by L. DuBois
I never intended this series to be romance. My original plan was for all the checklist books to be straight erotica. Each story would take place over the course of a weekend and focus on the items and toys related to that letter.
Some (possibly many) of the books ended up being far more erotic romance than erotica. Those pesky characters kept developing feelings for one another. This book is both a romance and a story about learning to accept yourself.
Whether you prefer spicy romance, or straight erotica, I hope you enjoyed Daniel and Autumn’s story. If you’d like to discuss with like-minded readers, you can join the Checklist Club Facebook group.
And if you’re looking for some recommendations for what to read next, check out these series.
For BDSM club-based books that are definitely romance: Orchid Club trilogies.
For BDSM with a rockabilly vibe: Undone Lovers.
For secret club romantic suspense, try the Trinity Masters and Masters’s Admiralty series I co-write with Mari Carr.
I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy.
~Lila
About the Author
Lila Dubois is an award winning, multi-published, bestselling author of erotic, paranormal and fantasy romance. Her book J is for…, the tenth book in the bestselling checklist series, won the 2019 National Readers’ Choice Award. Additionally, she’s been nominated for the RT Book Reviews Erotic Novella of the Year for Undone Rebel and the Golden Flogger.
Having spent extensive time in France, Egypt, Turkey, Ireland and England Lila speaks five languages, none of them (including English) fluently. Lila lives in California with her own Irish Farm Boy and loves receiving email from readers.
Visit Lila online:
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The BDSM Checklist Series
A is for…
B is for…
C is for…
D is for…
E is for…
F is for…
G is for…
H is for…
I is for…
J is for…
K is for…
L is for…
M is for…
N is for…
A is for…
The overseers of LA’s most exclusive BDSM club have a sexy new game that all members must play, and experienced sub Anna has no choice but to participate, despite the fact that she’s only months away from being bonded.
Master Jensen knows who, and what, he wants—Anna—but when he’s assigned the first letter of the alphabet he must prove to himself, and the lovely submissive, that he’s willing to push them both to their limits, and maybe beyond.
When Anna and Jensen are forced to face the depth of their desires, and the painful origins of their relationship, they’ll learn that the worst pain comes not from a whip, but from the heart.
B is for…
Mae never imagined she’d be assigned to the most dangerous letter of the alphabet… or paired with the most sinister Dominant in the club. The BDSM Checklist game doesn’t scare Xavier, but he prefers leather and steel, and the submissive he’s partnered with thinks silk ribbon is bondage equipment.
Pushed to her limits both physically and emotionally, Mae is shock to discover how much she enjoys Xavier’s touch. But in the end it isn’t just Mae who will be affected by the unexpected chemistry between two seeming opposites. Xavier will have to decide if he’s willing to trust the lovely sub with the truth about himself, as he proves to her that there’s a darkness in her—a darkness that just might match his own.
C is for…
Beth is the perfect sub: quiet, obedient, and well trained. After years of membership in LA’s most exclusive BDSM club she’s served many of the most demanding masters and mistresses…and she’s bored.
James is a committed Dom who enjoys nothing more than a bratty sub he can “punish” until they’re both satisfied. The last thing he wants is a serious submissive.
Beth is on the verge of leaving the club when she’s paired with Master James as part of the BDSM checklist game. They’re both surprised to find that the hyper-obedient Beth is hiding the true depth of her submission, and James will have to decide if he’s willing to break his own rules to give Beth what she needs.
D is for…
Cleo knew the overseers of Las Palmas, L.A.’s most exclusive BDSM club, would use their new checklist game to pair her with one of the more serious Doms. She never dreamed she’d end up with the Dom who has the power to destroy her soul—her first Master, and ex-husband, Hadrian.
Hadrian hasn’t been to the club in years. After the fiery dissolution of his marriage, he threw himself into work, doing his best to forget his beloved submissive, who also happens to be his ex-wife.
When Cleo and Hadrian are forced together once again, they’ll have to decide if they’ll play the game and explore the letter D…or if it would be easier to walk away from BDSM altogether.
E is for…
A stern, demanding Master.
Aram Green knows he’s a cliche—the divorce lawyer who doesn’t believe in love—the Dom who uses structure and rules to control his emotions. He has no intention of letting the checklist game—a challenge designed by the overseers of his exclusive BDSM club—change him, or the way he dominates.
A passionate, wary submissive.
Charlie is both thrilled and terrified by the crazy checklist game. She came to BDSM because of her love/hate relationship with her body, which makes it hard for her to open herself to new Doms. But when she meets Master Green she’s drawn to the older man, who is both stern and intensely passionate.
A challenge from which neither will back down.
