FOK (Wall Street Royals #1) by Tara Sue Me-a review

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 9, 2019.

Conquer. Control. Command. They have. They are. They will. They are the Wall Street Royals, men at the top of their game who are about to be mastered by the one thing they never counted on: love.

Don’t miss this seductively sexy new series by New York Times bestselling author Tara Sue Me.

FOK: (noun) /fok/: Abbreviation for Fill-or-Kill, a term used in securities trading. To fulfill an order completely and immediately, or to not do it at all.

 For Lance Braxton, it’s more than a trading term, it’s his motto. Do it. Do it now and do it completely or don’t do it at all. Some might see it as reckless or foolhardy, but Lance doesn’t care. It’s worked for him so far. Why change a good thing?

Celeste Walsh is running out of options. She’s been accepted into Juilliard to play the violin, but if she can’t get a scholarship, she’ll have to turn them down. And if she turns Juilliard down, she’ll have no choice but to give up the violin and work as a waitress at her family’s restaurant in Nowhereville, Virginia.

As a favor for his sick grandmother, Lance sits in on auditions for the Juilliard scholarship named after his late mother. He expects to be bored out of his mind. He expects it to be a waste of a Saturday he could spend working. What he does not expect is Celeste Walsh.

She has the body of a super model, the looks of a storybook princess, and plays the violin with the passion of a zealous lover. The moment he sees her, he has to have her.

Fill or kill.

Take her or leave her.

He’s all in and the consequences be damned.

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REVIEW: FOK is the first instalment in Tara Sue Me’s contemporary, adult WALL STREET ROYALS erotic, BDSM romance series. This is forty year old, billionaire businessman and Dominant Lance Braxton, and twenty-five year old violinist and submissive Celeste Walsh’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Celeste and Lance) FOK follows the building relationship between forty year old, billionaire businessman Lance Braxton, and twenty-five year old violinist Celeste Walsh. Hoping against hope to win a scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School, a scholarship sponsored by the Murphy family, Celeste will come face to face with her future during the auditions for the coveted award. As the only female recipient in a number of years, rumours begin circulating when Celeste is moved into the Murphy-Braxton family mansion, a position that put her front and center with our story line hero. What ensues is the quick building D/s relationship between Lance and Celeste, and the fall-out as Celeste falls victim to another woman’s jealousy and spite.

The relationship between Lance and Celeste begins as a business arrangement based upon the Juilliard scholarship and mutual attraction. Unaware that our heroine was a submissive, Lance will discover Celeste is a natural both in and out of the bedroom. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate but I endeavored to feel true palpable sexual attraction other than one another’s need or desire for D/s control. There are some scenes of light spanking and discipline.

We are introduced to Lance’s business partners: Ty Bancroft and Isaac Murphy; Ty’s ex-wife and Isaac’s PA Lillian, Lance’s grandmother Barbara Murphy, and Lance’s new PA Alex Russell.

FOK is a quick read; a novella length story of insta-lust/love between two people rapidly advancing toward a D/s relationship. The premise is entertaining; the romance is spicy; the characters are energetic but I struggled with the limited background information about the leading couple, as well as the vindictive and strange behaviour of the person responsible for destroying Celeste’s heart. There is no summary to justify the how and why, or reasoning that would explain the nature of said actions and events. Here’s hoping future instalments are more detailed and determined.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Tara Sue Me is the New York Times bestselling author of the Submissive series, including The Enticement, The Training, The Dominant, and The Submissive. She lives in the southeastern United States with her family, two dogs, and a cat.