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Secrets, Skin and Leather
Scott Daley is a high-powered executive by day, but by night he plays on the fetish scene. He keeps his two lives scrupulously separate, not wanting his clients to have any idea what he gets up to. Afraid it might ruin him, Dal keeps the wild child firmly in the closet. So when Dillon, a distant business associate, sees Dal at a club one night, things take a dangerous, and exciting turn. Dillon invites him to what he thinks is a business meeting, but it turns into a weekend of debauchery that sets off a torrid affair. Meeting whenever they can, high-powered Dillon and ambitious Dal explore all of the ways they can love each other, living just enough on the edge to get a thrill. And maybe get caught. When things go sour, Dal hits the road, running as far away as he can, trying to figure out how to minimize the damage to his life and his career. Dillon isn't quite ready to let him go, though, and sets out to get Dal back. Can Dillon convince Dal that some secrets are worth letting out of the bag? Sean Michael creates an exciting world where business meets pleasure and all of the games have high stakes in this steamy novel. Wrap it up and take it home!
264 pages, Nook
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Sean Michael
652 books1,209 followersOften referred to as "Space Cowboy" and "Gangsta of Love" while still striving for the moniker of "Maurice," Sean Michael spends his days surfing, smutting, organizing his immense gourd collection and fantasizing about one day retiring on a small secluded island peopled entirely by horseshoe crabs. While collecting vast amounts of vintage gay pulp novels and mood rings, Sean whiles away the hours between dropping the f-bomb and persuing the kama sutra by channeling the long lost spirit of John Wayne and singing along with the soundtrack to "Chicago."
A long-time writer of complicated haiku, currently Sean is attempting to learn the advanced arts of plate spinning and soap carving sex toys.
Barring any of that? He'll stick with writing his stories, thanks, and rubbing pretty bodies together to see if they spark.
A long-time writer of complicated haiku, currently Sean is attempting to learn the advanced arts of plate spinning and soap carving sex toys.
Barring any of that? He'll stick with writing his stories, thanks, and rubbing pretty bodies together to see if they spark.
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September 3, 2016
Many thanks to Vivian and Optimist for this awesome buddy read! And for everyone who has joined in too!
(Proper Buddy Read attire, no?)
'Twas nice bearing witness to Sean Michael cherries bring popped.
Aw yeah! Now they, too, can wear their WTF! faces with pride.
Now going in I pictured a whole lot of this:
But it was closer to this:
But SRAL, why?
It was too soon since my Malting incident. That was a frigging train wreck. I lost two IQ points after reading that book. I thought I regained them back but no, they left once again and took another for me not learning my lesson. I'm beginning to believe this author has a word blender or mixing bowl where he uses his ten (give or take) standard words/phrases, reassembles them and slaps a new title and puts it out for us readers to...enjoy?
And guess what...this book is better than "Malting"...barely. Hence my rating of 2.75 stars.
"Secrets, Skin and Leather" was the smarter(?) version of Malting. And SSL ain't smart.
I must give props when due. I have never read a PWP stretched out to almost 300 pages. I didn't think it could be done but SM proved plot schlmot...you don't need that for sex-o-palooza. Anytime the plot tried to sneak in, beat it down with a butt plug or guiche mention, growls or "need" or "want" or baby". Use sex toys as a means of diversion and if that doesn't work, food, semen superheroes or fisting.
Basically, the BDSM Ken Dolls, 'scuse me, Dillon and Dal are the mayors of SM Warped Zone. You need to stretch your sense of reality for maximum enjoyment. They don't think in normal tones. Think outside the box to transcend into the penis sorcery world of kink that is SM Warped Zone. I had an out of body experience to muddle through the smut fluff.
So we had kinky Ken Dolls (you know hot men with no substnace...hollow on the inside), the SM standard words of: "fuck", "mine", "need", "fill", "plug", "want", "love", "yours", "lube" and "baby" thrown in together to make this story.
The characters were business men who liked to play. And one wore brown contacts as a disguise? Because it hid the real him? Brown eyes =serious? I don't know and I don't think he even knows.
Who cares? With winning quotes like "fuck him sober", why am I asking?
This is a one handed read but since this is a novel you might have to tag team it with your other hand in case of hand cramping. Fap-worthy? 1000% Nothing much else.
No more Sean Michael for me for awhile. I can't afford to lose any more IQ points.
(Proper Buddy Read attire, no?)
'Twas nice bearing witness to Sean Michael cherries bring popped.
Aw yeah! Now they, too, can wear their WTF! faces with pride.
Now going in I pictured a whole lot of this:
But it was closer to this:
But SRAL, why?
It was too soon since my Malting incident. That was a frigging train wreck. I lost two IQ points after reading that book. I thought I regained them back but no, they left once again and took another for me not learning my lesson. I'm beginning to believe this author has a word blender or mixing bowl where he uses his ten (give or take) standard words/phrases, reassembles them and slaps a new title and puts it out for us readers to...enjoy?
And guess what...this book is better than "Malting"...barely. Hence my rating of 2.75 stars.
"Secrets, Skin and Leather" was the smarter(?) version of Malting. And SSL ain't smart.
I must give props when due. I have never read a PWP stretched out to almost 300 pages. I didn't think it could be done but SM proved plot schlmot...you don't need that for sex-o-palooza. Anytime the plot tried to sneak in, beat it down with a butt plug or guiche mention, growls or "need" or "want" or baby". Use sex toys as a means of diversion and if that doesn't work, food, semen superheroes or fisting.
