Various Persuasions by AE Lister
General Release Date: 23rd March 2021
Word Count: 67,764
Book Length: NOVEL
Pages: 273
Genres:
BONDAGE AND BDSM
CONTEMPORARY
EROTIC ROMANCE
GAY
GLBTQI
TRANSGENDER
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Book Description
A non-binary Dom. An eager young sub. Service, orgasm control, bondage. An initial encounter leads to a synchronous exploration of identity and intimacy.
Nic Walker is not your typical Dom—physically female but identifying as male. And Vincent Blake is not your typical twenty-four-year-old straight guy—seductively submissive with a penchant for lacy underwear.
When Nic’s Dominatrix friend Daphne encourages them to get together, she can only hope they recognize the compatibility of their desires and personalities.
Nic has been holing up alone in their townhouse for too long, getting over a bad ‘relationship’, and it’s time for them to start living again. When Nic meets Vincent, neither expects the tentative relationship to take off like a runaway train. But each layer of the attractive and seemingly vulnerable young man Nic exposes ignites their own desires and leads both on a path to revealing the most interesting parts of themselves.
Who knew piano practice could be a form of sexual service? Or that a pair of overpriced panties could inspire such devotion?
Through bondage, service, objectification and the purchase of large quantities of lacy unmentionables, as well as a few specific sex toys and devices, Nic explores how far Vincent will go to please them and how much of themself they will risk to have him.
Reader advisory: This book contains mention of a Dom’s abuse of a sub, anal play, and public sex.
When Vincent pulled smoothly into my drive and put my car in Park I told him, “You are an excellent driver, Vincent. I plan to exploit this skill.”
He blushed. “Thank you, Sir.”
“Which means I will be getting you to drive me around pretty often.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll try to make it worth your while,” I said, holding up the La Senza bag.
He laughed. “Thank you, Sir.”
So fucking polite.
I wasn’t sure I could wait as long as I should to start digging beneath that very well-behaved exterior.
We exited the vehicle and walked to the front door. He passed me my keys and I unlocked it so we could go inside. We hung our jackets and took off our boots.
“I love those boots,” he said softly. “They suit you.”
“Thank you. They’re my favorites.” I catalogued his appreciation for my boots in the back of my mind along with Likes wearing lacy lingerie in pastels and Gets hard from almost any direct order.
“Come with me.”
He followed obediently to the master bedroom, where I placed our bag of purchases on the end of my bed.
The furnishings were fairly standard—queen platform bed, navy comforter, a few pillows, dresser and side table and a full-length mirror leaning against the wall by the window.
He looked around quickly, flitting his gaze to the ceiling and the walls. He was probably checking for eye rings and suspension equipment. Daphne had lots. He didn’t ask about it, just licked his lips and glanced at me, waiting.
I assessed him, anticipating how good he was going to look in the lingerie. “We can do this either of two ways,” I said.
He shivered and wrapped his arms around himself, but his eyes were wide, the pupils dark. He nodded.
“You can get undressed in here with the door closed and put them on then come out when you’re ready, or…”
He was waiting for me to give him another option, so I did.
“Or we can do it together. I can watch you get undressed and I can help you put them on. It’s completely up to you.”
His mouth twitched and I was surprised to see amusement there.
“What?” I narrowed my eyes.
He looked at the floor. “In a completely non-sexual way?”
The statement hung there and I realized how ridiculous it seemed. But I played along.
“Of course. Nothing sexual about it. I’d like to see how the lingerie I purchased looks on the person I purchased it for. Nothing sexual about that. Plus, we need to make sure it fits.”
We both knew I was fucking lying. So much for that whole honesty thing. And he called me on it, the devil.
“I thought we were supposed to be honest with each other.” He whispered it, as if he were afraid he was being too bold or that he was wrong and I didn’t feel anything sexual about seeing him in pink lingerie.
Right.
“Snap,” I said. You got me. I sat on the bed, looking at the wall. “Okay, here’s the situation right now, Vincent. The truth is I’m incredibly turned on but I don’t want to be, and even so, I’m not going to do anything directly sexual with you or to you until we know each other a little better and this”—I gestured between us—“thing, whatever it is, becomes a little more defined.”
“Okay,” he said, sounding relieved. “Really? You’re really turned on?”
“Against my better judgment, yes.”
“Why don’t you want to be?”
I cleared my throat. Goddammit. I mean, I could have refused to answer, but I wouldn’t. “Because I don’t want to jump into something with you that will make me feel vulnerable. I need to be in control and with my wits about me, at least to start with.”
“Okay. But I’m feeling pretty vulnerable here,” he said.
I turned to look at him. “But that’s what you want.” It was a statement.
“Yeah, okay. That’s true. I like it,” he admitted. As if I didn’t know that.
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AE Lister/Elizabeth Lister is a Canadian non-binary author with a vivid imagination and a head full of unique and interesting characters. They have published 10 books, one of which received an Honorable Mention from the National Leather Association – International for excellence in SM/Leather/Fetish writing.
“Sensual and visceral BDSM.” – Amazon.ca
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