One word sums up Eden Bradley’s Boy…Spectacular.  Oh. My. Goodness.  How is it possible for a book to make me feel like my emotions have been tossed in the surf and thrown against the rocks?  I think I sat and stared at the wall, my heart pounding, for about an hour after finishing the second novella in The Training House series.  Boy follows directly on the heels of Girl, this time from Christopher’s point of view.  It immerses us even further into the world of those who have signed themselves over, body and soul, to the Masters/Mistresses of this unique place.  If you thought your boundaries were being pushed in Girl… to quote Bette Davis in All About Eve,  “Fasten your seat belts.  It’s going to be a bumpy night.”

Christopher knows exactly where the van is headed. The Primal Ranch. It isn’t the first time he’s been grabbed in the dark of night, arms and legs chained, a hood yanked over his head. What is it, this time,  punishment or reward?  He has a pretty good idea.  Being sent to the Ranch has always been a love/hate thing for Christopher.  When he discovers he’s not alone in the van he understands exactly why Master has sent them away.  And his head spins with possibilities.  

This is new.  I inhale, and the minute I do I know it’s her.  Her.  The beautiful new slave Girl I saw a few weeks ago in the school room.  The Girl with the long red hair and the innocent face, and the lush, pink mouth that makes me think of nothing but sex.
 
I wish I’d been the one to slip the black bag over her head and throw her over my shoulder.  My dick is doing a mad, twitching dance just thinking about it.

Aimée affects Christopher in ways he has yet to fully understand. She makes him feel things he’s shoved aside and ignored for years.  His inner battle between the need to be powerless and the ache to dominate is suddenly brought into focus.  Can he give Aimée what she needs and wants?  More importantly, can he give up a part of himself to do so?

Christopher’s story is richly detailed, psychologically intriguing, and intensely erotic.  Ms. Bradley does an exquisite job of putting us inside Christopher’s head, showing us this kinky and oftentimes bizarre world through his eyes.  There were scenes that made me cringe yet at the same time utterly turned me on!  If it were indeed possible for a character’s feelings to reach out and grab the reader, Ms. Bradley has come pretty damn close to accomplishing it.

I’m on pins and needles waiting to find out what happens next in this fantastic series!   

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author Eden Bradley aka Eve Berlin writes dark, edgy erotic fiction. Her work has been called ‘elegant, intelligent and sensual’. Her debut novel, THE DARK GARDEN, has been praised as ‘a masterpiece’, and was a Romantic Times Top Pick. Her novels and novellas have been translated into German, Romanian, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Polish and Japanese.

As someone who has been involved in BDSM practice for much of her adult life, she relates in particular to her kink stories, infusing them with her own truth about kink practice from her life experiences. Eden speaks regularly on BDSM psychology and practice, as well as sex positive culture for women.