Basically, the BDSM Ken Dolls, 'scuse me, Dillon and Dal are the mayors of SM Warped Zone. You need to stretch your sense of reality for maximum enjoyment. They don't think in normal tones. Think outside the box to transcend into the penis sorcery world of kink that is SM Warped Zone. I had an out of body experience to muddle through the smut fluff.
So we had kinky Ken Dolls (you know hot men with no substnace...hollow on the inside), the SM standard words of: "fuck", "mine", "need", "fill", "plug", "want", "love", "yours", "lube" and "baby" thrown in together to make this story.
The characters were business men who liked to play. And one wore brown contacts as a disguise? Because it hid the real him? Brown eyes =serious? I don't know and I don't think he even knows.
Who cares? With winning quotes like "fuck him sober", why am I asking?
This is a one handed read but since this is a novel you might have to tag team it with your other hand in case of hand cramping. Fap-worthy? 1000% Nothing much else.
No more Sean Michael for me for awhile. I can't afford to lose any more IQ points.
August 31, 2009
Secrets, Skin and Leather by Sean Michael is one of the best homoerotic books I’ve ever read. One thing Mr. Michael’s excels in is writing sex scenes. There hasn’t been a single Sean Michael book I’ve read where I didn’t have to get myself a cold drink or turn the air down to cool off. WHEW!
When I bought this book, I wasn’t sure I would like it. I knew that both heroes were very promiscuous men before they even met, so I wondered if I there was going to be any kind of emotional connection between them, or if it was just going to be one sex scene after another, with no love or affection between them.
I should have known better.
There is a definite connection between Dillon and Scott Daly (Dal). Yes, their relationship starts out with just a lot of hot sex between them, but as the book progresses, I started seeing them connect on a deeper level and fall in love. I read this without interruption from start to finish. I loved it.
Dillon Walsh is a very successful, wealthy businessman. He’s bored with his life and the straight-laced peers he must deal with on a day to day basis. When Dillon first lays eyes on Scott Daly at a business meeting, frankly he’s not impressed. Dillon thinks that Scott’s probably the most boring and vanilla person he’s ever met, so he is underwhelmed to make his acquaintance.
Later than night, Dillon decides to go to the Golden Scabbard, which is a club where anything from Goth boys, transvestites or even leather daddies to meet. Just about the time Dillon decides to leave, he spots a beautiful man with his stunningly blue eyes highlighted with glitter and dressed as any gay mans wet dream catches his attention. Dillon can tell by the sexy way the man handles himself and dresses, that the man gives the impression he is sex on legs and Dillon is immediately smitten.
But there is something very familiar about this man. The more Dillon watches the sexy man mingle and dance with others at the club, the more familiar he becomes. Suddenly it dawns on Dillon that the sexiest man he’s seen in a long time is the “Mr. Stick-Up-His-Ass Proper Boy”, Scott Daly, from the meeting he had met earlier in the day. Suddenly life isn’t as boring and it becomes Dillon’s mission to unravel and get close to the mysterious Scott Daly, so he sets out to seduce him.
I loved this book! It will be a book I will re-read again and again. I will say that it’s NOT for the faint of heart.
********SMALL SPOILER*********
Scott and Dillon push sexual boundaries with one another. So if you are offended by a lot of toy play, men who look sexy in corsets, fisting and other stronger and very explicit sexual play, Secrets, Skin and Leather may not be for you.
I do want to point out that once Dillon and Dal get together, they are together. So those of you that don’t like ménages, you’ll love that they become exclusive and have no desire to share each other with a third or forth partner. YAY!
5+ Stars
When I bought this book, I wasn’t sure I would like it. I knew that both heroes were very promiscuous men before they even met, so I wondered if I there was going to be any kind of emotional connection between them, or if it was just going to be one sex scene after another, with no love or affection between them.
I should have known better.
There is a definite connection between Dillon and Scott Daly (Dal). Yes, their relationship starts out with just a lot of hot sex between them, but as the book progresses, I started seeing them connect on a deeper level and fall in love. I read this without interruption from start to finish. I loved it.
Dillon Walsh is a very successful, wealthy businessman. He’s bored with his life and the straight-laced peers he must deal with on a day to day basis. When Dillon first lays eyes on Scott Daly at a business meeting, frankly he’s not impressed. Dillon thinks that Scott’s probably the most boring and vanilla person he’s ever met, so he is underwhelmed to make his acquaintance.
Later than night, Dillon decides to go to the Golden Scabbard, which is a club where anything from Goth boys, transvestites or even leather daddies to meet. Just about the time Dillon decides to leave, he spots a beautiful man with his stunningly blue eyes highlighted with glitter and dressed as any gay mans wet dream catches his attention. Dillon can tell by the sexy way the man handles himself and dresses, that the man gives the impression he is sex on legs and Dillon is immediately smitten.
But there is something very familiar about this man. The more Dillon watches the sexy man mingle and dance with others at the club, the more familiar he becomes. Suddenly it dawns on Dillon that the sexiest man he’s seen in a long time is the “Mr. Stick-Up-His-Ass Proper Boy”, Scott Daly, from the meeting he had met earlier in the day. Suddenly life isn’t as boring and it becomes Dillon’s mission to unravel and get close to the mysterious Scott Daly, so he sets out to seduce him.
I loved this book! It will be a book I will re-read again and again. I will say that it’s NOT for the faint of heart.
********SMALL SPOILER*********
Scott and Dillon push sexual boundaries with one another. So if you are offended by a lot of toy play, men who look sexy in corsets, fisting and other stronger and very explicit sexual play, Secrets, Skin and Leather may not be for you.
