Cassandra's Conflict (Black Lace) [Paperback]

Fredrica Alleyn (Author)

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Cassandra's sheltered life is transformed when she takes a job at the home of Baron von Ritter and his beautiful but cruel wife. Their decadent taste for indulgence feeds on the erotic charge of fear and submission in their chosen partners.

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A house in Hampstead. Present-day. Behind a façade of cultured respectability lies a world of decadent indulgence and dark eroticism. Cassandra’s sheltered life is transformed when she gets employed as governess to the Baron’s children. He draws her into games where lust can feed on the erotic charge of submission. Games where only he knows the rules and where unusual pleasures can flourish. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: London Bridge (Mm) (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0352328592
• ISBN-13: 978-0352328595
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,542,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Soft porn with a D/s theme - written by a women for women., July 14, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Cassandra's Conflict (Black Lace) (Paperback)

If Domination and submission mixed with admittedly kinky sex are your cup of tea then this book is for you! A young and unjaded woman is introduced to the joys of depravity by an English Baron. Some very graphic language, but the author still manages to do it in a tasteful manner. Definitely belongs on your bedside table!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More, please!, April 29, 2008

By	DiannaCam "DiannaCam" (Neptune) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cassandra's Conflict (Black Lace) (Paperback)

This is erotica at its very best, with great characters who come to life right from the start. It's the story of how Cassandra, an innocent young woman initially employed as a governess to the Baron's two young children, is quickly drawn into a world of sexual domination, where pain and pleasure go hand in hand. As she struggles to learn the ever-changing rules of the Baron's sex games, Cassandra realises that this is a world she actually enjoys, and a world she doesn't want to leave. However, the Baron's fiancee Katya has other ideas, and only one of them will remain with the Baron when the games come to an end.The question is, how far is Cassandra prepared to go to make sure that it's Katya who has to leave? There is something for everyone in this highly arousing and well written book. Once I'd started reading it, I couldn't put it down! More please, Fredrica!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating erotic character study, May 3, 2008

By	Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Cassandra's Conflict (Black Lace) (Paperback)

In London, her husband Paul Williams tells Cassandra she is frigid; that it her fault he is leaving her for Louise. When she says she has no prospects having never held a job, he coldly tells her not to sell her body as she will starve to death.

Not long afterward, Cassandra applies for a job as a governess to two small girls four years old Helena and two years old Christina, daughters of Austrian widower Baron von Ritter. However, as he offers her the position and she accepts, Cassandra is unaware that the previous governess Abigail was fired because she failed at the sex games, he and his mistress Katya play with the staff. She and her two little charges bond so when they are sent to Austria to visit their family, they are upset as they do not want to leave their governess behind. Although she misses the children whom got into her heart, Cassandra has little time to dwell on her feelings for her preschool companions as the Baron seduces her into joining the sexual games. Although she does not understand the rules, Cassandra has promised the two little girls she will be there for them when they return. She is the first governess with a non-selfish reason to win the sexual contests even as she does not grasp the rules that the Baron and his mistress keep changing.

This is a fascinating erotic character study that looks deep into the soul of the triangle formed when Cassandra replaces Abigail as companion to the girls. The Baron realizes the newcomer is different as Cassandra does not hide her warm motherly affection for the young girls; Katya sees her as another disposable servant for them to abuse. Fans will enjoy Fredrica Alleyn's intriguing heated contemporary while wondering whether Cassandra will triumph especially since she holds a non-sexual ace in the hole.

Harriet Klausner