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Even within the context of the Underground BDSM Club, Joshua’s desires are dark and extreme. Hopelessly addicted to pain and the high it gives him, he has no limits. Joshua would quite literally rather die than use a safeword, and he accepts that might be his fate. As much as he depends on others, he has yet to find a man who can gain his trust, and he has little hope that he ever will.

For Nash, acquiring Joshua from another Dom at the club is only the first step in what will be a long and arduous road to lure the young man back from the brink of self-destruction. He must do the impossible and win Joshua’s trust, and he must be the one to set limits in their exploration—something he’s unaccustomed to as a Dom. But Nash knows dominance doesn’t always mean pushing a submissive’s boundaries. It’s about establishing a bond and fulfilling another man’s needs. In Joshua’s case, he’ll have to strike a balance between meeting the young man’s expectations and drawing firm lines that will save Joshua from himself.

Book Review

I have been salivating waiting for this second book in SJD Peterson's 'The Underground Club' series. I really enjoyed the first book but I was looking for something with a lot more grit. The glimpse I was given of 'Limitless' at the end of the previous installment pretty much ensured that I was going to find the angst, pain, and drama I was looking for in Nash and Joshua's story.

Joshua pulls at every single string Nash has with the history Nash and his friends at the club discover about him. It's no wonder Joshua can't trust any man after being someone's slave for three years who abused him so badly his body still carries the scars and then he abandoned Joshua at the hospital after the second time he had to be revived. Nash knows it's going to be a challenge to take Joshua on but his gut keeps telling him it's the right thing to do.

“I….” Joshua was silent for a long moment before he lifted his head and met Nash’s gaze. “I want to belong. I want to stop feeling like I’m a fuckup, and I want to stop feeling like I don’t matter.”

Thank you, Jo, for allowing me to see not just Nash's point of view but also Joshua's. Joshua has had all the wrong kinds of Doms and he truly believes he understands them and knows what they want. Nash confuses him so much in the beginning and it was very refreshing to watch. Nash has a plan for working with Joshua and Joshua isn't going to always like that plan. Joshua believes he knows what to do and how to behave in order to get what he wants, but he has never met a Dom like Nash. Silly Joshua thinks he's going to be teaching Nash what it means to be a Dom.

"He had yet to meet one Dom who wasn’t on a major power trip. Which was fine by him. More power to them was his motto. They could boss him around all they wanted, could have multiple orgasms for all he fucking cared, as long as he got his three Ps: pleasure, pain, and peace."

I'm not sure any of my prior experiences in reading BDSM stories prepared me for 'Limitless'. I've never met a sub like Joshua before. One who is so traumatized by his childhood and past abuse that he adopted the sub lifestyle, perfectly I might add, but only as a means to an end. All of his former Doms claimed to want to please him when he pleased them, but in reality they were only out for themselves which worked perfectly for what Joshua wanted. Nash is the first one to look beyond just providing pain and sex, to actually try to understand why Joshua needs it so badly.

'Limitless' is more than the expansion of a submissive. It's the evolution and growth of a young man who is terrified of feeling alive, but who wants it so badly it almost tears him in two. It was a beautiful thing to see but I feel as if the ending left me hanging wondering how it was going to turn out. I truly enjoyed the uniqueness of this novel and I certainly hope to see more in the series.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 200 pages/60780 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	02-December-2016
Price	$6.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback, $14.99 bundle
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/limitless-by-sjd-peterson-7834-b