Shayla Black, Wicked Ties

Wicked Ties

Shayla Black

Berkley, Jan 2007, $14.00

ISBN: 0425213617

Los Angeles-based cable TV host Morgan O'Malley researches her subjects that she explores on her show "Turn Me On", which means she gets quite a head full of sex education as sex is the theme of her show. Her next program involves a scene in which she has answered an ad from a Master J who explains that the relationship between a dominant and a submissive requires trust. Since she also has a stalker bothering her, Morgan agrees to meet with Master J in his Louisiana territory.

However, her efforts to elude her assailant fail when someone shoots at her, with Master J witnessing the incident. He goes into his day job mode as Jack Cole, professional bodyguard though the enemy seems to know every step she takes. As he teaches her to surrender her desires to him, he vows to keep her safe because he makes her WICKED TIES fantasies real and by doing that she reciprocates.

Though he being a bodyguard provides him an edge against the enemy that most people will not have, this is a fabulous, erotic, romantic ,suspense thriller. The sex scenes are torrid (those WICKED TIES are hot), but also enhance the plot of two people falling in love while a third party stalks them. Whether he is Master J or Jack, he is a dominant who believes he has found his submissive soulmate in Morgan. She becomes more than just a willing student as she trusts her body and soul with her mentor. Filled with twists, Shayla Black turns up the heat in the boudoir without neglecting the suspense.

Harriet Klausner