{"product_id":"2940154026786","title":"Consent \u0026 Desire \u0026 Submission, Book I: A Psycho-Sexual Cascade","description":"\u003cp\u003eI’m an educated and successful woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’ve never thought of myself as a submissive. I study the human mind; in particular: I’ve spent years researching Consent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKlaus argued—no, my Master: he TOLD me—that the issue was *really* “Desire.” Older, more educated, and more successful—a professor I first met in Berlin, when I was doing a two-year post-doc there—it wasn’t that Klaus “talked me over” to his point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would explain what he *really* did . . . if I could explain it to myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI didn’t “give in.” I wasn’t “subdued.” I BEGGED.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepeatedly. Abjectly. I PLEADED for the privilege of being PERMITTED to surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Klaus *finally* took me? I was GRATEFUL—more deeply than I can explain (most especially to myself). When Klaus told me—after he *allowed* me to marry—that my husband was no longer allowed to see, never mind touch, most of my body?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI knew I would obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf course I would!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat other possibility was there?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C.L. Barnhouse Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070489313520,"sku":"2940154026786","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154026786_p0.jpg?v=1764062837","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154026786","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}