Title: Shoot the Moon
Series: Suit of Harte’s, Book Two
Author: Jacqueline Grey
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: June 29, 2020
Length: 27700
Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQIA+, BDSM, romance, contemporary, gay, sex industry, prostitution, D/s
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Synopsis
All Adam Kern was looking for when his best friend dragged him to the club Harte was some good dancing and a little flirting to distract him from his troubles. He never anticipated meeting the club owner, Jesse Harte, and having a whole new world of experiences opened up to him. On an impulse, Adam follows Jesse to the upper, kinkier floors of the club where an informative tour ends in a steamy scene that both men are looking forward to repeating. The attraction between the two is scorching and over the next few weeks their adventures into kinky sex are nothing short of daring.
Adam loves the thrill of sex with Jesse but soon a gnawing fear sows doubt into his mind about the possibility of a relationship with the other man. Though he loves every moment he spends with Jesse, he fears what these sexual explorations may mean for him. Jesse is successful, an entrepreneur, and a well-known Dominant in the BDSM community, but Adam cannot see himself as a submissive. What sort of future could they have if he is unable to give his lover what he needs?
Thank you so much for having me here today and letting me share the re-release of Shoot the Moon, the second book in the Suit of Harte’s series. Today I’d like to talk about labels.
In Shoot the Moon, Adam has trouble with being labeled a submissive. He understands that a submissive follows a Dominant’s orders, but his perception of what this means is tainted by his father’s comments about weakness. He refuses to be seen as weak because he doesn’t want to prove his father right. Over the course of the book he comes to realize that submissiveness does not have to equate to weakness. Their willingness to give up control to their Dominant takes strength and is not something that should be looked down upon, but respected and admired. As Jesse says, “It’s not easy to trust someone completely. I admire the men who are able to do so.”
Although Adam’s perception of the label changes, he still doesn’t feel right applying it to himself, and that’s OK. Labels are important to many people. They can be used to help us define ourselves and the world around us. They are tools by which we communicate identity and find others who are like us, but they are not a requirement.
Humans are complex creatures and language can only take us so far. This is why our language is constantly evolving. I came across an example of this the other day when a friend of mine told me that her daughter and her daughter’s friends use ze when referring to other people before they know that person’s pronouns. This is common practice for them, their norm. I think it is fantastic, because no matter how one person perceives another, only the person being perceived can truly define themselves.
Yet, even as we broaden our language to help us better define who and what we are, we sometimes forget that it’s OK not to label ourselves. Sometimes not having a label is the best fit for us.
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Jacqueline Grey currently lives on an island on the east coast of the United States. She spends her time outside her day job juggling her many interests which include reading, writing and drinking tea. She loves M/M romance, usually focusing on stories that include BDSM themes to one degree or another.
Jacqueline has always been driven by characters. She loves a good plot, but it’s the characters that pull her into a story. She loves romance and believes everyone has a right to be happy. She enjoys seeing her characters find that happiness for themselves.
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