Natural Law

Mackenzie “Mac” Nighthorse is a highly respected homicide detective and a career cop. There isn’t a dangerous situation that can back him down. However, the personal becomes uncomfortably entangled in the professional when he goes undercover in a high class BDSM club as a male submissive to find a Dominatrix who is winning the trust and then murdering her chosen partners. When his path crosses Violet Siemanski’s, he realizes he’s found a Mistress willing to be his ally in finding the murderess. But Violet is also going to shatter Mac’s shields and make him question who he is and what he wants, a challenge more disturbing than any case he’s ever worked.

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Natural Law by Joey W. Hill

Review by Terry Kate

5/5 Whips from the Backseat

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My discovery of Joey Hill as an author was serendipitous.  I was handed her book out of the recycling at the Elora’s Cave Recycling.  I was there in Ohio as a filmmaker working on a documentary on Romance and Erotic Romance and asked to take a few examples of books from some damaged in shipping.  I grabbed a few and some extra printed covers and kinda just had them around.  Of the four books from the example stack I read Joey’s and was hooked!  Hot guy, Dominant lady, intense writing and an unbelievably believable relationship crafted between two engaging characters.  I was addicted.

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A strong man who wants to commit and serve one Mistress, I mean he might not be on the active lookout for Mistress Right but I sure enjoy what happens as he finds her.  What makes or breaks a steamy book like this is the connection between the pair.  I have to believe, follow, and feel it or it is usually a lukewarm read.  My chest tightens for these guys.  I root for them and marvel at the insight we get into what makes this D/s relation ship work.  This is the first novel I had read with a female top and it is still the best I have read.

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I confess it makes for an interesting element to have the physically stronger partner as the physically submissive half.  Alright I am guilty of falling into a little gender stereotyping, but it is more then that.  I think it makes the psychological element that much stronger and more understandable.  If the top can hold their partner down that is an unconscious shadow on the wall.  It might never come into play, but it is a known factor.  With Violet and Mac they are under a bright light that throws no shadow.  She is smaller, it is not about forcing her will even if she could.  It gave me a great deal of food for thought that no other BDSM novel before this had.

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Oh and thankfully the murder mystery suspense part did not over shadow or distract from the true story of the main characters.  That is what I hate in many suspense and mysteries and what makes me a reader of romance – I like that to not be obscured by the who dunit.  All in all I recommend to all readers even if the woman being the Dominant partner is a little out of your comfort zone.

Find out more about Joey Hill and her books on her website – http://www.storywitch.com

And I will be posting more reviews all week.  I look forward to hearing others reaction to the titles.

-Terry Kate

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