Once Bitten Reviewed By Kevin R. Tipple
Once Bitten
By Adrian Hunter and Chelsea Shepard
ISBN # 1-4010-2885-3 (trade paperback)
ISBN # 1-4010-2886-1 (e-book)
Rating: *****
Every now and then, a book comes along sold under the adult
banner that is not just about page after page of sex. Instead,
it reads more like a mainstream novel in that there is a discernable
plot, storyline, character development, etc. the only difference
is that the novel has the added sexuality element that the major
publishers stay away from unless you are an incredibly big name
novelist. Such is the case here.
They say money can't buy happiness, but that isn't the way
Donovan Grant sees it. Donovan is rich, if not absolutely super
rich. Donovan Grant would knock Bill Gates down a few pegs on
the money scale. He has amassed a large fortune from his invention
that protects the copyright of videos through the Internet.
No longer can videos and other products be copied over and over
and shared online earning the creators in the original product
no money at all. Hollywood execs have been thrilled and paid
very well to use his technology while the same people who approved
of the Napstar style tactics are horrified and disgusted. The
people against his technology are a very vocal bunch, but Donovan
has laughed all the way to the bank. Then, he took a chunk of
his new money and purchased his own private island in the British
Virgin Island, named the Jost Van Dyke.
Every now and then, he goes off of his island for a little
while and drifts into the bar known as the Krusty Conch. There,
he never knows what he might pick up in female entertainment
and what they might allow him to do. Donovan is a man of wealth
and interesting tastes in the sexuality department. As the novel
opens, he meets the very drunk Michelle and her equally smashed
friend, Debbie. He is having a good time with them and sexual
desires including the art of bondage among other things are
briefly discussed, before Michelle suddenly remembers where
she has seen the famous Donovan Grant before. Michelle is unable
to understand the point of Donovan's invention and begins to
argue loudly with him. He suffers her insults for a little while,
before explaining fully and completely the point of his invention
and the need for it in the modern Internet world. After arguing
the issue with him, she has had enough and wants to leave. "Debbie
pretended not to hear soon-to-be-ex best friend as her internal
search engine spat up metatag matches to keywords like 'single,'
'cute,' and, to her thrilling surprise, 'kinky.'" Debbie does
not care about the argument; the lady is very interested in
the possibilities of his world. Soon Debbie is off with Donovan
and headed quickly back to his island.
Having your own private island is wonderful on its own, especially
when you like domination and bondage. With his privacy and his
resources, he is able to construct his own bondage fantasy world.
A lady can make all the noise she wants and there are no annoying
neighbors to interfere. In pleasuring himself, he also brings
pleasure to millions who visit his sites daily through the Internet,
via his free and his paying sites. But, the fortune and the
fact that millions around the world access his sites isn't enough.
He has come up with a program that by taking advantage of his
millions of users will help him dominate the world through the
Internet. He will have total control over the Internet and the
neat thing is that his fans will trigger it themselves.
At the same time, half a world away a young woman by the name
of Carroll Farmer is having another unsatisfactory bondage experience.
While the man bound and writhing on the bed beneath her is trying
his hardest, he simply can't give her what she craves. Her work
life isn't that much better, as she is Associate Editor for
Netconomy, England's leading Internet magazine. While she has
the title, she does not seem to have the control to go along
with it. She still writes and reports most of the stories herself,
and her boss wants her to go to Amsterdam to interview the famous
porn Webmaster Dirk Meessens. She goes very reluctantly and
her fears are confirmed after she watches one of his women perform.
The experience shakes her to her core as it reminds her of the
past and desires that once awakened were never dealt with properly.
Donovan Grant awakened those desires and then after a stupid
disagreement left her and she has never found another that made
her feel the same way. Because of his link with Meessens; her
editor makes her follow the trail to Donovan Grant and his island,
and unwittingly straight into his ultimate plan for world domination.
At 266 pages, this is a very enjoyable and arousing novel with complicated
and interesting characters. There are plenty of twists and turns,
as this adventure style novel that just happens to have plenty of
graphic sex thrown in, winds its way to an intriguing conclusion.
That fact, plus the amusing social commentary sprinkled through out
the work as well as just flat funny bits of dialogue makes this a
must read. This novel is extremely well written and available through
booksellers and Xlibris at www.Xlibris.com
as well as the home website, http://www.adrianhunter.com
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