Claire Thompson Reviews

Added June 26, 2003

Julie's Submission

Author: Claire Thompson
Publisher: Renaissance E Books
Available At: www.renebooks.com
Publishing Date: February 2003
Genre: Erotica: BDSM
Format: E-book download in Mobipocket/LIT/PDF/HTML
Price: $4.00
ISBN: 1-58873-157-X
Reviewer: Sharyn McGinty

It had been six years since her husband Randy had died and still Julie heard his voice. His voice was the one that aroused her, his hands guiding hers as she pleasured herself. In six years, she'd never once looked at another man, never wanted to. Then, Bill came into her life.

Bill was a recovering alcoholic, drifting from place to place looking for work. He had come to Julie's farm to answer her ad for a handyman and found much more. Handsome and understanding, he was just what Julie needed to get past her husband's death and move on with life.

Slowly, Bill and Julie move beyond their initial relationship as employer/employee into friendship, followed by sexual partners. As their relationship grows deeper, Bill reveals he is a dominant and wishes to train Julie. His statement both frightened and aroused her. Instead of pushing, he gave her time to adjust, to make the decision on her own. If she said no, he'd accept it.

Julie's Submission, the title in itself was enough to make me wary. As a reader/reviewer, I've read many novels containing Dom/sub themes. The way the lifestyle was portrayed often turned my stomach. I wanted a novel to explore the world of Dom/sub without the humiliation and degradation; I found that in Julie's Submission.

Bill made a statement that accurate portrays the Dom/sub lifestyle. He said, "True submission is completely voluntary. It isn't something you 'take' without permission. It's something freely given." This statement more than anything makes Julie's Submission a masterful novel. I am immensely grateful to Claire Thompson for giving the world such a beautiful novel and I highly recommend Julie's Submission.

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