Beautiful C*cksucker by Barbara Sheridan

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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.

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Comments

[b-sheridan.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the review!

I don't remember if you read Dark Whispers (http://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=6), but Ray was a character in the first part of that book. I wanted to show the past with this new story and his hidden life in the BDSM community that was very briefly shown in Dark Whispers..

On the Title

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, all. Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I really do appreciate the feedback.

As for the title, Barb's story was originally untitled. She and I did a bit of brainstorming, and during one of our sessions, we came up with BC. As Barb told you, the title is based on a bit of dialogue between the two main characters. If you're an author, you know that sometimes, a book chooses it's own title. A title that fits so perfectly, no other title will do. That's what happened here. Taken in context, the title makes sense. It may not be politically correct, but it's honest.

I understand "cocksucker" is typically a negative term, but I have personally never associated it solely with gay men. I'm not sure many straight people do. In any case, to me, the term, used in a sexual context and coupled with the word "beautiful," changes the meaning. It's like a man calling a woman "my beautiful slut." It's edgy, yes, and would not appeal to everyone, but in context, it can clearly portrays appreciation and passion. And as previously stated, Ray - who is straight - uses the term first, only to have it used back at him a bit later. But even when Ray says it, it's said during a moment when he is overcome by passion, and truly appreciative of his partner's "skills."

To sum it up, our reason for the title had nothing to do with sensationalism, and everything to do with remaining true to the characters/story and conveying the story's edgy, passionate tone.

Thank you for the review, and for this opportunity to comment on the title.

Respectfully,

Jill N. Noble
Noble Romance Publishing, LLC

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[(Anonymous)]

This is a bit of an issue I have with m/m erotica/romance at times in that sometimes lines are crossed that I as a gay man find terribly stereotypical and/or offensive. It comes in the forms of shallow characters and the use of words that I find reprehensible even if uttered by a gay man and even in context. Many writers who are pro-gay (yet not gay male and sometimes even gay male writers) sometimes cross these lines.

This has been my biggest problem with M/M written by women authors. It's always the same stereotypical guy wearing pink and screaming whenever he's in danger.

I'm not offended by the title. Do I think it's crass and tasteless and more thought should have gone into it? Uh yes. I'm shocked as hell a publisher even allowed her to use it.