BDSM Challenge: SAFEWORDS: DAVENPORT and CHIFFON by Candace Blevins

SAFEWORDS: Davenport and Chiffon (Safeword #5)

Author:   CANDACE BLEVINS   

Publisher:  Excessica

Date:  August 2012

Source:  Submitted by Author for an honest review

Genre:  Erotica, BDSM

Length:  Novel, ebook

Reviewed by:  Artemis

Dana is ready to submit to Zach, but she's going to be surprised by the depth of her submission. She's comfortable Dominating Jacob, but how will the four of them form a unit?

Zach thought he'd worked through his issues, and he was patient with Dana as she worked through hers, but a painful reminder of the past makes him question whether he can accept Dana’s submission. Will he be able to handle being completely vulnerable once again?

Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon is the continuation of a story begun in Safeword: Davenport.

Warning: This title contains graphic language, consensual BDSM, bondage, extreme electrical play, enemas, and the use of toys including clamps, canes, plugs, cages, paddles, whips, and floggers.

BDSM Challenge: SAFEWORD: DAVENPORT by Candace Blevins

SAFEWORD: Davenport (Safeword #4)

Author:     CANDACE BLEVINS

Publisher:  Excessica

Date:  June 2012

Source:  Submitted by Author for an honest review

Genre:  Erotica, BDSM

Length:  Novel, ebook

Reviewed by:  Artemis

Dana has never submitted to anyone but her husband -- he trained her, taught her to submit. He's been dead a year and a half though, and she's beginning to consider the possibility of dating again. 

She sticks to vanilla at first, but quickly realizes she's going to need more. As she's considering the idea of finding someone who would enjoy hurting her without requiring her submission, her life is complicated by a Dom who pushes all of her buttons

Safeword: Davenport is the first half of Dana's story, it's the personal part of her journey, and has a Happy for Now ending. Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon is scheduled for release August 3, 2012, and will give the rest of her story.

Warning: This title contains graphic language, consensual BDSM, bondage, intense sensory deprivation, extreme electrical play, and the use of toys including clamps, canes, plugs, cages, paddles, whips, and floggers.

BDSM guest author Candace Blevins

Many thanks to Laurie for asking me to post a little about safety and BDSM today!

At first glance, safety may seem a bit boring. We want adventure, adrenaline, and fun! Right?

Well, yeah, but if you don’t play safe, you can end up injured, or worse; and that’s not fun, at all. We’re aiming for good hurt, not bad.

I've been in the lifestyle well over 20 years, so it’s easy for me to discern when an activity in a fiction book is safe, or merely there for the fantasy aspects. I’m usually good with both, but there are people who worry about someone new to the scene getting hurt by trying something they read.

I write scenes as realistic as possible, while still holding onto the fantasy. I include some safety details here and there, like the fire extinguisher under the table during the wax play scene, and the quick release clips restraining her so he can get her up and away quickly, if necessary.  However, I’m not writing a how-to manual, and I don’t include every safety detail. If you’re going to do something in one of my books, please look it up, do some research, maybe even find a group on Fetlife discussing the activity and ask questions –– please don’t try it without first learning the pros and cons.

Most people with an interest in BDSM are familiar with the term SSC, which means an activity should be Safe, Sane, and Consensual. Heavy players, like the characters in my books, often abandon SSC in favor of RACK –– Risk Aware Consensual Kink. RACK means both parties acknowledge the risk in a particular activity, but have done their research and are comfortable with the level of risk involved. This also gets rid of the whole “sane” argument, which can be so subjective: one person’s idea of crazy might be another’s ordinary kink.

I’ll briefly run down a list of things I frequently see in books and videos, and list the inherent dangers: