I loved so much"The Chateau" by Tiffany Reisz and it couldn’t be otherwise.
The Original Sinners is a series that manages to trigger strong emotions: love or hate and who loves it is always hungry for new little pieces of the protagonists.
Why I loved so much this story? Kingsley, I can’t deny it, I’ve always had a soft spot for him, he is "my precioussss", even though I also love the other protagonists of the series too.
I can only imagine the impact a man, a boy, like him could have in real life: young, irreverent, charismatic, sexy and wicked and of absolutely gorgeous. It's a lethal mix.
In this story he is only twenty-four years old and he is going through one of the most difficult moments of his life, due to the absence of Søren: a total silence of the man who loves more than life, seven years without him.
For Kingsley this silence is a real torment and his greatest vulnerability.
What do I love the most in him? He always wears his heart on his sleeve, without hiding the intensity of what he’s feeling, the opposite of Søren, who instead has always left him in total uncertainty. With this worm that continues to work in Kingsley's mind and heart: was Kingsley just a toy for him or something more? Not knowing is what doesn’t give him peace, together with another clash of will a little bit perverse, that continues to keep them away: who should make the first move? Which is the one who must look for the other?
Finally something comes, or rather someone, who manages to shake the young Frenchman from torpor, while he lives and works undercover for a secret organization linked to the French government. The nephew of the Colonel at his command has disappeared.
The young man seems to have been kidnapped by a sort of sex cult, follower of a mysterious woman called Madame. Kingsley's task will be to succeed in becoming part of the cult to free the boy.
Madame is an absolutely fascinating and mysterious character, as well as her story, which awakens a part of Kingsley, he tried hard to bury, a side of him only Søren could bring ito light.
Madame's followers are not a sect, her chateau is a world in which the will and the rules of the woman are law, but those who join it are willing to do so, a reality in which everything turn around the feminine world.
Madame is Søren's female version, Dominant and sadistic, but as she points out to Kingsley, before he can agree to submit to her, the biggest difference between Madame and Søren is the age, the experience that comes with it. Her sadism and her "mind games" can’t be compared to those of a young Søren. And that for Kingsley is only the icing on the cake.
I really think that Kingsley's 8th Circle was born from Madame's chateau, building a safe place where someone can give free reins to his kinky side.
The last thing I want to say about this amazing book is that despite Søren’s absence, through the memories of Kingsley, there is so much of him in this story, always Søren, and thanks to Madame’s view of things we can discover more even about Søren.
The Chateau is a must-read f you love The Original Sinners!

5 stars

Tiffany Reisz has built a world that will forever be one of my favorite places to retreat to. The Original Sinners series is an all-time favorite and I was so excited to read more about Kingsley Edge, Dom of my heart. All of Reisz’s books have detail and give further insight into a character and I love this about her. Kingsley has and always will be my favorite Sinner and I loved getting to know more about his past, especially his time with the French legionnaire. It was interesting to see him interacting with people not of the 8h circle variety and incredible to see this world of the Chateau, where women rule and men are slaves to their every whim. While I will never say no to any story in the Original Sinners world, it was just that. A story. I don’t think it particularly added anything to the original series and one of the characters was so infuriating I can’t help but feel myself thinking, what was the point? when I finished reading. Like I said, I will take anything with these characters but at the end of the day if I’m being critical, the purpose of he book/insight I’m guessing it was supposed to evoke fell short for me.

If you are like me who can not get enough of Tiffany Reisz's The Original Sinners Series then you need to read this book! If you enjoy BSDM and never read the series, still read this book!

There are a few reasons why I enjoyed it. What I appreciated the most was seeing a different side of Kingsley. He isn't the "King" that we know him to be, rather we find him to be a mere servant in a mysterious chateau.  For me, I couldn't picture it as a Chateau. It was more like a haven. How does King end up there?

All I can say is that King's patience, loyalty, and integrity shined through in The Chateau. If you haven't fallen in love with his character in the previous books then you will after reading this story. Keep the stories coming Tiffany Reisz!

