Title: Jarrod Bancroft
Author: Lizzie Ashworth
Series: Jarrod Bancroft #3
Release Date: July 19th 2014
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Erotic Romance
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Comprises the novellas Jarrod's Day in Paradise (Jarrod Bancroft, #4) and Jarrod's Homecoming (Jarrod Bancroft, #5).
With everything she cared about gone, Dominatrix Macie Fitzgerald has built a new life in service to those seeking pain and submission. She takes pride in her success. When she accepts Jarrod Bancroft’s application to her next training session, she knows he poses a risk to her fragile emotionless world.
Macie fears are confirmed when she discovers that the ten years since he was her high school history student have only made him more magnificent in every way. How long can she resist him? What devastation awaits her if she can’t?
Life has been too easy for Jarrod Bancroft—rich parents, football star, law degree, high powered job, women by the score. Something is missing. He wants whatever Stonybrook Academy can dish out, much as it scares the hell out of him.
Tied to the bed, his body violated in every way, he faces his first night realizing he was right to be afraid. He never imagined this torture and deprivation. And this woman, his sadistic mistress—the voice behind her mask sounds familiar.
Macie faces her biggest challenge as she struggles to fulfill her professional obligation to give Jarrod what he wants, what he needs. But Jarrod soon discovers that Macie is what he wants. What she doesn’t give, he takes—a risky venture when you’re a sub. Defenseless against his potent charm, Macie breaks every rule she’s made for herself. Heartbreak soon follows.
To complicate matters, a legal hammer hangs over Jarrod’s head at Bancroft Investments threatening to ruin his professional future. Sucked into his father’s illegal business mess, Jarrod’s life takes an unexpected and life-threatening turn. Powerless as a nightmare unfolds around him, Jarrod dreams of his queen, the only woman he wants. But there’s nothing Macie can do for him now.
Told in three parts, the story of Jarrod Bancroft weaves a web of denial and fear, dark family secrets, and wealth at any cost. The lash of a whip is nothing compared to pain like this. When pain feels like love, how does love feel?
Along with romance, love, and erotic pleasures of a more traditional nature, this work includes scenes of sadism, masochism, and sex acts involving multiple and same-sex partners. For mature readers only.
With everything she cared about gone, Dominatrix Macie Fitzgerald has built a new life in service to those seeking pain and submission. She takes pride in her success. When she accepts Jarrod Bancroft’s application to her next training session, she knows he poses a risk to her fragile emotionless world.
Macie fears are confirmed when she discovers that the ten years since he was her high school history student have only made him more magnificent in every way. How long can she resist him? What devastation awaits her if she can’t?
Life has been too easy for Jarrod Bancroft—rich parents, football star, law degree, high powered job, women by the score. Something is missing. He wants whatever Stonybrook Academy can dish out, much as it scares the hell out of him.
Tied to the bed, his body violated in every way, he faces his first night realizing he was right to be afraid. He never imagined this torture and deprivation. And this woman, his sadistic mistress—the voice behind her mask sounds familiar.
Macie faces her biggest challenge as she struggles to fulfill her professional obligation to give Jarrod what he wants, what he needs. But Jarrod soon discovers that Macie is what he wants. What she doesn’t give, he takes—a risky venture when you’re a sub. Defenseless against his potent charm, Macie breaks every rule she’s made for herself. Heartbreak soon follows.
To complicate matters, a legal hammer hangs over Jarrod’s head at Bancroft Investments threatening to ruin his professional future. Sucked into his father’s illegal business mess, Jarrod’s life takes an unexpected and life-threatening turn. Powerless as a nightmare unfolds around him, Jarrod dreams of his queen, the only woman he wants. But there’s nothing Macie can do for him now.
Told in three parts, the story of Jarrod Bancroft weaves a web of denial and fear, dark family secrets, and wealth at any cost. The lash of a whip is nothing compared to pain like this. When pain feels like love, how does love feel?
Along with romance, love, and erotic pleasures of a more traditional nature, this work includes scenes of sadism, masochism, and sex acts involving multiple and same-sex partners. For mature readers only.
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Book One: A Gift for Jarrod Review
Book Two: Valentine's Day and A Spring Break Reviews
Review
This book is an amalgamation of the fourth and fifth novellas in the Jarrod Bancroft series. Lizzie Ashworth exhibits a writing style which is not only different, but on a higher level than we witnessed in the first book. Whilst she maintains an atmosphere of intense eroticism, she adds a sense of mystery and draws deep emotions from her characters.
The conclusion of Jarrod’s Spring Break left us in turmoil, questioning Jarrod’s disappearance and so at the beginning of book three we discover him imprisoned by an unknown captor in ‘Paradise’. Jarrod is in a desperate situation which forces him to adapt. A new side of him emerges, which is dominant, manipulative and cunning, as he seduces his guard. These are not the first m/m scenes Lizzie Ashworth has written during the series, but here Jarrod is in control and in order to escape the island he is on, he is forced to play a role.
It is interesting to observe Jarrod during this time, but to increase our anticipation Lizzie Ashworth allows us a glimpse into Macie’s world as well. Macie is at home distracted by her worry and
unable to concentrate on the Academy’s students so she decides to seek revenge
for Jarrod’s disappearance, in the process revealing certain truths about
Jarrod’s life. It becomes obvious to her and the reader that her feelings for
Jarrod are far deeper than a Dom/Sub and her issue is how to deal with this.
Jarrod’s
Homecoming, the final instalment in the series, enables Lizzie Ashworth to tie
up any plot threads and reconcile the main characters with themselves and each
other. Not only does Jarrod have to come to terms with the fallout of being
held captive for two months, but his life is under threat and he is confused
about his relationship with Macie.
Although Macie is now
convinced of her own feelings she feels unable to approach Jarrod and ends up
making the ultimate sacrifice.
I did not necessarily expect a fairytale HEA for this couple, but I think Lizzie Ashworth’s choice of ending is perfect. Having now completed the series I have enjoyed watching the development of both characters, particularly Jarrod. This is an excellent choice for any fans of erotic fiction with a solid plot-line.
Jarrod Bancroft
gets huge thumbs up from me!
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