I do want to point out that once Dillon and Dal get together, they are together. So those of you that don’t like ménages, you’ll love that they become exclusive and have no desire to share each other with a third or forth partner. YAY!
5+ Stars
September 30, 2014
In honor of the EPIC once in a lifetime event of my SM cherry poppin', I figured I would do a special, somewhat unorthodox "review" in honor of the lovely SRAL & Vivian who encouraged me to take this leap. *smooches* Many thanks to them and their
So, how'd you like it?
*nods* Not bad. Probably a 2.75 Star read. SM certainly doesn't believe in circling the wagons. There is something to be said for PWP. Definite spank bank material.
How'd you like Secrets, Skin and Leather in particular?
Sexy and smutty. Dal and Dillon are HOT, HOT, HOT for each other. LOVED the fun with food. Mmmm achilles' heel, that is and men in women's lingerie.
Yes, but how would you rate the characterization?
Er… one of them wears colored contacts for… some reason and they both have jobs that require frequent international travel and allow them to vanish for days on end. OH and Dal has a guiche! *eyebrow wiggle* AND some hidden ink downtown.
Yes, but do you like them? Did you get a sense of who they were?
Ummm yes?
Ok, ok we're getting nowhere with this. Next question.
How would you describe their relationship development?
I don't understand the question. It ain't called the SM warped zone for nothing. Baby. *snort*
Ok then, how'd you enjoy the warped zone?
They have hot, kinky sex, rarely leave wherever they are for days on end then separate for 'X' amount of time only to randomly hook up again to have another sex-fest. That's the extent of their "relationship". Oh wait, wait, I know! You mean their business relationship, right?. It's… oops, maybe I don't know. :/
How was the sex?
Copious. Chock-a-block with growling, melting, marking, sounding, fisting, the word "baby", healthy dose of penis sorcery ™SRAL and let's not forget the corsets and toys! Things vibrate a lot! SM doesn't lack in the creativity department. He must've went through that line twice. Whomever he's dating or married to, congratulations!
What about the dialogue?
Well, since about 95% of the book is sex, most of the… ahem… "dialogue" consists of: "Oh", "AH" "FUCK", "DAMN", "I…", "yes", "more", "please", "right there"… well, you get the picture. The few complete sentences they were able to string together contained a bit of snarkiness which is always a win with me. Oh and "Mine" can't forget that though I was forewarned.
How'd you like SM's writing style?
Hmmm seemed a bit one handed-missing words, incorrect words, incomplete sentences… I imagine he took lots of… ah, breaks? For science of course, probably in the vein of research and development, if I were to guess. I thought the whole "Dal"/"baby" thing was cute especially since Dal gets dressed up in corsets and kohl.
How about his storytelling skills?
This is a trick question, right? Haven't we been over this already? WARPED ZONE!
Would you read something else of his?
Yes. Everyone needs some PWP from time to time. It's like a mental candy. Cotton candy i.e. air-spun fluff.
March 4, 2014
Before I begin, I feel it's only fair to let the record show that I DNF'd this book at 33%.
I know that there are a lot of book bloggers and reviewers out there that refuse to review and/or rate books that they do no finish; I am not one of them. I feel that if I make it a third of the way through the book, I have done my due diligence as a reader - I have given the author a fair shot to draw me into their world using their characters and plot and dialogue. If, a third of the way through the book I am not thoroughly enjoying the story, I see little point in continuing to read it. Life is simply too short to spend it readingbad books that do not resonate with me, personally.
Still, that doesn't mean that I didn't have opinions on the parts of the book that I did read. So here goes... Oh, and if you get bored with my review, feel free to DNF it (it's only fair).
Secrets, Skin and Leather opens with Dillon Walsh sitting in on the most boring business meeting in the history of business meetings. A half dozen dull-as-dishwater office drones are discussing... To be honest, I don't fucking know what they were discussing - it wasn't that memorable. But before you get angry and throw things, I should mention that Dillon wasn't paying attention either. No, he was imagining the various stuffed shirts in his favourite fetish wear. And what do you know? A few hours later, Dillion's having a drink in a fetish club and who's on the dance floor looking totally fuckable but one of the stuffed shirts from the meeting - Scott 'they call me Dal' Daley.
Dillon needs him. He wants him. Oh baby, oh baby.
But instead of walking a dozen steps and asking the man to dance, Dillon decides to leave the club and plot an overly complicated and bordering-on-workplace-sexual-harassment type scheme to get Dal in his bed on a tropical island. Call me simple, but I didn't really see why it had to be this way.
Suspend disbelief, Catherine, you say?
Okay. I will. Let's push on.
Oh wait, there was no more plot. From this point until the point where I threw in the proverbial towel, the book was just unrelieved fucking. Like, bunnies-would-feel-upstaged levels of fucking. Some readers might enjoy this. If they do, they'll probably stick with the book and read it through to the end. I won't lie, the sex scenes were pretty hot, but they weren't enough and I quickly found myself getting bored with the whole thing.
I guess I'm guilty of liking a little plot with my porn. I wanted the characters to do something together outside of the bedroom, or have a conversation that didn't fully consist of single syllable words grunted at one another in the heat of passion. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted them to get to know one another. I wanted them to make a connection. I wanted to know that these men had redeeming qualities and actual, grown-up feelings and emotions.
But I got none of that.
Instead, I got a 48-hour sexual marathon that left me feeling disconnected from the characters and wondering about chaffing in uncomfortable places.
