Title: The King
Author: Tiffany Reisz
Date of Publication: November 25, 2014
Summary
Cunning. Sex. Pure nerve. Only this potent threesome can raise him to his rightful place as ruler of Manhattan’s kink kingdom.
Bouncing from bed to bed on the Upper East Side—handsomely paid in both bills and blackmail fodder—Kingsley Edge is brilliant, beautiful and utterly debauched. No carnal act or chemical compound can relieve his self-destructive apathy—only Søren, the one person he loves without limit or regret. A man he can never have, but in whose hands Kingsley is reborn to attain even greater heights of sin. He plans to open the ultimate BDSM club: a dungeon playground for New York’s A-list that’ll change the scene forever.
The club becomes Kingsley’s obsession—and he’s enlisted some tough-as-nails help. His new assistant Sam is smart, secretive and totally immune to seduction (by men, at least). She and Kingsley make a wicked team. Still, their combined—and considerable—expertise in domination can’t subdue the man who would kill their dream. The enigmatic Reverend Fuller won’t rest until King’s dream is destroyed. It’s one man’s sacred mission against another’s….
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Long Live the King!
Kingsley Edge was always meant to command; he was made for the position of ruler – presiding over “morally debauched” men and women, giving them a place to free their “depraved souls” and experience ecstasy. He’s the one who chooses to stand between the ignorant, bigoted people and his “sexually deviant” subjects, protecting them and watching over them, ensuring that their wants and desires are met without backlash.
But in order to become the King, Kingsley had to go through hell and back, experiencing moments of pleasurable as well as woeful pain and enduring his heart being broken and mended on numerous occasions. Soren will always be Kingsley’s soul mate – the man who shaped him and forced him to want to save himself for more than just himself. But Soren is not the only person of Kingsley’s past who molds him into the man who both dominates and submits – who both loves intensely and hates bitterly – who is both a king and a jester.
The King is Kingsley’s back story; it’s his past in his words, delivered with every emotion and intense feeling that he goes through in building his empire and lasting relationships with the people who mean everything to him. It depicts a man living solely for himself until the man who owns him body and soul darkens his door after 11 years in need of assistance for the girl who they both dreamed to have. It illustrates the wit and intelligence that Kingsley embodies and demonstrates the drive of a man to keep a promise and give a much needed outlet to a man that means more to him than his own life. It’s about the making of a man who is so charismatic and unique that men and women alike can’t help but want to be seduced by him for just once chance of experiencing him in all of his grandeur. As a reader, Kingsley drew me in immediately because that were no false pretenses with him. What you see is what you get, and while he may keep some secrets and truths close to his heart, he’s also not afraid to share them with the right people. He’s an irresistible man, and I couldn’t help but be seduced my his words and his actions, especially towards the end of his story.
A king must have a kingdom, and the Eighth Circle is Kingley’s, and even though it was a bit trying securing his empire, readers know that it was a monumental achievement that allowed him to give back to so many people in his life, but especially the man who he promised to always love despite the time and lovers that separate them.
There are not many writers out that who create characters and worlds that completely seduce their readers each and every time they release a book, but I truly believe that Tiffany Reisz is one such author. She’s a masterful crafter of words – talented in her presentation of her storylines as well as the characters created in them. When I enter one of her stories, everything else goes away, and I become consumed in the story she’s telling, captivated by her words, her plot, and the experiences she presents. She’s a brilliant writer and I can’t wait for The Virgin.
A complimentary copy was provided by the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.
5+ poison apples
Excerpt
“How much trouble am I in for getting out of the car without permission?” Kingsley asked.
“None,” Søren said, and Kingsley was wildly disappointed. “Let’s go. We can make it back to school by tonight.”
Kingsley followed him back to the car. The driver opened the door for them. When they were alone again, Kingsley said, “Or…”
“Or what?” Søren demanded.
“Or we could find a hotel and fuck in a real bed for once.”
“We’re not on a date. And here I was wondering where the real Kingsley had gone.”
“What do you mean?” he asked as the driver opened the car door for them. He slipped inside and Søren followed. They were on the road again before Søren answered.
