The Chateau is a first for me by Tiffany Reisz, so I wasn’t sure what to expect out of it. I didn’t realize that this was part of a series until I started, but the author did a decent job making sure I didn’t feel too lost. I absolutely love the story! Full of twists and turns, all while making me fan myself from all the heat. I. Want. More. This series just made it to the top of my to read list.

I’ve been a fan of The Original Sinners books since before the first one released. Tiffany Reisz writes erotica and erotic thrillers like no one else I’ve read. I love her sense of humor and her ability to completely screw with my head throughout a book. Her books are twisted and fun, but there is a sincerity to her characters that I think makes them so dear to the reader. I already loved Kingsley, so this book was an auto-buy for me. It was interesting to read this particular Kingsley because he’s different from the angsty teenage Kingsley of The Prince and the polished and powerful Kingsley of the beginning of the series. There is a vulnerability in this Kingsley that I think is due in part to the combination of his brokenness and his age. It’s a beautifully sad novel. Like the White Years Quartet, this book is written as a story that Kingsley is telling, so there are a couple of moments at the beginning and the end set in present day that let you know that things don’t end quite so sad. I loved it, as I’ve loved all The Original Sinners books. I think Tiffany Reisz is a fantastic writing and storyteller. This is very highly recommended if you want to try out an erotic thriller.

There’s nothing like Tiffany Reisz’ The Original Sinners, and its ‘cult-like’ following is due to the series’ ingenious storylines, deliciously deviant characters, and Reisz’ flawless writing. I, like most readers, can’t get enough of Kingsley, Søren, and Nora’s debauchery and all of the willing participants who play along and explore the sinfully satisfying side of sexuality.

Just when I thought I knew all there was to know about Mr. Kink himself, Kingsley Boissonneault, Reisz introduces readers to a younger version of this charming and devilish man, and with this new information, we can’t help but fall even further under his spell and add a few more reasons to love this manipulative and daring manwhore.

In The Chateau, readers meet a 24-year-old Kingsley who’s an officer for La Légion and tasked with a rather intriguing mission - to rescue his commanding officer’s nephew from a sex cult and return him home unscathed. But Kingsley’s higher ups don’t truly know their Lieutenant’s sexual preferences and desires, which means they’re ordering him to infiltrate what could possibly become a veritable playground for this kinky fella.

As soon as Kingsley enters the Chateau, he falls under its Madame’s spell, and it’s easy to see why due to Reisz’s meticulous and vivid descriptions of everything that happens behind closed doors along with Kingsley’s reactions and musings at everything he experiences during this transformative period of his life that is further altered due to what is asked of him while he’s a part of the sex cult and what he learns about himself and the person who has always owned him.

The Chateau is a fantastic addition to this sinfully decadent erotic romance series; since they’ve infiltrated my mind and my heart over a decade ago, I can’t get enough of Reisz’s Original Sinners characters, so the fact that the series continues and readers gain further insight about the patriarchs of the series as well as those people who enter and leave their lives changing the lead characters in positive/negative ways makes these characters ever present in the lives of those readers who can’t get enough.

4.5 Poison Apples

it was my first book by Tiffany Reisz and sadly i wasn't able to finish the book. Several friends recommended her earlier work but I stopped half way through. I couldn't connect with the hero. In my opinion he was too young to have accumulated that much experience and the disconnect prevented me from enjoying the story.
i am very grateful for the opportunity to read The Chateau but decided against posting a review in my book club and on goodreads since again i was not able to read it in full. i am still going to check other books by the author.

i absolutely love this series and Tiffany yet again hits it out of the park. I am already anxiously waiting the next one.

This book was a little difficult for me to get through. I think the author does a wonderful job writing, but I prefer romance stories with a bit more alpha male. I think there are a lot of people out there who will enjoy this book, but it is just not for me. I didn't finish it and I feel bad for that. Sorry.

I’m gonna be truthful......I’m a TOS LOVER. I first read The Siren and it was Love At First Sight. I fell in love with the characters and they embedded themselves in my heart. Not traditional by any means but fully alive and mesmerizing by the writing of Tiffany Reisz.

The Chateau is about “Kingsley Théophile Boissonneault, age twenty-four- AKA Kingsley Edge. This is set years after Kingsley’s leaves American and leaves Soren. Kingsley lives a very fascinating life in the Legions. He does it all and when he has an interesting assignment in what appears to be a sex cult, Kingsley is the man for the job. And when Kingsley meets the owner of the Chateau, Madame is nothing as he expects. His days at the Chateau are kinky and enjoyable yet reflective and longing. It is a place where women rule and men submit. A role reversal of the The Story of O.