Now, I acknowledge that it's entirely possible that a plot developed in the remaining two-thirds of the novel or that the characters became more three-dimensional after they left the island. I even acknowledge that the dialogue and clunky narration may have improved over time. However, I make no apologies about preferring to have all of these elements present in the first third of a novel. I don't really think that's too much to ask.
I can't recommend this book because I didn't enjoy it, but for those of you who love the kink and aren't bothered by porn without plot, have at it! You and your battery operated boyfriend will probably be quite pleased with this naughty tale. ;)
I know that there are a lot of book bloggers and reviewers out there that refuse to review and/or rate books that they do no finish; I am not one of them. I feel that if I make it a third of the way through the book, I have done my due diligence as a reader - I have given the author a fair shot to draw me into their world using their characters and plot and dialogue. If, a third of the way through the book I am not thoroughly enjoying the story, I see little point in continuing to read it. Life is simply too short to spend it reading
Still, that doesn't mean that I didn't have opinions on the parts of the book that I did read. So here goes... Oh, and if you get bored with my review, feel free to DNF it (it's only fair).
Secrets, Skin and Leather opens with Dillon Walsh sitting in on the most boring business meeting in the history of business meetings. A half dozen dull-as-dishwater office drones are discussing... To be honest, I don't fucking know what they were discussing - it wasn't that memorable. But before you get angry and throw things, I should mention that Dillon wasn't paying attention either. No, he was imagining the various stuffed shirts in his favourite fetish wear. And what do you know? A few hours later, Dillion's having a drink in a fetish club and who's on the dance floor looking totally fuckable but one of the stuffed shirts from the meeting - Scott 'they call me Dal' Daley.
Dillon needs him. He wants him. Oh baby, oh baby.
But instead of walking a dozen steps and asking the man to dance, Dillon decides to leave the club and plot an overly complicated and bordering-on-workplace-sexual-harassment type scheme to get Dal in his bed on a tropical island. Call me simple, but I didn't really see why it had to be this way.
Suspend disbelief, Catherine, you say?
Okay. I will. Let's push on.
Oh wait, there was no more plot. From this point until the point where I threw in the proverbial towel, the book was just unrelieved fucking. Like, bunnies-would-feel-upstaged levels of fucking. Some readers might enjoy this. If they do, they'll probably stick with the book and read it through to the end. I won't lie, the sex scenes were pretty hot, but they weren't enough and I quickly found myself getting bored with the whole thing.
I guess I'm guilty of liking a little plot with my porn. I wanted the characters to do something together outside of the bedroom, or have a conversation that didn't fully consist of single syllable words grunted at one another in the heat of passion. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted them to get to know one another. I wanted them to make a connection. I wanted to know that these men had redeeming qualities and actual, grown-up feelings and emotions.
But I got none of that.
Instead, I got a 48-hour sexual marathon that left me feeling disconnected from the characters and wondering about chaffing in uncomfortable places.
Now, I acknowledge that it's entirely possible that a plot developed in the remaining two-thirds of the novel or that the characters became more three-dimensional after they left the island. I even acknowledge that the dialogue and clunky narration may have improved over time. However, I make no apologies about preferring to have all of these elements present in the first third of a novel. I don't really think that's too much to ask.
I can't recommend this book because I didn't enjoy it, but for those of you who love the kink and aren't bothered by porn without plot, have at it! You and your battery operated boyfriend will probably be quite pleased with this naughty tale. ;)
February 12, 2014
Fun little jaunt into Minegrowlfucklandia.
Usual offering of possessive and complete possession with copious smexin' going down. Dal and Dillon frolic through the toy pornucopia from corsets to sounds and from plugs to fists these boys are BUSY. More entertaining than usual or maybe that was just the buddy read.
Good times, good times.
Usual offering of possessive and complete possession with copious smexin' going down. Dal and Dillon frolic through the toy pornucopia from corsets to sounds and from plugs to fists these boys are BUSY. More entertaining than usual or maybe that was just the buddy read.
Good times, good times.
September 7, 2016
My Buddy Vivian brought up a buddy read and boy was it a good one! This is smutastic with m/m loving in a kinky way. I'm confused because it contains all the bdsm elements yet I don't find this to be a BDSM book. Regardless, the sex scenes are FABULOUS!
Scott Dally aka Dal meets possessive Dillon.
Meet Dal with the beautiful blue eyes before he puts his black eyeliner on.
Dillon the powerful man in a suit.
They get it on with sounding, fisting and sexy corsets. With piercings and sexy growls, I really don't have much to say about this story except I loved the mine, mine, mine and babies. Some may argue this was all porn and no plot. I felt there was a little plot and I like it. It was predictable and I'm okay with it. The rest of the pictures are not safe for work.
There are several quotes I loved in this story. With these, it illicit a delicious arousal.
“I want you,” he told Dal, looking into those wicked blue eyes. “I want to bend you over and watch my cock slide into your ass, feel the leather ties sliding on my skin as I fuck you." pg. 14, loc. 202-203
“Because they weren't invited for the fuck-Dal-raw portion of the conference." pg. 18, loc. 261-261
“Fuck me. Fuck me and then plug my ass and bind my cock.” Dal reached down, started jacking off. pg. 154, loc. 2360-2360
Recommended for m/m lovers who like BDSM elements and men who aren't ashamed of their sexuality.
Scott Dally aka Dal meets possessive Dillon.
Meet Dal with the beautiful blue eyes before he puts his black eyeliner on.
Dillon the powerful man in a suit.
