{Review} Mastered (The Enforcers #1) by Maya Banks (@Maya_Banks @BerkleyRomance)

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Breathless Trilogy comes the first novel in the Enforcers series—a bold new direction in erotic romance that explores the games men and women play, and the price they’re willing to pay for pleasure.

What he wants, he takes with no remorse or guilt.

She stood out in his club like a gem, unspoiled and untouched. A lamb among wolves, she clearly didn’t belong. Drawn to her innocence he watched as she was surrounded by men who saw what he did—but no one but him could touch her. He summoned her to his private quarters. He sensed her fear. He also recognized the desire in her eyes. And he knew she wouldn’t leave before he possessed her. She had no need to know his secrets. Not until he had her under his complete and utter control.

What he wants, she isn’t sure she can give him.

The moment he told her want he wanted, she couldn’t resist. Instinct told her to run, but her heart said stay and walk the fine line between pleasure and pain. Though she wasn’t sure she could ever completely surrender, the primal part of her wanted to try, even knowing this man could break her in ways she never imagined. Because once he possessed her, he owned her and it would be too late to turn back. She can only pray that he doesn’t destroy her in the end.

Coming May 2016: The Enforcers Book II: Dominated

​Evangeline Hawthorn is a small town girl trying to make her way in New York City. She’s working her fingers to the bone to pay her rent for an apartment that she shares with her friends and sending what little is left of her pay home to support her family. 
 
Until one night, she unknowingly draws the attention of the only man who could ever hold her heart and body captive while setting her spirit free.

“You were so fucking beautiful and so wild, and I want to be the man who gently brings you to heel.  I want to be the man who takes care of you, the man you ultimately answer to, the man who controls you.”

“Controls?” she asked incredulously.  “Do you even know how obscene that sounds? No one controls me!”
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"I do – I will. But you’ll blossom under my care.  Have no doubt there.  There will not be a more spoiled, adored woman on this earth, because what is mine I take care of in all ways, and your happiness, your protection, your life comes before all else.”

​Drake Donovan is a man to be feared.  No one knows much about where his fortune comes from other than he owns Impulse – the city’s most exclusive nightclub.  He’s as elusive as he is devastating and he makes Evangeline an offer that seems too good to be true.
 
If she agrees to give him her body, he will give her everything she desires. But when she surrenders to Drake and their uncontrollable passion, she’s now in danger of losing something so much more precious than money  – her soul.

​“My gift to you is me,” she said in a sweet, soul-stirring voice that was a caress all in its own.  “I am yours, Drake.  I know you’ll never hurt me.  I can’t promise not to ever be afraid at any point tonight, but you need to know that my fear is not of you.  Never of you. If I fear anything at all, it will be the unknown.  But most of all, my greatest fear will be of letting you down.”

 In Mastered, Maya doesn’t waste any time and gets right to the good stuff!  She moves the story and develops her characters at lightening speed and just before it gets down right obsessive, it ends!!! 
 
It’s not a secret that I’m not a fan of cliffhangers.  I prefer to wait until a series is complete before I jump in with both feet- but if the first book is any indication of what Maya has in store for us with Dominated – I’m so in.

​ It’s that good…

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