This is a secret part of Kingsley’s life until Søren asks for a secret that he has never told anyone. To discover more of Kingsley is a gift. His life before Søren, his life with Søren, his life after Søren, and eventually his life with Søren again, all make the man. Every action in his life revolves around Søren consciously and subconsciously. This secret, this time in The Chateau still revolves around Søren. While the book is about Kingsley, it is still very much about the man who stole his heart so many years ago too.

While this can be read as a stand-alone, I truly believe that having read all the other books heightened my enjoyment. The Original Sinners Series is an absolutely favorite of mine and I will always read anything involving anyone of these Sinners.

*advanced copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

Ahhhh King was not my favourite before this but now he definitely is. Really well written as always.

Oh how I love Kingsley. Although this is a story from his past I still enjoyed this one. I enjoy just learning anything about him. I wish I got more of his personal favorite turn on, chasing and "forcing" himself on his prey. BUT it was still good, and I truly hope that we get more of him.

I found this book to be A fun, easy and unable to put the book down type of read. Tiffany Reisz did such a fabulous job writing this book. Kingsley character is such a fun, intriguing, strong but semi weak at times. I greatly enjoyed how the characters interacted and dealt with one another. Kingsley was a strong character that stood up for what he wanted and believed in. There were lots of twist through this book.

Hello, my name is Robbie and I’m a Kingsley Addict. In a perfect universe, there would be a new story about him every day. . . kind of like the world’s hottest soap opera, but because author Tiffany Reisz holds the keys to our Kingsley Kingdom, we give thanks for days like today — Release Day for The Chateau, the latest episode of the Kingsley Boissonneault story.

Today’s episode begins with a dream. Not long after the brief prologue, I had an epiphany. Because I have read so many of the author’s works and because I’ve not only read but analyzed them for artistic integrity, I feel safe in my observation that the distinguishing characteristic of The Original Sinners Series is a dream-like quality. Never mind what’s going on — and there is always a lot going on in these books — it’s like a dream. Do you remember times in your life when you’ve been bored beyond description and you’ve turned to daydreams to entertain yourself? That’s the quality I’m describing. It’s a free-floating mental exercise that allows you to go anywhere in your mind. Tiffany Reisz has mastered putting this quality into her books and it makes them so much fun to read! It as if you and the author are sharing a naughty fantasy.

So, a brief overview . . . We find our darling Kingsley in his younger years when he was a spy in a French intelligence agency. He is given an unusual assignment by his superior officer — to rescue the officer’s nephew, a young man he suspects has joined a sex cult. When our darling arrives at the Chateau, headquarters of the alleged cult, he lands right in the middle of a sexual fantasy world where The Story of O is the guidebook. The submissives are all men, the Doms are all women led by the ultimate Dom, a beautiful and mysterious woman known only as Madame. Our Kingsley has experienced mind games at the hands of a master, but he is still unprepared for the mind of Madame. Readers like me who love him will be mesmerized and horrified by the power Madame wields and the potential outcome for King.

I wish my feeble attempts at reviewing could do justice to the talent Ms. Reisz brings to the world of erotica. I sometimes wonder if my reviews of her work have any credibility because they are always 5 sinful stars. Using my own standards I have to say “yes.” A five-star story is always original, always creative, always well-written, and if it is written lovingly and with humor, well, that is just a gift from the author. Go buy this book and have fun reading it even if you haven’t read The Original Sinners Series. The Chateau is considered a standalone and it is Tiffany Reisz at her finest.

While Kingsley lies a lone in bed in Paris he is plagued with dreams of a place and a boy in white and the wolves of winter . To help him try and forget about his dreams he takes on every dangerous mission out there. Until the day he is sent to the Chateau to save a young boy . Where he meets Madame.
We find out a lot about Kingsley in this chapter we find out that he is a man that just wants to be loved and to love someone . He is very complicated .
This is a roller coaster ride of a book and you will be on the edge of your seat the whole time . It is sexually charged and has twists and turns that will keep you reading all night long . So if you like your books hot and sexy check them out . You will love this for your summer reading list

The Chateau by Tiffany Reisz is book #9 in the Original Sinners series and one of the better stand alone stories in this set. Centering on the character that at times is our favorite bad boy to our most tragic in this world of love, sex and pain. I am talking about, of course, Kingsley Boissonneault.

