. A new woman comes home with Dr. Cain nearly
once a month—and that’s about how long they last. Alicia longs to have a chance
to be with him, even though she knows that’s ridiculous. But when her curiosity
lures her into his forbidden study, she can’t resist peeking at his notes. And
what she finds astounds her. Dr. Cain is researching the subject of sexual
pleasure. Even just skimming over the experiments arouses her as he describes
each subject’s threshold of pleasure and the methods used to achieve climax.
And she finds the venue where he meets his subjects: Damsels, a secretive BDSM
club in the heart of the French Quarter.
Determined to
take a chance, for once, Alice embarks on a masquerade into the exclusive New
Orleans underworld of Dominants and Submissives. Her stunning makeover gains
her admittance at Damsels, but the owner of the Club, Julian Brax, senses her
innocence the moment he sees her. The Dom inside him feels a powerful and
all-consuming need to protect her and make her his own. Until he finds out that
the girl he’s set his heart upon is his friend Anderson’s next subject. They’ve
never let a woman come between them before. Perhaps this time, they might enjoy
it…
She ran the pads
of her fingertips along the rough brick wall as she walked around the corner.
Though she knew she should take off the glossy red paint, she hadn’t done it.
Something about it made her feel sexy and a little decadent. She came to the
wrought iron gate and looked inside. The area appeared to be empty, until she
saw something in the far corner.
A man in tight
blue jeans leaned over the side of a large motorcycle. His thighs were muscular
and flexed when he reached forward for his helmet. Alice felt a wave of desire
pass through her body and she couldn’t believe how she was reacting to a
glimpse of some stranger on the other side of a courtyard.
A hot stranger,
she reminded herself.
He put the
helmet on with his back still to her and gracefully swung his right leg over
the bike, straddling the powerful machine as he cranked it on.
Alice was
light-headed and she held tight to the curling design on the gate. Butterflies
swarmed in the pit of her stomach when she saw him notice her, standing there
like a statue. She should probably move, or he wouldn’t be able to get out. But
instead of rolling forward like she’d expected, the rider turned off the engine
and climbed down. He walked toward her, his fingers unstrapping the helmet as
he came closer.
With one swift
movement he removed the helmet and tucked it under his arm, allowing his long
black hair to fall over his shoulders. It was Julian Brax and she could tell he
was holding back his emotions by the look on his face. He was still angry at
her, then, for the part she’d played the evening before. Coming here to face
him was probably a mistake. And he was quick to cross the courtyard to let her
know about it, too.
Her fingers
gripped the iron grate until her knuckles turned white.
“Alicia.” The
way he said her name was as sexy as she remembered. She shivered. “Why are you
here?”
His eyes
searched hers and she pooled all of her will together in order to hold up under
the scrutiny. She couldn’t tell what he was feeling, but the sparks of hazel in
his deep brown eyes seemed to glow with intensity.
“I wanted to
apologize for yesterday evening. I didn’t mean to cause a scene.” She didn’t
mean to run from him either, when given the choice between the two friends, but
she couldn’t get that part out. What would he think of her if she said
something like that? Her feelings for both men were vastly different, and she
was just too inexperienced to sort them out. Alice realized she had a lot to
learn about herself and she began to turn away.
“Don’t leave.”
Strong fingers covered hers before she could release her hold on the gate.
“Please.”
His hands were
warm, and the feeling spread across her body until her cheeks flushed. She
turned to face him again, so close to him, just an inch of iron separating
them.
“I was about to
go for a ride. Would you like to come along?” He hadn’t released her. Somehow
he came closer still and she could feel the intensity of his gaze as it
dominated the space they shared. Alice was literally weak in the knees.
“I don’t know.”
Her voice was breathy with the desire that was building inside her. He had to
know the effect he was having; there was no way she could possibly hide it.
“You don’t know
if you want to, or if you should?” He cocked his head to the side and read her
like a book. “Would you like me to teach you the difference?”
Alice was fairly
certain the iron clenched in her fist was melting beneath their clasped hands.
Would he teach her, did he mean it? She wanted to explore these new feelings
and desires. Julian Brax would be the perfect guide for her passions. But he
might be dangerous. Would she be safe with him? As safe as she knew herself to
be with Anderson?
“Yes.” Her
answer came out as a whisper and the gate clicked open between them. Brax
released her and stepped back. Alice walked into the courtyard and stopped in
front of him awkwardly. He came close, his body nearly touching hers as he
leaned down and whispered in her ear.
“Now you know
what you want. Whether or not you should do it remains to be seen.”
✯✯✯✯✯A sizzling hot read
By Laura Smith
Holy Wow! This
is one sizzling hot read and I definitely needed a cold shower after I finished
reading it!
This is the
story of "plain Jane" Alice, who is currently working as a house
keeper for the gorgeous Anderson Cain. Alice is secretly in love with Anderson
and decides on a make over after thinking she knows what Anderson likes in a
woman. After the makeover, Alice becomes Alicia and heads of to capture her
conquest. When she meets Julian Brax, who also happens to be Andersons best
mate, Alicia's emotions are conflicted as she feels a connection with Julian
too.
Anderson and
Julian both have strong feelings from her as well but when everything comes to
a head, who will Alicia choose?
✯✯✯✯✯Hot and sexy!
By Angela S
Verified Purchase
The Pleasure
Principle is as sultry and sexy as its setting in New Orleans. Kimberly's
smooth writing makes for a thrilling, hot read as you find yourself falling in
love with the characters and rooting for them to get together.
Kimberly Adkins
lives in beautiful central Ohio. She is an author and artist who spends her
spare time working on worm hole theories so she can go back in time and enter
Star Gate's 'Get in the Gate' sweepstakes as many times as it takes to win.
When asked if she is concerned that changing the past might alter the future,
she replies "Doctor Who will fix it."
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