The Scarlett Letters: My Secret Year of Men in an L.A. Dungeon

by Jenny Nordbak Narrated by Jenny Nordbak

Overview

Jenny Nordbak takes us to a place that few have seen, but millions have fantasized about, revealing how she transformed herself from a USC grad lacking in confidence into an elite professional dominatrix who finds her own voice, power and compassion for others.

On an unorthodox quest to understand her hidden fantasies, Jenny led a double life for two years. By day she was a construction manager—but at night she became Mistress Scarlett. Working at LA's longest-running dungeon, she catered to the secret fetishes of clients ranging from accountants to movie stars. She simultaneously developed a career in the complex and male-dominated world of healthcare construction—while spending her nights as a sex worker, dominating men.

Far from the standard-issue powerful men who pay to be helpless, Mistress Scarlett's clientele included men whose fantasies revealed more complex needs, from "Tickle Ed" to "Doggie Dan," from the "Treasure Trolls" to "Ta-Da Ted." The Scarlett Letters explores the spectacularly diverse array of human sexuality and the fascinating cast of characters that the author encountered along the way.

A Macmillan Audio production.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

02/13/2017
In this entertaining read, Nordbak sets the tone early: “I was having a typical Monday. My foot worship client had been late.” For more than a year, while working a day job as a construction manager, Nordbak spent her nights working at one of the most popular “dungeons” in Los Angeles, “a similar idea to a brothel, except no sex happens there and it specifically caters to fetishes.” But “no sex” really just means no penetration, and Nordbak details a wide range of sexual appetites being satisfied in an unassuming residential house “where pleasure and fantasy were sacred.” She deftly explains how she learned the difference between a submissive and a dominatrix as well as the complexities of the work itself: “I had to be confessor, therapist, and temptress while in the space of a few minutes negotiating a business transaction... and reading the subtext of a client’s fetishes.” She also introduces the reader to a range of customers, such as Doggie Dan, an elderly man who liked to be led around on all fours while wearing a dog collar, and an unnamed Hollywood star who was into urethral sounds, metal rods originally used by doctors to open blocks in the urethra. Throughout, Nordbak is sympathetic in describing her clients as well as frank and funny about her own kinks. (Apr.)

From the Publisher

"There are no comparisons for The Scarlett Letters, a wholly original jaunt through a life like none you've ever heard of before and will unquestionably not forget any time soon." - Newsweek

"Ex-dominatrix spills how cracking whips and enduring pain led to a happy ending..." - New York Daily News

"A dominatrix has revealed how Hollywood insiders get their kinky kicks without getting caught." - The New York Post

"The stories told in this book come at you from every angle: amusing, surprising, funny, touching, insightful. Connecting them all is the central story of a young woman in search of her own truth. This book takes the "coming of age" story to a whole new level. Beautifully done." - Dr. Christopher Ryan, New York Times Bestselling author of Sex at Dawn and host of Tangentially Speaking

"[An] entertaining read... Throughout, Nordbak is sympathetic in describing her clients as well as frank and funny about her own kinks." - Publishers Weekly

"If you've ever wondered exactly what goes on in the kink parlors of L.A., The Scarlett Letters: My Secret Year of Men in an L.A. Dungeon by USC grad Jenny Nordbak will enlighten." - LA Weekly

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171953522
Publisher:	Macmillan Audio
Publication date:	05/23/2017
Edition description:	Unabridged

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