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Light Switch
by
Lauren Gallagher (Goodreads Author)
After far too much lackluster sex with her now-ex-boyfriend, Kristen Locke isn’t just ready to try something new. She’s ready to try everything. And as luck would have it, two of her good friends are more than willing to introduce her to the kinkier side of life: Experienced dominant Scott Moore wants to bring out the submissive in her. Neighbor and voyeur Matt Sommers qui...more
Kindle Edition, 317 pages
Published
January 5th 2011
by Carnal Passions
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THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN PROFANITY, SOME SPOILERS, OH YES, AND MY CRAZY...RAMBLING OPINIONS
A STRONG 4.5 STAR RATING. Light Switch is my second read by Gallagher, and I have to say...so far I am a HUGE fan. She does a wonderful job sucking you in, keeping the flow, and creating a world you just wish you could live in.
Light Switch starts us with Kristen, a confident woman stuck in a relationship she is NOT happy with. A rut would be putting it mildly. Fantasizing, and engaging in a little show and...more
A STRONG 4.5 STAR RATING. Light Switch is my second read by Gallagher, and I have to say...so far I am a HUGE fan. She does a wonderful job sucking you in, keeping the flow, and creating a world you just wish you could live in.
Light Switch starts us with Kristen, a confident woman stuck in a relationship she is NOT happy with. A rut would be putting it mildly. Fantasizing, and engaging in a little show and...more
Kirsten has spent the last few years in a relationship with Alec. A relationship that wasn’t going anywhere. One that had grown stale and tired and just hadn’t ended when it should.
So she ended it. And then was ready to explore her new freedom. The problem was...
She was attracted to Scott. He was a long-time friend of hers. Scott was into BDSM which she was interested in. He was willingly to teach her what she wanted to learn. And even though Scott had relationships with other women, there was a...more
So she ended it. And then was ready to explore her new freedom. The problem was...
She was attracted to Scott. He was a long-time friend of hers. Scott was into BDSM which she was interested in. He was willingly to teach her what she wanted to learn. And even though Scott had relationships with other women, there was a...more
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I should have saved this for February's friends to lovers challenge. This was a lovely friends to lovers BDSM story. I have to admit, the beginning was so damn slow. For the first couple of BDSM scenes, I nearly fell asleep twice. Scott is a damn tease. Kris is a very very lucky woman with two hot hot men. This menage which originally started out as a sexual freedom from a lackluster ex-boyfriend became complicated. I loved how Kris was best friends with Scott and Matt first. (Side note, did any...more
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This is a fun friends-with-benefits sexy story. A little kinky. A little free love. It had the potential to dig into polyamory, the plot certainly pointed in that direction, but the resolution was un-fulfilling. Polyamory is a consensual arrangement. There was too much discomfort lingering in the conclusion between the three MCs, which left me unsettled. The triad doesn't have to ride off into the sunset holding hands to give me a satisfying feeling, but I closed the book imagining their future...more
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This book is on one of the lists "what to read after fifty" but it didn't have anything like the same "feel" as fifty to me. It does have BDSM elements in it but the story revolves around the threesome of Kristen, Scott and Matt. After a break up with a man Kristen had been involved with for four years, she turns to one of her best friends, Scott, to teach her about BDSM. Scott is a Dom, and is more than willing to show Kristen "the ropes". During their lessons Kristen makes sure that the blinds...more
Ooops- should have read this first before "Reconstructing Meredith" because this is a fine introduction to Scott (the super-bestest Dom I have ever read about) and Kirsten and Matt.
Essentially, Kirsten wants to learn how to be a submissive because she realises that in prior relationships she has tried to direct the men to do what she wants (like tie her up), and gotten nowhere. Scott is her best friend and into BDSM, so she bites the bullet and asks him to teach her the ropes (*sorry*).
At the sa...more
Essentially, Kirsten wants to learn how to be a submissive because she realises that in prior relationships she has tried to direct the men to do what she wants (like tie her up), and gotten nowhere. Scott is her best friend and into BDSM, so she bites the bullet and asks him to teach her the ropes (*sorry*).
At the sa...more
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The blurb, the cover, the title, everything about this book caught my attention, and I'm happy to say that I was not disappointed in my purchase from this new-to-me author.
Penned in first person, Lauren Gallagher spins an erotic and romantic tale following heroine, Kristen Locke, on her quest to find passion and excitement in the bedroom after finally pulling the plug on her selfish, long-term boyfriend. And Kristen already has an idea of what -- and even who --...more
The blurb, the cover, the title, everything about this book caught my attention, and I'm happy to say that I was not disappointed in my purchase from this new-to-me author.
