BOOK REVIEW ~ SLAVE BY SHERRI HAYES

Title: Slave ( Finding Anna, Book One)
Author: Sherri Hayes
Release Date: July 28, 2011

ARC provided by author for an honest review

Stephan has lived the lifestyle of a Dominant for five years. After several rebellious teenage years, it gave him the stability and control he had been seeking after his parent’s death.

As president of a not-for-profit foundation, he knows what his future holds and what he wants out of life. All that changes when a simple lunch with his college friend and Mentor, Darren, leads him to buying a slave.

Thrust into a situation he never thought he’d be in, Stephan can’t walk away. He is compelled to help this girl in the only way he knows how.

Brianna knows only one thing, she is a slave. She has nothing. She is nothing.

Can Stephan help Brianna realize that she is much more than just a Slave?

Book Review

Stephen has been looking for the right submissive, but hasn't found what he is looking for. But when a friend tells him that there is a girl that needs his help, he stumbles upon Brianna.

Brianna is a slave and has been owned by a sadistic man who knows nothing about the true relationship of Master/slave. He uses his power to wield fear--and Brianna has been his reluctant slave in a very abusive relationship. 

Stephan plays the role as a Master looking for a slave when he rescues Brianna from the hell inside Ian's home. And he brings her home with no idea how to show this young woman she is more than what she has suffered at the hands of a sadistic bastard.

This story is slow, but has to be, as Stephan tries to reach out to Brianna and salve Brianna broken and battered soul. Theirs is a tale of the dynamics of how a true BDSM relationship works, as Stephan works on building trust with Brianna. 

With switching POV's (Stephan and Brianna), this story is heart wrenching, showcasing the difficulties that both characters endure to build a foundation. This is not an erotic BDSM story filled with sensual delights, but a telling of how two people should enter any relationship. 

With baby steps. With trust. And with patience. 

And Slave is only the beginning of both Stephan and Brianna's story. 

I cannot wait to check out book two, Need, in the Finding Anna trilogy.