Resistance - Power Play #1

Rachel Haimowitz, Cat Grant

Riptide Publishing

2012

267 páginas

8h 54m

ISBN-13: 9781937551285

Give me six months, and I'll give you the world.

Brandon McKinney has scraped and sacrificed for what little in life he's ever had. Though it's been fifteen years since he escaped his father's abuse, the damage remains. Trust seems as far out of reach as his dream of becoming an architect, and though he's come to accept being gay, he can't deny the shame and confusion he feels at other urges--the deeply repressed desire to submit.

Jonathan Watkins is a self-made Silicon Valley billionaire whose ex-wife took half his money and even more of his faith. Comfortable as a Dominant but wary of being hurt again, he resorts to anonymous pickups and occasional six-month contracts with subs seeking only a master, not a lover.

When a sizzling back-alley encounter cues Jonathan in to Brandon's deep-seated submissive side, he makes the man an offer: Give me six months of your life, and I'll open your eyes to a whole new world. Brandon doesn't care about that; all he wants is the three million dollars Jonathan's offering so he can buy the construction company he works for. But he soon learns that six months on his knees is no easy feat, and shame and pride may keep him from all he ever wanted-and all he never dreamed he had any right to have.

Reader discretion advised. This title contains heavy kink. While consent is clearly established and frequently reaffirmed, some moments in Power Play push hard against the outer edges of consent.

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Um enredo muito do questionável.
Senti que a coisa da cena bdsm foi mais um alvará para justificar as ações quase sociopatas de Jonathan. No começo ele claramente já sabia dos traumas que Bran tinha e as ignorou. Ele usou do seu poder aquisitivo para manipulador alguém vuneravel (Bran além dos traumas e feridas dos passado, estava com problemas financeiros). E ele usou isso para atrair o cara que não sabia que ele era um dom sádico - pois Bran nunca tinha feito isso e não sabia como era as cenas bdsm de fato. Ele usou o dinheiro como ameaças para Bran ceder à cenas que claramente não quera fazer. Ele ignoravas muitas vezes a palavras de segura - dizendo que Bran estava de frescura e aguentar, provocando em Bran crises psicoticas. Ele no final fez Bran ter mais traumas e ainda JOGOU A CULPA em Bran por Bran não ser um bom submisso.