Penned in first person, Lauren Gallagher spins an erotic and romantic tale following heroine, Kristen Locke, on her quest to find passion and excitement in the bedroom after finally pulling the plug on her selfish, long-term boyfriend. And Kristen already has an idea of what -- and even who --...more
4.5 stars (okay, that is what I want to give this book)
Kristen dumps her boyfriend after realizing that having her neighbor/running partner, Matt, watch her from the apartment next door is more exciting than sex with her boyfriend.
She turns to her friends Scott, a dom, for some support and he suggests she try BDSM to spice up her dreary sex life. Scott is an awesome dom and she is an eager student. They have great chemistry which makes their sex totally hot to read. AND they generously leave th...more
Kristen dumps her boyfriend after realizing that having her neighbor/running partner, Matt, watch her from the apartment next door is more exciting than sex with her boyfriend.
She turns to her friends Scott, a dom, for some support and he suggests she try BDSM to spice up her dreary sex life. Scott is an awesome dom and she is an eager student. They have great chemistry which makes their sex totally hot to read. AND they generously leave th...more
May 16, 2012
Alie38
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
M/F/M BDSM and Ménage
Recommended to Alie38 by:
GR recommendation list
As I mentioned in my comment when I was half way through LIGHT SWITCH, "This is one HOT read!". Lauren Gallagher is excellent in writing sex scenes that steam off the page and will leave any reader of m/f erotica turned on and gasping for more. Yet, there is not much more depth to the story than that one element.
The main character, Kristen, has just dumped her boyfriend of a few years due to a lackluster relationship and sex life. She turns to her two best friends which are both male, Scott and...more
The main character, Kristen, has just dumped her boyfriend of a few years due to a lackluster relationship and sex life. She turns to her two best friends which are both male, Scott and...more
Apr 09, 2012
Adriana (Booky) Bookologist
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
contemporary,
erotica,
e-book,
bdsm,
menage-mfm,
menage-multi,
romance,
reviewed,
i-recommend-it,
smashwords,
f-m,
paper-format
Light Switch by Lauren Gallagher
I liked this story for a couple of reasons:
It was a full length novel (36 Chapters) so no skimping on the reading and therefore worth the money spent. It was well written, even the back and forth between Scott/Kristen and Matt/Kristen scenes didn’t deter from the story. It just kept me on my toes.
This story read like an indoctrination into the BDMS lifestyle for Kristen. It was a different kind of BDSM story than I’m used to reading, so it broadened my horizons a...more
I liked this story for a couple of reasons:
It was a full length novel (36 Chapters) so no skimping on the reading and therefore worth the money spent. It was well written, even the back and forth between Scott/Kristen and Matt/Kristen scenes didn’t deter from the story. It just kept me on my toes.
This story read like an indoctrination into the BDMS lifestyle for Kristen. It was a different kind of BDSM story than I’m used to reading, so it broadened my horizons a...more
More porn than plot (mptp) but that's to be expected since this is the story of the sexual liberation of Kristen Locke. She's frustrated with her more than boring sexual relationship with her boyfriend of four years. When he pushes for them to move in together, she knows it's time to them to part ways. She's ready to explore her wants and desires and who better to help her than her two close friends - Matt, her voyeuristic neighbor and Scott, a polyamourous Dom. What starts out as just a wild ti...more
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Very erotic journal-type novel about a woman losing herself in a "vanilla" relationship of four years' duration, with a man who was totally into himself, and who had effectively even stopped "looking" at her. After summoning sufficient courage to "kick him to the curb," Kristen asks a friend of many years standing to slowly introduce her to the BDSM lifestyle as her Dom. This he did with surprisingly light-weight kinds of control, building trust, allowing her to discover her own needs and lettin...more
Oct 10, 2012
~*~Brooke's Stripped Down Reviews~*~
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
alpha-male,
bdsm,
absolute-fav,
dark-or-taboo,
emotional,
erotica,
smutty-xxx,
menage,
hot-tention,
romance,
tattoos-piercings
HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. Fans herself
This book is hotter than hell! The sex was scorching, the scenes were so well written and descriptive, I felt like I was acutally there. This book pushed my limits, just like the characters, and left me questioning my own boundaries. I could cave in, easily be pursuaded into something of this nature...with Scott by myside, oh yeah...I could do this!
