Thoroughly Enjoying A Holiday Under Her Control with Pearl O'Leslie

Title: A Holiday Under Her Control
Author: Pearl O'Leslie
Publication Date: December 1, 2024
Genres: Erotic Romance
Protagonist Gender: Male

By this point, we all know the tired tropes of holiday romance, especially the one about the big city girl reluctantly returning to her small town for an emergency, meeting up with someone from her past, magically discovering a love she left behind, and spontaneously deciding to uproot her entire life and leave the big city behind.

That's precisely how A Holiday Under Her Control begins, but there's a twist. A big twist. All of that occurs off the page, and instead of following along as she ticks off the holiday cliches, Pearl O'Leslie invites us to follow the man she left behind - a man who meets up with a woman similarly left behind.

Although there is anger, sadness, and frustration to overcome, the story is actually quite lighthearted, even comical at times, as Elizabeth and Trevor swap their stories of heartbreak. There's a spark there, a connection, and they decide to kindle it through the holidays, no strings attached. She likes being in control, but her fiancé didn't get it, while he enjoys being controlled, but his fiancée had zero interest in kink. They both know how foolish and impulsive their plans are, but it's precisely what each of them needs.

Elizabeth and Trevor are both wonderful characters with distinct personalities, careers, families, and all the other backstory elements you need to not just identify with them, but emphasize with them. You believe in their connection to the point where you spend the book wishing for it to become something more than a holiday fling. The FLR elements are beautifully woven into the story, underlying their relationship and elevating it from just a kink to a lifestyle. There's still a lightheartedness to it all, with plenty of laughter and smiles amidst the terse commands and pained cries, with Miss Pearl placing it all into context.

Of course, A Holiday Under Her Control is still a holiday romance, and there are still tropes to be honored, but I will not spoil how they slip into the story or where they lead. This is a fun, feel-good, FLR romance that any reader with even a passing interest in the world of femdom and BDSM will enjoy.

Rating: ♀ ♀ ♀ ♀ ♀