Dark Secret Love
A Story of Submission, Book 1

I wish I'd had Alison Tyler's book, Dark Secret Love, when I was young. This is the sort of fiction that can save a person—wise about the world, unashamed, unafraid of truth, full of voice and strength. Something like this might have saved me from years of self-imposed sexual denial, the marriage ba......more

I only have one problem with Alison Tyler and her book, Dark Secret Love. She's far too modest. Even though the accolades pour in from the likes of Violet Blue, Rachel Kramer Bussel, The Guardian and many more, Alison herself seems to be a modest girl who just enjoys documenting her saucy anecdotes,......more

I often read a book and realize it's got a clear tug of a connection to the last book I read, mostly because my brain is making the connections. But Alison's books really is similar to Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe because in both stories, the protagonist is a loosely fi......more

Alison Tyler's writing speaks to me on so many levels, I'm not sure where to start. How about the gorgeous prose, the dark-chocolate-dipped sentences that make it physically impossible to put down the book? I've sustained a few tripping-induced injuries because of this, but I don't hold it against h......more