Seduced by Fire

The Submissive Series

By: Tara Sue Me

Narrated by: Seraphina Valentine

Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Tara Sue Me became a worldwide phenomenon with the Submissive Trilogy. Now she presents a scorching tale about a risky passion too hot to ignore.

Julie Masterson craves a taste of danger.

Despite being familiar with the different games people play in the bedroom, she’s never given into her curiosity about putting her body in someone else’s power - until a chance meeting with Daniel Covington, the seductive Senior VP of Weston Bank, draws her into a titillating new world of sexual experience, one that she never knew she desperately needed.

Daniel is highly respected within his community, but he hasn’t had an exclusive relationship for over two years. Yet Julie’s eager innocence is driving him to the brink of ecstasy, making him rethink his feelings about commitment.

As their sizzling connection heats up, Daniel is ready to take Julie fully under his command. But when the dangerous side of their play rears its ugly head, Julie will have to decide if she trusts him enough to surrender completely - or if she should escape before she gets burned...

©2014 Tara Sue Me (P)2014 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Tautly written, with smart, three-dimensional characters and scorching love scenes…. A fantastic love story.” (Christina Legon, author of Beautiful Stranger Praise for the Submissive series)

“This book is going to make you say ‘Fifty What of What?’…[Me] is so talented and captivating.” (Southern Fiction Review)

“For those Fifty Shades fans pining for a little more spice on their e-reader…the Guardian recommends Tara Sue Me’s Submissive Trilogy, starring handsome CEO Nathaniel West, a man on the prowl for a new submissive, and the librarian Abby, who is yearning for something more.” (Los Angeles Times)

Great narration

I know I usually only comment when the narration is horrible, but this was the opposite. The narrator was very easy to listen to & she made both the men and women sound seductive.

Loved it!

The narrator is excellent! The story line good. I'm ready to listen to more by this narrator and author

Review....

I enjoyed the overall story; the main characters are nicely developed. There are some predictable areas and the female lead character at times would cling too much to her indecisiveness, but the author provides the reason for it so you're not left guessing. I have listened to other books by Tara Sue Me and like her writing style. If you want to listen to an overall enjoyable story, this is a good choice. The audio performance is very good.

Seductive.

This is one of my first Tara Sue Me novels. I listened to it years ago, neglecting to write a review back then. It is so good, I just listened to it again. I’m glad I started with this story because it’s a stand-alone, and contains excellent explanations and examples of the Dom/sub lifestyle in a way that helped me understand why people would be involved in the lifestyle, and to understand the characters in this book.

Tara Sue Me impressed me with her knowledge of the Dom/sub lifestyle, her ability to write main characters I liked, and to SHOW not TELL in her writing style. The main couple’s chemistry was strong, the story-line enjoyable, and the tension built over time even though there was a physical relationship from early on. I loved that I never felt overwhelmed by the sexual detail. For all these reasons, this is probably my favourite novel so far by Tara Sue Me.

My enjoyment was heightened by the excellent (as usual) narration of Seraphina Valentine. I recommend this novel for lovers of mild BDSM books.

Another great story.

I love Tara Sue Me. You could feel Julie and Daniel's love and attraction for each other. On to another series, The Submissive Series. Later on in the series, Julie and Daniel emerge again.

Seriously !!!

What disappointed you about Seduced by Fire?

Just about everything, I didn't understand the story line. The lead characters are just predictable.

What was most disappointing about Tara Sue Me’s story?

Look if you into BDSM stuff then I guess you would enjoy these types of books but I was just disappointed.

Hard Dose of Reality Needed

I've read several books in this genre. And come to a couple of conclusions. First, many authors who write about dominate men, men who treat women in a sexual way that society still finds somewhat offensive, try and overcompensate for the male behavior that might be labeled "bad" by making the man a cross between Lancelot, St. Francis, Jeeves the Butler, and a college English professor. They may dominate in the bedroom but everything else about them screams chivalrous, well mannered, saintly, unerringly patient and always grammatically correct. If it weren't for the whips and chains, they would be perfect gentlemen. Other authors in this genre have decided that if the guy isn't going to be a saint inside the bedroom, then he has to be the best looking, wealthiest, most successful and most egotistical man in the world, who never questions his decisions, his lifestyle or his choices - until he meets the one - and then we get to see just a hint of insecurity.

This author opted for the first version of the dominate man in this book. I was pretty sure he rescued kittens from trees and old ladies from burning buildings when he wasn't busy building homeless shelters, ending famine, stopping global warming and beating his girlfriend. Oh, and he used perfect grammar as well.

Most guys are guys, regardless of their sexual preferences. Those preferences don't automatically make them courtly or saintly or insanely wealthy or successful. But authors in this genre feel a real need to compensate. Which makes me wonder if they really are OK with the lifestyles they write about. Especially when most heroes in these books come across as if they do what they do to "help" their partner, who obviously had some problem in her past that made her this way, not because they just like doing it. And that might be the real problem. Relationship stories are about people, not heroes. So stop trying to give them heroic traits.

The author did a pretty good job creating female characters that seemed believable, but the primary male character was nothing but a cardboard cut out of a man. A very boring cardboard cut out at that.

Don't waste your time!

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Someone who hasn't read Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Has Seduced by Fire turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, just this particular book.

What does Seraphina Valentine bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She is a great narrator.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

None.

Any additional comments?

I was very surprised that an author could duplicate every aspect of another book.