Games of Love and Kink

Cecilia and Julio fall in love while skiing in the Alps, but their love is doomed. She is conservative and religious. He is progressive and an atheist. On their way back to Spain, the other students stop the bus in France to watch erotic movies. And so they discover that they share a secret longing for kink that binds them even closer.

We are in Spain in 1976, just after the death of dictator Franco. Cecilia is guarded by her father, a Francoist censor, and her brother Luis, a fascist militant. She is being indoctrinated by the fundamentalist organization Opus Dei. Back in Madrid, Cecilia tries to forget Julio, but the changes inside her are as irrevocable as the ones that Spain is undergoing.

Defying her family, Cecilia discovers love under the guidance of Julio. But her father and her brother make good on their threats of beating her and locking her in the house. Separated from Julio, Cecilia risks losing him to his classmate Laura, a stunning, wealthy blonde.

Torn between Cecilia and Laura, Julio proposes an open relationship. Cecilia initially hates it, but then discovers that it brings new dimensions to her freedom. But if she goes too far, she risks breaking her heart.

This novel contains explicit sex and BDSM scenes.
It also describes a religious crisis of the protagonist that leads her to leave Christianity, exposing the role of Catholicism in supporting the Franco dictatorship in Spain.
Historical facts in the novel have been thoroughly researched. Many of them were experienced first-hand by the author during his college years in Madrid in the late 70s. All historical events have been carefully dated. Further information about the Spanish Civil War, the Franco dictatorship, the religious organization Opus Dei, and the social and political changes in Spain during its transition from dictatorship to democracy are contained in 97 hyperlinked notes. However, reading these notes is not necessary to follow the plot.
This is the first book in a trilogy. Books 2 and 3 have been published in Spanish and will be translated to English soon.