Type of bind: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Amazon Remainders Account
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: September 06, 2005
Publishing house: Amazon Remainders Account
Sale Popularity Level: 254075
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In an embattled, sexually-charged new world of the future, the adventure begins...
Beautiful Trinity Yeager's mission: join Nathan August's star-hopping team of mercenary soldiers. With one condition: Trinity must prove her resilience as a lover for him and his very first officer, Sebastian Cole.
Trinity not only sees Nathan's bet. She raises it...
Now, from galactic dens of depravity to far-reaching planets of dominant females and strapping male slaves, Trinity, Sebastian, and Nathan join forces, risk flesh and blood, and push the boundaries of erotic adventure in order to protect, honor, and service.
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Really hot. All three stories are good. I've re-read this book several times.
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I agree with the other reviews that I wanted more from each story. But I decided to review what we got and it was pretty darn good.
I liked all three short stories and I felt they tied together nicely. This book is expensive but I think it's worth it. I'm a penny pincher so I don't say that lightly. I can certainly see myself reading it again. Well certain parts of it again for sure. *grin*
I really enjoy Angela Knight's writing style it's sexy and hot; somehow not filthy but yet deliciously naughty. But it's a taste thing so it may not appeal to everyone.
There is plenty of kinky goodness but nothing so over the top that I'm saying to myself... Oh yeah right! She would enjoy THAT or thinking it was overly crass and ridiculous. You know that oh gosh thank you SO MUCH for sharing... going to therapy soon? feeling. But I like my kink on the light side. She does not fill her books with sex being described in contemporary language and thinks that makes a sex scene erotic. When there is contemporary language - it seems to fit and does not draw a lot of unnecessary attention, key words aren't overused. And her sex scenes are indeed yummy. Each story in this collection is a nice stand alone but yet is tied together as I mentioned.
Because I would classify this as erotica; I don't know if others appreciate reading a review that highlights what sort of sex is included but I do because not everything is to my taste and yet sometimes it is exactly to my taste and I need/want to know. I would like those books to be pointed out so I can buy them without wasting my money on something that doesn't appeal to me personally. So if you don't want to know quit reading here.
All three stories have dom/sub with bondage situations with the women being in the sub's role. The very first and second stories more than the third. But it is not about enjoying serious pain and forced sexual encounters by men who disrespect women. Especially in the very first two stories it's all very consensual with reassurance along the way. The men like and admire the women's strength yet at the same time want them to play the submissive roles in private. It's about playing sexy games between adults. Meaning, as long are you aren't victimizing someone, don't be ashamed by what you like type of message. Having said all of that, the third story blurs that line just a bit but only slightly. They are both fighter pilots trying to kill each other at very first so their story is more of the typical "I don't like you yet but I want you" sort of deal.
Trinity - I think a reviewer said there was some homosexual stuff in this story... umm I read a different story apparently. There are some jokes. If you have guy friends you've heard the jokes before... if not you may be fooled into thinking they are serious. In my opinion they aren't. These guys dig the ladies. There is some 3 way oral but only guy on girl and girl on guy. Sexy safe bondage that every girl could enjoy. This story highlights the men we would want vs. the men we really really really would not want.
The Thrall - This is the most erotic of the three with a villain we can hate. Bondage situations described with fem dom on a fem dom planet. But the main story is about the secret fantasy by a fem dom who really wants to be submissive and save her people. This story was played out nicely. Oral, straight, and anal sex - again done in a way that was safe and not overly aggressive.
Claiming Cassidy - The more romantic of the three stories and very interesting. Very sci-fi and I really enjoyed it. I would have loved this book be a full length novel. I like a bad a** woman that can handle a bad a** man. Oral and straight sex. Bondage and tension.
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This is definitely a racier novel compared to 'Jane's Warlord' but a fanastic read. Three novellas about a group of mercenaries; Nathan, Sebastian & Cassidy. All great reads. Would recommend
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The very first Angela Knight book I read was Jane's Warlord. I loved the title so I bought the book. I loved it and became an instant fan. I did a search on Amazon and bought Master of the Moon, Master of the Night and master of the Sword. Love them all. All togather, I have resd 11 books from Angela Knight. Mercenaries was the last book that I bought. This book is good if you like stuff about bondage and submissive, except for Claiming Cassidy. The hero in Claiming Cassidy was an unknown race that I hope she does another book on. My only disappoinment was that the stories were so short.
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This book contains 3 novellas: Trinity (originally published as Mercenaries, Ebook short, heavily revised and substantially lengthened), The Thrall (also published as and Ebook), and lastly Claiming Cassidy. They are all set in the lost planets space. An interstellar war erupted and these planets have been cut off from the rest of humanity for 200 or more years. Some have been in contact for longer than others but all are somewhat skewed.
Trinity lives on Orville's Paradise and has been turning down all proposals of marriage (the local bachelors are more appalling than appealing) and the church elders are going to auction her off for mirage to the highest bidder. She finds Nathan (the captain of the mercenary ship Starrunner) and Sebastian his XO in the lone local bar (can't promote sin you know) and asks to join the ship. Nicely written plot some BDSM and Ds, humour as well as erotic scenes including a 3 some. This rewrite cleans up some inconsistencies from the original and shows how far the author has come as a story teller.
The Thrall takes place on Bedsem a colony founded by BDSM (note the phonetic match) aficionados. Al the rulers have titles based on dom. Sebastian goes undercover as a thrall (sub) to find the son of a ruler who has been kidnapped by another ruler because he turned her down on an offer of mirage to her oldest daughter. Nicely done BDSM, Ds, and erotic scenes as well as a nice plot and tongue in cheek humor.
Claiming Cassidy pits her (she's a fighter pilot from the Starrunner) against Rune a Dharani Tribesman pilot. They mutually shoot each other down (managing to craqsh on a habitable planet) and once Rune finds his opponent is female he decides he wants her for his wife. But he also realizes that he has to seduce her if he doesn't want to wake up one morning with a serious case of slit throat. This story is more romantic than the others but still has some nicely done BDSM, Ds, and erotic scenes and the story line is nicely done as well. The physics is a little off as Tachyons are not part of the standard model (particle physics and well accepted) but are beloved of the string theory folks. Tachyons have negative mass and move faster than the speed of light and are one of the puns that you get trying to reconcile General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
Even if you don't care for this genre this book might be the one to change your mind as the characters through out the book are well drawn and appealing.
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