Confessions of a Female Dominant, by Ana from Sweden

“Confessions of a Female Dominant is far more than a salacious retelling of BDSM adventures. There is a profound exploration of relationships; how relationships start, grow, work and, eventually, end. Though technically a work of fiction, the emotional truth in this book is its greatest asset.” — Russ Gerney, author of The Methuselah Project and Eighty Hours

Ana has mastered the art of being useful — to everyone but herself. A perfect mother, a professional, a survivor of systems both domestic and corporate—she moves through life with precision, order, and quiet endurance. But beneath the structure lies a hunger she cannot name.

When she meets Gabriel, a man who offers submission instead of love, Ana steps into a world that mirrors her own contradictions: power as refuge, desire as exposure, control as the last defense against grief. Their bond unravels the fictions she has lived by—about dominance, love, and the cost of being needed by everyone yet wanted by no one.

Set between Stockholm’s sterile offices and the clandestine rooms of the Berlin BDSM underground, Confessions of a Female Dominant isn’t a story that heals; it is an unflinching chronicle of solitude, identity, and the architectures of power we build to survive intimacy.