What NYPD patrolman Ray Watts "wants" to do is finish his shift and take a much needed vacation. If he has to first suffer through playing chauffeur to some pain in the ass foreign cop visiting New York on a special fact-finding detail then so be it. But what Ray gets is a pleasant and arousing surprise when Inspector Miki Nabeshima from Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department shows up and skillfully escorts him into a world like none he's ever known, a world Ray never thought much about, but once he's ushered in, he knows he'll never be able to turn back. Special Content Alert: M/M, BDSM Excerpt: "Would it surprise you to know that Nicholas is usually the dominant partner in every way in their relationship?" Ray turned to face the mirror. Nick was pleading for Marsh to take it up a notch and make him bleed. "Yeah, it would surprise me." Miki stepped in closer behind him, so close he could feel the other man's breath tickle the nape of his neck. "Being a dominant, a true dominant, is hard work. Despite what that fool earlier might think it isn't at all about the Master getting his jollies by exerting his authority; it's about using that power, that dominant nature, to push your submissive to explore himself and above all it's about looking out for the sub's welfare and safety." Miki stepped closer still . . . so close his shoulder brushed Ray's. Silence fell once more and Ray kept watching the scene in the other room. Marsh did indeed draw blood at various points on Nick's body, but if you could judge by Nick's reaction, it sure as hell wasn't unpleasant. His cock thrust out, constricted by the ties of his harness, and pre-cum leaked from the tip. Marsh set the whip aside and came forward to lick tenderly at the small wounds. He freed Nick from the restraints then ordered him to a gymnastics-type horse across the room. Nick did as he was told and bent over the mount, his legs spread wide, and humped the leather-covered horse until Marsh told him to stop. Marsh approached him, slathering clear lube on his own rigid cock before coating the crack of Nick's ass then pushing some of the lube into the man's puckered hole. Nick moaned and held onto the horse in a white-knuckled grip as Marsh inserted his fingers. Nabeshima exhaled a slow breath that sent the blood surging through Ray's veins. "Being in control all the time can become tiresome, and on occasion some Doms like to experience life from the other side. It can be quite exhilarating and freeing to trust enough to give oneself over to another, to fully let go and give into your deepest wants and needs. Of course, the man chosen to dominate has to be strong enough, secure enough within himself, to do that trust justice." Holy. Fuck. Was he dreaming? Was Nabeshima asking him to take charge? "Shit." His instincts, developed from years on street patrol, gave him an insight into the meanings hidden behind public words and actions and he knew sure as shit that you didn't just come to trust someone straight out of the gate. Hell, back in the day, he'd been a rookie under the watchful eye of Vinnie Magera, and a good three years passed before Vinnie truly trusted him as a cop on equal footing. Sure, this wasn't necessarily life-or-death split-second-decision shit, but still. It made no sense. Especially if Nabeshima was a seasoned cop. Nabeshima sighed. "You doubt your strength, Raymond. That's a pity." Ray turned. "What I doubt are your motives."
Barbara Sheridan grew up a fan of historical novels, TV westerns and most anything having to do with the paranormal. She often writes in the romance sub-genres of contemporary, historical, and paranormal.
She also acquired a fondness for all things royalty related, J-rock, and cheezy films. These varied interests mashed themselves together to shape her writing and led to characters who surely inhabit an alternate universe–and get into who knows what trouble without her supervision.
Barbara lives in Pennsylvania and loves hearing from readers and others who share her interests, as well as being able to “meet” them via social media.
Wow! What an intriguing, hot read this turned out to be. This was my first glimpse into the male on male bdsm world and It was so much hotter than most of the m/f bdsm books I have read in the past. Ray Watts is one of NYPD's finest and has been asked to chauffeur an officer from a Tokyo PD around. In walks Inspector Miki Nabeshema, and surprise; it's a female. Miki is tall, and sexy with gorgeous dark eyes, full lips and a sultry voice. She also out ranks Ray.
Miki introduces Ray to a world that he knew existed but had never witnessed or experienced first hand. Beautiful C*cksucker was a short story that not only left me hot and bothered, but wanting much more. This was my first book by Barbara Sheridan but it won't be the last.
