Mastered

Written by Angel Payne

Narrated by Aiden Snow

To save a friend’s life, she’ll sacrifice anything. Even herself.

Brynna Monet is on a man diet for the rest of her life. No more G-men, spies, or soldiers, period. Willpower comes easily from the scars left on her heart by a string of dominant bad boys who have all asked too high a price for her passion—her trust. When the unspeakable happens and her best friend is abducted by a madman, Brynn is assigned as a secret consultant on one of the military’s riskiest rescue missions, but she’s got help from a pair of the Special Forces’ most notorious bad boys—Rhett Lange and Rebel Stafford.

From the moment Brynn lands in the middle of a Texas wilderness with these two, she questions the sanity of her decision—and the survival of her willpower. Like the most decadent dominant dessert, Rhett and Rebel embody everything her body craves—and everything her spirit fears. Their control unravels her fantasies, their command exposes her desire…and their courage moves her heart.

But, like all dreams, it’s temporary. She knows better than to give up her trust—until the fate of the mission hinges on exactly that. Can she face her biggest fear to save a friend’s life while retaining her own soul?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: May 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543665185

Angel Payne

USA Today bestselling romance author Angel Payne has written for four publishing houses, and is also independently published. She loves to focus on high heat romance with emotional twists. She has numerous book series to her credit, including the Honor Bound series, the Suited for Sin series, the Cimarron Saga, the Temptation Court series, and the Secrets of Stone series (with Victoria Blue). Angel is thrilled to be an author for the Waterhouse Press bestselling Misadventures series, and looks forward to the launch of the Bolt Saga, featuring her super hero Reece Richards, launching in Summer 2018. Angel lives in Southern California with her soul mate husband and beautiful cosplaying daughter. As an “anime family”, they enjoy attending pop culture cons together.

Reviews for Mastered

[judy griffin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed it.

[rosetyper9 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Well there are things I enjoyed about this book and things I didn't. This book is the typical dominant male/submissive female trope that is popular these days. Maya Banks is better at BDSM than most so that isn't a bad one for her to write. I liked Evangeline's character a lot actually but she didn't entirely too much introspection during the book. I found myself skipping some of her long-winded thoughts to get back to action. I also liked Damon because he is passionate and doesn't lie to her. He lays it all out there and let's her decide if she wants it or not. There are a couple things I did not like in this book. First off, the ending. I HATE CLIFFHANGERS. This book just stops...there is not a happily for now either. I hate cliffhangers. Next, what was that ending...I know that this isn't the end of the story by that cliffhanger and by Ms. Bank's letter to the readers but it seems with how much power Damon is tossing around left and right he might have been able to handle the ending confrontation so much better than that. I would have had the same reaction if I was Evangeline too...and I would have taken his balls with me.

Enjoyable read, sexy, and perfectly reminiscent of Ms. Bank's style...BUT THAT ENDING...nope.

[rabidgummibear-1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This was just awful

[tonifgmamtc · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I tend to like the drama to come more from the situation than the characters in the stories that I read. These characters are extremely high strung and prone to acting out. They instantly love, hate, fight, etc. A good bit rubbed me the wrong way. I know that some enjoy these traits in their stories; so, check it out if that's you.

***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***