Another book I'm looking forward to reading

The Pleasure's All Mine

The Pleasure's All Mine : A Sexual Memoir of a Submissive Who Has Trouble Taking Orders by Joan Kelly - due out in January by Carroll & Graf (what a cover photo!) - I may write a Voice column about pro subs. Once upon a time I entertained the notion of becoming one, though that was ages ago and I never really made any inroads into looking into it, but I find it fascinating. Amazon is listing it as "The Pleasures All Mine" as opposed to "The Pleasure's All Mine" and it's interesting to contemplate the former, though I believe the latter is the correct title. Despite the grammatical incongruity, I kindof like the plural version, making the reader imagine just how many and what sort of pleasures are hers. It kindof reminds me of Shawna Kenney's I Was a Teenage Dominatrix in a way, which I liked but thought could've been longer and meatier but was interesting nonetheless. Yes, I read sex work memoirs and love to hear stories from my sex worker friends.

Here's the Amazon description:

When Joan Kelly took a weekend job as a professional submissive in a private dungeon, it seemed she’d finally found a perfect outlet for her pent-up desires. Suddenly, Joan was being paid to do things she’d only fantasized about.

Having spent several years scouring the Internet unsuccessfully for a man who would dominate her in the bedroom without getting on her nerves outside of it, Joan had nearly lost hope of satisfying her sexually submissive urges. Now, using her professional name, "Marnie," she was being paid to do only what she felt like with kinky men who didn’t even expect to have any real sex in their sessions. To Joan, it almost felt like being paid to practice the art of self-centeredness–—except for the part where she had to kneel and address strangers as "Master."

The Pleasure’s All Mine offers the reader a rare, intimate, often amusing, sometimes disturbing look into the life of a professional submissive–—one whose drive for self-acceptance and respect is as relentless as her sexual need for the services she provides. Readers will experience many humorous, bizarre, frightening, and utterly entertaining events through the perceptive and insightful eyes of this writer.