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reviews_and_ramblings ([personal profile] reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2007-08-06 11:04 pm

Capture (Secrets of a Pirate's Slave) by Illian Obsidian & Emerald Orchid

This is a very very short tale surely worth af a sequel.

Robard is a pirate that during an attack finds no material treasure but a worthy surprise: Jordan, a medicine student, young, beautiful and innocent. He immediately decides to chose him as his prize and to start from the very first night  his new training as sex slave.

He promises to Jordan that, before the pirate finds his relief in his beautiful body, he will come three times... and in what pleasurably way he makes come his new consort. Maybe here I ask myself about the correctness of the story: is it possible that a nineteen century pirate knews about an enema, and about other kinky games? My historical knowledge not arrive to that point!

This story reminds me a lot another beautiful short novel, The Pirate and the Butcher by Sean Michael.

So, for only twenty pages I have to say it is a very arousing story, I can say I will glady read more about the sexual education of Jordan.

And, as I said for another epublisher, please mind you cover: you can understimate a good piece with an ugly cover.

http://www.loveyoudivine.com/

[identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree about the cover - so many many m/m have the worst covers EVER, and I'm often put off.

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I have learnt to not be discorauge by an ugly cover, but my eyes still crying :-)
I love good work art and I know there are very good artist around. Also a poser artist can do a good work and there are always photo. So I don't understand why we have to suffer.

[identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I hate Poser, I really think it should be eradicated from this earth, it has created so many monstrosities - I've never seen a good one. Why, when there are such beautiful romance covers, does m/m have such cruddy ones? I suppose it's all to do with cost - I was quite pleased with Standish's cover - I designed it, but it was done by "a pc artist" but PD Publishings covers in general are pretty horrible. For Transgressions I may have to find my own artist

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the work by Anne Cain, Croco Design, Simarin, Christine Clavel (she is a poser), P.L. Nunn (she is pretty hard, mind you)... You can find many link to cover artist on my blog, there is a specific section on the menu bar, but those I mention above (not Christine Clavel) have made very beautiful M/M cover art.

[identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Ann Cain I know, but she's so busy nowadays, sadly. She was going to do me a website but I never heard from her again. I'll have to check out your blog when I get back to work, it's too image heavy for my home PC.

As I say, it's probably all to do with money.

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
This is the page on my site I have dedicated to Anne Cain:
http://www.romance-novels.org/anne_cain_covers.htm
This to H. Rose Meloche:
http://www.romance-novels.org/authors/h_rose_meloche_covers.htm
This to Christine Clavel (it's a working progress):
http://www.romance-novels.org/authors/christine_clavel.htm