Dom Wars Round One by Lucian Bane

Lucian Bane's inner Dom is out of control and hungry for things he can't name. When he signs up for Dom Wars, he meets Tara who is naive to the BDSM world. Her reckless dominance and puritan heart fascinate him. But when he discovers the pain in her past, it unleashes his true Dom within.

I just finished Dom Wars Round One and for me it just wasn't for me.    It’s a story about Lucian and Tara.  Lucien is a journalist with a kinky side.  He is in the Dom lifestyle but hasn't been practicing it for a while when he finds out that there is a competition for Doms.  May the best Dom win.  What do they win you ask?  1 MILLION DOLLARS.  Yeah, I can see people wanting to do that.  Here comes Tara, she wants to take care of her Grandma and with her being in a nursing home now would need a lot of money if she had her at home.  She comes to compete.  This is all about being a Dom so they both have to compete but are paired together to see who wins.

Dislikes
I didn't care for story line.  Granted, I know that this is not your typical BDSM and I can usually go with the flow, I just couldn't on this.  I needed more for the characters.  It was like I just really knew their names and then they would compete and do something sexual and then that would be it.  I like more to my characters.

Likes-
I loved the sexual aspect to them only.  Lucien yes could be a Dom but then when it was his turn to act like the sub, I just wasn't feeling it.  Tara, for me when she was acting like the sub, I was all for it but then when it was her turn to be Dom, nope not my thing. 

Girl, this might be your thing.  I know that it takes a lot of imagination and courage to be an author and put your work out there.  I give you guys kudos because I wouldn't be able to do it.  It just wasn't for me

I'm an Ineffable Dom. That just means, do yourself a favor and please don't try to describe me or fit me into your categories. Complicated Dom, Intricate Dom, Confounding Dom work too.

I love very much the soft side of a woman. Not just her body, but everything on the inside-- her passion, her intelligence, her convictions, her delicate tenderness. But the one fetish that might be a part of what makes me an Ineffable Dom is that I love her strengths. I love a woman that isn’t afraid to look me in the eyes and say ‘make me’. But I need it to be real, not staged, not pretended. She has to be a fighter at her core the way I’m a Dom at my core. I want an equal that is willing to come hard against me in every sense of the word, exhaust me. I want her so deep inside me that we’re lost in each other. I want her to never doubt that I will always use my power to adore her, protect her, liberate her. I don’t want a woman I can break, or overpower, or exercise my dominance over, I want a woman I can come undone with. I want a woman I can jump off the cliff with into that abyss of holy hell, this is beyond me, beyond my control. The greatest fear of most people is losing themselves or unravelling their roots. My greatest fear is not finding a woman I can take that plunge with. Yes, it’s a huge risk. That’s the yin and the yang of it. And while the risk titillates my Dom, it’s the ineffable fruit of that risk that moves him. He knows he has to have it. He knows he’s supposed to have. And he’s prepared to dominate for it.

I think there are many men like myself, and I hope my writing will be a map for them. A map for women as well, to let them know Doms like this exist. I’d like to call them out of the woodwork. Help men join with their natural inner Doms in a way that I think is one of the most fulfilling experiences there are. I want to challenge them all to go for the complete power exchange with a woman, but don’t be a coward and not give the same that they demand or expect. And consider that when you give one hundred percent of yourself to a person, there is no more of you to give away. You now belong to them the way they belong to you.

Inner Doms are dogs that need a master to train them. I once bowed to my Dom's reckless and tireless desires, but when I gained control, he bowed to my will. The transformation made me into what I am today. What many would call an Ineffable Dom. But its equal term in the Vanilla world, in my opinion, is a real man.