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The Game

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Model Chastity Ambrose needs a lot of money fast. Not knowing what else to do, she signs on for an erotic reality game show, with the grand prize of one hundred million dollars. What she did not count on was finding the man she left at the altar two years earlier as her opponent.

Seth Allen has waited a long time for his revenge, and can think of nothing more effective than acting as Chastity's Master at Ecstasy Island, a BDSM pleasure retreat on the planet Zygoman. But being with Chastity again makes vengeance seem less and less important...

When betrayal threatens them both, can they survive with their lives and their hearts intact?

I have rapidly become an increasingly avid fan of MacKenzie McKade's work, and the Ectasy series showcases her talents as well as or better than any of her other work that I have read so far. In Ectsasy Book 1: The Game, McKade has the opportunity to create a universe strictly from her own imagination, and quite adeptly. Never has this author's skill with her extensive vocabulary been more used more effectively than in the way she vividly paints a picturesque landscape of this futuristic world.

Be aware that the story is very intensely BDSM themed. Even with Seth's revenge motive, however, never is Chastity ill-treated by Seth. Those who enjoy explicit ménage scenes will find something more to love about this series, in the form of the three Thorenson brothers, who run the pleasure planet.

The Game rates supernova on the heat scale, and has plenty of plot to support the heat. McKade delivers a well-rounded tale with several villains, countered by several heroes, and loads of suspense, finished off with what is ultimately a heartbreaking love story with a satisfying ending.

Not too long ago, I believed that BDSM themed stories were `not my thing', but it is stories like this that are swiftly changing my mind!

Chastity Ambrose is a model and a former fiancée of the great 2104 Astral-ball Champion, Seth Allen. Two years ago, Chastity walked away from the altar, thinking she would never see Seth again. Chastity is in need of the funds, so she enters this sexually explicit game show called Voyeur II. She comes face to face with her past, Seth. When he enters the stadium, the fans go wild. Seth is beloved by all the women and envied by the men. Seth is a master showman and he is ready to take on Chastity! This contest is all about master and slave, dominance and submission. A lot of it will be televised for all to see. The real action comes when these two leave the stadium and journey to Ecstasy Island. It is a place were any and all sexual fantasies can come to life. Seth and Chastity heat up this story to a fever pitch!

THE GAME is by Mackenzie McKade. From the moment you are introduced to Seth and Chastity, they step right off the pages, into your heart and mind. Chastity is a spitfire with a heart of gold. Seth truly loves her, but is so hurt, it gives him a hard edge. He is like an animal with her at times. There sexual scenes, are some of the most carnal this reader has ever read. The secondary casts of characters are marvelous.

The Storyline and dialogue are seamless. Even with the sexual foray going on in this story, here and there a one-liner would take this reader back. What a hoot! When you come to the end of this book, you will be in awe of Ms. McKade's writing talents, especially with this being her first published work. She is right up there with the other great writers in Ellora's Cave's stable of authors. It is a keeper for this reader. When only the HOTTEST sexual scenes will do, along with a great story, then do not miss...THE GAME...This reviewer highly recommends it.

Reviewed by Janalee Ruschhaupt, 2005

That's what this book is lacking.

I find it impossible to believe this author has ever seen any more to the BDSM world that watching "Exit to Eden" with Rosie O'Donnell. Sorry for the mental image.

In the distant future ex-supermodel Chastity is desperate for money. So she does what any woman would do; she prostitutes herself. Reality shows in the future have become gigantic. She signs up for one where she will be "pitted against" a man for a week on a pleasure planet. Er, when did sex become combatative? I'd like to know how someone "wins" at it.

The author declines to demonstrate how in the this book. Instead Chastity is paired with Seth, the man she left at the altar. Bent on revenge he has them assigned to an S&M planet where he wants to use & humiliate her to make her feel what he felt that long ago day.

Here's the sum of the plot: two people who have 0 interest in S&M making half-arsed attempts at trying out roleplaying. Of course they're still desperately in love with each other...but what broke them up is a secret that could tear them apart. And it's the lamest secret ever concieved in a novel. Chastity is pursued by a true Dom who's really sadistic, as well as a dom who's gentle and infatuated with her, and someone is trying to kill her. Or at least they are in the last 20 pages.

The sex scenes made me cringe for many reasons. One, the characters don't really enjoy it. Two they're exceedingly cruel to one another emotionally and I don't believe they really loved each other. Lastly the things they did under the guise of BDSM were either lame or dangerous.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RECREATE ANY LOVE SCENES FROM THIS BOOK

The things Chastity undergoes would cause dislocation of jounts, exposure, dehyrdration, infection, and of course pregancy or STDs by either Seth or one of the other 3 men she plays with.

