Review: Midnight Playground by Eliza Gayle

Midnight Playground (Pleasure Playground #1)

by Eliza Gayle

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Eve's desperate denial only means one thing...she has a lot to learn.

Eve Blake has been working at Altered Ego, a studio specializing in fetish photography, for three months when a custom order comes in for a plus-sized redhead. Ready for an adventure, she volunteers for the job. Chase, her boss, reluctantly accepts. Maybe pretending to be a sexual slave for Chase’s camera will get her one step closer to the two men she thinks can satisfy even her darkest needs.

Chase can’t believe he’s agreed to this deal. The cardinal rule in any business is not to get involved with your employees and that includes your sexy receptionist. He and his partner Murphy learned that lesson the hard way. Now Chase has a hunch the first time they touch their rope to Eve’s creamy flesh, there will be no turning back. They’ll have to have her.

One shoot leads to another and Eve finds herself at a playground at midnight. When the scene takes a dark turn, Eve sinks deeper into sensation at the hands of two masters who push for her ultimate surrender. Will she reach the limit of how far she can go, or will the ties that bind form bonds of love?

 

 

 

Huge Thank You to Eliza Gayle for having a plus size heroine. It is nice to have a novel where the heroine has beautiful curves. Loved it more that Chase and Murphy loved her curves.

 

Chase and Murphy sure know how to tease with their dirty talking mouths. The sexual tension was hot right from the beginning with Chase and Eve just talking. Wow, having them both in the studio and the Playground doing naughty things to Eve is a scorcher. Loved how they wanted her to realize how beautiful she is. Chase taking photos while Murphy did some amazing things with Eve containing a rope really got my girly bits tingly. The Playground scene is the best. Different and loved every moment of it. Loved both heroes. Chase was more of the off Standish one, at first does not want another ménage relationship as the last one ended bad. Murphy the sexy, smoothing talking, tattoo hero knows she is perfect for them. Loved when he caresses her and sweet talks her when she was not sure about some things.

 

The only problem I had was the whole inner slut scene. I am getting use to a lot of erotic novels thinking it is sexy to use the word “Slut” by the hero. I personally do not find it sexy. I was a little turned off in this scene but of course got over it quickly.

 

Loved Midnight Playground and look forward to reading Power Play (Pleasure Playground #2)

 

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ARC Review: Tucker's Fall by Eliza Gayle

Tucker's Fall (Purgatory Masters #1)

by Eliza Gayle

Publisher: Gypsy Ink Books

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Scandalized professor Maggie Cisco returns to her hometown to lick her wounds and reconsider her future. Her years of personal and professional research into the BDSM lifestyle has landed her in jail, in divorce court and now in the headlines of more newspapers than she cares to count. The worst of all? The entire debacle is being blamed on a bestselling book she hasn’t even read!

Just when she thinks her only solution is a tell all memoir, a snowstorm puts her in the path of stunningly handsome, insanely rich and equally intense, Tucker Lewis.

Tucker remembers Maggie well. They once shared a mind-numbing kiss at the annual St. Mary’s carnival when her boyfriend wasn’t looking. No stranger to scandal, he looks past public opinion to the submissive craving a master’s touch and decides then and there what he wants. He’s going after Maggie and her heart’s kinkiest desires.

Unfortunately, no amount of money can change the sins of the past and when they’re certain they know everything there is to know about each other, one discovers a secret they aren’t prepared for.

 

 

I loved Eliza Gayle, Midnight Playground (Pleasure Playground #1) and was excited she was coming out with a new series Purgatory Masters, Tucker’s Fall being the first in this series. I was a bit disappointed as it is a 2 star - Ok novel for me. I am a huge  fan of BDSM novels but was not feeling Tucker‘s Fall. I could not connect with the characters as they were a bit flat. The BDSM scenes did nothing for me as Tucker commanding Maggie what to do. I wanted better dirty talking and more soft caresses to get my heart pounding. For a Dom he sure does not know when Maggie was ready for a scene in the club that made her take off crying. Even admitting he made a mistake and should of not assumed she was ready. Could of done with out her falling to the floor in the car during a sex scene. I felt this scene was pushed for them to have some kind of good laugh and for her to mention maybe it was a sign they were not meant to be together.

 

As for the plot I felt like I was reading two stories. One about Maggie coming home to mend her wounds and then later on in the novel, the other which I found more interesting was about something to do with Tucker, Levi, Mason and Tucker’s Father and might be connected to the club. Really have no clue what is going with that since I am left hanging. I would of liked less inner thoughts with Maggie and Tucker of what they thought of each other, sex scenes cut back a little and maybe more info on what happened with Tucker, Levi and Mason.

