The Best of Ironwood

by Don Winslow

Ostensibly a finishing school for young ladies, Ironwood is actually that singular institution where submissive young beauties are rigorously trained in the many arts of love. James, an instructor at Ironwood, narrates this collection. For this young man, Ironwood is a world where discipline knows few boundaries and where his role as master affords him free reign with the willing, well-trained, and submissive young beauties in his charge. The Ironwood Reader presents carefully chosen selections from the notorious saga — choice passages written in an elegant style, with formal opulence and erotic sophistication yet vibrant with raw sexual imagery. This collection gathers the very best from the Ironwood series and reveals the essence of the Ironwood woman — a consummate blend of sexuality and innocence. In these tales exquisite young women receive their education with an unaffected air, as though they were unaware of the powerful erotic attraction they hold for those around them.

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 24, 2002

About the author

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(Pseudonym)
Who is Don Winslow? Hard to say; but we can only tell you who he is NOT. He is not the REAL Don Winslow. That honor belongs to a guy who writes whodunits for a living. In a case of bad timing (for him) the fake Don Winslow emerged in the golden age of erotic fiction and had established an international reputation as a writer of quality erotica. Then along came the author with birthright to the name and, as he struggled to become a literary icon in his chosen genre, he found to his alarm that people kept asking him if he still wrote those “dirty books.” One can sympathize with a writer who tries so hard to be taken seriously, only to find his reputation soiled by a common pornographer! And so it goes. Life is unfair.

And so we can tell you dear reader that the fake Don Winslow is an internationally best-selling author who has written some 20 books of erotic fiction.