Another fabulous five star read in The Original Sinners Series This will not disappoint fans of Tiffany Reisz

4.5 KINGSLEY STARS!

The Chateau is a sensual, erotic, mysterious novel that will screw with your mind! The setting alone was magnificent; Paris, France in 1989 and Tiffany Reisz's writing brought it to life even more.

Kingsley Boissonneault is hired to look for the Colonel's nephew who is believed to have been kidnapped and forced into a sex cult. Kingsley knowing the 'Story of O' didn't hesitate. Kingsley becomes entangled in the Madame's web. He sees her for the cruel sadist that she is. She draws you into her spell and not long after being involved with her you forget your own name and crave the lust. Kingsley soon discovers the truth and everything comes to light. One thing was certain Kingsley never forgot about his first lover, Marcus Stearns, also known as Søren. I truly loved Kingsley!! His sense of humour throughout the novel added a lighter tone to a novel that is filled with twists and turns.

Though this isn't my first rodeo with Tiffany Reisz, I went into The Chateau completely blind as I have yet to read the Original Sinners series. And boy, oh boy was this book a trickster! So much so that you become a part of the game and the lies. It's messed up and crazy, but at the same time you love it and wouldn't have it any other way! Tiffany, I would say is a mistress of the BDSM writing community. She writes sexy and with pure elegance! Her writing and this whole entire book has just made me so freaking excited to read the first book in the series!

Should have known better. I stopped reading this series when The Mistress came out. I even returned the book after I read it because it made me so angry. I hate all this mind game sex stuff. I should have know better not to accept a copy when asked, because I had that gut feeling I would not like it.

I wanted to like it I like Kingsley and thought his story would be interesting. Again I should have known better. Kinky sex and pain rule the book, n top of head games. Not my cup of tea.

Sorry to say I didn’t like it skimmed the end. I will know better next time to skip the request. Received a copy from the publisher for a honest review.

3.5 Mon Roi Stars!

Kingsley is a Frenchman who appears and I run, well I walk in a manner that left no question I was being attentive. In Chateau, we meet a younger, less polished Kingsley who is still mourning an old school friend who haunts his nights when he is sent on a mission to rescue his commanding officer’s nephew from the clutches of a sex cult.

Of course Kingsley works his charm and is able to infiltrate the Chateau and so begins his adventure, distracting him from the doldrums he has found himself in of late. The goings on at the Chateau was risqué and sordid. Kingsley is not a man to shy away from such a challenge and he performs his duty with the dedication you would expect of a man with nothing to lose.

I smirked at the puns, especially the one that referred to a scenario where the father would commend his son for being so lucky! That information could have saved a particular troubled woman a lot of angst in a previous book. Here though, it was not his call to make and neither he nor the other men made sure they embraced the life on offer at the Chateau.

In The Chateau Kingsley is portrayed as a man who discovers a kindred spirit or two. There is one woman in particular who recognises an opportunity to help Kingsley find comfort in her company. Help is such a loose term. Kingsley is no stranger to pain. So be warned, the kink gets dark and the flashbacks are explicit.

My preference is for the Kingsley who arrogantly charms his subjects while ruling his kingdom. He was present to an extent in this book but his vulnerability was definitely at the forefront. What surfaced above his vulnerability was the mystery surrounding the Chateau and the Madame who ran it. He finds himself having to make an impossible choice and the knowledge his choice brings him allows him to become the man he becomes.

I gradually eased into the story and enjoyed the mystery as it built. The twist had me silently mourning the revelation while simultaneously applauding the unexpected plot twist. Fans of the Original Sinners will relish the opportunity to spend time with one of the favourite characters from the series. As this is the 9th book in the Original Sinners series readers will have a deeper appreciation for the characters if the series is read in order, beginning with the first book, The Siren.

I haven't read the rest of the books in this series, so I could tell there was some stuff I was missing out on. However, it works well enough as a standalone. I was hooked on the premise as a re-imagining of "The Story of O" and it did deliver. I was not as interested in the thriller plot, but that is on me, and if you like thrillers that part is probably fun! I would be careful not to recommend this book as a romance, but if people are looking for dramatic erotic thrillers, I will definitely suggest this.