Determined to push them both, Master Green takes her outside the club to complete the more risky items on their checklist, a decision that brings emotion into their play. Determined to keep their relationship confined to the checklist game, Master Green pushes Charlie away. When she runs from him, he’ll have to decide if he’s willing to relax his own rules, and fight to keep Charlie even after they’re done with the letter E.
F is for…
F is for kinky, sexy, fun.
Katrina walked away from her last Master, swearing she was done with BDSM, but the desire to submit never went away. Desperate for release, she joins Las Palmas, LA’s most exclusive BDSM club.
Dante loves kinky sexy and beautiful submissive women. He may be stern when he’s ordering a sub to kneel for him, but he’s not interested in dominance and submission as a lifestyle. Las Palmas is his outlet, his place to play.
Katrina’s first day as a member coincides with the start of the checklist game. She’s been desperately wanting to submit once more, and Master Dante is sexy, kind, and seriously dominant—all the things a sub could wish for. But when they take on the letter F and all the kinks, toys and activities associated with it, Katrina learns the past doesn’t always stay dead and buried.
G is for…
Given away to another Dom.
Of all the things Sejal expected from the letter G, having her Master give her away was never one of them.
As a member of LA’s most exclusive BDSM club, Sejal has to play the club overseer’s new game. A game where everyone is assigned a letter and with their partners has to explore every item that begins with that letter on the BDSM checklist. Collared and bonded to Master Sato, Sejal assumes he’ll be her partner, but one of the first items on the checklist is “given away to another Dom.” Sejal’s Master gives her to Master Cortland Dowell, a ridiculously sexy Dom who looks at her in a way her own Master hasn’t in far too long.
Cortland is a good Dom. It’s one of the few things he’s good at. And being a good Dom means when Master Sato passes over Sejal’s leash his first thought is making sure the beautiful submissive is okay with what’s happening.
Though they seem like very different people, Sejal and Cortland soon realize they’re a perfect fit as Dominant and submissive
. The problem is she’s only his for the weekend, unless, of course, Cortland decides that instead of giving her away temporarily, Master Soto meant the other item on the checklist—giving away his sub…permanently.
H is for…
Rosa hoped becoming a submissive would fix her relationship with Liam. It hasn’t.
Liam has loved Rosa nearly half his life, but he knows he doesn’t make her happy. The one thing he wants more than anything is to keep her safe. He would never hurt her–she’s been hurt enough.
When Rosa and Liam are assigned to the letter H as part of their BDSM club’s new checklist game, a chance to come together instead becomes a reason to drift further apart. With so many items on the list for H, they aren’t the only people assigned to the letter. Thinking it will make her happy, Liam allows Rosa to join another Dom’s harem. Pushed to his breaking point by what he sees his lover doing, Liam will decide if their past will stop him from becoming the Master she needs, or if he’ll accept the darkness of his own desires.
I is for…
Who knew a little ice could burn so hot?
Master Raine needs control the way fish need water. His life outside LA’s most exclusive BDSM club is chaotic, and as a result he demands complete obedience from his submissives.
Chastity is delighted when she learns she’s been assigned the letter I as part of the club’s checklist game. After all, there’s nothing she loves more than a spanking or flogging, both forms of impact play. She’s in for a surprise, when she learns that “impact” isn’t even on the list.
Chastity is an excellent submissive, but hates rules. Master Raine is a careful Dom, but without structure he becomes ruthless. Their deceptively simple list of toys becomes something so much more when the truth about who they really are is revealed.
J is for…
There's nothing on the BDSM checklist that starts with the letter J. That should mean Grif and Davina, an established Dom/sub pair, will have an easy time with the Checklist Game. But when the overseers of Las Palmas, LA's most exclusive club, challenge them to push their personal boundaries, they'll find that they don't know each other as well as they think.
Grif wants more from Davina—they’re perfect together as master and submissive, but despite the intimacy of their power exchange, they’re essentially strangers. He doesn’t even know her last name.
Davina needs submission, and the only man she trusts to Master her is Grif. She trusts him with her body, but not with her secrets. She wants to keep it that way, but once they start playing the game, will she be able to keep her past hidden from the man she might be falling in love with?
A simple challenge, a complicated relationship, and a night that could change everything.
K is for…
Oliver Sanz is intrigued by the opportunity his BDSM club’s new checklist game presents. Assigned to the letter K, he gets to kidnap the lovely submissive Kumiko. One weekend together with a list of items and then they’ll part ways.
Kumiko Ito is annoyed that she’d doesn’t know who her Dom is, but she knows she doesn’t want to play a game. Her once carefully planned life is in turmoil and she needs a serious Dom to help her get out of her head. A new partner, and a new game, might be one change too many.