They get it on with sounding, fisting and sexy corsets. With piercings and sexy growls, I really don't have much to say about this story except I loved the mine, mine, mine and babies. Some may argue this was all porn and no plot. I felt there was a little plot and I like it. It was predictable and I'm okay with it. The rest of the pictures are not safe for work.
There are several quotes I loved in this story. With these, it illicit a delicious arousal.
“I want you,” he told Dal, looking into those wicked blue eyes. “I want to bend you over and watch my cock slide into your ass, feel the leather ties sliding on my skin as I fuck you." pg. 14, loc. 202-203
“Because they weren't invited for the fuck-Dal-raw portion of the conference." pg. 18, loc. 261-261
“Fuck me. Fuck me and then plug my ass and bind my cock.” Dal reached down, started jacking off. pg. 154, loc. 2360-2360
Recommended for m/m lovers who like BDSM elements and men who aren't ashamed of their sexuality.
September 28, 2009
I don't find corsets on men attractive at all. I liked that they liked it. The kohl. The rouge. The toys. The attraction Dillon has for Dal when he spots him in little more than make-up and a tight corset sets the mood for this sorcher of a novel.
The unassuming start [a business meeting:] leads into an anticipatory meeting between Dillon and Dal[a.k.a Scott Daly:]. Only Dal doesn't know he's been spotted. Once together there are more than sparks. These two set flame to the bedsheets and inked pages. They are great together and the kinkiness doesn't seem over the top [for them:]. It is tailor made for the way Dillon and Dal want to please each other.
There is sex 'o' plenty but for this Sean Michael novel I felt the characters wanted something more from the start. Dillon was fansinated with Dal's response to his touch but also he found himself drawn to Dal in an emotional way, almost immediately. [4.5 of 5:]
The unassuming start [a business meeting:] leads into an anticipatory meeting between Dillon and Dal[a.k.a Scott Daly:]. Only Dal doesn't know he's been spotted. Once together there are more than sparks. These two set flame to the bedsheets and inked pages. They are great together and the kinkiness doesn't seem over the top [for them:]. It is tailor made for the way Dillon and Dal want to please each other.
There is sex 'o' plenty but for this Sean Michael novel I felt the characters wanted something more from the start. Dillon was fansinated with Dal's response to his touch but also he found himself drawn to Dal in an emotional way, almost immediately. [4.5 of 5:]
February 29, 2016
★★★☆☆½ ~ 3.5 Stars
Read this as a buddy read with the BDSM Group. We had lots of fun with it - thank you all for a great time and chatter. Extra special thanks to Optimist and to Vivian for hosting.
You know those books you read where you're 80% in and they finally have sex? Sean Michael doesn't write those kind of books. They are sex, mine, sex, need, sex, growl, sex, hum, well you get the point. Let's just say you don't read SM for intricate plot points.
Is that not a hot bookcover? Yeah, that's what I thought too which meant I HAD to read it.
Scott Daly is a stuffy prude and Dillon writes him off at his conference until he goes out and sees Dal in a cincher, kohled and hot as sin. This is the start of sexy times.
Lots of corsets, toys and sex. Did I say that already? I liked it.
Read this as a buddy read with the BDSM Group. We had lots of fun with it - thank you all for a great time and chatter. Extra special thanks to Optimist and to Vivian for hosting.
You know those books you read where you're 80% in and they finally have sex? Sean Michael doesn't write those kind of books. They are sex, mine, sex, need, sex, growl, sex, hum, well you get the point. Let's just say you don't read SM for intricate plot points.
Is that not a hot bookcover? Yeah, that's what I thought too which meant I HAD to read it.
Scott Daly is a stuffy prude and Dillon writes him off at his conference until he goes out and sees Dal in a cincher, kohled and hot as sin. This is the start of sexy times.
Lots of corsets, toys and sex. Did I say that already? I liked it.
February 26, 2009
This book is one of the hottest books I have read in a long time! There are some heavy BDSM play, but because of the chemistry and the characters themselves it didn't bother me. In fact, I loved it. Dillon and Dal are two people that are made for one another. Watching them grow from it being all about sex to an actual emotional relationship was so satisfying to say the least.
March 5, 2025
Spice 5/5🌶
Secrets, Skin and Leather is a delectably naughty story that is fun and tender too. Great book, very steamy scenes. Absolutely loved it!
Secrets, Skin and Leather is a delectably naughty story that is fun and tender too. Great book, very steamy scenes. Absolutely loved it!
March 25, 2018
This is possibly the hottest Sean Michael book I’ve read yet, and that’s saying a lot. Corsets, plugs, piercings, clamps, fisting, food play, and two guys who can’t get enough of each other. What more could you want?
December 31, 2008
The plot which can be described in one sentence: Two fetishist met, fucked together like bunnies, one got exposed and ran to save other, the other came and picked the runaway then fucked him and lived happily ever after in the mist of fetishist scene. Yummy. Well it is enough of plot, which I tolerate in gay romance.I read it not for plot, yes? The story about Dillon and Dal and various corsets if full of money treason and sex. Easy to read and without emotional garbage if some emotions then very moderate and no wailing which would spoil the fun.
March 28, 2015
There are these 2 guys, they're both into kink.
They actually work closely together, but don't know that they are both into kink.
They realise, and have sex
One wears a corset
They have some more sex
Things go a bit wrong, so they have some more sex
Things go bad, one runs away, the other goes afer himn
They have sex
They have more sex
The End
They actually work closely together, but don't know that they are both into kink.
