Perfect

Elite Doms of Washington, Book 3

By: Elizabeth SaFleur

Narrated by: Anastasia Watley

To win her submission, he’ll have to lay to rest the dangerous ghosts of their past.

Isabella lost her husband years ago to his addictions. Abandoned in their silent home, rudderless, she lost herself, diminished to nothing. Now widowed, she’s returned a year after the funeral to finally dispose of that house. Alone. An epic mistake, with memories still echoing from the walls. When his brother Marcos appears, holding out his hand to help, calling her Ella in that commanding voice, her insides go warm, pliable, willing. Soaking up the strength and calm she’s been sorely lacking.

An ex black-ops operative, Marcos Santos did the right thing. He let Ella go to the arms of his brother, thinking she’d be safer. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Now he’s determined to make the most of his second chance with the woman who’s never left his heart. The woman who trusted the wrong man to be her Master. But before he can win the gift of her submission, he’ll have to lay the ghosts of their past to rest. Ghosts that are dangerous…and armed to the teeth.

©2016 Elizabeth SaFleur (P)2017 Elizabeth SaFleur

A pleasant surprise.

Isabella and Mark have a chance at love a year after the death of Isabella’s husband, who was also Mark’s brother. A relationship between Isabella and Mark is forbidden by Isabella’s family for religious and moral reasons. The chemistry and bond the couple shares is well portrayed in the writing and I warmed to them easily. The writing is great and the characters were mature and admirable as they navigated their way through grief and forgiveness on their road to peace. The novel includes some suspense, danger and intrigue, heightening the emotion and heart-beat factor in the story-line. It was also a very steamy story.

This is my first novel by Elizabeth SaFleur and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s the third in a series of stand-alones, but you don’t need to read the first two to enjoy this book three.

This novel starts with a note from SaFleur about Dominance and Submission roles and how popular fiction often misrepresents them as involving BDSM. However, in this novel the characters are drawn to Domestic Discipline (DD). It’s a consensual arrangement where one party assumes the Head of Household or Dominant role, and the other person takes on a Submissive role. Each couple modifies the lifestyle to their needs as did the couple in this book. At home they adhered to these roles with Mark being the dominant one, but in public, Isabella’s feisty nature was encouraged and her career ambition also respected and promoted. At home, she was submissive.

It’s been a fascinating experience for me as a reader to learn about this lifestyle – this couple were happy within the model they set up for themselves and they seemed content with it so who am I to judge if in real life, couples do the same?

What a pleasure to hear narrator Anastasia Watley perform. I loved her representations of the characters and I enjoyed the smooth transition between male and female characters and their varying accents. This is my first Elizabeth SaFleur novel, but I’ll be going back to books one and two in this series because I enjoyed the writing, and the same narrator performs those audio books. I know it will be a pleasant Audible experience.

Beautiful!

I listened to Perfect and loved the characters, story, writing - just beautiful! This book conveyed how right Isabella and Mark were for each other and how their D/s relationship fulfilled each of them. Anastasia Watley did a wonderful job with the narration, especially Isabella's voice.

Love and excitement!

This one has everything in it to keep you happy! Intrigue, love, sex and a touch of violence. Anastasia did a fantastic job narrating it. She has a great voice.

wonderful

This book has lots of feels in it. It is written well and narrated beautifully.

Entertaining but….

The narrator was excellent. The story was entertaining but seriously, the back story of the “danger” the Isabella and Marcos face is superfluous. Really, how much tension is there if you know the hero is backed up by an all-powerful, all-knowing army that suffers no consequences for their actions? Entertaining definitely, but diminished by the silliness the story is wrapped in.