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Eric Martin is a successful businessman, but he’s lonely, he’s stressed, and there’s something missing from his life. At least that is, until he meets Daryus at a conference. Daryus promises he can offer Eric all his fantasies come true. A second meeting at a bar one night, leads Eric through a door into a world where he suddenly finds himself as the ‘pony’ of groom Soren.

Soren is a groom of human ponies who is working off his debt to a demon by training men in pony play. He enjoys his work a lot and one day hopes to have a pony of his own as a reward for all the good work he’s done and to celebrate the payment of his debt. When Eric appears in his stall, Soren believes that day has finally come.

Eric can’t believe the stables he finds himself in are real. His pony fantasies are just that – fantasies. Not only that, he’s never shared them with anyone, so how could Daryus have known? Between Eric’s confusion and lack of experience, Soren has his work cut out not only training Eric, but convincing him that this is real and that Eric doesn’t ever need to go back to his old world. 

With a little demon magic and a lot of care, Eric and Soren just might find everything they need to both be happy and together.

Book Review

What if there were a place where all your deepest, darkest fantasies can be fulfilled? It doesn’t sound possible, and in our rational, logical world it could never happen – at least not on a permanent basis the way it does in ‘Mane and Tail’. In our world, most wishes only come true on a temporary basis and/or at a price that is prohibitive. But in the supernatural/magical world Sean Michael has created in what looks to be a very strange, very kinky world that is inhabited by demons and their servants, anything is possible.

Eric is a stressed-out executive who secretly dreams of a simpler life, so secretly in fact, that he does not even admit what he wants to himself. Then he follows the invitation of a strange man he met at a conference and walks through a door at the back of a bar and into a world he had no idea exists. Nothing makes sense to him at first: he is addressed as “pony”, a groom takes care of him and tries to help him adjust, and he is given a new name, his true pony name. And even though Eric has secretly imagined pony play and how it would make him feel, experiencing the reality of it is quite different. His emotions are all over the place, and it was fascinating to see the effect of what could be called brainwashing on his psyche.

Soren is in debt to a demon - not sure what that is for, exactly, not that it’s crucial – and he is working it off by training ponies, helping them find a groom of their own. Soren is excellent at what he does, and with a combination of patience and a love of the men under his care, he manages to become the best trainer in the stable. He sees his job as helping men understand and accept their deepest needs and truly wants to help. He also hopes to finally get a pony all his own – and when Eric appears, Soren knows he is the one for him.

As happy as both men end up being, I do think the price Eric pays is significant – he gives up the life he knows, a successful career, and what we’d call “normality”. Of course, that thinking is coming from someone who values freedom and free choice and has never imagined the things Eric clearly wants and needs. I found it fascinating to see Eric’s reactions and think Sean Michael did a great job describing his transformation. Basically, Soren summarizes who and what the men in this new world of Eric’s are very well: “We are not normal people.” Soren sounded very sure of that. “We know our deepest selves where our truest fantasies live and we follow them.” It’s a fascinating concept that is also more than a little scary.

If you like stories with more than a touch of the fantastical, if you enjoy worlds that are full of magic, sinful kinkiness, and almost over-the-top sexual fulfillment, and if you’re looking for a read that combines psychology and scorching man-on-man action, then you will probably like this novella. I look forward to more stories set in this world!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 77 pages/32100 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	15-June-2016
Price	$3.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/Modifications-Mane-Tail-Sean-Michael-ebook/dp/B01H4ACLKU