Dutiful: a love story of consensual sadomasochism

“Dutiful” is the portrait of a woman: Isabel. The story explores the fascinating paradoxes of one woman’s lifestyle as she combines career accomplishment in her public life with sexual masochism in her private life. The intensely reflective narrative which unfolds in Dutiful offers intriguing insights into a successful consensual-sadomasochistic relationship between a male dominant and a female submissive. It is a story of the mutual understanding of two people who are totally compatible as lovers and life-partners. The novel looks beneath the surface delves more profoundly into the erotic excitement and personal freedom derived from being truly oneself in a marriage of complete trust and acceptance. Isabel’s married life with her husband/lover Gabe has taught her that love only rests secure on complete sexual honesty. She knows that if you are loved without being understood, then you have to live in fear that one day your lover will learn the truth about you and not love you any more, but if your lover understands and accepts who you really are, then it is truly you that he loves, and you can love and be loved without fear. Guidance Warning: This is a serious novel about human relationships, not simply a piece of superficial erotica, but readers should be aware that it deals with very adult themes and therefore includes graphic sexual scenes.