They realise, and have sex
One wears a corset
They have some more sex
Things go a bit wrong, so they have some more sex
Things go bad, one runs away, the other goes afer himn
They have sex
They have more sex
The End
February 20, 2014
This is my first Sean Michael novel I've read and thanks to Vivian for hosting the buddy read in the BDSM group. I enjoyed the story, and following characters Dillon Walsh and Scott Daly from the first sighting Dillon has he realised that the straight laced executive hid a very different side to him in a club after work. His attraction to 'Dal' when wearing his soooo sexy cincher/corsets was most definitely a fascinating fetish to follow. He is also a man who goes after what he wants.
There's a definite is there or isn't there a possible serious relationship, or is this a purely sexual liaisons between Dillon the top and Dal the lovely bratty bottom. I felt for Dal and his needs and insecurities that he tries to cover.
I think Top and lovely brat is more how I would see this relationship with Dillon having potential to become a sexual dominant and Dal his lovely but bratty sub and although toys and occasional restraints were included with Dillon taking charge, this in my opinion is borderline BDSM lite genre, readers.
This is quite a simple story line, there are a few errors both typo and continuity of let's say props! What I found a little tiresome and annoying were the amount of stilted one and two word statements, often repeated as 'Need, want, growl, mine'. It had the feel of the affected yuppie era from the 1980's. Not attractive then nor now when overdone, these caused me to knock a star off my rating.
Regards nicely done to overdone, well 10/10 for sexual initiative, of ways to move from normal daily activities like walking, showering, eating...oh lobster to cream and chocolate...(course it is normal daily cuisine, for some of us;), to an erotic sexual situation of such passion and intensity...well described so you'll need some relief to hand to suit your individual requirements, you have been warned.
So good 3 stars from me...and yes I will read more of Sean Michael's stories.
There's a definite is there or isn't there a possible serious relationship, or is this a purely sexual liaisons between Dillon the top and Dal the lovely bratty bottom. I felt for Dal and his needs and insecurities that he tries to cover.
I think Top and lovely brat is more how I would see this relationship with Dillon having potential to become a sexual dominant and Dal his lovely but bratty sub and although toys and occasional restraints were included with Dillon taking charge, this in my opinion is borderline BDSM lite genre, readers.
This is quite a simple story line, there are a few errors both typo and continuity of let's say props! What I found a little tiresome and annoying were the amount of stilted one and two word statements, often repeated as 'Need, want, growl, mine'. It had the feel of the affected yuppie era from the 1980's. Not attractive then nor now when overdone, these caused me to knock a star off my rating.
Regards nicely done to overdone, well 10/10 for sexual initiative, of ways to move from normal daily activities like walking, showering, eating...oh lobster to cream and chocolate...(course it is normal daily cuisine, for some of us;), to an erotic sexual situation of such passion and intensity...well described so you'll need some relief to hand to suit your individual requirements, you have been warned.
So good 3 stars from me...and yes I will read more of Sean Michael's stories.
February 7, 2019
WARNING adult review. Only a partial review here
What a cover!!
Never read Sean Michael before, will read again. Secrets, Sin and Leather is a Sexy, kinky, down and dirty read. While the review may seem random, it is the sex content as it happens in the book just stripped down to a word or words. Obviously there's more dialogue than I've indicated, but it's minimalist and the plot weaves around the sex. I really enjoyed it because it's kinky and it's passionate and I like people being able to be who they are. That's what this book is about, being true to who you are, if that's a kinky sexed up gay man, or men, as in this book; then don't let anyone stop you being true to you. And it's also about plenty of sex too :)
After a high-powered executive meeting the bored head honcho, Dillon, goes to a club after, sees one of the other executives, Scott Daley, aka Dal, in his kink zone, - in a cincher, kohl, and nipple rouge - shaking his sweet arse. Dillon leaves without being noticed and plots another meeting on an island resort to get cincher executive, Dal, into his bed. They enjoy the resort, not the scenery, well, except to play with/pull perineum rings (guiche), fuck, cum, fuck again, cum again, another cincher, nipple clamps, dick wand, fuck, cum, bite, mark, bite, fuck, cum, fuck, cum…shower, spiked glove, cum.
8 weeks apart, then - dark, smouldering eyes across business cocktail party, bathroom grope, limousine wank, suck, cum, arse finger, cum, fuck, cum – ‘weary, balls to bones.....’
The rest of the review is here -
Review also posted here
What a cover!!
Never read Sean Michael before, will read again. Secrets, Sin and Leather is a Sexy, kinky, down and dirty read. While the review may seem random, it is the sex content as it happens in the book just stripped down to a word or words. Obviously there's more dialogue than I've indicated, but it's minimalist and the plot weaves around the sex. I really enjoyed it because it's kinky and it's passionate and I like people being able to be who they are. That's what this book is about, being true to who you are, if that's a kinky sexed up gay man, or men, as in this book; then don't let anyone stop you being true to you. And it's also about plenty of sex too :)
After a high-powered executive meeting the bored head honcho, Dillon, goes to a club after, sees one of the other executives, Scott Daley, aka Dal, in his kink zone, - in a cincher, kohl, and nipple rouge - shaking his sweet arse. Dillon leaves without being noticed and plots another meeting on an island resort to get cincher executive, Dal, into his bed. They enjoy the resort, not the scenery, well, except to play with/pull perineum rings (guiche), fuck, cum, fuck again, cum again, another cincher, nipple clamps, dick wand, fuck, cum, bite, mark, bite, fuck, cum, fuck, cum…shower, spiked glove, cum.
