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Bound with Pearls ( #1)

by Sidney Bristol (Goodreads Author)

4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 · rating details · 21 ratings · 7 reviews

The last thing Christine wants to do is another favor for her sister, but Lucy always gets what she wants. This time it’s Chris playing sub to a demanding Dom. Their relationship begins with a power exchange and progresses to time spent between the sheets. Now emotions are getting complicated and the Dom isn’t just a hunky guy in black.

Daniel’s expectations are turned upsi...more

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Published December 12th 2012 by Ellora's Cave

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Apr 29, 2013 Rachel T rated it 5 of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 for this reader folks!

What a HOT, SMEXY SMEXY, WILD read! (*Fanning Myself*)

So before I begin this review I have a secret to reveal! I LOVE me a hot smut filled book. However if you add great characters and a great story then I LOVE LOVE LOVE me a hot smut filled book. This was a LOVE LOVE LOVE! LOL

Bound by Peals written by Sidney Bristol is all about the formation of a dom/...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Liberty Ann (SnifferWalkBooks) Ireland rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Contemporary Romance, Erotica/BDSM

Shelves: alpha-male-s, contemporary, fictional, review, romance, spicy, favorites

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Okay, I will admit it. While I liked the subject matter and enjoyed the blurb, the main reason I was excited to read Bound with Pearls was because of the cover. I loved the red hair, the pearls and the whole look with the whip and the restraint. It was all in such contrast to what you usually think of with pearls and I was intrigued.

The Good: Some of the best things in the book were the characters. I really could relate to and enjoy Christine and oh how I loved Daniel! They had depth a...more

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Jan 05, 2013 Erzabet Bishop rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: bdsm, club-scene, sisters, m-f, anal-play, anal-sex, pearls

What can I say? I love a great book with angst, family drama and some hot sex. In this book you get all three wrapped up in a nice string of pearls.

Chris is a character that really resonates and if you have a sibling that has gotten on your nerves at all then you can really identify. Lucy, Chris's sister, has put her in a horrible position-if she wants her mother's pearls, she has to go and meet for a play date with an unknown Dom. OMG! What would you do? Christ reluctantly does it, but really...more

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Apr 24, 2013 Carin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Bound by Pearls in book 1 in the Atlanta BDSM Series by Sidney Bristol. We are introduced to several of the characters that are in the BDSM scene in Atlanta including Chris who is always playing mom to her younger sister Lucy and cleaning up her messes, we also meet Daniel who is involved in Lucy's latest mess. Lucy having been lost for a night by her Dom in a poker game calls her sister Chris and talks her into taking her place. Daniel tried to lose the poker game because he really didn't want...more

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Apr 24, 2013 Michele rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book was provided to me by the publisher for an honest review at SeductiveMusings.blogspot.com

Christine is the nice sister, the one who takes responsibility for everything and does things for everyone except herself. When Lucy, the not-so-nice sister, asks her for yet another outrageous favor in a long line of never-returned favors, Christine knows she should say no and hang up the phone. But when Lucy promises to finally give Christine their dead mother’s pearls in return for her help, Chr...more This book was provided to me by the publisher for an honest review at SeductiveMusings.blogspot.com

Christine is the nice sister, the one who takes responsibility for everything and does things for everyone except herself. When Lucy, the not-so-nice sister, asks her for yet another outrageous favor in a long line of never-returned favors, Christine knows she should say no and hang up the phone. But when Lucy promises to finally give Christine their dead mother’s pearls in return for her help, Christine knows this is one favor she can’t refuse.

Daniel, the ultimate recipient of Christine’s favor, is not as thrilled by this prospect as you might expect. He’d actually been trying to lose that game of Master’s Poker because the prize was an evening with bad sister Lucy, something no one else at the table that night had wanted to win either. Unlike Christine, Daniel and everyone else in the local D/s community knew what a rotten selfish person Lucy was to everyone in her immediate circle. Why would Lucy’s sister be any different?

The title of this book is a not-so-subtle reference to what initially compels Christine to offer herself as a submissive for one night with Daniel, a Dom she’s never met. For Christine, her mother’s pearls are a symbol of all she has lost - her mother, an honest relationship with her father and a sister who won’t treat her like her personal slave. The pearls are the catalyst, but once she and Daniel meet, their instant attraction and the consideration with which he treats her makes Christine finally start to question her priorities and how she really intends to spend the rest of her life.

As for Daniel, his initial take on Christine is shaded by his bias against her spoiled willful sister. But once Christine shares how and why she had come to be there with him, he realizes that the sisters are not remotely alike and that this sister might be the one person who can draw him out of his self-imposed social and emotional solitude. Bound With Pearls is the story of how these two inherently different but well matched people find their way to each other after one unlikely night together that neither had even really thought they wanted.

Although the sexual connection between Daniel and Christine is powerful and immediate, the heart of Bound With Pearls is their emotional connection, which understandably takes a bit more time to develop. One of the things I enjoyed the most is how well Daniel and Christine are matched in terms of what they can bring to the other in their relationship. Christine has almost no self-esteem, yet always seems to trust when anyone else would be wary. Daniel is almost the opposite of Christine, in that his self-esteem is almost too well-developed, yet he rarely trusts when he should, even when his heart tells him it’s the right thing to do. As they learn to trust and love each other, each grows in the ways the other shows them, and by the end of the book, each is more well-rounded emotionally than before they met. By the end of their story, Christine is bound to Daniel by love, something more powerful than any pearls could be.

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Overall: 4
Sensuality level: 4
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Jan 20, 2013 Vanessa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotica, e-books

Bound with Pearls was a sexy and engaging read for me. I really like the way Sidney Bristol balances the sexual scenes with the rest of the story. I found myself really liking Chris and Daniel. From beginning to end, you can see their relationship progress and deepen. It felt natural, not forced like in some other stories. The family drama also adds conflict to the story. Chris is such a sweet person, I couldn't believe her sister was so horrible to her. She reminds me of those selfish, vapid pe...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Kelly *that's me* rated it 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars. It's a nice solid story.

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It can never be said that Sidney Bristol has had a ‘normal’ life. She is a recovering roller derby queen, former missionary, and tattoo addict. She grew up in a motor-home on the US highways (with an occasional jaunt into Canada and Mexico), traveling the rodeo circuit with her parents. Sidney has lived abroad in both Russia and Thailand, working with children and teenagers. She now lives in Texas...more

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