Sackmaster

Necessary Roughness #1

by Ann Jacobs

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.

Genres: BDSM, Erotica, Sports, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Football

76 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 17, 2010

About the author

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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!)

Reviews

[Talltree]

DNF after reading sample
Its just a personal thing, others may like the fetish...but shaving a woman completely hairless - including eyebrows and on head does nothing for me :(

[Pam]

DNF @ 60%

There was absolutely nothing wrong with this book, it just was not for me, or was my kind of kink. The title and the cover got me, but I really couldn't get passed the kink and accept it as something sexy, so this was it is not you it's me kinda book. Feel bad DNFing a book, and I usually am pretty good at accepting things as they come, but this made me laugh more than being turned on. On to the next :)

Click the spoiler for a taste of their fantasy:

"She imagined her dream lover’s calloused hands caressing her bare scalp while she sucked his hard, hot cock and licked the velvety-smooth lubrication from his slit. He’d pull out when he was ready and come on her head, massaging the slick liquid into her scalp until it felt like wet silk."

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was just something missing, well actually there was alot missing, no sooner did the author mention an upcoming event a few months hence, then a few sentances later you were there. I found myself flipping back through the pages ensuring that I hadn’t missed anything. From a story that seemed so full of potential it was let down by paper thin characters and a story line that skipped over important events,over emphasising the obvious.

[Malinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story. Athlete and a model get together. She's older and they have a shared fetish of shaved head (both him and her). There's a bit of BDSM but nothing too major.

[Blackravens Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

MacKenzie’s Review:

I was very excited to pick up Sackmaster, which is book one in Ann Jacob’s new Necessary Roughness series. I had previously read Coach Me in the Gridiron Lovers series of which this new series is a spin-off. I was very happy to see that some of the old characters made an appearance, namely Coach Zanardi and Susan.

Sackmaster has a very intriguing plot, and a unique fetish is highlighted with this tale, which is always nice to see. I’ve read many Ann Jacob’s stories and enjoyed them, but Sackmaster just doesn’t have the same feel. It’s missing something. Overall, while the story was interesting, it was possibly too fast paced. There was no real character development…at least I didn’t come to understand these characters at any point during the story. Other than a shared kink, I didn’t even have a vision of them together. They were in bed so quickly it would make your head spin—yes, I’m aware it’s an erotic romance, but more than a simple greeting between characters would have been nice to set the stage for the romance that was to hopefully follow. And it felt as though the issues the characters come into the story with are never resolved; they merely disappear and become non-issues.

Like I said, I’ve read many Ann Jacob’s stories and really enjoyed them. I’m not going to judge the entire series on this one book by any stretch. Maybe it was just me…it’s always entirely possible that someone else would dearly love this story. And I truly do look forward to Ann Jacobs next story in the Necessary Roughness series.

Rated 3 Ravens by MacKenzie!

[Jacque · Rating 2 out of 5]

What first drew me in to read Sackmaster was the cover and the blurb. The cover was definitely yummy and the blurb sounded just as good. A football player and a hot older model in a D/s relationship with BDSM to boot. This should be a hot read. While the sex was indeed hot, unfortunately, the story fell flat for me. There was no depth to the characters of Jimmy and Julie. I know at 72 pages there isn't a lot of time to build up the characters but to me I felt there was no attempt to give any information about the main characters other than they break-ups of their previous relationships. Plus side - both have the same fetish which is a good thing, however on the negative side, their fetish seemed to be the main focus of the story. Another issue for me was the D/s relationship and the BDSM or shall I say lack of both. I have read a lot of books with BDSM and D/s situations and at no time did I get the impression he was a Dom nor that she was a sub. The book is not a total loss. The sex was definitely hot, however I could have done without the creative produce scene. That just isn't my cup of tea. Truly my favorite part of the book was Missy.

This is my first book by author Ann Jacobs as well as my first book in her Necessary Roughness series. I certainly may try reading Ms. Jacobs but at this point I think I will hold off on reading the next book in the series.

I was provided a copy of the book by JeepDiva for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review in any way and the opinions of this review are all mine.

Stars – 2 Flames – 4

[LynnMarie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clare C's Review

Sackmaster is part of the Necessary Roughness series by Ellora’s Cave. Jimmy is a football player, a defensive end whose job it is to tackle the quarterback. In real life, he’s a Dom reeling from a disastrous marriage he leapt into at a young age. From the first, I felt bad for him. He’s the kind of Dom that keeps his playing mostly in the bedroom. He’s likeable from the first meeting, a forever-kind-of-guy.

Julie is a 35-year-old model who thinks she’s old. Jimmy is a few years younger, accentuating the issues Julie has with her age. She also has a failed marriage behind her. The backgrounds of these two made them seem like more than just characters on a page. Their depth leapt off the page, keeping me riveted for the entire novella.

My one wish would be for the story to slow down in places where it glossed over some of the action. I liked the characters so much, I wanted to spend more time with them, experiencing the first time Jimmy sees Julie’s picture in depth. Even so, this was a great read. I look forward to more by Ms. Jacobs.