I was so fortunate to receive an ARC copy of this book. Tiffany is hands down my favorite author and this standalone was just perfect. I applaud her ability to re-imagine a classic and taboo novel and turn it into something as equally twisted and poignant. Although this is labeled a standalone I think parts of the novel would definitely be lost on one who is not familiar with the characters in the series and their pasts. I find this novel, as a whole, to be a source of character development. Her use of fear, uncertainty, and human weakness not only help us to understand the main character but will sometimes make you question yourself. Per her standard, there is never one dull moment. Every page is filled with either self realization, stellar wit or something dark and deliciously twisted. As always, Five Stars for Tiffany Reisz

*Sigh* Kingsley. He's my absolute favorite original sinner from Tiffany Reisz, so I knew I would love The Chateau before I even started reading. I also expected a good amount of messing with my mind, since that's pretty much the hallmark of this series. What I didn't realize was how much more I could love this book character. That was a most pleasant surprise.

This book covers the time period during Kingsley's enlistment as an operative for a French military organization. He's given an assignment to rescue a Colonel's relative from a cult. After Kingsley worms his way into The Chateau, he finds something different and something that suits his sexuality. In The Chateau, men serve the women as submissives, and the woman in charge is a sadist cut from the same cloth as Soren. There's lots of mind games happening here. I finished this book yesterday and I'm still thinking about them which makes me quite giddy! I loved it.


What was really interesting to me in reading of the Chateau was seeing how the older Kingsley was influenced by his experiences there. He's such a wonderful character and this book highlights why I like him... he's complicated. I think even more so than Soren, so much more. Seriously, I'm more in love with this character today after reading this book, and that's a very satisfying feeling. I adored the conversations in this book, in particular, when Kingsley and the madame in charge of the house discuss sadism and how a sadist views their actions in the context of their meaning. It is one of the most amazing conversations on this topic that I have read in the erotic romance genre.

I believe this book can be read standalone, but you will probably get a little more enjoyment out of it if you've read the Original Sinners series first. If you haven't, I'm sure that it will make you want to read more about Kingsley and the rest of the sinners!

Definitely recommended!

I’m new to Tiffany’s books and was pleasantly surprised by how good this book is. I couldn’t put it down. I really enjoyed it

I didn’t quite know what I was getting into here. If you like violent sex, with the man being the masochist this might just be your cup of tea.

The Château was wickedly delicious, deliciously wicked, and I was completely immersed in King's youth. The secrecy, the darkness and the yearning really spoke to me. The gorgeous writing managed to bring light to everything that happened, and the only disappointment I had was that there was 'the end' on the last page.

I kind of read this one by mistake. It's a prequel to the Sinners series which I haven't read but this was not indicated on NG at the time I got the review copy, so I had no idea when I started it. I was probably around the middle when I realised that the name Kingsley sounded familiar, so there it is.
This story works as a standalone and it's a undownputable erotic romantic thriller. It's all about kink and mind-games and it's captivating but it did push my boundaries to the extreme and I don't think I will be reading more of the stories in this world. Some bits around pregnancy, kids and families did not make me happy. I don't feel in a position to recommend this book or not, all I can say that reading it has been an interesting experience for me.

Even though it’s book 9 in the series, it can be read as a standalone. I’ve only read the first two books in this series, which I loved.

I didn’t fully connect with Kingsley or the story. It started slow for me and took awhile before I became engrossed in the story. There was some humor and mystery. It was interesting to see Kingsley as a young man. He came across as young and innocent, although he was anything but. Tiffany threw in a few little twists that I didn’t see coming. I’m a big fan of Tiffany Reisz, but this book fell a little short for me.

This is the first book I have read by this author, but it won't be my last. We meet Kingsley who is on a mission to rescue his commander's nephew from a sex cult. This story unfolds into an erotic thriller that I could not put down. I plan on going back to read the other books in this series.

I received a copy of this book via Netgalley and am leaving a review.

5 + AWESOME STARS!!

The Chateau is an erotic thriller, and is the 9th installment in the Original Sinners series, but with twists and turns. This is a standalone, and if you're new to this series or the author, this is a great way to start your new delicious addiction.