Kristen is introduced into the world of BDSM by her best friend, Scott. He walks her slowly through becoming a Sub a...more
This book is hotter than hell! The sex was scorching, the scenes were so well written and descriptive, I felt like I was acutally there. This book pushed my limits, just like the characters, and left me questioning my own boundaries. I could cave in, easily be pursuaded into something of this nature...with Scott by myside, oh yeah...I could do this!
Kristen is introduced into the world of BDSM by her best friend, Scott. He walks her slowly through becoming a Sub a...more
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As my first ménage book, I really likes it! The sex scenes were hot and the chemistry btw Kristen and Scott and Kristen and Matt was undeniable! I'm still confused on how this could really work, being in a poly relationship. It kinda makes me think of divorced parents in a way. You get her this many nights and I get her on the weekends. They do overlap nights together, but that's just what comes to my mind when I try to figure out how it could work.
The ménage was not so much ménage in the sense...more
The ménage was not so much ménage in the sense...more
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3.5 stars for the one and it was definitely a steamy one!
Basically the story of a woman interested in the BDSM lifestyle, bored with the sex life she had with her ex, and wanting to dip her toes in the water of the BDSM lifestyle.......enter her gorgeous best friend who just so happens to be a Dom, and whom also wants to help teach her. Add to this her equally hot neighbour, who although not a Dom, is into voyeurism, and you basically get the story of Kristen, scott and matts growing relationsh...more
Basically the story of a woman interested in the BDSM lifestyle, bored with the sex life she had with her ex, and wanting to dip her toes in the water of the BDSM lifestyle.......enter her gorgeous best friend who just so happens to be a Dom, and whom also wants to help teach her. Add to this her equally hot neighbour, who although not a Dom, is into voyeurism, and you basically get the story of Kristen, scott and matts growing relationsh...more
I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about this one...
I really loved the chemistry between Scott and Kristen. The way their relationship evolves into something more than friendship was great. I could definitely feel the emotional connection and chemistry between the two of them and see the progression of them falling in love. On the other hand, I didn't get that same feeling of emotion between her and Matt, and their relationship seemed more lust driven than love to me. I think the reason b...more
I really loved the chemistry between Scott and Kristen. The way their relationship evolves into something more than friendship was great. I could definitely feel the emotional connection and chemistry between the two of them and see the progression of them falling in love. On the other hand, I didn't get that same feeling of emotion between her and Matt, and their relationship seemed more lust driven than love to me. I think the reason b...more
Oh my what to say. I have shared before I read a lot so only certain books really stand out in my mind. This was one of them. This was my first book by Lauren Gallagher and won't be my last. I would recommend to those who are comfortable with a high level of smut and bdsm. If those don't appeal to you I am not sure you'd enjoy this book. With that being said, I really enjoyed this book from the beginning. It has everything I love romance & smut combined what more could a girl ask for. After...more
OK, this one was really great, for several reasons. I appreciated the fact that the new BDSM relationship between Scott and Kristen moved at a slower pace than those in most books. Obviously, within the confines of a novel, there is only so much time to create one, but this one wasn't rushed and I most certainly didn't lose interest waiting for it to happen.
I liked the glimpse into the characters' thoughts as the story progressed. There wasn't a lot of back story, and in this case it wasn't real...more
I liked the glimpse into the characters' thoughts as the story progressed. There wasn't a lot of back story, and in this case it wasn't real...more
So, I didn't realize this book is linked to another book...Reconstructing Meredith, but I read this one first which is good because I can't imagine not having this background for the next book.
there were lots of dynamics at work here. This book looks at some of the potential issues that couples in poly relationships may face. I really enjoyed this one...lots of hot and steamy sex...in public, in private...together, alone and with friends. You name it they were doing it. Then there was the sweet...more
there were lots of dynamics at work here. This book looks at some of the potential issues that couples in poly relationships may face. I really enjoyed this one...lots of hot and steamy sex...in public, in private...together, alone and with friends. You name it they were doing it. Then there was the sweet...more
3.5/5 B
This is the story of Kristen's foray into more adventurous sex with a long time friend and the story ultimately becomes a romance. Its a bit of a unconventional romance because of the multiple love interests. Kristen fall in love with both Scott and Matt!
I had never heard the term 'polyamory' before and, if you'd asked me before I read this book if I thought it was seriously do-able I would have been pretty doubtful. But, Gallagher did a great job of developing all the relationships in th...more
This is the story of Kristen's foray into more adventurous sex with a long time friend and the story ultimately becomes a romance. Its a bit of a unconventional romance because of the multiple love interests. Kristen fall in love with both Scott and Matt!