8 weeks apart, then - dark, smouldering eyes across business cocktail party, bathroom grope, limousine wank, suck, cum, arse finger, cum, fuck, cum – ‘weary, balls to bones.....’
The rest of the review is here -
Review also posted here
April 25, 2011
So, the reason I picked up this book is because it was on the 'Cross-dressing' shelf for the Shelf-a-thon challenge. That was misleading - the guy likes to wear cinchers and corsets, but he's not really a cross-dresser. He's actually super careful about separating his professional and kink lifestyles.
It is a kink story, but it's not what most would consider a BDSM story, though there's definitely dominance and some kinks explored. The story is mostly sex - literally 4/5ths of the story is sex. We don't see any sort of problem to deal with until 3/4ths of the way through - it's ALL (hot, kinky) sex before that, and some after that too. If that's what you love, then I suggest the read. If you want a bit more substance, you might pass on this.
3 stars. Hot, but I wanted more 'story'.
It is a kink story, but it's not what most would consider a BDSM story, though there's definitely dominance and some kinks explored. The story is mostly sex - literally 4/5ths of the story is sex. We don't see any sort of problem to deal with until 3/4ths of the way through - it's ALL (hot, kinky) sex before that, and some after that too. If that's what you love, then I suggest the read. If you want a bit more substance, you might pass on this.
3 stars. Hot, but I wanted more 'story'.
January 12, 2011
Porn without plot. A good read if you like, the word "baby," nipple clamps, corsets, food, butt plugs, business men, contacts, and a man whose recovery time after sex is quicker than the time it takes you to say "pervert." :)
November 12, 2013
Yes, the bulk of this story is sex, sex, sex. How many ways can Dillon get Dal into a corset and…. But the scenes work for me every time. I liked that Dillon and Dal recognized that the other just fit right into their kinks. I also liked that their relationship was pretty even, while their roles were clearly defined it was more about mutual power and pleasure. There is a bit of plot here but the bulk of this is two men going at it like bunnies. Works for me.
July 21, 2013
Yes, it's mainly PWP, but the sex is sizzlin' hot! This is a great escape read when you just want to be immersed in a m/m fantasy playground. There is chemistry galore as these two characters truly enjoy discovering each other. Small bit of conflict/resolution towards the end, but then, this isn't meant to be a heavy read. It's just a fun, sensual romp to be savored for what it is. Yum!
May 21, 2013
Well hello kinky hotness! Pretty much what I expected from a Sean Michael book. Heavy on the sex with a little plot thrown in here and there. I did really enjoy the lovely smexing though. :)
November 13, 2013
Wow. Sex overload.
What worked for me in his Bus Stories anthology just didn't work for me in a full-length book. I thought I would enjoy the story but this was just too much sex for me and not enough story.
I will, however, concede that the sex scenes are pretty hot and steamy. I did enjoy the kinky stuff between Dillon and Dal but there was just a little too much of it that it started feeling repetitive even if they weren't exactly doing the same things. Oh, and the piercing scene cracked me up a bit.
At some points in the story, I wasn't sure whose perspective I was reading. Unlike Mannies Incorporated where I could overlook clumsy editing, this became annoying.
I gathered from many sources that this is what Sean Michael is known for writing. My mistake was probably that I started with his less common stories which I enjoyed a lot.
If this "sex, sex, sex" theme is typical Sean Michael, then I will stick to the unexpected ones like Mannies Incorporated or his short stories which I really loved.
What worked for me in his Bus Stories anthology just didn't work for me in a full-length book. I thought I would enjoy the story but this was just too much sex for me and not enough story.
I will, however, concede that the sex scenes are pretty hot and steamy. I did enjoy the kinky stuff between Dillon and Dal but there was just a little too much of it that it started feeling repetitive even if they weren't exactly doing the same things. Oh, and the piercing scene cracked me up a bit.
At some points in the story, I wasn't sure whose perspective I was reading. Unlike Mannies Incorporated where I could overlook clumsy editing, this became annoying.
I gathered from many sources that this is what Sean Michael is known for writing. My mistake was probably that I started with his less common stories which I enjoyed a lot.
If this "sex, sex, sex" theme is typical Sean Michael, then I will stick to the unexpected ones like Mannies Incorporated or his short stories which I really loved.
April 26, 2017
Discontinued at 54%. The heroes hook up, have some kinky sex with cinchers, corsets, penis wands and plugs. Hook up again, have more kinky sex. Kinky sex is followed by more fucking and kinky sex and at 54% I realised that I was bored by too much sex, mainly because I couldn't connect with the main characters. After reading more than half of the book, I knew little to nothing of the heroes, besides that they are rich and one of them is disguising his fetish nature. I am a girl, I like some emotional connection between the MCs which I obviously didn't get. I shelf this book under BDSM, but actually it's mainly fetish play with a bit of erotic pain thrown in. DNF
February 13, 2018
Can a guy really get it up 6 times in a row in a few short hours? Dillon and Dal can, and it will come as no surprise to Sean Michael readers that this story is half sex scenes. They are super hot together so it wasn't too much of a hardship to read. Dal's fetish for corsets makes Dillon crazy and he keeps buying him more and more of them. Lots of toys and piercings in the story too. Not a bad read for BDSM play.
July 19, 2016
Let's just say my brain couldn't handle the squeeze anymore. Too much SM kinkfest over and over and over got pretty boring. Skimming the fists and rods and holes and slurpy points. Never did find out the why on the whole corset thing. Got to the point I didn't care anymore.
Bad. Stay far far away.
