Claire Thompson is the poster child author for Domination and submission. Her diverse work not only tells the story of her specific dominants and submissives, but also explores issues related to this very controversial yet elemental underlying theme of sexuality. Her range is broad and encompasses work, which is very dark, and yet it is ofttimes playful.

In this common BDSM fairy-tale, the thief is caught and must pay her due by becoming a submissive. Nothing is more familiar than this construction, but as usual, Claire Thompson puts her individual stamp upon an archetypical allegory and turns it into a cheery individualistic little exemplum of the deserving getting what they ask for. What would the world be without karma?

To all the fictional characters of the world, I have this advice: If you're a heroine in a BDSM story, never but NEVER decide to rob the guy at the party if you find him devastatingly attractive, because if you do, you can be sure he's going to catch you red-handed and make you pay. In this case, our none-too-moral heroine, Elena, comes face to face with the scrumptious--and devilishly imaginative--John London. Elena may show up at his house with the combination to his lock in her head and material dreams in her heart, but John has a bag of tricks that is going to completely change her tune.

If BDSM erotica is your cuppa tea, then this is the whole tea trolley. Go right away and get Jewel Thief and put this novella in your library between the swashbuckling Pirate and the Conquering Warrior.

Reviewed By Maitresse
© March 2005