“When you were with Claire—I wasn’t sure you were the same Kingsley I know and barely tolerate.”
“Why? Because I like kids?”
“You were good with her.”
“Kids are fun,” he said. What else was there to say?
“I never considered you would like children.”
“Well…I do. So what?”
“Nothing,” Søren said, laughing to himself. “Nothing at all.”
“I know you see me as some kind of pervert,” Kingsley said. “But believe or not, I am a human being. Yes, I like kids. I might want kids someday. I don’t have much of a family anymore. If I want a family I’ll have to make my own. Sometimes I have thoughts that don’t have anything to do with sex. I’m not just your toy, you know. I have feelings and—”
His impassioned “I have feelings” speech ended abruptly when Søren grabbed him hard by the back of the hair and brought his mouth down in a brutal kiss. Kingsley almost pulled away so he could finish his tirade before realizing he wanted the kiss so much more than the fight.
Kingsley returned the kiss with equal and greater passion. Søren yanked Kingsley’s jacket off him and threw it on the floorboard. Kingsley pulled his own shirt off and rolled on to his back on the bench seat. He’d remember the sensation of leather on his bare back all his life.
“Have you ever had sex in the back of a Rolls Royce?” Kingsley asked, trying not to rip Søren’s shirt in his rush to unbutton it. He needed Søren’s skin on his skin right now.
“No,” Søren said. “But ask me that question again in an hour.”
Before Kingsley could respond to that, Søren grabbed his wrists, pinned them over Kingsley’s head and kissed him again—deeper, slower, but no less punitive. Kingsley groaned, and Søren slapped a hand over his mouth.
“Quiet,” Søren said into Kingsley’s ear. “We aren’t alone, and I’ll gag you until you choke if I have to. Understand?”
Kingsley nodded against Søren’s hand. A curtain and partition separated them from the driver. He couldn’t see them, but if they were loud enough, he could hear them. He’d disobeyed Søren’s orders to stay in the car, he’d yelled at him and talked back. He was going to get it this time.
Good.
Søren kissed him again. Kingsley kept his sounds of pleasure to a minimum even when Søren reached between their bodies, unzipped Kingsley’s pants, and stroked him hard. Every muscle in Kingsley’s stomach tightened. He sucked in his breath sharply from the shock of pleasure. It took every bit of self-control not to moan audibly.
“You like this?” Søren asked.
“God, yes, so much,” Kingsley said, lifting his hips against Søren’s hand. He spoke in French and English. He was about to lose control of more than his language skills if Søren didn’t stop touching him like that.
“I think you like it too much.” Søren rose up on his knees and looked down at Kingsley.
“I don’t. I really don’t. I like it exactly as much as you want me to.”
“You’re pathetic when you’re turned on.”
“I am so pathetic right now.”
About Tiffany Reisz:
Tiffany Reisz is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning Original Sinners series for Mira Books (Harlequin/Mills & Boon). Tiffany’s books inhabit a sexy shadowy world where romance, erotica and literature meet and do immoral and possibly illegal things to each other. She describes her genre as “literary friction,” a term she stole from her main character, who gets in trouble almost as often as the author herself.
She lives in Portland, Oregon. If she couldn’t write, she would die.
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Q/A with Tiffany
-Do you have a favorite book or author you like to recommend? Do you have a comfort read?
I have a set of books I regularly recommend to people. Want to read amazing literature? Read my favorite novel of all time All the King’s Men by Kentucky author Robert Penn Warren. Want to read the most moving love story I’ve ever read? Read The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox. My comfort reads are Sherlock Holmes short stories and Agatha Christie’s Poirot novels.
-What is your guilty pleasure?
I’d need to feel guilt to have a guilty pleasure. Buying office supplies I don’t need is probably the closest I get to a guilty pleasure. I buy them and think about all the people out there who don’t have awesome office supplies like I do and I feel bad for them.
-Favorite Meal?
Coffee and an ice cream sandwich is my version of a “Power Lunch.” The combination of tastes is glorious.
-If you weren’t a writer, what would you be?
My non-writer dream job is train engineer (what? I like trains). My realistic non-writer job would be working in a bookstore. That’s what I was doing when I started my writing career.
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