{"product_id":"2940157114039","title":"Christian Grey by Another Name","description":"It was the end of innocence as I knew it. At the age of fifteen, I was expected to be a submissive to a dominant. My dominant knew no other way to love or live. His was a love to which I found myself vulnerable, a love for which I was unprepared, and a love which ultimately threatened my survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt:\u003cbr\u003eI was fifteen, impressionable, naïve and curious. He was a tall young man, with hair as black as a raven and the darkest eyes I had ever seen. Throughout the coming years, I would try to see behind the deep set eyes, but there was little emotion behind them, as years of abuse had instilled in him a stoicism rarely seen in someone as young as he. His lips were full and soft, and his slender body had not yet thickened to form the broad physique of a grown man. He was sexy in a raw, edgy sort of way, the desire to be refined never a part of him, though he craved respect, a craving that would never be satisfied.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe felt the need to dominate me, and my willingness to submit to him was what he craved, as in his world, submission was a form of respect. Domination and submission was what he had learned from his father, and it was what he knew. It was sick and twisted, but I had become his possession. I was scared and confused, and as time passed I became paranoid and defensive, like my abuser, as I began to follow the path of least resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dark secret we shared set us apart from other teenage couples in our hometown. I was Ophelia, defending my Hamlet through the rage and brutality, because I knew what he had been through and what he continued to experience, as I allowed the insanity to consume me.","brand":"B.K. Wright\/Beau to Beau Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083734827248,"sku":"2940157114039","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157114039_p0.jpg?v=1764090928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157114039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}