About Deviations: Discipline
Written by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne
189 pages / 85500 words
ISBN: 978-1-60370-013-9, 1-60370-013-7
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Tobias and Noah explore their relationships more deeply than they ever have, not just with their own dominance and submission, but with their friends. As Noah helps Tobias through the loss of someone dear, he finds Tobias helping him, too, leading him through some intense sexual games, breaking down the last of Noah’s fears, and helping him face his biggest one. The cage.
Meanwhile, Tobias’ ex-lover, Phantom, becomes close friends with Noah as they discover and try to resist the simmering sexual tension between them. Their teasing turns to real support when Phantom reaches the breaking point thanks to the lack of a master in his life, something he desperately needs.
While Bradford works to become that master, Tobias and Noah go to Paris, where they see the sights, go to sex clubs, and re-negotiate their contract. Returning from Paris to their own lives brings then all sorts of new difficulties, from deciding whether they should love together to trying to figure out just where Phantom belongs in their ever-changing relationship.
Deviations: Discipline is the third book in the popular Deviations series, which begins with Deviations: Submission, and Deviations: Dominance. Chris Owen and Jodi Payne have another winner on their hands, a gripping, emotional tale that you won’t want to miss!
Review
CB Potts, author of the popular Rockhounds series, writes:
I have to admit it. I came to Deviations: Discipline with some very high expectations and not a little trepidation. After all, Deviations: Domination and Deviations: Submission, the first two best selling-books by the powerhouse duo of Chris Owen and Jodi Payne set a very high bar. By combining excellent writing, brilliant characterization, and erotic scenes so hot they almost smoked, it was possible that they’d raised that bar so high that it might, in fact, be unreachable.
While we’re making admissions, I’ll lay another one out on the table for you. I love Phan. Every one of the major Deviations characters has their own devoted fan base -- some admire the dominant Tobias while others pine for the sexy submissive police officer, Noah. There’s even a very loyal -- and breathtakingly articulate -- fandom surrounding Bradford, a dom who acts some days as Tobias’ mentor and other days as his conscience. But I’m a Phan girl. I never met a gorgeous troubled masochist I didn’t like -- and Phan is all of that and more.
Deviations: Discipline managed to quell fears and shatter expectations, all in one volume. While Noah and Tobias are busily taking their relationship to the next level -- a delightful if occasionally tense journey that somehow manages to satisfy this reader’s need for both realistic romance and blisteringly hot sex scenes -- Phan is slowly, with the assistance of Noah, Tobias, and Bradford, struggling toward some semblance of mental health. It’s a fascinating compelling read. Phan’s journey illuminates not only his character, but adds interesting depth to the cadre of men who love him. Owen and Payne explore jealousy and security, games and reality, and the many, many ways we can find love. Deviations: Discipline is easily the best book I’ve read all year, and is highly, highly, highly recommended.
Sample
Tobias cursed as he came across yet another torn up intersection. Traffic was a mess all through the downtown core, and his frustration level was rising with every one-way street he had to navigate. He was going in a circle, he just knew it, and Lincoln Avenue was always just out of reach.
The trouble, he decided, wasn't so much the damn construction as the sheer idiocy of the drivers who simply wouldn't get out of his way and let him get home. "It's not even close to rush hour," he muttered, talking out loud in uncharacteristic frustration and trying to ease around yet another truck offloading dirt or equipment or something. He hit the gas and then the brakes as a woman in a PT Cruiser cut him off and gave him the finger.
"And you would think," he added, "that with all this crap going on... I could at least lose this fucking erection." An incredibly persistent one at that, one that had been with him to varying degrees since he'd woken up from a morning dream about Noah and new leather wrist cuffs that had complex and intriguing chains dangling from them. He'd been hard off and on since then, and his body was definitely settling on full hardness at the moment.
He took another breath and looked around at the traffic as he shifted uncomfortably in his seat, his irritation growing. "But no. Not today. Today, I'm cursed with an iron dick, a schedule that's opened up, a submissive at work, and endless traffic. God damn it!" He slammed his hand down on the steering wheel and a miracle happened: the road in front of his car emptied.
So he hit the gas and took off, heading for home. The sudden siren and flashing lights in his rearview mirror made him glance down at the speedometer in dismay. "Ah, shit." With a sigh he pulled over and undid his seatbelt.
A chest in uniform appeared at the driver's side window. A knuckle tapped on the glass, and Tobias rolled down the window, stifling another sigh. The cop had one hand on his gun. As if Tobias could make a bid for freedom in this traffic.
"License and registration, please," a voice requested in an official tone, and Tobias dutifully reached for the glove compartment. "Wait a minute." The cop rested an arm on the door and ducked to see better into the car. "Do you have any idea how fast you were going, sir?"
"Jesus Christ," Tobias groaned, his head falling back on the seat. "Yes. Too fast. Would you like to know why, Noah?"
"That's 'Officer Dolan,' sir, and, yes. Yes, I would." Noah grinned widely.
Tobias rolled his eyes. "Well, you see, Officer Dolan, I have a smart-mouthed lover whom I can't get out of my head." He pointed to his lap. "I was in rather a rush to call him. Or at least think about him in private."