 

I really thought this novel would be about sexy Doms from the Club and each novel would be about a different character. I am assuming from the ending of this novel it is about a bad incident the owners and good friends Tucker, Mason and Levi did.

 

Even though I only thought Tucker’s Fall was an OK novel I will still read book 2. I am curious to know what they did that was so bad. I loved Eliza Gayle writing voice in Midnight Playground (Pleasure Playground #1) and hope I get to see it in Purgatory Masters #2. If Tucker’s Fall had more info on the incident with Levi, Mason and Tucker I would of rated it 3 stars - Liked it.

 

ARC provided by publisher, Gypsy Ink Books for an honest review.

 

 

 

Sexy Snipptes: Midnight Playground by Eliza Gayle

Tuesdays have never been so sexy

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Midnight Playground (Pleasure Playground #1)

by Eliza Gayle

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Teaser:

Murphy went back to his exploration as he caressed every spot of bare flesh available. When his hands were on her thighs and his thumbs perilously close to the edge of her panties, the camera caught the trembling of her bottom lip. God, her pictures would be exquisite.

"Do you know how much I've fantasized about this, Eve? Murphy spoke quietly.

Her teeth dug into her bottom lip, and she shook her head.

"You've got an incredible body. Perfect for my ropes." His finger disappeared underneath the black lace, and Chase nearly choked with the need to find out for himself what she felt like. He reached for his dick and pushed down on it, hoping against hope for some relief.

"Oh hell. Hot, slick, and oh so wet."  Murphy crooned while he fucked his finger in and out of her sweet, sweet pussy. "Do you want me to stop, sugar?

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Thoughts:

I think I found my self a new fantasy.  Murphy doing wild things to me while Chase is taking photos.  These heroes know how to play and freakin' tease.  I have been on the edge of my seat reading about Chase and Murphy doing yummy things to Eve. 

Sexy Series: Pleasure Playground by Eliza Gayle

I bought today Midnight Playground by Eliza Gayle. I have not read anything by this author. The playground series sounds good. In Midnight Playground in publishers note it says "brief knife play, mild choking."  I think the only Knife play I have ever read was with Beckett in Poughkeepsie (but it is not a erotic book) and it was not bad. The scene with the knife fit both characters. I honestly do not think I have ever read anything with mild choking. I am curious how I am going to like these.

What about you have you ever read an erotic book with "brief knife play, mild choking?" 

Have your read this series or author or already have it on your TBR Pile? 

Midnight Playground (Pleasure Playground series #1)

Purchase Link: Amazon

E-Book 129 pages

Goodreads

Blurb:

Eve's desperate denial only means one thing...she has a lot to learn.

Eve Blake has been working at Altered Ego, a studio specializing in fetish photography, for three months when a custom order comes in for a plus-sized redhead. Ready for an adventure, she volunteers for the job. Chase, her boss, reluctantly accepts. Maybe pretending to be a sexual slave for Chase’s camera will get her one step closer to the two men she thinks can satisfy even her darkest needs.

Chase can’t believe he’s agreed to this deal. The cardinal rule in any business is not to get involved with your employees and that includes your sexy receptionist. He and his partner Murphy learned that lesson the hard way. Now Chase has a hunch the first time they touch their rope to Eve’s creamy flesh, there will be no turning back. They’ll have to have her.

One shoot leads to another and Eve finds herself at a playground at midnight. When the scene takes a dark turn, Eve sinks deeper into sensation at the hands of two masters who push for her ultimate surrender. Will she reach the limit of how far she can go, or will the ties that bind form bonds of love?

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: anal play/intercourse, strong BDSM elements, ménage (m/f/m), brief knife play, mild choking.

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Power Play (Pleasure Playground #2)

Purchase Link: Amazon

E-Book 144 pages

Goodreads

Blurb:

Jennifer Croft is at the peak of her career. As a bondage model at Altered Ego, she’s become the crème de la crème of the fetish world, ensuring herself a top spot in her profession. The world is her oyster. Her personal life on the other hand… It’s not pretty. Only her fascination with pain play keeps the ghosts of her past at bay.

After tragedy sends Daegan McKenna to the South for a much needed change of pace, the last thing he expects to find is a closet submissive hiding in plain sight. She’s hot-tempered and in denial — a heady combination that brings out the dominant looking for a challenge. He’s already loved and lost more than one man should, but the haunted look in her eyes prompts him to make her an offer. He’ll indulge her darkest fantasies, if she’ll agree to give up control. Then he’ll let her go.

Unfortunately, the past never stays in the past and old insecurities cause complications neither of them wanted. Now temporary is not enough.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some readers may find objectionable:anal play/intercourse, BDSM theme and elements (including/not limited to bondage, exhibitionism, flogging, spanking, voyeurism).