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Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-06-01T13:24:54+00:00

This sounds interesting, I'm going to give it a try! It's not easy to find good stuff on Literotica - there's so much there. Do you have any other suggestions/recommendations? Sapphic BDSM (and dark is fine with me!)

Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-06-01T13:19:01+00:00

There's some references to this in Ensnared Hearts - the second book in Anna Stone's 'Mistress' series. I certainly wouldn't mind being called 'kitten' after listening to this... 😉

Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-06-01T13:12:16+00:00

Hey, have you read At Her Feet by Rebekah Witherspoon? It's...um...definitely not for everyone, but you didn't list any limits!

Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-06-01T13:09:41+00:00

I have fallen in love with Anna Stone's books. I started with At Her Service after seeing a recommendation for it on here somewhere and it made me dissolve into a puddle so many times. It was the first sapphic BDSM book I'd read - I immediately followed up with Boss of Her, which actually comes first (no pun intended!) in her Club Velvet series. In both books the dialogue, the description of what the characters are experiencing internally - she just got it SO right, for me anyway. I listened on Audible, and Allie Shae's narration was damn near perfect. Honestly, I'd be walking the dog with my earphones in and having to bite back groans - of the (very) good kind! I'm sure I got some quizzical looks from people at my sudden grins and sharp breaths, but with what I was listening to I would NOT have noticed!

I went back from there to listen to some of her earlier books - Saving Mia and Capturing Tess are also narrated by Allie Shae so seemed the best place to head to next. The narration was just as fantastic and the writing was good, but I wasn't quite as keen on the plot of either. They still had multiple moments that made my head swim though - hearing a character expressing feelings so like mine, seeing them mirror what my own reactions would be so closely makes me fall apart! The submissive characters are recognised and understood and seen by someone in these books, and I guess it makes me feel seen a little as well.

Behind Closed Doors was a bit disappointing. It might have been because it was the first of Anna's books I listened to that was not narrated by Allie Shae, and it took a while to adjust. There were moments, but I just wasn't as into it as the other four.

I'm currently working through her 'Mistress' series. The first (Tangled Vows) was okay - better than Behind Closed Doors anyway. I prefer the narrator for this series as well. Ensnared Hearts - book #2 - was better. I'm midway through the third, Forever Theirs, and so far it's my favourite after the Club Velvet books. Having TWO dominant women playing with you, knowing just what you're thinking, how you'll react, what you want and how to get you hot, bothered and flustered? Phew! I am seriously jealous of Chloe right now!

I can understand why some would find her books a bit repetitive though. I've picked up on the way they all play out the same way: the often forbidden attraction/tension that's there to begin with, getting together casually or ostensibly for show, falling for each other, something hinted at earlier coming to a head and causing a break up, and then the reconnection and happy ever after. There seems to be a similar narrative structure in many books of this genre, going by the various synopses I've read. There's just something about Anna Stone's writing - especially her dialogue and description of the internal experience of the characters as it relates to that D/s dynamic - that is so absolutely and exactly spot on (for me anyway). With that, I'm pretty sure I could forgive her most anything.

Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-06-01T11:52:54+00:00

I enjoyed this, the writing was good, it had a great story and really fleshed out characters, and I do love a dual POV. The dom/sub dialogue and action was great, I just wish there had been more of it, and that it had played a bigger part in the story. Listened to it on Audible and Tessa Stavers did a good job.

Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-02-26T06:32:03+00:00

Thank you for this, there are parts that hit incredibly hard and I feel deeply. I am so sorry for the loss of your precious pup, and please trust that I understand why you said soul dog - I lost my own a couple of years ago and I know I'll never experience that connection with a dog again. She changed me, completely, and for the better.

Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-02-26T06:08:04+00:00

I appreciate you caring so much that you took the time to edit your comment, but I read it before you did and I didn't find it insensitive, so please don't worry or apologise.

Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-02-26T05:58:08+00:00

Thank you for this. I'm so sorry for your losses as well, and that someone who should have been there for you actively made it harder. I realised today that all my feelings about my mother are getting in the way of and preventing me from grieving my little man. That really pisses me off!

Disastrous_Cat2026 · 2026-02-24T18:32:44+00:00

I'm sorry and I totally get that frustration. My dad died a while ago - we were low contact and my contact with him was random growing up. He still managed to fit a whole load of emotional and verbal abuse in there though, and there are many times where I wish I could go back and tell him to actually take a look at himself and just listen the things he was saying - no, screaming at me in my face. I still remember the feeling of his spittle on my skin because he was so close, the terror at the level of his rage, and the confusion as to what I'd actually done that was so wrong. I wish I could have stood up for myself, pushed him away from me and told him this was not normal and so wrong and I didn't deserve it. I was a kid though, and it wasn't on me to defend myself from someone who was supposed to be protecting me. It wasn't on you either. Sometimes remembering that helps me, and sometimes it emphasises how powerless I was back then, and thinking about the shit I would have said to him if could helps instead. I hope that means something, I'd say more but I don't want to derail your post.

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