Necessary Roughness

Series · 4 books · 2010-2011

By Ann Jacobs

Books in series

Sackmaster

2010

Book 1 in the Necessary Roughness series. All-pro defensive end Jimmy Bronson, new to the Savannah Rebels, moved to escape memories of a disastrous marriage. A sexual Dominant who’s in no hurry to jump into another relationship, he falls in lust with an arresting female face in a magazine. Julie Silver, the object of his obsession, happens to live in his condo building. Their connection is instantaneous and the sex is hot and wild. Quickly, they discover they share a fetish, which they decide to play out at Rebels’ Roost, the team’s exclusive BDSM club. The perfect Master and slave ’til death do they part? Julie is not so sure. She is older than Jimmy and knows that lust comes easily when you’re young, but love requires time and compromise. Jimmy is very sure, though. Julie is perfect for him. He’s already bought her collar and a length of diamond-studded chain to lace through the rings that adorn her clit and nipples. A committed player—in sex games and life—always gets just what he wants.

End Run

2011

Book 2 in the Necessary Roughness series. Jack has a problem. He just awoke after a night of wild sex...with a man. His libido is on the rampage and threatens his dream of an NFL career. Desperate for a solution, he turns to Tawny, the love of his life, and asks her to become his wife and his Mistress-to curb and control his overactive sex drive. Though leery of the BDSM scene, Tawny agrees. Jack will become her sex slave and she'll keep him in chastity, his cock caged and totally hers to command. They relish their new roles. Jack's NFL career leads them to Rebels' Roost, a safe place where they can play out any BDSM fantasy they want and safely satisfy Jack's bisexual desires. They plan to introduce a permanent third into their sex games. But, does Jack still want that, or is Tawny's love all he really needs? Publisher's note: this story contains an intensely sexual M/M/F m nage scene and a hot, loving M/M scene.

Best Reception

2011

Wide receiver Sid Conyers is hot, dominant, an expert in rope bondage and almost any woman’s dream. He’s played in BDSM dungeons for years, with many women, but none he ever truly cared for. Now he finally has the woman he’s coveted…by default. He wants to be her lover as well as her Master. Talia survived physical and emotional abuse from her former Master that has left her emotionally scarred and insecure. A true submissive, she yearns for Sid to master her despite her fear that she can’t win his heart…doesn’t deserve his love. Sid is determined to mend Talia’s battered psyche. He will bind her with rope, but he’ll convince her with tenderness that she deserves all the love he has to give. Reader Advisory: When Sid and Talia visit Rebels’ Roost BDSM club to play out their erotic rope fantasy, they stumble across a hot ménage scene—and two sexy men who are totally wrapped up in each other.

Prime Defender

2011

Big, tough, sexy linebacker Matt Rubin is a killer on the field—but a willing slave in the dungeon to his voluptuous, beautiful Domme. Keisha loves her buff, gorgeous sex slave. It is the ultimate erotic gratification—having such a strong, intimidating man completely at her sexual command. Then a health crisis forces them to make a temporary switch. The sex slave becomes the Master. Keisha is totally out of her element and they both wonder how they can ever really go back to that perfect love. Reader Advisory: This book contains kinky public sex scenes involving multiple partners and ménage

Author

Ann Jacobs

Author · 57 books

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. First published in 1996, Jacobs has sold close to fifty books and novellas. SANDSTORMS was a 2007 nominee for the prestigious ROMANTIC TIMES Reviewers' Choice award for best erotic romance. Her books have earned awards including the Passionate Plume (best novella, 2006, second place contemporary, 2008), the Desert Rose (best hot and spicy romance, 2004) and More Than Magic (best erotic romance, 2004). She has been a double finalist in separate categories of the EPPIES and From the Heart RWA Chapter’s contest. Three of her books have been translated and sold in several European countries. A CPA and former hospital financial manager, Jacobs now writes full-time, with the help of Mr. Blue, the family cat who sometimes likes to perch on the back of her desk chair and lend his sage advice. He sometimes even contributes a few random letters when he decides he wants to try out the keyboard. (Most of the time Blue just curls up, hides his eyes with his paws...and sleeps!)