Alice - Promise of Heaven. Promise of Hell

ISBN: 1903931274 Pages: 267 Author: Surreal

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Alice’s face reddened. Anger boiled. ‘You’ve no right to beat me. You’re not my father.’
    ‘No, thankfully, but I am your legal guardian. Would you like me to terminate your education? To pull you from Carters? I’m quite entitled to do so, you know.’
    ‘No, please, I like Carters. I’ve been there for years now.’
    ‘Then you have no choice, do you Alice?’
    She glared, her only possible defiance.
    Barker produced the strap; a wide, lengthy barber’s strop he used to sharpen his razor. ‘A first for you, eh, Alice?’
    She hid her emotion, not wanting him to see the fear. Voice lost, she nodded.
    Richard tapped his thigh with the brute. ‘I hope this will suffice to turn you back onto the straight and narrow. If you’re as clever as they say you are, then you’ll straighten yourself out. Now turn around and bend over. Touch your toes.’

This is the first in a biographical series, in 1950's Lancashire. Her parents killed in a freak accident, naïve sixteen-year-old Alice falls to the custody of the austere Richard Barker, the girl's only relative. Tyrannical and scheming, the pious Barker ensures the innocent girl's stay is not a happy one.

Kate Howell, precocious schoolmate and intimate, offers the exquisite Alice the means of escape. But life is never that simple. Embracing opposing ideals the pair begin the journey of life - a trek that takes the vulnerable Alice directly into the arms of an older man. The trials of Alice is a story of harsh discipline, lust and infatuation - of sexual confusion, carnal exploration, and the coming to terms with curious cravings.

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Part One of a Very Entertaining Series
25/05/2006
Reviewer: Clifford from Weymouth
This is the first part - subtitled 'Promise of Heaven, Promise of Hell' - of what is already an 'erotic flagellation' trilogy and which promises to run and run. I recommend reading it before its sequels: 'Shadows of Perdition' and 'Lost Soul'. The erotic genre as a whole tends to favour 'short story' treatments, the erotic possibilities of their scenarios being quickly worked through, but the 'Alice' books are a noteworthy exception. In these books their strangely pseudonymous author has hit upon an explosively erotic mix of characters: a mature female orphan, her wicked uncle, her libidinous girlfriend with a passion for being chastised, and her girlfriend's father who's involved in the sex industry. The stories relate the history of Alice, first introduced to us in her middle-age, and her transition from innocence to enthusiasm for erotic activity, particularly those parts of this activity that involve traditional methods of castigation.

In this first volume, we learn of Alice's loss of her parents in an accident, and her consequent removal from an expensive school by her uncle. Both the school and her uncle are firm believers in the improving power of physical correction, and her uncle's motives are quickly called into question, although the scope of this volume does not allow their detailed examination. Her girlfriend Kate initiates her (at first unwilling) into flagellatory (and other) delights, and takes her to spend the summer with her and her parents, who are also disciplinarians.

The book is sensitively written, standing well on its own, and it maintains tension well as the plot slowly unfolds with its considerable variety of intrigues and uncertainties. The characters are well enough defined and developed for erotic momentum to be maintained between the 'hot' episodes that are the reason for people to buy this type of book.

Alice's Biography?
04/07/2005
Reviewer: Liz Coldwell from Forum Magazine
'Alice' purports to be the biography of Alice Hussey, who is orphaned while still at school and placed in the care of her uncle. He is determined to instil moral values and discipline into her which involves thrashing her on a regular basis - and the more she defies him the worse the punishments become. 'Alice' presents a battle between those who punish for twisted moral reasons, and those who practice loving chastisement - a battle whose outcome will doubtless be resolved in the inevitable sequel.

23/06/2004
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This is a really earthy yet erotic story of temptation and seduction. Alice is a lovely innocent character and the chemistry between her and her evil uncle Richard is gripping. I look forward to the promised sequel. A must read.