Exquisitely subtle, deeply meaningful, scorching hot and a very intense blast from the past, were we get more of this amazing character we're all fascinated and crazy about it. A younger version of Kingsley on his early 20's trying to infiltrate a so called sex cult in order to run a rescue mission.

I wish I can go on and share more with you, but it wouldn't be fair spoiling the story for you, just trust me when I say that you'll be falling deeper for King.

The writing is superb. Tiffany Reisz is remarkably gifted at not only bringing the story to life, but in masterfully writing BDSM scenes that are something to behold to.

I highly recommend this book!!

I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review, but in addition I've purchased my own copy. Thank you!!

This is, apparently, the ninth in a series, but I read it as a standalone. I’m sure I missed a lot of backstory, especially as it’s framed as two lovers having a conversation about an event from one man’s past that he’d never told the other about. This is not a romance – there’s no HEA or HFN – but it is an enjoyable romp of an erotic spy thriller.

“I told you they fuck with you here,” Leon said. “Didn’t I? They fuck with all of us all the time.”
“Then why do you want to stay?”
Leon looked at him like he was crazy. “Everyone fucks with everyone all the time. Might as well get fucked with by beautiful women who let you fuck them after. Really, what’s there to complain about?”
Kingsley shook his finger at the boy. “You make a point.”


It’s set in the late 80s, mostly in France, and stars Kingsley, a cynical spy for a nameless French government organization. Unlike his usual assignments of killing Nazis or KGB, instead he’s sent to find the nephew of his boss, who’s disappeared into a femme-domme sex cult in the French countryside. OK, the plot sounds absolutely bonkers when put like that, and honestly it is a bit over the top, but Kingsley is such a fascinating character. He’s intelligent and observant (he is, after all, a spy) but he also has some surprising soft spots, including one for an ex-boyfriend he still loves.

“Life had given him so much pain and suffering, it made no sense to him that he craved more of it. Maybe that’s why he’d called Madame. Because if anyone knew the answer to why he craved pain when life had given him more than enough of it, it would be her.”


The book is chock full of kinky sex. Kingsley is into masochism, several of the women are into sadism, and there’s some other random kinkiness thrown in for good measure. Most of this is completely not my thing, but a lot of it is about discovering who these characters are through their actions – sexual and otherwise – and I loved the thriller plot. Why is the colonel so worried about his nephew? Is the nephew actually being held against his will? Why did all of the other operatives sent to infiltrate the cult fail?

Overall, this was quite enjoyable, and I’ve put the first in the series on my TBR. Recommended if you’re looking for a bit of kinky spy erotica!