The first time they touch Kumi realizes there’s a problem—Oliver is the kind of man she could fall in love with, but he doesn’t believe in mixing BDSM and romance. How can she avoid falling in love, and in lust, with a Dom so strict he makes the kidnapping seem like the sexiest thing to ever happen to her.
L is for…
When Las Palmas announces the checklist game, Victoria Contreras isn’t concerned, she’s intrigued. Even more so when her partner is none other than Master Cain.
Cain Ward enjoys trading verbal barbs with Victoria, but now they’re going do more than match wits. They’ll take on every “L” item on the BDSM checklist in a weekend of leather-wrapped pleasure and pain.
When their time together is over, only one question remains. Will Cain admit that he bribed the overseers to make sure he finally got to put his hands on Victoria?
M is for…
M is for medical, but an intense medical scene is only first of the things Master Zidan had planned for Cali.
Their past is complicated, but what they once had is long dead. To survive the game, Zidan decides they should role play…as the most extreme versions of dominant and submissive possible. The role play, plus the letter M, means they’ll both be pushed to their limits. Physical…and emotional.
When their past refused to stay dead, the checklist game becomes a catalyst for a fight that’s been years in the making. They’re about to find out that the checklist game is not for the faint of heart, or those whose hearts could still be broken.
N is for…
If they’d met at a bar, Daniel and Autumn would have gone home together. They’re both single, and their attraction is instant, their chemistry amazing.
But they met at Las Palmas, L.A.’s most exclusive, private club for people with certain predilections. Both assigned to the letter “N”, they’ll have to work through their checklist items while fighting their attraction to one another.
There’s no club rule that says they can’t date, however, Autumn has a rule of her own. Never date Doms.
Daniel might be the one man who could make her happy for the rest of her life, but she won’t let herself fall for him. And even if she did…the minute he learned her secret, Daniel would walk away. But her perfect man has a dark secret of his own, and a weekend of intense play might just mean that both their secrets will come to life.
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Her ex is the only Dom who could give her what she really needs…
Paris Pleasure
Paris Punishment
Paris Promise
The Vienna Trilogy
He’s her mark…and her Dom.
Vienna Betrayal
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Excerpt from Vienna Betrayal
She’d never been flogged like this, with quick fast blows. Instead of the warm thumps, the strikes were sharp, the sensation closer to the sting of a crop, but with a multilayered sound as each tail hit at a slightly different time.
And it hurt. Wonderfully. Terribly. She cried out, rounding her shoulders as her breasts started to burn with heat, the sting not having time to fade before he struck her again.
“Shoulders back,” he commanded.
“I…I…”
“Give me your breasts. They are mine to abuse tonight.”
His perverse command made her shiver in need. She needed this, deserved it. How had she forgotten how good it could be to submit?
Years ago she’d been so heavily into BDSM that she’d actually hosted a monthly munch—a BDSM meet and greet.
Then she’d grown restless and slowly drifted away from the community and the lifestyle, taking with her everything she’d learned about how complex a person’s sexuality could be, and how universal the desire for connection was, even if that connection was found on opposite ends of a whip.
The flogger never stopped, and she lost track of time. The sound of each strike was like a metronome, relentless and mesmerizing. Her breasts ached. She felt swollen and tender, each blow a warm sting.
The pattern broke, the flogger not striking her left breast when it should have.
“We’ll pause for a moment.”
Alena forced her eyes open, blinking.
Alexander casually bounced the flogger against his leg, the only sign of impatience during the small intermission.
“Look at me,” he commanded.
Their gazes collided, and for a moment Alena was sure he could see the truth. The truth of why she was here, what she w
anted from him.
Anxiety flashed through her, cold and sobering.
Alexander simply nodded, then leaned in, examining her breasts. He used the butt of the crop handle to lift each breast in turn, examining the underside.
“Your skin marks beautifully. No bruises of course, but you will be pink for several hours.”
“Thank you, Sir.”
The words were automatic, almost habitual.
As if Alexander had pulled that buried submissive part of her forward in the space of an hour.
This was a terrible mistake. There was a piece in play she hadn’t seen, and that piece, her long forgotten submissive needs, bolstered by the sexual chemistry between them, had knocked her back several moves.
This plan had seemed perfect, both because it was one of the only ways she could gain access to him, and because she was an experienced submissive. It was an approach no normal person would have dared, unless they were so ignorant of what BDSM was that they walked in blind and ignorant.
Alena’s life had never been normal. At best it had been interesting, and at worst traumatic. She was who she was, and did what she did, because of it.
“We’ll continue.”
The flogger swished through the air, finding the rhythm once more.
Instead of her breasts he focused on her thighs and hips.
Thwack. Right hip.
Thwack. Left thigh.
Thwack. Right hip.
Thwack. Left thigh.