Jade is a married lesbian who is an international business woman, mother and writer. She is an American that has been living in the Netherlands for the last 8 years. Upon turning 36, she realizes that during the last several years, she has misplaced her passion. Her relationship is good, but there is no sex, no unpredictability, and no excitement. She has stopped attempting to write, because along with losing her passion, she has also lost her words.
After joining a social networking site, she meets someone that will change her life forever. Someone that will push her to write again, and through this, Jade will reawaken her innermost desires. She will be unable to resist the temptation of beginning a steamy, virtual love affair with her new found friend. Jade will struggle to fight the dragon inside of her, as she walks the line between passion and obsession. She will lose sight of reality as she spirals into a fantasy world unable to escape. As she further confides in her lover, she will reveal her deepest secrets. In turn, she will be shocked to find her virtual lover has deeper secrets that will put her family at risk.
Jade is a first time author and Secretly Bound is a delicious combination of a sensual, passionate, erotic love affair combined with a terrifying thriller. Full of twists, it will keep the reader unable to predict its course, even to the very end.
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Excerpt
#1
I lost my passion. I did. I lost it. It was gone completely and I was empty, walking through the motions without feeling. So, I thought about HER. SHE had flown away long ago, but SHE reappeared, when I called to HER subconsciously. I sensed HER presence immediately, looked up, and there SHE was, soaring high above my head, swooping down to get my attention. SHE had grown and manifested into a great presence since the last time we had seen each other.
SHE was tempting me, and I was unable to resist HER. I needed HER and SHE knew it. I could feel the fire SHE was breathing, because it was simultaneously burning inside of me. We have always been connected, but I guess I knew the moment I saw HER, we could no longer coexist. That is why SHE wanted inside of me, to penetrate deeper than SHE ever had before. SHE wanted to dig HER claws in and attach to me. There SHE would grow and expand, becoming more powerful than ever before, with each hot breath.
Held captive by the fiery eyes of the beast, I became lost between fantasy and reality. HER desires were stirred after a long rest. What satisfied HER hunger? What was SHE capable of? I got caught in HER trap, unable to escape, lost in distortion. SHE destroyed my life.
This is my confession.
#2
She rolls over, turns off the light and I lie in the dark at her side. I should feel content and warm, ready for a deep slumber. Instead, I feel abandoned and desperate, longing for her. She is the only person with whom I’ve experienced such a deep and penetrating love. Just inches away, I can no longer reach her.
#3
As I walked in, I immediately spotted a woman across the room. Her fiery, red hair and big, wild curls drew me to her. She was in heels, and taller than both of her dinner companions. Her very tight, dark orange turtleneck made her face pop out of the crowd. We noticed each other simultaneously, and that first stare lit me on fire.
Everything around me began moving in slow motion, the waiters slipping by, people chatting at the bar, everything. I broke my own trance, as I stepped toward the threesome standing at the end of the bar, waiting for their table. I had to get closer to this woman, who was she?
As I crossed the room, we continued to gaze at one another as the flames inside of me burned. She realized I was coming straight for her. My deep, dark brown eyes were drawing her in. Noticing that I had made her blush, she looked down for a moment, and then she instantly looked up and smiled at me. I playfully returned the gesture as I approached her. I was just about to say something that I hoped would be extremely irresistible, when I heard Kerstin’s voice. She was standing next to the woman and before I could utter a word, Kerstin introduced me to her ex-girlfriend, Jessica. I knew at that moment, I was in very deep trouble.
Professional Reviews
Secretly Bound
Secretly Bound
By Jade
Pursuit Publishing
The Netherlands
http://www.destinypursuitpublishing.com/
ISBN: 978-90-5335-192-5
302 pages
"My inner dragon is constantly forcing me forward faster and faster. SHE pushes the boundaries of my passions. I become so strong in HER presence, yet SHE presses. I am forced to walk the line… Dangling my feet over the edge, fearlessly challenging the abyss to swallow me, I enjoy it." (p241).
For centuries, artists have explored the duality of the soul. We are married to both good and evil, a co-existence held in balance by the power of choice. Echoed from the pens of poets and prose come the things that go bump in the heart, the monsters that frighten us most, the ones that live within. Wrapped in sensually seductive disguises between black covers erupts Jade and her Dragon. They are Secretly Bound.
Leading a successful life with the right career, house and home, wife and child, Jade has it all. Or so it seems. Beneath the peaceful waters lies the emptiness of a relationship barely sparking. The passion is gone. Life is going through the motions, especially in the bedroom. Fantasy remains in the ashes of a once out of control fire, and Jade finds that reality is such a poor substitute.
When we thirst, we seek to quench that thirst. We are built to survive, no matter the cost. Jade’s soul yearns to quench the desert that has become her sexuality. Her quest for an oasis leads her to Mylifeseeker.com, an internet-based social network, and like so many who have sought out friendship through the internet, Jade ends up with so much more.
A storm cloud appears and her name is Emma, bringing with her correspondence sprinkles of rain that soon bursts into a mysterious monsoon flooding Jade’s desert and awakens the dragon within. With each email, readers ride on the dragon’s breath, holding tightly to the scales glistening in erotic adventures that will assuredly awaken the dragon in every reader.
The darkest sexual desires kept from the home are openly explored with a virtual stranger, the lover born of dreams on a screen glowing with the increasing heat of wildfire. Emma soon succeeds in flooding Jade’s existence to the point that she must meet the source of her dragon’s fire.
But as in every cautionary tale, let the reader beware. One always pays for forbidden pleasure, and Jade’s price is more than the reader could possibly imagine. Truth turns into lies. Lies become truth. Reality is fantasy. Fantasy is reality. The beginning is an end. The end is a beginning. And just when you think you’ve got the answer, there’s another riddle to solve.
If you are ready, take this dragon by the tail and just try to hang on. You just might find that it is the dragon that has you, and that from this day forward, like Jade, you will forever be Secretly Bound.
J AGuilera
Professional Reviewer
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Reviews for "Secretly Bound by Jade"
Reviewed by D. Vegas
7/19/2009
Jade, You defininitly have all my senses in gear....you've got my vote!
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