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

5 "January Eyes" stars
iffany is not a writer, she's a conjurer, a magician. Her books are optical illusions and the moment you open the pages, you step into the Narnia of her creation. The outside world forgotten, you are now trapped willingly in her dungeons where demons come out to play. Søren, Mistress Nora, and now Kinglsey.
Reading her books is akin to baptism, you just get dunked in her words like holy water and your hidden kinky guilty pleasures get absolved of all shame. I felt a Euphoria that was religious and supernatural. 
I opened the page, met Kingsley and Madame, and ever since I've been having an out-of-body experience. It's an inexplicable phenomenon, you truely start believing in this mythical world and it's superhumans.
Kinsley Edge, who we met in the Original Sinners books is John Kingsley here.
His cover was “John Kingsley Edge,” a twenty-seven-year-old American mystery novelist— as yet unpublished, living out his Hemingway-in-Paris dreams. 
Having served as a Legionnaire, now his missions are covert, lethal & dangerous. By day he's occupied and focused, it's the nights that haunts him. His lover invades his dreams and taunts him mercilessly. He of wounded pride and bruised ego, refuses to accept the shameless love.
“How do I find you again?” Kingsley asks. 
“Please, tell me before I wake.”
“You don’t find me,” the boy says. “I find you.”
“Find me then.”
“When it’s time.”
“When will it be time?”
“When you find you.” 
He is wandering like a spirit in limbo, seeking absolution and acceptance from his lover, Marcus Stearns.
A new mission takes him to the Secret Chateau, a Madame who he wants to go logger heads with and a deep seated desire to be a submissive. All this confusion makes him blind to the fact that he's way over his head in the game of chess played between Alice & Colonel Masson. Recovery mission soon becomes Rechérché mission. A search for his own closure, his own soul-sorting.
"This place definitely seemed too good to be true. 
Beautiful, intelligent, kinky women. 
An elegant luxurious château. 
Quiet. Serenity. Refinement. Fucking amazing food. 
A sadist. An exquisite, vicious, delicious sadist… Oh, there had to be a catch."
I've become a HUGE fan of her style of writing. Her books should hang in a museum like art masterpieces, for all the world to admire. Andrew calls himself her manservant and I'm uniquely jealous of his standing at this moment now. She's a true Madame of BDSM writing, low key, confident in her talent, amidst the so called pseudo-intellectuals claiming authenticity.
“He tied you up to tell you he never wanted you to leave him. 
He bit you because you were the food to his soul. 
He struck you to mark you as his possession, as a valuable he would want returned to him if lost or stolen. 
That’s why you miss it, Kingsley. 
That’s why you miss the pain. 
Because every time he hurt you, he was trying to tell you in the only way he could how much he loved you.” 
And here I thought, the pain was all about breaking the body and spirit. It's more about restoration, wiping the slate clean and rebuilding of a submissive in a master's own image. Customising a human, sort of!!!! Thank you Tiffany!
I bet she laughs in her corner everyday, polishing her crown, with Søren by her side, a step behind and when she closes the heavy wooden doors to play with her characters and chronicle their wicked games, i get a weird feeling, that the corner seat in the playroom where Kingsley and Colette have their wedding night, is not just a figment of my imagination and one time, maybe Queen Reiss is/was an occupant?!!!!. 
I swear my mind is playing tricks. Like I said, opening her book is like gazing in the crystal ball. You can't believe what your eyes read.
The Chateau is a central character. It's walls throbbing with playful intrigue, trap doors, secret chambers and trick games add to the allure & mystery. Free will is an illusion. You're a puppet as soon as you pick up the phone to seek admittance.
Of the characters, Madame is of course the most interesting, Polly and Colette are, dutiful servants or perverted playactors.....I've yet to decide. If they were genuine, they deserve accolades for their Oscar worthy performances. I mean the lip biting virgin act of Colette had me going soft on her.
Polly was right about one thing. Kingsley is adorable little boy, craving non sexual touch and care, just made me wanted to hug him tight. Hide him in my embrace.
“Bonne chance, Madame.” The sentiment was sincere. This is what he came here for, after all— to be free once and for all of the hold that boy in the forest had on him. Or die trying."
By this time I was really teary eyed. Enough already Marcus!!! 
His extreme kinks give him a path to absolution at least, for that I'm eternally grateful. 
I swam through this blazing story, red hot fiery lust filled river, I dunked, soaked, steamed and came out plenished. A fantastical journey, that ought to be mandatory guide to all the wannabe BDSM writers. A benchmark to measure up to. Now I have to go bavvk to the start and read Søren & Nora
“Ah,One more regret for the butcher’s bill.”

I feel like I say this about every single Tiffany Reisz book I read but I can't help it. I'm powerless against her word sorcery and The Chateau once again shows that--I couldn't put it down, sleep be damned. Fans of her Original Sinners series are going to LOVE The Chateau and a chance to see two of their favorite characters again and readers who are brand new to this particular book world will be equally enamored with it because the references to the series are woven so smoothly that you don't need to know anything about these characters to enjoy this novel as a stand alone novel.

It's completely absorbing, this novel, and I don't really know where to start. So I'll just say that I loved getting to see Kingsley in his more youthful days--to see him experience things that had a huge impact on his adult life and to see how he and Madame worked through some things that they both had in common (some of the discussions they had were so very insightful). I enjoyed trying to put all the puzzle pieces together before things were revealed and I especially enjoyed the very last section.

So, in summary, I love all things Tiffany Reisz and The Chateau is definitely a must read!