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    he & She

    By Wayne Clark

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    About this ebook

    * Chosen one of best indie novels of 2015 by IndieReader
    * 5-star Silver Medal winner in the 2014 Readers' Favorite Annual International Award Contest
    * Finalist 2015 IAN Awards
    * Winner 2015 Authors Show "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading" Contest

    A Web photo of a dominatrix sends a man mired in midlife crisis on a last-ditch attempt to feel truly alive one more time, even if it kills him.

    "There are multiple ways to view success in life, and Kit's journey through sexuality is not about preservation of the body, but of the soul... A remarkable investigation of a man attempting to save himself from stagnation." - IndieReader

    "... a stylish piece of literary fiction... intellectually engaging throughout. A finely drawn portrait of desire in its fall and winter seasons."- BlueInk Review

    "...All in all, this is a delectable novel about a man exploring his unknown sexual fantasies at the price of possibly losing his true self along the way."- Red City Review

    Growing numb to life, to his on-and-off girlfriend of many years, his career, even Scotch, a man turns fifty. He is a translator who can no longer dream of translating beautiful works of fiction. He is an amateur musician who can no longer dream of expressing his life on a higher plane, without words. As he glares inside himself he sees little but his declining sexuality, his crumbling hold on life, a growing list of failed relationships, and a darkening well of loneliness.

    Stumbling upon an image on the Internet one night, he suddenly hears cell doors sliding open. He stares at a young woman, in profile, beautiful, unblinking, regal. Instinctively he knows that by lingering on that image he will shatter a relationship that has kept him on the sane side of loneliness as surely as if he stepped in front of a speeding eighteen-wheeler. But desperate to feel alive again before time runs out, he knows he must see the stranger behind the pixels on his laptop screen.

    Although it is her image that first transfixes him, his eye afterwards chances on a handful of words on the Internet page. She is a dominatrix. The word triggers something inside him, blows the dust off fantasies trickling back to adolescence, and slowly begins to re-choreograph his decades of sexual memories. Was he ever really the dominant male he thought he was? Did he have a sexual alter-ego? Was this the last card he had to play in life? The face on the screen held the answer. He would find out even if it killed him.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWayne Clark
    Release dateOct 22, 2013
    ISBN9780992120221
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    he & She
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    Wayne Clark

    Wayne Clark is a Montreal writer and author of the historical novel That Woman: Beating the odds in colonial New York (2017) and the international award-winning literary fiction novel he & She (2013). In addition to writing fiction he has worked as a journalist, copywriter and translator.

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    • 5/5
      Elegant and mature, this book explores the conflict often faced by people who realise that they are in need of something "more" in their personal relationships. It opens wounds, it explores failings, it explodes some of the myths surrounding the kink scene. It's sad, but not morbid nor morose. This story explores the doubts, the needs, the pressures and that special dynamic between a Mistress and the submissive from the submissive's perspective. This book rates very highly on my personal list as one of the best, most articulate, books in the BDSM genre I have encountered in quite some time.I received a copy of this ebook as a Member Giveaway in exchange for a review
    • 5/5
      ***This book was reviewed for Readers' Favourite.***Wayne Clark’s he & She is a wonderfully introspective novel. Kit Cayman is a middle-aged man whose life has fallen into a soul numbing rut. He is a man going through andropause, the masculine equivalent of menopause. A translator by day, and amateur musician in his free time, Kit has reached the point in his life where he questions the choices he has made that led him here. He feels unfulfilled.A chance glimpse of a beautiful young woman stirs Kit out of the staleness his life has fallen into. It wakens within him hungers and need he hadn't fully been aware of before now. We follow Kit as he ventures into a world considered taboo by most, the world of BDSM. If this is a world new to the reader, as it is to Kit, said reader will get a proper introduction to it, as well as an understanding of some of the factors that may draw one to explore (and enjoy) this hidden and variegated path.Rather than being a bit of trite or fluffy, feel-good ‘pass the time’ bit of reading, he & She is a rich psychological and philosophical exploration into human nature and human need. Clark’s writing is fluid and smooth, mostly being devoted to a narrative form, with sparse dialogue. He makes it work, and work well. Unlike stories with a superficial similarity, (think Fifty Shades of Grey) Kit is a character who is ‘real’, a character we can identify with. He is ordinary, average. This isn't about romantic fantasy as played out in romance novels, but real life. You won't find happy endings in Clark’s he & She, no pun intended. If that's what you are most interested in, walk away now. If, however, human nature intrigues you, and you aren't too afraid of being prompted to introspection, then this is most certainly the read for you!
    • 4/5
      'he & She' is a love story though not a typical one. An New York based translator drinks permanently and has lost both his permanently appointed job and his sexuality. But he finds a way back to a life that 'makes sense after all': It is the way using absolute devotion to a very young mistress - his dominatrix. The latter has her own troubles realizing a fulfilled love life and is many years his junior. In staying within the borders of being domme and customer they nevertheless detect their feelings for one another. So it is a book about love that never materializes in mutual sensations of the conventional kind. No, they need a special version of it - one that uses floggers and the like ...
    • 5/5
      I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.I was surprising fulfilled after reading this book. A lot of books that have the BDSM tag on them don't hold a lot of depth. This one has you so emotionally invested you feel like Kit and you can't stop turning the pages, wanting more. If you are wanting a starter book of BDSM this is perfect, the scenes aren't too graphic but the images they leave are sexy. Can't wait to read more from this author.