The Dominant Diva

Giselle D'Amato is a renowned opera star with a secret life. She likes to dabble in BDSM as a dome. Patrick Murray is a fire station chief with his own secrets. When Patrick saves Giselle from a mugging in Central Park, sparks fly. But Giselle demands control and Patrick is not about to give it up. The sex is hot but it leaves them both severely burned. Can these two strong characters find a way to love each other, even when their bedroom preferences don't mesh?

Giselle D'Amato is a renowned opera star with a secret life. She likes to dabble in BDSM as a dome. Patrick Murray is a fire station chief with his own secrets. When Patrick saves Giselle from a mugging in Central Park, sparks fly. Giselle has been manipulated by powerful men all her life. She is not about to give up control. What turns her on more than anything is imposing her will on a strong submissive man. Patrick doesn't know much about BDSM but what he does know turns him off. Giselle offers Patrick a deal -- six days on a private island where he will submit to all her desires. She's sure once he gets a taste of what she can offer he won't want anything else. Patrick is fearful but decides to take the risk. What happens on the island brings both these characters face-to-face with their deepest fears and the past traumas that have scarred them and made them who they are. There's smoking-hot chemistry between them-- maybe even love -- but can there also be trust and compromise? The Dominant Diva is a different kind of BDSM novel: it asks fundamental questions about the nature and meaning of love and how the sexual desires and satisfaction of two very different characters can be fulfilled without either one of them giving up their essential beings -- their souls.

Deidre Stonewall is the pen name of an established author and journalist.