I had never heard the term 'polyamory' before and, if you'd asked me before I read this book if I thought it was seriously do-able I would have been pretty doubtful. But, Gallagher did a great job of developing all the relationships in th...more
This book was recommended to me by someone on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books in a thread with BDSM-themed books. And let me say: what an amazing book.
This was one where I slowed down my reading pace, sometimes putting it down after a few chapters, savoring each word.
This felt like a realistic depiction of BDSM and other kinks. The main characters were blessedly normal, well-balanced people - they just like a little kink with their sex. The story unfolds in a gradual way - no insta-lust, no perfect...more
This was one where I slowed down my reading pace, sometimes putting it down after a few chapters, savoring each word.
This felt like a realistic depiction of BDSM and other kinks. The main characters were blessedly normal, well-balanced people - they just like a little kink with their sex. The story unfolds in a gradual way - no insta-lust, no perfect...more
This book by far was the best example of what BDSM should be. It demonstrates the concept of what the lifestyle entails in a story that captures your attention while also highlighting the unperfect circumstances of life. While the characters find a happy ending, it does show that the complex nature of this type of relationship takes a lot of open communication, trust and honesty to maintain. I believe that the right people can truly live this way. A very well written book, Ms. Gallagher brought...more
Steamy steamy steamy. That is what this book is.
Kristen is recently out if a bad / boring relationship with her long time boyfriend, Alec, and decides that her sex life had been seriously lacking and needs a little boost.. That is where one of her best friends, Scott, comes in to the picture.
Scott is a Dom that lives a poly lifestyle and is ready to show Kristen the ways of BDSM. Scott knows just how to fix her and he is more than willing to help even while her neighbor across the ally is watch...more
Kristen is recently out if a bad / boring relationship with her long time boyfriend, Alec, and decides that her sex life had been seriously lacking and needs a little boost.. That is where one of her best friends, Scott, comes in to the picture.
Scott is a Dom that lives a poly lifestyle and is ready to show Kristen the ways of BDSM. Scott knows just how to fix her and he is more than willing to help even while her neighbor across the ally is watch...more
Finally! I loved the reality behind the story line, the realistic way the players handled things, and the safe and educational way the BDSM portion was handled. Both men were amazing in skill and their tender handling of Kristen. There was no magic perfect tied in a bow ending which was also realistic. Also, Scott is now my new favorite Dom character, hands down. The pace was fast moving but it was not a small, quick plot. I kept being surprised at my lack of progress in the book, considering al...more
After reading way too many BDSM novels and being sorely disappointed. Reading one author after another who obviously has never participated in or even seen anyone who's truly involved in a BDSM/Poly relationship, this was an absolute breath of fresh air! This is how it's done folks! This is how you foster a new D/s relationship! This is how you build trust and how you take things slowly and you maintain control and ensure everyone is Safe!
I am totally in love with this book. I will read it again...more
I am totally in love with this book. I will read it again...more
This book was seriously hot. Kristen dumps her boyfriend of four years and asks her long time friend Scott to introduce her to BDSM. She also has an open window flirtation going on with her neighbor across the way. He watches her while she undresses and later, when she and Scott have sex. How will it work out with the three of them? Will she fall for one or the other or will it be a big happy threesome? I don't know, you'll have to read to find out! Throw in some seriously hot sex scenes, m/f, m...more
I liked the storyline and the writing was good except for one tiny thing that just irked me a little. No biggie, but I kept noticing the phrase "Are you sure you're OK?" and "Are you sure you want to do this?" -- these were used a lot. Tiny minor point, didn't ruin the book for me or anything. I just notice weird stuff like that. Then I can't un-notice it, know what I mean? (O/T: Like I notice when Doms say "very nice" about a photo or whatever. It's almost a cliche, yes? "Very nice.") OK, so my...more
Mar 24, 2013
Renee Nicole
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
bdsm,
menage,
authors-i-love,
contemp,
hot-alphas,
m-f-m,
recent-reads,
talk-dirty-to-me,
yummy-sexy-time
Three words that describe this book:
1 - Sex
2 - Sex
3 - Sex
I just LOVE reading Lauren Gallagher. She does real-world and honest, believable characters better than anyone, IMO. Plus, she's on the tippy-top of my list for doing the sexy time best, too.
This book was definitely enjoyable (just ask my boyfriend), but there wasn't much more than SEX going on throughout the entire thing. Kristen ends a four year relationship and decides to take her friend Scott up on his offer to introduce her into the B...more
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