This is the lamest attamept at BDSM erotica slapped onto a third-rate romance plot and tinged with cardboard Sci-Fi.

If you want to read this go ahead but it bears repeating;

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RECREATE ANY LOVE SCENES FROM THIS BOOK

In the year 2106, Chastity Ambrose is in desperate need of money, so she enters an erotic reality game show. What she doesn't know is that the show has been rigged so suit Seth Allen - the man she left at the altar two years ago. She will have to submit to him in a BDSM-setting - and he plans to enjoy his revenge to the fullest extent! There is still a lot of attraction between the two, but can they overcome their mutual distrust and the interference of not only the game show-host, who wants Chastity to lose, but also another man who is madly in love with Chastity and would do anything to have her?

Wow - this was not only a steamy book, but I really enjoyed the characters and what happened to them emotionally. Even the minor characters and the world the game show took place in were really interesting. This book was very entertaining and quite impressive, especially for a debut novel. I definitely look forward to more works by this author!

The Game Ecstasy:

This book is written in the future. 2106 to be exact. Chastity needs money. She so signs up for a reality game show that will pay her if she wins. Chastity has to survive one week at a BDSM club as a submissive... What Chastity does not know is that her ex-fiance' that she left standing at the alter has rigged the show so that he is her master for that week.

BDSM. Graphic,,,Alpha-Male.....Great Read.

Chastity Ambrose, a well-known model, in desperate need of money, is participating in a sexually explicit game show called Voyeur II. Her competition is none other than the man she'd left at the altar two years ago, Seth Allen.

Seth Allen is the 2104 Astral-ball Champion as well as the new owner of the Los Angeles Annihilators. He still can't figure out why Chastity had left him two years ago. She's the only woman he's truly ever loved and it had devastated him when she left.

Normally, Chastity would never consider going on a game show like Voyeur II. However, she needs the prize money. Having Seth as her competitor makes an already humiliating and degrading experience even worse. Chastity finds herself practically naked on intergalactic television and her challenge is to last a full seven days and six nights as a sex slave in order to win one hundred million dollars. Seth wants vengeance. He thinks he wants nothing more than to wring Chastity's beautiful neck. However, the minute he puts the slave collar on her neck, instead of wishing to strangle her, he finds himself worried that he may put it on too tight.

THE GAME is a highly entertaining story. With reality television shows being what they are, I could easily imagine Voyeur II as the next step in reality TV. Both Seth and Charity are extremely likable characters. Their emotional connection is easily felt. Amazingly, being on this degrading show only seems to bring them closer together. The plot is wonderfully fast paced and keeps you guessing. I was constantly wondering about the reasons for the characters behavior and am still amazed at how it all turned out. THE GAME is Mackenzie McKade's first book with Ellora's Cave and from what I've read, she's an author well worth reading.

Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)

This is an excellent bdsm novel. I liked the way the story was different from all the others out there. It really hit the spot, to say the leasst! If you like bdsm and want to find a good read, I'd say this is a great bet. Another good bet is Sweet Seduction.

i love this book--great flow--great conflict--the d/s relationship is amazing and the perfect mixture of lust/anger/innocence/humility--the future enviroments are very believable--these characters are very likeable and you feel for both of them--chastity walked out on their wedding 2 years earlier without an explanation to the groom--

they meet again and she is pretty much stuck doing whatever he wants and he is defenitely out for revenge. for chastity failure isn't an option-- he wants her to fail--this book should have been longer--

Two years ago Chastity left Seth at the alter and now she is in desperate need of money to help her mother. With the opportunity to win one hundred million dollars Chastity cannot turn down a game show for adults, but what she doesn't realize is that Seth is in on the game as well. Seth has been furious for 2 years, wanting nothing more than to humiliate Chastity as she did him by leaving him at the alter, so when his buddy (the gameshow host) contacts him he is more than willing to go head to head with Chastity. When the game is revealed and Chastity realizes she must be submissive to Seth and she tries to bow out, but in order to get out of the game she would have to pay a huge fine that she does not have...and so the game begins. Will Seth get his revenge against Chastity? Or will the love they once shared draw them back together?

***As a BDSM novel you need to expect some m/m/m/f interaction along with sexual domination situations. As a huge fan of Mackenzie Mckade I was deeply disappointed in this book. I have come to expect more from this author than just sexual escapades and that is all I felt this book was. As a huge erotic romance fan this book fell below par in the romance department. I do not recommend this book and I certainly hope her next one is better.

The sex is hot the book is not. When writing on part fantasy part real life - - use a better story line, going to the moon and faraway galaxy's was ridiculous and made the story boring. I want to know when I fantasize that it could have happened even if only in my mind!