RAVENOUS (Quantum #5) by M. S. Force-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 23, 2016

She wants a baby. He wants her. Simple enough, right?

Ellie Godfrey has kissed her share of frogs. So many, in fact, that she fears she won’t recognize her prince if and when he finally comes along. Tired of waiting for THE ONE, Ellie decides to have a baby on her own before it’s too late.

When Jasper Autry hears about Ellie’s plan, what else can he do but step in and offer to “contribute” to her project. Does that make him an opportunist? Whatever. He wants the perpetually out-of-reach Ellie Godfrey, and when he sees his chance, he takes it. That she’s the sister of his business partner and close friend Flynn gives him pause, but it doesn’t stop him from having what he wants.

As Jasper and Ellie embark upon their secret “project,” he makes it clear that for as long as they’re together, he’s in charge—in the bedroom anyway. After the hottest sex of her life, Ellie realizes she’s made a deal with the devil himself.

Warning: If you hate foul-mouthed heroes who like it a little rough and dirty, this might not be the book for you…Contains hot and sexy BDSM scenes among other things that might not appeal to the faint of heart. Enter at your own risk and enjoy!

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REVIEW: RAVENOUS is the fifth installment in M. S. Force’s contemporary, adult QUANTUM erotic, romance, BDSM series. This is academy award winning cinematographer Jasper Autry, and Ellie Godfrey’s story line. Ellie is the sister of Flynn Godfrey, and Jasper is a man with a secreted past. RAVENOUS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for cohesion and backstory. Books 1-3 are Flynn and Nat’s story, and each additional story line focuses on a different couple.

NOTE: RAVENOUS is an erotic storyline with scenes of light BDSM, spanking, bondage, anal (including butt plugs etc) and oral sex, as well as domination and submission.

Told from dual first person points of view (Ellie and Jasper) RAVENOUS focuses on the friends to lovers/forbidden relationship between long time friends and co-workers Ellie Godfrey and British born Jasper Autry. Ellie is almost thirty-seven years old and with most of her family and friends married or in long-term relationships, our heroine has decided that if she wants to start a family, she is going to do it alone. Enter Jasper Autry, the man who has loved Ellie since the moment they met, and a man who offers himself as Ellie’s ‘baby daddy’ with no strings attached except that she must try to conceive the old-fashioned way. What ensues is the building relationship between Ellie and Jasper, and Jasper’s attempts to keep secret- his BDSM lifestyle from Ellie; their relationship from Ellie’s brother Flynn; and a rather important piece of information about his family back home and what the future holds when the truth is revealed.

The relationship between Ellie and Jasper is one of friends to lovers that finds Jasper Autry crossing the line when jealousy and emotions begin to push the friendship towards a happily ever after. The sexual chemistry is palpable; the attraction immediate and intense. Ellie is a woman determined to have a child but continues to look for someone who would make the perfect father. Jasper is a man who has a difficult time with Ellie’s plans for the future when his own future could change at a moment’s notice. The $ex scenes are erotically charged, intimate, tender and exploratory. Our hero is a man who is dominant in the bedroom, likes anal and oral sex, and prefers to discipline his lovers when they disobey his commands. Like the previous story line premises, the heroine is innocent to the BDSM lifestyle, and the hero must make the choice whether to introduce the woman that he loves into a world she knows nothing about.

Most of the previous story line couples and characters play secondary and supporting roles including Flynn and Nat, Hayden and Addison, and friends and co-workers at Quantum-Sebastian, Kristian, Aileen, Emmett, Leah and Marlowe; Ellie and Flynn’s parents Max Godfrey and Estelle Flynn; and Jasper’s parents back in the UK. I am looking forward to the potential pairings between Leah and Emmett. and Kristian and Aileen. Devon Black-the owner of the BDSM Club Black Vice makes a cameo appearance when our heroine becomes intrigued with Jasper’s BDSM lifestyle.

RAVENOUS looks at family and friendship; betrayal and revenge; love and a happily ever after. The premise is seductive and emotional; the characters are colorful, complex, and passionate; the romance is vibrant and intoxicating. RAVENOUS is a great addition to MS Force’s QUANTUM series.

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Reviewed by Sandy