2008-12-14

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2008-12-14 12:14 pm

Around the World: Dunnottar Castle

One of the landmarks I wanted to see in Scotland was Dunnottar Castle. I was very fascinated by this ruined castle and so was deeply disappointed when, arriving to the site, it was one of those rainy days in which you not only can't see anything, but it was also very dangerous to walk. With deeply regret, I adventured out of the car, to the beginning of the path, and took one or two pics, and then continued my trip toward Aberdeen. But the morning after it was a good day and, even if it was out of our path, I came back to this site and finally can take my tour to this castle.

 
by Elisa, Scotland, 2004



It was midmorning, and as you can see the sun it was not yet full out, and there are still those rainy clouds and the sea had that storning color on it... but all in I liked even bettwer all those pink and gray mixed color.

Dunnottar Castle )
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2008-12-14 12:14 pm

Around the World: Dunnottar Castle

One of the landmarks I wanted to see in Scotland was Dunnottar Castle. I was very fascinated by this ruined castle and so was deeply disappointed when, arriving to the site, it was one of those rainy days in which you not only can't see anything, but it was also very dangerous to walk. With deeply regret, I adventured out of the car, to the beginning of the path, and took one or two pics, and then continued my trip toward Aberdeen. But the morning after it was a good day and, even if it was out of our path, I came back to this site and finally can take my tour to this castle.

 
by Elisa, Scotland, 2004



It was midmorning, and as you can see the sun it was not yet full out, and there are still those rainy clouds and the sea had that storning color on it... but all in I liked even bettwer all those pink and gray mixed color.

Dunnottar Castle )
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2008-12-14 07:03 pm

Beautiful C*cksucker by Barbara Sheridan

Ray is a New York police officer who has to be the "guardian angel" of a Japanese inspector during his business related visit. Ray is not happy with the idea, but when he sees "Miki", the wonderful Japanese woman he needs to escort he changes his mind. And he needs to change it again when he discovers that Miki is not a woman, but a man, and that he is also a Master in BDSM dungeon. Miki is not new to New York, he studied in the city during College and he still has some friends who would like to visit. Friends who manage a club outside the city limit. And he wants Ray to be his partner for the night.

Even if Ray has never had an homosexual experience, he has no problem to admit that he is attracted by Miki, maybe helped by the fact that the man is really handsome and almost without gender. But when it arrives to sex, Miki is not female at all, and Ray has to arrive to pact with his inner side, not only to surrender to a man, but also to surrender the upper hand in the sexual relationship.

I don't know if Barbara Sheridan is planning something else for these two characters, but it seems to me that Ray's step toward the dark side it would not possible or right only for a week-end fling. For Ray is more difficult to accept the type of D/s relationship that Miki is offering, than to accept to have sex with another man; and it's not strange this approach, since having sex with a man could be a passing thing, above all since Miki is so beautiful that is over the boundaries of sex, but entering the BDSM world is not something to take with lightness.

Anyway the story is not so long, 44 pages, and so it's possible that this is only prologue of a longer story.

http://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=22

Amazon Kindle: Beautiful C*cksucker

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle
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2008-12-14 07:03 pm

Beautiful C*cksucker by Barbara Sheridan

Ray is a New York police officer who has to be the "guardian angel" of a Japanese inspector during his business related visit. Ray is not happy with the idea, but when he sees "Miki", the wonderful Japanese woman he needs to escort he changes his mind. And he needs to change it again when he discovers that Miki is not a woman, but a man, and that he is also a Master in BDSM dungeon. Miki is not new to New York, he studied in the city during College and he still has some friends who would like to visit. Friends who manage a club outside the city limit. And he wants Ray to be his partner for the night.

Even if Ray has never had an homosexual experience, he has no problem to admit that he is attracted by Miki, maybe helped by the fact that the man is really handsome and almost without gender. But when it arrives to sex, Miki is not female at all, and Ray has to arrive to pact with his inner side, not only to surrender to a man, but also to surrender the upper hand in the sexual relationship.

I don't know if Barbara Sheridan is planning something else for these two characters, but it seems to me that Ray's step toward the dark side it would not possible or right only for a week-end fling. For Ray is more difficult to accept the type of D/s relationship that Miki is offering, than to accept to have sex with another man; and it's not strange this approach, since having sex with a man could be a passing thing, above all since Miki is so beautiful that is over the boundaries of sex, but entering the BDSM world is not something to take with lightness.

Anyway the story is not so long, 44 pages, and so it's possible that this is only prologue of a longer story.

http://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=22

Amazon Kindle: Beautiful C*cksucker

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle
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2008-12-14 08:39 pm

Riding Out the Bull by Catt Ford

Doug is a bull rider at the sunset of his rodeo career and instead James is a bronco rider at the apex of the career, the loved champion of the public. When the story starts, Doug and James behave as friendly strangers, but bit of info here and there, the reader arrives to know that there is a past history between the two, James recovering from an accident and Doug helping him, only to later pushing him away. Doug is older and openly gay and when he met James, the younger cowboy was apparently straight; Doug doesn't want to restrain the man, both from his rodeo career than from having a normal life with a woman and 2.5 kids.

But James is stubborn and strong and very good in playing the seduction card, and when he realizes that Doug didn't push him away since he didn't love him, but since he loved him to much, he goes for his man, and he is not willing to be denied.

In 45 pages there is barely the time for the two to meet, be together again, and "straighten" out their reason. It would be interesting to read also about that past history, even if, also in this way, we can understand that Doug is the quite and steady man on the relationship and James is the fire that feed their passion. Maybe Doug has some reason, not in believing that he is influencing a younger man in taking some decision before the time, but maybe in fearing that an open gay relationship, like the one James wants, is still a bit to forward for the rodeo circuit. But then, this is a romance, and in a romance you want an happily ever after.

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/napsizedreams.htm#Riding_Out_the_Bull

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle
reviews_and_ramblings: (Default)
2008-12-14 08:39 pm

Riding Out the Bull by Catt Ford

Doug is a bull rider at the sunset of his rodeo career and instead James is a bronco rider at the apex of the career, the loved champion of the public. When the story starts, Doug and James behave as friendly strangers, but bit of info here and there, the reader arrives to know that there is a past history between the two, James recovering from an accident and Doug helping him, only to later pushing him away. Doug is older and openly gay and when he met James, the younger cowboy was apparently straight; Doug doesn't want to restrain the man, both from his rodeo career than from having a normal life with a woman and 2.5 kids.

But James is stubborn and strong and very good in playing the seduction card, and when he realizes that Doug didn't push him away since he didn't love him, but since he loved him to much, he goes for his man, and he is not willing to be denied.

In 45 pages there is barely the time for the two to meet, be together again, and "straighten" out their reason. It would be interesting to read also about that past history, even if, also in this way, we can understand that Doug is the quite and steady man on the relationship and James is the fire that feed their passion. Maybe Doug has some reason, not in believing that he is influencing a younger man in taking some decision before the time, but maybe in fearing that an open gay relationship, like the one James wants, is still a bit to forward for the rodeo circuit. But then, this is a romance, and in a romance you want an happily ever after.

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/napsizedreams.htm#Riding_Out_the_Bull

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle