Capture & Surrender (Market Garden, #5) in Riptide Publishing

Aug 08, 2013 Jen rated it really liked it

Shelves: mf, m-m, gallahger-witt, voinov

Brandon (Stefan) and Frank

So different than the first four books in this series. I wasn't expecting that difference or the heavy emotional tone. The authors handle a difficult subject well.

These two authors are rock stars together. More, please? ...more

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Jun 16, 2013 BookAddict ✒ La Crimson Femme rated it really liked it

Shelves: netgalley-reviews, d-s, m-m, bdsm

Former military men playing kinky paintball where it's a capture and surrender theme? Where do I sign up? I am never going to think of paintball the same way again. I don't even have to play the game; I'd be happy to be a referee like Frank. Frank is the owner of Market Garden, a high end club which hosts exclusive rent boys. Too bad this is a club filled with studly men for men only. With Nick retiring, Frank needs another dominant to fill the desires of these needy submissive clients. New guy, Former military men playing kinky paintball where it's a capture and surrender theme? Where do I sign up? I am never going to think of paintball the same way again. I don't even have to play the game; I'd be happy to be a referee like Frank. Frank is the owner of Market Garden, a high end club which hosts exclusive rent boys. Too bad this is a club filled with studly men for men only. With Nick retiring, Frank needs another dominant to fill the desires of these needy submissive clients. New guy, Stefan from America fits the bill.

Stefan is physically fit and a young twenty something dominant. He walks the talk. Johns are tripping over each other for some time on Stefan's dance card. Frank tries to ignore it because Stefan hits all his kinks and then some. It's complicated. The reader finds out exactly how complicated about a third of the way into the story. It's heartbreakingly complicated and it makes this story feel even more real.

Authors Voinov and Witt are definitely the dynamic duo. They could have made this story just a wild porn-tastic ride. Seriously, the pair write some of the hottest kinky male on male sex coating over a grave message. They let their freak flag fly with absolutely no embarrassment. They take the reader with them to covertly spy on men getting down and dirty. The face fucking, captured and then forced surrender are graphically depicted. Is a little interrogation scene too much to ask for? Perhaps the next book in this series can include a bit of hardcore Q&A or maybe some medical play. Hello Nurse!

The sexfest aside, Voinov and Witt take on a tough topic. What happens when the one you want carries a STD? How does this impact your work life? How does it impact how others treat you? How do people in your friends circle react? The reader receives enough of a glimpse to understand the hardships and tough decisions. It's not easy and life does go on. This is a beautiful lesson woven into a delicious enjoyable package. Great job! This m/m romance is recommended kinky readers who enjoy chasing or being caught.

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Aug 28, 2013 Adara rated it it was amazing

This was an incredibly sexy story. The paintball games were great (oh, to be a ref on that field), but I was pleasantly surprised where this story headed once Stefan had captured Frank's attention, which was relatively early on. I didn't expect the turn of events at all.

I was even more pleasantly surprised when Stefan spoke up to the way I have regularly felt when people try to make decisions about what's best for someone without taking what that someone wants into consideration, and that is: I' ...more

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Dec 16, 2013 Bucletina rated it liked it

Me parece que, a contramano de varios otros lectores, me gustó mucho más la construcción y desenlace de la historia de Nick de los dos libros anteriores. Son personajes verosímiles y particulares en su hermosa individualidad. Aquí me resultó más complicado lograr esas sensaciones. Estuvo bien, pero no me mató. Mucho drama agregado (de mas) para armar la base de esta relación, que a fin de cuentas terminó siendo un poco innecesario.
De todas formas, creo que lo mas interesante que tiene esta saga ...more

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Apr 04, 2013 Laylah Hunter added it

Shelves: m-slash-m

This book was perfectly good at what it did -- hot sex leading to deeper feelings -- but mostly it turns out I just don't get into stories very much when the romance plot is on its own.

The scene that I find myself really happy with after the fact is the one where Frank (view spoiler) ...more

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Jan 15, 2017 Liz (Bugetta) rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-romance, smexy-times, m-m-romance, e-book, bdsm-kink, sex-workers, part-of-a-series, zzchal-gbc-2017-q1-picks, zzzchal-tbr-ko-2017-picks

I really liked this addition to the Market Garden series. It was decidedly more serious than the other books in the series but still kept the playfulness of the other stories and the hotness. ;-) I think LA Witt and Aleksandr Voinov make a great writing team and I wish they'd write another book -- Raoul needs his HEA! (I haven't read On the Clock yet, so maybe he gets his HEA there, but if he doesn't, then my statement stands. :)). ...more

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