RECOGNITION
The Surrender
by Toni Bentley
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARPUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BOOKS OF 2004
“At a time when so much sexual writing aims … to demystify and de-emotionalize sex -- to reduce it to a physical and hormonal process not much different from, say, scratching an itch -- Ms. Bentley belongs to the old tradition of … Lawrence, Norman Mailer, Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin, which sees sex as an avenue to spirituality, to the mystical and sublime.”
– Charles McGrath, New York Times
“Some will call Toni Bentley’s memoir blasphemous, others spiritual; some pornographic, others erotic. What it is, is wonderfully smart and sexy and witty and moving, a tale of unbounded passion that leads to transcendence. Bentley's honesty about the most intimate of subjects is daring and delightful for those willing to follow her to, so to speak, the end.”
– Publisher’s Weekly
Edge Play
by Jane Boon
National Leather Association's Pauline Reage Novel Award, Finalist 2021
“Edge Play explores obsession and ambition with a fetishist's eye for detail. From the sleek Syren latex to the sexy Louboutins, to power moves found in both the dazzling hustle of high finance and the darkness of the dungeon, this book delivers.”
—LILY BURANA, Author of Strip City
“This is such a fun book! Smart, sexy, and full of surprises. It's also full of stingingly authentic details of Wall Street and the BDSM culture simmering just below it. It's a New York where everyone wants to come out on top, and power is a skill that can be learned.”
—JO WELDON, Author of Fierce: The History of Leopard Print and The Burlesque Handbook
