He's never been naked with another man, let alone kissed, but all but falls to his knees in the perfect submissive pose when Damian wants to talk about rules with him. The two doms together more or less make fun of Nicholas, thereby totally lossing my respect.ĭamian is straight in the beginning and just discovers his bi-curiosity during the shoot. Although Damian is called an alpha dom, there's nothing in his behaviour that proves it. The first scenes show a lot of interaction between Damian and a fellow dom, whose BDSM products are being photographed for a high-end catalogue. He's downright mean and cantancerous and how Nicholas, the sub, can be attracted to him is beyond my reach.

How anyone can grade this book so high is beyond me, as A Strong Hand features one of the worst doms I've yet had the pleasure to encounter in an erotic romance novel, gay or straight.ĭamian, our famous photographer dom, shows right from the start that he has all the charm of a cranky and capricious diva. So they set out to explore these sensual boundaries together, neither expecting to find love along the way. And the reverse is true for Damian: Control turns him on. With Damian, Nick learns about his own deeply hidden desires and finds out that relinquishing control doesn't make him weak-having someone else in control of his sexual pleasure simply heightens it. Flirting on the edges of control, submission, and pain excites Nick more than he would have ever dreamed possible. Although he knows it might be a mistake, Damian takes Nick into his life. Damian has serious doubts about getting involved with a younger man who knows nothing about the BDSM lifestyle, but Nick's adventurous and humorous approach to new experiences is far too alluring to resist.

While Nick has never questioned what kind of man he is or what he truly wants in life, working for Damian during a BDSM photo shoot opens his eyes to all sorts of sexual possibilities, and many of them include the handsome Mr. Nicholas Sayers, needing money for college, takes a job as assistant to infamous photographer Damian Wolfe.

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