The BDSM Ballet series
Waking Kiss… A stranger in the wings, a traitorous pair of toe shoes, and a traumatic turn dancing with The Great Rubio… For ballerina Ashleigh Keaton, it’s been one hell of a night.
But it’s not over yet. When Rubio drags her to a private party at his friend’s house in the ritzy part of London, she meets Liam Wilder, a lifestyle dominant and frighteningly seductive man. Liam pursues Ashleigh, attracted by her strength and talent, but she has secrets—an abusive past and a crippling fear of intimacy that prevents her from connecting to anyone, especially a playboy reputed to be legendary in bed.
Eventually he wins her trust and sets out to heal the troubled dancer, awakening her to a world of sensual abandon in a series of BDSM “sessions” at his home. But how pure are his motives? Is he helping her or endangering her fragile soul? Liam hides his own destructive secrets, and so does Fernando Rubio, their temperamental friend. Over time the three become embroiled in a tangle of artifice, fears, and lies that threaten to undo everything they’ve worked for.
Will Ashleigh and Liam find the strength to defeat their demons? Or are they cursed to sleepwalk through life forever, afraid to experience the passion and intimacy of love?
Fever Dream… Petra Hewitt’s the top ballerina in the world, and The Great Rubio her obvious counterpart, so why does she want to strangle him whenever he’s around? He’s haughty, abrupt, demanding—and alarmingly sexy. Petra knows Rubio is dangerous to her heart, to her peace of mind, and worst of all, to her career, but his rough flirtation compels her. When she gets a chance to play with him at a BDSM party, their professional partnership takes a feverish left turn.
After that, any attempts to keep him at arm’s length falter in the face of his obstinate sexuality. Rubio’s methods are ruthlessly erotic as he introduces her to the pleasures of sadism, bondage, pain, and submission. The more Petra tries to resist him, the more she craves his strength and control.
But as they play their sensual games of dominance and submission, career pressures mount, and an overzealous fan brings dangerous tension to their relationship. Soon, the dream gives way to the stark reality of her vulnerability. Maybe, just maybe, some risks are too terrifying to take.
Books by Annabel Joseph
Mercy
Cait and the Devil
Firebird
Owning Wednesday
Lily Mine
Disciplining the Duchess
Fortune series:
Deep in the Woods
Fortune
Comfort series:
Comfort Object
Caressa’s Knees
Odalisque
Command Performance
Cirque Masters series:
Cirque de Minuit
Bound in Blue
Master’s Flame
Mephisto series:
Club Mephisto
Molly’s Lips: Club Mephisto Retold
Burn For You
BDSM Ballet series:
Waking Kiss
Fever Dream
Properly Spanked series:
Training Lady Townsend
To Tame A Countess
My Naughty Minette
Under A Duke’s Hand
Rough Love series:
Torment Me
Taunt Me
Trust Me
Books by Molly Joseph
The Edge of the Earth
Pawn (Ironclad Bodyguards #1)
Coming soon:
Diva (Ironclad Bodyguards #2)
About the Author
Annabel Joseph is a multi-published, New York Times Bestselling BDSM romance author. She writes mainly contemporary romance, although she has been known to dabble in the medieval and Regency eras. She is known for writing emotionally intense BDSM storylines, and strives to create characters that seem real—even flawed—so readers are better able to relate to them. Annabel also writes non-BDSM romance under the pen name Molly Joseph.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Owned
Chapter Two: Punishment
Chapter Three: Submission
Chapter Four: Paris
Chapter Five: Regrets
Chapter Six: Clarity
Chapter Seven: Commitment
Chapter Eight: A Place of Peace
Chapter Nine: So Fucking Sorry
Chapter Ten: Surrender
Chapter Eleven: A Place to Hide
Chapter Twelve: Control
Chapter Thirteen: Suffocation
Chapter Fourteen: Barely There
Chapter Fifteen: All the Wrong, Bad Things
Chapter Sixteen: Beautiful
Chapter Seventeen: Poetry and Love
Chapter Eighteen: Three Years Later
A Final Note
Other Books by Annabel Joseph
About the Author
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