Bad. Stay far far away.
April 18, 2015
I suppose I really liked this because it was my first foray into M/M romance, and I found it titillating enough that one man liked wearing a tight corset, and another man liked buying them for him! No, I really did enjoy this one and I guess I was lucky enough to have found a decent story :)
October 21, 2011
I mean...The story is really weak. It's good for a bit of fantasy reading, but not much more. I kinda got bored by all the sex at times. Meh.
January 1, 2015
3 to 3.5 stars
January 28, 2018
This was porn, plain and simple, with a little bit of a story thrown in there for good measure. It was smutty and it was dirty and it whispered nasty, raunchy things into my ear the entire time that spoke straight to my inner freak with precision.
Scott Daly "Dal" (hated that name) and Dillon Walsh were amazing together. Dal, leading a double life, ran a little in the beginning but when the sex started, he was so freaking free in what he wanted, it was amazing to read. There was no hesitation. He loved sex and he wasn't afraid to say it, show it, act on every desire. That's rare to see and it was good. Dillon was the same but it seemed to speak out more with Dal.
There were so many dirty things happening in this book, some of them I even had to look up! There were nipple clamps, cinchers, plugs, rings, more rings, a little bondage, some fisting, and I don't even think I covered it all. It was deliciously adventurous and freaky.
There was so little angst in it, maybe like .05%.
My favorite part had to be the guessing of the tattoo... Almost fell out of my chair laughing so hard.
There weren't a lot of secondary characters but I guess Jacks was my favorite, a lot of which probably had to do with why he was there ;)
My one contention, that really just irritated me, was the use of the word "baby". Good lort, I couldn't handle it. The deal is, I LOVE when a man calls another man baby... in the bedroom. I don't like it used all the time, but perfectly placed? Gracious, I feel it in places. But, it was excessive in this one. 261 times to be exact.
It ended on a good note and left room for more... sex.
Scott Daly "Dal" (hated that name) and Dillon Walsh were amazing together. Dal, leading a double life, ran a little in the beginning but when the sex started, he was so freaking free in what he wanted, it was amazing to read. There was no hesitation. He loved sex and he wasn't afraid to say it, show it, act on every desire. That's rare to see and it was good. Dillon was the same but it seemed to speak out more with Dal.
There were so many dirty things happening in this book, some of them I even had to look up! There were nipple clamps, cinchers, plugs, rings, more rings, a little bondage, some fisting, and I don't even think I covered it all. It was deliciously adventurous and freaky.
There was so little angst in it, maybe like .05%.
My favorite part had to be the guessing of the tattoo... Almost fell out of my chair laughing so hard.
There weren't a lot of secondary characters but I guess Jacks was my favorite, a lot of which probably had to do with why he was there ;)
My one contention, that really just irritated me, was the use of the word "baby". Good lort, I couldn't handle it. The deal is, I LOVE when a man calls another man baby... in the bedroom. I don't like it used all the time, but perfectly placed? Gracious, I feel it in places. But, it was excessive in this one. 261 times to be exact.
It ended on a good note and left room for more... sex.
May 27, 2018
God, this was boring. I'd never thought I'd say that about a PWP, but there you go.
About 80% of the book is spent without any plot to darken it's pages. Dal and Dillon just go at it like perverted bunny rabbits. Now, that would not have been bad at all, if there were actually some creative, exciting sexy times happening. But by 20% it felt they where always doing the same thing over and over again. The same thing being anal, always several times in a row without the need for breaks or recuperation. Sometimes where was a blowjob thrown in or some toy, but really, they where just for window dressing. It was always just fucking and monosyllabic sexy talk about wanting and needing and mine. And while I usually not mind endearments, the amount of "baby" and "love" used in the making of this book bordered on nauseating. Oh and there's also a lot of erotic food play which I personally find just eww, but that might be just me.
There were a few sexy scenes in there (the fisting, the piercing) but it was all bogged down by the sheer amount of boring, repetitive sex that filled up the rest of the book to the brim.
About 80% of the book is spent without any plot to darken it's pages. Dal and Dillon just go at it like perverted bunny rabbits. Now, that would not have been bad at all, if there were actually some creative, exciting sexy times happening. But by 20% it felt they where always doing the same thing over and over again. The same thing being anal, always several times in a row without the need for breaks or recuperation. Sometimes where was a blowjob thrown in or some toy, but really, they where just for window dressing. It was always just fucking and monosyllabic sexy talk about wanting and needing and mine. And while I usually not mind endearments, the amount of "baby" and "love" used in the making of this book bordered on nauseating. Oh and there's also a lot of erotic food play which I personally find just eww, but that might be just me.
There were a few sexy scenes in there (the fisting, the piercing) but it was all bogged down by the sheer amount of boring, repetitive sex that filled up the rest of the book to the brim.
September 30, 2018
Hot!!
This was a steamy read from start to finish. Scott Daly had two distinct sides. He kept his ultra conservative professional life separate from his personal life. Dillion was not prepared for the personal side of Scott Daly. Steamy may not be enough to describe their interactions. Their liaison was hot and heavy until Scott’s worlds collided and he ran away. Thankfully, Dillion didn’t give up and they found their HEA.
This was a steamy read from start to finish. Scott Daly had two distinct sides. He kept his ultra conservative professional life separate from his personal life. Dillion was not prepared for the personal side of Scott Daly. Steamy may not be enough to describe their interactions. Their liaison was hot and heavy until Scott’s worlds collided and he ran away. Thankfully, Dillion didn’t give up and they found their HEA.
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