Comfort Object
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Nell, an out-of-work professional submissive, is desperate to find a job when she meets handsome film star Jeremy Gray at the restaurant where she works. He says he needs a personal assistant, but the work contract he shows her details not organizational duties, but sexual ones. Jobless and homeless, Nell agrees to work for him anyway, on the promise that he will pay for her to finish her college degree when her stint as his “assistant” is complete.
The start of their formal Dom/sub relationship is rocky, but they soon fall into a mutually satisfying, highly sexual routine. They play vanilla boyfriend and girlfriend in public, while Jeremy uses Nell as his kinky comfort object behind the scenes. Then a stalker threatens their secret lifestyle, and their contract may not be strong enough to hold them together.
This book contains explicit sexual content and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, strong BDSM theme and content including spanking, exhibitionism, ménage (m/f/m), group sex.
Annabel Joseph
Annabel Joseph is a NYT and USA Today Bestselling BDSM romance author. She writes mainly contemporary romance, although she’s been known to dabble in the medieval and Regency eras. She is known for writing emotionally intense BDSM storylines, and strives to create characters that seem real—even flawed—so readers are better able to relate to them. Annabel also writes non-BDSM romance under the pen name Molly Joseph.You can follow Annabel on Twitter (@annabeljoseph) or Facebook (facebook.com/annabeljosephnovels), or sign up for her mailing list at annabeljoseph.com.She's always working on something new, so stay tuned!
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Reviews for Comfort Object
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nell is a bright, attractive woman, briefly a Harvard student, who finds herself working as a professional submissive at Eden Fetish Club in Los Angeles. In reality, she has been in very few actual D/s relationships and questions whether she is truly submissive. Jeremy, a very famous actor, is the exact opposite; he's a Dominant that knows exactly what he wants and how to get it. Because of his fame, he has to be careful not to expose his kinky nature to the public, so he has his assistant Kyle find discrete professionals to work for him. Kyle finds Nell at Eden, and after trying her out first, he lets Jeremy know she would be the perfect "employee." Jeremy has Nell sign a confidentiality statement, and then proceeds to offer her a job as his submissive, his comfort object, while he travels the world shooting a movie.At first Nell is shocked and offended by the proposal, so Jeremy "persuades" her by having her fired from her job and evicted from her apartment. Homeless and desperate with no other options, Nell reluctantly agrees to his offer and signs his employment contract which specifically states what is expected of her. In public she will be his vanilla girlfriend, and in private she will be his sexual submissive. In exchange, she will receive an incredible salary and tuition to finish college. The contract clearly states "the applicant...shall refrain, to the best of her ability, from becoming emotionally and romantically attached," but as their relationship progresses, both Nell and Jeremy find that rule increasingly difficult to follow. When a violent stalker threatens Nell, the two finally accept how they truly feel about each other. But do the risks of staying together outweigh the rewards?Comfort Object is easily in my top five favorite erotica books I've read this year - the story, the characters and the sex are all amazing. Nell and Jeremy are engrossing characters. The story is told in first-person, and I love how the point of view alternates between Nell and Jeremy. Jeremy is despicable at first when he has Nell fired and evicted so she'd be desperate enough to accept his offer. Can you imagine someone wanting you so much? Sure, he has a mean streak, but he's never overly cruel to Nell, though he does push her limits. He's a hard Dominate that knows what he's doing and expects total submission from Nell. And why not? She is being well paid to play the part. Certainly there is a reason he has built up such intimacy walls to where he must hire someone for his pleasure. Watching him change from emotionally distant to being genuinely in love with Nell was intense because he fought it every step of the way. I think Nell realizes much sooner that they compliment each other and being together is worth any risk.Comfort Object is a gripping story that moved quickly and held my interest from start to finish. I was glued to this book mainly because of Nell and Jeremy's complex relationship, but the plot involving a crazed fan stalking Nell was also exciting. I'd probably label the BDSM sex scenes in this book as medium intensity - not light, fluffy stuff, but nothing degrading or offensive either, at least to me. However, everyone see things differently. If you're sensitive about spanking, bondage, group sex, etc., then this book would not be for you. My biggest complaint is the overuse of the terms "slut" and "whore," which I don't like. That's a pet-peeve of mine, and other readers may not be bothered by it or may not even notice. Jeremy may be hard to take at first, but give him time and he'll win you over. This is the first book I've read by Annabel Joseph, and I'm very excited to read more. Though not for the faint of heart, this is a fantastic book I would highly recommend
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I'm not sure how to rate this one so I'm sticking with 2 for now. If this was just intended to be erotica, it would be 5 stars. It was hot and emotional, with complicated characters. But it's not erotica. It's labeled as erotic romance with a happily ever after and that's where my problem came in. Some of Jeremy's actions were not that of a responsible dom, they were that of a spoiled bully who wanted to have his way. The way Nell was treated on multiple occasions was borderline abusive, at best. This was a scene from Jeremy's POV: It hurt. Nell shifted on the sofa as my mother brought tea and cookies. I watched her. I'd made her hurt.Lately I wanted to hurt her all the time. Hurt her the way that she hurt me. Hurt her so she would turn on me and I wouldn't ache anymore over how perfect she was. How much would it take to drive her away from me, far away from me, where she ought to be?The issues behind why Jeremy was this way were explained and I understood. But I didn't believe the HEA. In fact, this HEA just made me sad.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If I had known before starting this book that there would be very little romance, I would have likely decided not to read it. But then I'd have missed a very good story.Jeremy Gray is a film actor constantly hounded by the press, and it is his custom to keep a fake girlfriend to help him deal with the stress of his life. They never last long, however, and he is in search of another "comfort object" when his assistant finds Nell for him.Using trickery and deceit, Jeremy convinces Nell to sign a detailed contract to basically be his pleasure slave to do with as he wants. And Jeremy's needs and whims turn out to be extreme, with little concern for how they affect Nell. But just as you decide you want to hate him, the author throws in little acts of compassion, making you wonder if he might have a heart after all.I found the story very compelling and the BDSM aspects were hot as hell, keeping me engaged and wanting to know how this could possibly work out for the two of them. Great read.