The Marquessa Story

When his fiancee unexpectdly breaks up with him, Daniel abandons his grad school research and a life that imprisons him...and heads out in dearch of freedom and something more exciting. His first stop brings him to Boston, and he soon finds himself involved with some eccentric characters: a dysfunctional "family" of performance artists, a philosophical dominatrix, a local radio personality, and, above all, one very special woman for whom he submits to an all-consuming passion...and freedom seems more exciting than he ever imagined. But Daniel is quickly caught in the middle of a public controversy,a nd his own private guilt, and he becomes tangles in a dangerous web of secrets...and he discovers that the intensity of BDSM experiences has the power to reveal the purest of self-knowledge, forge the strongest of intimate bonds...and bring out the darkest of human emotions. The Marquessa Story is a novel that celebrates BDSM and the fetish world as passionate and loving sexual expression. It also explores some darker emotions. No more violent or graphic than the average romance novel, the story focuses on the feelings, thought processes, fears, and mysteries that are intimately connected with this emotionally-charged, controversial subject. If you are relatively new to the concept of S/M, then the story might lead you toward some measure of understanding. It also questions some accepted social norms. If you have long been familiar with BDSM and all of its conventions, then you might find that this story challenges some of the prevailing thinking in "the scene".