"...So?' Kingsley said. 'A man has a right to run off with a woman if he want to. Not telling people where he is makes him thoughtless, maybe even an ass, not a criminal. Or her.'
'They don't want to arrest her. Or him. They just want someone to go in and talk him out. He's young.'
'If they have her phone number, can't they find her address? Send his mother to go talk to him.'
'Untraceable number, apparently. She's got friends in high places. Someone's protecting her privacy. Makes her very hard to find. The only option is for someone to meet her, talk their way in. Like you.'
Kingsley closed the file. 'This assignment is a shit sandwich,' he said. 'I'm not getting involved with someone's family soap opera. It's none of our business if somebody's kid wants to screw an older woman.'
'I guess it would be none of our business,' Bernie said, 'except the missing man is Colonel Masson's nineteen-year-old nephew, Leon.'
Kingsley stared at Bernie. Stared and glared.
'What?' Bernie asked.
Kingsley opened the file again.
'Bernie, in the future, tell me the important part first..."

Lieutenant Kingsley Boissonneault has done it all in service of the French military intelligence agency. At 24 years of age he has spied, lied and killed for his government. Now his new assignment has Kingsley infiltrated a secret cult to rescue the nephew of his own boss. The cult's is dedicated to living a life dedicated to their holy book, Story of O. Only they live it to the manner that it is the women who are in control and the men that serve. But are the men willing subjects? That is what Kingsley is tasked with finding out.

"...He was raised to serve women. He did the cooking and cleaning at home. I had the paper route. You look so shocked,' she said, reaching out and tweaking his nose playfully.
'I am,' he said.
'All over the world right now,' she said, 'girls are being raised in homes where they're expected to serve men-first their fathers and then their husbands. The boys get the jobs outside the home and the girls do the cooking and cleaning inside the home. So many countries, so many cultures, it goes without saying that the women serve the men of the household. For some reason-sexism-when it's reversed, when the fathers and the sons are expected to do the cooking and the cleaning, people assume we've all gone insane..."

Inside the home of the cult, the Chateau where they all live, Kingsley quickly falls under the allure of the leader. The woman refered to as Madame. She is powerful and wise and seems to know all his secrets. Madame offers Kingsley the one thing he has always wanted, but to do so, he must forever give up the only person he has ever loved.

For readers of the Original Sinners, this stand alone novel will fill in some of the time when Kingsley had left Soren to find himself and his time as an assassin and soldier in the French military. For newcomers it is a delicious taste of what these series of tales are like. The Original Sinners are far more than novels about BDSM and not solely reliant on sex and the shock value it might provide. These novels are about people and the choices they make. The lives they lead, that while not conventional and come at a cost of love and family, are still the lives that fulfill them. They are honest, emotionally and mentally and sexually. There is something to be admired about that.

Of course these books are not for everyone. But then again, no books are. I personally cannot pick up soapy romantic novels with bare chested men on the cover. That is me. But for those who have pre-judged erotic novels that have BDSM, you have not read TIffany Reisz yet. There is a humanity to her characters that far over shines the sexual aspect of their natures.

Yes, she is that damn good.

Another terrific read from Tiffany Reisz!

Wow.. Tiffany Reisz has a way with writing-

Kingsley is sweet, sexy and charming young man who is given an assignment his commander felt he would be good for. A rescue sort of mission for the commanders nephew who is believed to be held against his will in a cult of sorts. However, he is told to check on him and ensure that he is ok and not being held unwillingly.

Once in the Chateau we are treated to sex, love, and a little bit of understanding into Kingsley's younger years.

Amazing story and characters that will have you wanting more... Love this series!

Have you ever read a book quickly to get a general idea of the story? This is not THAT book. Reisz does not allow you to skim her stories. She makes you read every word from the beginning to the end.
I say the above to indicate this: Reisz does not write erotica. Instead, she draws words as if they are pictures. Reading The Chateau is like walking through a real life French chateau spying on its owners and house guests. You see every fixture, hear every sound and feel every emotion. You crash the party, ignore the No Trespassing Sign and race to the bedroom. After all, that’s where the some of the best action can be found. You take the opportunity to look, hear and breathe what Madame, Polly and Collette are doing, saying and thinking.
For Original Sinners fans, this is a story about Kingsley Boissonneault before he became Kingsley Edge. He hasn’t seen “that boy” in seven (7) years and the story portrays what his life is like without “He who shall not be name.” Even though “HE” is physically not part of the story, he lives and breathes within each thought and action of Kingsley. I mean, honestly….we can’t have a story about Kingsley and not have HIM – in it, right?! He’s like a spirit hovering over the chessboard and moving all the pieces in Kingsley life. In The Chateau, Kingsley believes he has found someone he can serve to help forget about HIM – in Madame. She is very much the sadist he wants and craves and can possible give “He who shall not be name” a run for his pain.
The writing in this story is pure imagery and the dialogue is so whiplash smart, it makes your head spin.
ARC provided for review purposes by Netgalley and 8th Circle Press

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!