"Will Ella give up her hard-won control to have the man of her dreams?"

Ella Delacourte has recently moved back to her childhood hometown after nearly ten years away. She had moved to New York to try to forget her ex-husband, Jase, and his depravities. Also, she needed to escape the man who haunted her dreams, her husbandss corporate attorney, James Wyman, a man six years her junior. With her daughter now married, Ella has moved back home to be in closer contact. Only if she maintains her air of cool indifference will she be able to tolerate her new temporary housemate, James.

James has waited for Ella for ten years now. As a favor to her daughter, she's agreed to let him stay in her house while his new home is being completed. Now is the time for James to make his move. Ella may claim to dislike his sexual lifestyle, but he sees for himself how the thought of it turns her on. He's not giving up on Ella this time. He will make her his, and she will submit.

Will Ella lose her façade of iciness to burn in James' arms? Can she give up the control that she is desperate to keep? Will James convince her that the age difference is irrelevant in the face of love? Will Ella submit when James brings a third man into their bedroom?

SUBMISSION is the second tale in Ms. Leigh's "Trojans" series. The Trojans are a group of men who have the same tastes in sex: dominance and sharing their women. Each man seems to have his eye on one special woman to settle down with -- if she can be taught to accept the lifestyle. SUBMISSION is not for readers who want sweetness and light in their novels; only readers who don't mind darkness and angst should pick this one up.

Sensuality: Rated NC-17 by the publisher. Explicit sex, bondage, spanking, ménage; sexually explicit scenes: 5.

Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted August 11, 2003

Summary

In her desperation to repair the rift between herself and her daughter, Ella moves back to Virginia, and agrees to allow the ghost of her past back into her life.

As a favor to her daughter, she allows James Wyman, Jesse's twin, to stay the week in her new home. James. Dominating. Sexy. Younger. The man that has filled her most secret fantasies, her most forbidden desires. And James is determined Ella won't escape him again. This time, she will submit...

Sexual Content: NC-17. Genre: Bondage. Book Length: Novella.