4 Tea Cups!

[Angela Lane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was just "OK" to me. It was a BDSM romance with a strange fetish. That part was interesting to me. I don't mind reading about a strange fetish, or some crazy sexy stuff. The part that was odd to me was the side stories with other characters. This is supposed to be book one in the series, but it told a story like we should know about some of the other characters and their backgrounds. It really felt like this was book three or four in the series. There were at least two other stories I felt like I should have already known about. I didn't do a lot of research on it, because I just wasn't invested enough in this book to find out. I really don't think I would read any more of this series.

[Aղցela W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sackmaster is part of the Necessary Roughness series by Ann Jacobs. Jimmy is a football player, a defensive end whose job it is to tackle the quarterback. In real life, he’s a Dom reeling from a disastrous marriage he leapt into at a young age. Julie is a 35-year-old model who thinks she’s old. Jimmy is a few years younger, accentuating the issues Julie has with her age. She also has a failed marriage behind her. I would have given this book a 5 if it would have went into more detail in the sex scenes. The head shaving kink I have never heard of and the head shaving during a scene in the club was weird. I will continue with this series

[Kristy Dean-Veen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Was a different fetish but done in a very sexy way. Julie is a model who posed nude with a shaved head. The company paid her 10k to donate to cancer if she did this shoot. She did and loved it. People raved about the nude add and was offered to do it again. She said yes before she met Jimmy. Jimmy just got traded (pro football) to Georgia and is staying in the same building as the girl of his dream, aka Julie. They hit it off well and they share the same fetishes. They slip back into their s/D life. Soon life turns greater for both of them.

[Curtis · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was recommended to me on more than one occasion as an m/m book, but the m/m content is very small. I guess it comes up later in the series which is why this was recommended as such, but I feel if you blink you miss the bit that is here. Also, the relationship that is presented just made me extremely uncomfortable and I don't see myself recommending this to anyone else. I'm not sure if it gets better later in the series, but at this point I have no desire to find out.

[Becky · Rating 1 out of 5]

I had read previous stories by this author but I just could not get past the first quarter of this book. I'm glad it was a free read or I would have demanded my money back. There was no chemistry with the characters. Not with each other or with me as a reader. I got to a point where it was all I could do not to toss my ereader against the wall. I just don't know if this is a one off thing or what but hope the next time I read this author that the story is much better.

[Dena · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning was interesting and I got into it but the sex overrode the plot or the meaning of the original storyline. I wanted to love this especially because the characters were interesting and I wanted to know more. The one thing that could have been improved would have been the flow of the story. I thought there was one part where it was steady and moving along perfectly than there was a lull in the story.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sackmaster ~ Necessary Roughness # 1 has a hot alpha male Dom, Jimmy Bronson and a equally hot female submissive, Julie Silvers that take pleasure in the BDSM lifestyle keeping it sane, safe and consequential as they develop a deep and loving relationship for each other in this romantic story. Jimmy Bronson is a NFL football player and Julie Silver is a model but they find a common fetish that starts their loving relationship in Ann Jacobs romantic tale.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jimmy Bronson, recently traded to the Savannah Rebels, is having a rough time adjusting and putting his pending divorce behind him. When he sees a stunning woman staring back at him in a magazine ad, he can’t stop thinking about her until he finds out she is living in his condo complex.


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[Kiru Taye · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice enough quick read. I would've like a little bit more emotional tension to augment the sexiness, considering the back stories of both character, they'd both been let down by previous spouses. But once they got together, the story stayed on an even keel for the duration. Makes for a sexy palate cleanser in between books.

[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

BDSM. Fetish. Unlike many BDSM books I have read, the fetish mentioned in this book through me for a loop! Not only that but I had wet dreams about it afterwards. The relationship between jimmy and Julie was beautiful. Loved that the woman was a little older than the man but not by much.

[Kymberlee · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to say it just wasn't my cuppa. (so to speak) I didn't find it all that romantic or sexy. I found parts of it bordering on juvenille. So why 2 stars? It wasn't awful, so I don't want to totally slam it with 1 star. And yes, I did read the whole 75-ish pages of it.

[Stevie Seber · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading Sackmaster, the story moved nicely, the characters were entertaining, and I liked that Jimmy was able to help heal Julie's wounded heart, though I did find myself wishing for a fight between Jimmy and Julie's ex.

[Vicci · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[djdavis~*Sivad*Sex Pocket · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great cover. Not that great of a book.

[Raine · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a quick read. Not sure I like stories of h with bald heads. I think heroines should always have beautiful hair whether it is long or short, but that is just me

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was just okay for me. If I shared the fetish that the hero and heroine do, it might have been more than just okay, but I don't, so it wasn't.

[Sharon Kurtz · Rating 3 out of 5]

BDSM erotic romance with HEA. Nice read

[Mysterious]

DNF 20%

Decidedly not my kink.

[Jenn Dee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Model meets football player with a healthy dose of kink involved. A quick read, but maybe that is a plus in this case.

[Vivian · Rating 1 out of 5]

This story wasn't for me. I got turned off by the female being bald and loving it.

[Chasity · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so used to reading older man/younger woman books but this is opposite that! It was actually refreshing to have it reversed even though it was only a 7 year difference. Super hot and so tender with such love and chemistry.