The controversial title aside, this was a deep story. I am not a fan of the mistaken/intentional misleading of gender theme that Barbara Sheridan seems fond of. Once we got past that pointless part of the book, it picked up. Had it been longer, it could have been a very insightful tale into the heart of a D/s relationship. How it forms, what drives the two to their designated roles, how the switch can be necessary...etc. I don't know why she cut if off so quickly. We only get a taste and it left me wanting so much more.
Regardless, it was a hot read and they were beautiful c*cksuckers for much too short a time.
This book is a very short story (around 50 pages or so) and alot happens within that time. It's hard to review because I don't really want to spoil it. I liked the characters in the book. Miki was very interesting and very sexy. I liked the chemistry both heroes had together. I do have a question though....does there story continue? I felt like I was left hanging at the end.
I cant say too much about this story without giving away the plot because its such a short one... but lets just say that it involves sexual awakening, light BDSM, hot police officers and "gender fluidity" as another author Rowan so eloquently puts it ;)
Seriously, Barbara Sheridan's short story BEAUTIFUL C*CKSUCKER, has received more attention for the title rather the content. Even Mrs. Giggles couldn't resist this story due to all the unfortunate drama.
If you google the title you should be able to find a few blog entries which discuss the title without taking into account whether or not the title is based on the content or if the negative reaction to the work's label may be premature. Some of the biggest critics did not even read the work.
In any case, I've read the story and the title comes right out of the plot which was both a satisfying read and an interesting intro to the BDSM world.
The voice for Ray Watts, a member of the NYPD, was very realistic and edgy. In contrast, the attractive Japanese Miki Nabeshima was more reserved but delivers a few good lines and exudes the aura of restrained violence. Miki simmers with erotic assertiveness. I would like to adopt some yaoi lingo here and say that both are seme types which only makes the work even more tantalizing.
There are two twists in the plot and both will end up pleasing Watts, satisfying Nabeshima and leaving the reader begging for a longer story featuring these two men.
When Ray Watts first sees Miki Nabeshima for the evening he is surprised that just her voice has him feeling aroused. His position is to escort the beautiful Tokyo PD transfer around the city for a tour. Their friendly exchange could lead to more?
When Ray later discovers that Miki was not a drop dead gorgeous Japanese woman but instead, a guy. That still gives him an ache that won't stop. He is still wondering what will come of the evening Miki has invited him out for.
This was a great introduction to the author Barbara Sheridan for me. This is a prequel to Dark Whispers and I definitely will want to continue reading. There was an intimacy in this story that I had rarely seen in BDSM. I like how Sheridan used pleasure first with Ray the rookie. Sometimes with nubes in the BDSM scene, they taken straight into the heart of it and all of a sudden are liking all the pain. I like the slow beginning.
My only complaint about this book is that it is too short. A lot is packed into it but I would have liked more. I really liked the main characters and felt that they jelled well. The story was interesting and I didn't want to stop until I got to the last page. I would love to read more about these two men.
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.
There really isn't enough of a story here to rate this any higher. There is quite a bit of build up, and this is really just the beginning of what seems to be a longer story. I know there is one sequel out, so hopefully that will satisfy my curiosity. For most of this story, I was really quite unimpressed. It takes writing quite a unique or simply excellent story to make a real impression in the BDSM sub-genre, but by the end I had definitely become interested in Miki and Ray. I'll most likely be reading the sequel to see where the story goes.
Note: Looking at the sequel it doesn't seem like Ray comes back. The romance is between Miki and another man. I'm not so sure now. I liked MIki okay, but there's nothing to really make me want to pick up the sequel now.
Re-read and re-rated. What frustrated me at the first reading? Well, this had two likable MC's, an intriguing start to a D/s hookup and lots of sexual tension. A gorgeous, commanding, cross-dressing Japanese cop seduces a didn't-know-he-was-into-heavy-kink, sexually adventurous NYC cop. Sparks finally fly, the hotness gets cooking, and...then...it...just...ends. Hotness Interruptus. Not nice. Now, I will read the sequel -- I have to find out what happens but it had better be worth it. Upgraded to 3 stars for the Hotness quotient, good writing, and potential.
I know a lot of people enjoyed this read and I didn't hate it but it didn't work for me. There were so many intresting angles with a large dose of details and the characters drew me in. Unfortunately I felt there was really no follow through on any of the angles. Maybe, they are followed through in the follow up book but I kind of feel like I was built up to a climax and then left there.