Slave Jade

by Claire Thompson

Not for the faint of heart, this erotic tale of forced bondage and servitude will grip you by the throat and not let go until the last thrilling page. Lisa, known as Slave Jade online, is a naïve but eager player at a BDSM chat site. There she falls hard for sensual, romantic Master John, never dreaming of his plans to ensnare her. Gilbert Johnson, a lonely and dangerous man, has plans for Slave Jade. It’s only a matter of time before he captures her for his own twisted, sadistic pleasures. Plucked brutally from her life, Lisa finds herself caught in a vortex of forced submission and terror. Shackled, whipped and sexually tortured, she nearly loses her identity, succumbing at last to a constant barrage of training techniques and deprivation. An explicit, disturbing and erotic exploration into the twisted mind of a sadist and the woman he claims to love.

Genres: BDSM, Dark, Erotica, Abuse

162 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Claire has been writing for nearly two decades, and has published over 85 novels. She writes BDSM romance and abduction tales, spanning both m/f and m/m genres. She has received numerous awards for her bestselling work, including the NLA-Int’l Pauline Réage Award and the Golden Flogger Award for best BDSM fiction.. Her darker works press the envelope of what is erotic and what can be a sometimes dangerous slide into the world of sadomasochism. Ultimately her work deals with the human condition, and our constant search for love and intensity of experience.
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Reviews

[Shadow Jubilee · Rating 2 out of 5]

My first introduction to erotic genre and erotic romance was Claire Thompson's Two Masters for Alex. I'd liked it. Unfortunately, that was my only positive experience. Non-con is an itch of mine that I'd hoped to scratch with Claire Thompson's dark erotic works, but I guess her works don't push quite the right buttons.

Slave Jade (and The Frog: A Tale of Sexual Torture and Degradation before that) paled in comparison to Kitty Thomas's Comfort Food. Kitty Thomas effortlessly added depth to Comfort Food with a clear psychological theme. In Comfort Food, the reader interacts only with the characters. While Claire Thompson attempted to explore the minds of sociopaths and their victims, to portray the victims as discovering a core strength while becoming sexually awakened, it was not clearly and convincingly delivered. Her particular writing style also did not lend itself to this goal as she sometimes injected an authorial voice into her writing. This jarred me from the story, and with Slave Jade it became more obvious to me that she was telling me what was supposed to be happening between victim and sociopath instead of showing me. I guess, that is why her non-con works failed with me. If you want non-con with substance and a work that shows rather than tells the reader what happens, I recommend Kitty Thomas's Comfort Food.

I may try one more of her non-con works, Slave Island, but I've removed the others from my TBR list. Instead, I'll stick with her usual BDSM erotic romance books since I still have fond memories of Two Masters for Alex.

[Tess · Rating 1 out of 5]

No HEA, no romantic connection, no hot non-consensual sex scenes, no alpha male with a dark side, no fun...whatsoever. The hero is CREEPY and the book seems to be more of a cautionary tale on the pitfalls of finding an online Master. NOT sexy and NOT my cup of tea.

I've read other books by this author on similar subjects, but the previous books always had the hero and heroine connecting in a sexual and emotional way. However, this book was about rape and deception and nothing else. I disliked it so much, I permanently deleted it from my Kindle.

[Mysterious Dude · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first I thought it was a captor-captive romance. But I’m glad it wasn’t. I started this with the intention of reading a captor-captive romance. But as Gilbert, the captor turned out to be a ruthless a**hole, progressively getting worse with each chapter, I was hoping and praying that they don’t fall in love. If they fell in love at the end, I would’ve rated this book a 1-star. They didn’t fall in love, and this book was a story about a captive who was not only physically and emotionally abused by her captor, but also sexually assaulted many times. It’s her journey of survival. I feel like this book portrays a very realistic image of what transpires in the captivity of most victims of kidnapping. A must read.

[Kym · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nope still not interested! I completely hated this Gilbert guy. But then again now that I think about it, I believe my reaction may just be the reaction this book is intended to produce.

I originally gave this story 2 stars but that seems quite unfair. Gilbert is reality. Not the hunk of a man who usually traps poor defenseless souls that eventually fall at his feet. Gilbert is the truth of the world. He is what lurks in the darkness. He is the one who watches from a distance, obsessing and waiting for the right moment to make you his. He is not your normal storybook kidnapper. He makes it real. He can't even live up to his own ideal reality of himself. He is lacking in every department that makes him a compassionate human. Gilbert is the definition of evil and what evil can do.

This story turns out to be the HEA of the reality of being trapped and taken. For this alone i have to give this 3 stars. I didn't dislike it but I didn't love it.

[AphroPhantasmal · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was always under the impression that erotica was supposed to be, well, erotic and unfortunately this book didn't arouse me at all. Instead, I found myself reading in a sort of horrid fascination, like watching an impending train wreck and staying for the aftermath.

"Slave Jade" reads more as a cautionary tale than anything else. A young woman is ensnared in a web of deceit that leads to her kidnapping and enslavement. The detail, while painstakingly written, is just painful and this could be because Stockholm Syndrome based submission isn't really my cup of tea.

If you enjoy forced humiliation and submission than this book is probably for you and you'll get a lot of joy from it, but I was glad when everything was said and done and promptly set about trading in this book for another,.

[Claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK : don't trust a master online ... Actually, don't trust anyone online.
Point made.
But what an awful book. I read it keeping an eye on the progress status on my kindle so as to know how much longer I had to put up with it.

[Kimberley · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was like a train wreck I couldn't stop watching. I can't say this is my type of book.