After years of being in an abusive relationship, Kelly Jones has a new life in Desire, Oklahoma with her best friend, Jesse.   Their business, Indulgences, has taken off, and Blade, a Dom (in lifestyle and trade), has earned her love and trust by befriending her.  Blade trains Doms and their subs at the club where he works, so Kelly decides that the best way to take their relationship further is to approach him as a client.  By asking for his help to overcome her past, she knows Blade won’t refuse her.  It doesn’t hurt that he is attracted, too.  Although her feelings run deeper than casual sex, Kelly decides that she’ll take whatever she can get for now and worry about the future later. 

However, what she hasn’t banked on is that Blade has his own plans that are motivated by his love for Kelly.  He will slowly guide her into the realms of erotic pain and utmost pleasure until she will yield up everything to him in full. 

Leah Brooke takes us back to Desire, Oklahoma in Blade’s Desire by exploring Kelly and Blade’s newly evolving relationship.  This author does an excellent job of chronicling every inch of what it means to be in a healthy, safe and loving BDSM relationship between two consenting adults.  When I started reading this series, I didn’t know what to expect.  I’m pleased to say that I’ve stumbled on an author that’s talented at telling her stories with love, skill and originality.

Kelly and Blade are first introduced in Desire for Three featuring Jesse Erickson and her husbands, Clayton and Rio.  Blade takes his responsibilities as a Dom very, very seriously in his personal and work life.  What’s amazing and superb is that when he falls harder for Kelly, he learns more about his own heart, mind and soul as a Dom.  He find himself evolving to a different and more complex level of dominance that is by far more rewarding than anything he’s ever experienced.  He learns this through trial and error with Kelly.  In turn, it warmed my heart to see Kelly heal and grow after spending years in an abusive, destructive and humiliating relationship with a psychotic man.  There are many readers who will understand and relate to her story on some level, and anyone reading this story will appreciate Ms. Brooke’s insightful, solid and thoughtful handling of this subject.  I cheered for Kelly when she regained her strength, sexuality and confidence, reminding me that many women (and men) are not this fortunate.