Ex-soldier Tristan Thomas ended up as DC magnetic billionaire and CEO of The Lyonesse Club Mark Trevena’s bodyguard, sparking the complex dynamic between Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena. He was a true professional and a straight person, yet under Mark’s dark gaze, Tristan found himself losing to his forbidden boss, the only person standing in between him and war.
But when Tristan is assigned to retrieve Mark’s fiance, the story takes an unexpected turn when he falls for her too. Join Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena in Salt Kiss to uncover the taboo thrill.
- Part 1: Closer Look At Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena—Salt Kiss’s Main Characters
- Part 2: What To Expect in the Salt Kiss Movie?
- Part 3: Must Watch Scenes in Salt Kiss Movie
- Part 4: Conclusion
Part 1: Closer Look At Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena—Salt Kiss’s Main Characters
1.1 Who is Tristan Thomas?
Tristan Thomas was a soldier who returned home as a broken man with PTSD and guilt over losing his best friend Jay. As a broken soldier who refused to return to war, Tristan was given one chance to prove himself by his controlling military father, Ricker Thomas. And that was by becoming his uncle-in-law Mark Trevena’s bodyguard.
Mark was the only man standing between him and war. But Tristan’s professionalism was challenged when he ended up drawn to his mysterious billionaire boss. In the world of BDSM, where there was pain and power, Tristan soon found himself in love and submitting to Mark Trevena, blurring the professional lines between Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena.
However, Tristan’s life took an unexpected turn when he met Isolde, the Catholic girl and his boss’s fiancée who stole his heart too.
Behind the scenes, it’s Jake Lively, the hottest heartthrob of Vertical Drama, who plays Tristan Thomas in the Salt Kiss movie. You may recognize him as Miles Palmer from ReelShort’s hottest YA romance drama, You’ve Been Replaced: First Love. Check out Jake Lively’s hottest new hit on ReelShort.
1.2 Who is Mark Trevena?
Mark Trevena was Tristan’s uncle-in-law and DC’s mysterious billionaire. He was the CEO of a BDSM kink club called the Lyonesse. Calculative and controlling, Mark Trevena was a dom who demanded obedience and submission.
When he hired Tristan Thomas as his bodyguard, he didn’t expect for the soldier boy to become his greatest temptation and the one to make his cold heart beat again in the name of love.
Nick Tortorella, the thirty-eight-year-old actor and model, is the hottest lead of the Salt Kiss ReelShort movie, playing Mark Trevena. Watch his dynamic performance on ReelShort.
Part 2: What To Expect in the Salt Kiss Movie?
Salt Kiss is ReelShort’s latest dark romance that’s based on Sierra Simone’s novel. The story is all about Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena’s forbidden romance with military trauma and political secrets.
Tristan Thomas was a haunted soldier, a combat veteran who returned home carrying the immense guilt of losing his close friend on the front lines. His deep trauma barred him from returning to war. But his ruthless and controlling father, Ricker Thomas, considered him a failure and gave him one last chance to prove himself by becoming his uncle-in-law’s new bodyguard.
If not, Ricker Thomas vowed to disown him as a son and send him back to the front lines. And the only man standing in between him and the brutal war was Mark Trevena, forever linking the fates of Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena. He was DC’s magnetic billionaire, completely in control and ruthless.
He was also the CEO of The Lyonesse Club, the elite BDSM club where people got off obeying orders. In the world of BDSM, it was all about pain, power, and sex without love.
The first time he met Tristan Thomas, he mistook him for a client and tried to whip him and demanded the soldier to kneel. This forced Tristan to hold his boss at gunpoint and quit his job. Tristan Thomas was convinced Mark Trevena was a pimp and wanted to be no part of his world. But this meant going back home.
Realizing that wasn’t an option, Tristan returned to find Mark in danger. Saving Mark’s life from ruthless thugs, Tristan got his job back only after he agreed to fit in the world of desire among other sadist clients of Mark Trevena.
However, Tristan’s first day as Mark’s bodyguard took an unexpected turn in the Salt Kiss movie when he ended up drugged and tied up by the first dom who showed him attention. But before anyone could claim Tristan as theirs, Mark Trevena made him off-limits and claimed him as his, consumed with jealousy , showing the possessive bond between Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena.
Though Tristan Thomas wanted to stay true to his job as a strict professional, he couldn’t help but be drawn to Mark’s world of BDSM. Under Mark’s gaze, he lost himself and submitted to the billionaire dom who showed him pain and pleasure.
But the breaking point came when Tristan Thomas was sent to retrieve Mark’s fiancee Isolde. Only for Tristan Thomas to fall deeper for the forbidden bride, all while still in love with Mark Trevena.
Part 3: Must Watch Scenes in Salt Kiss Movie
Episode 2
Ricker Thomas gave his son Tristan one last chance to prove himself by becoming Mark Trevena’s bodyguard. Suffering with immense guilt and PTSD after the war, Tristan was ready to do anything if it meant never returning to the front lines.
Determined to get the job, Tristan expected a professional job interview. But the mysterious billionaire Mark Trevena ordered him to kneel and whipped him for disobedience. This left Tristan curious yet confused as he was forced to hold Mark at gunpoint. That’s when Mark Trevena realized he had mistaken Tristan for one of his clients playing dress-up as a soldier boy.
Clearing the misunderstanding, Mark apologized. But Tristan was convinced his new boss was a sadistic jerk and a sleazy pimp as he refused to work for Mark, despite the temptation of the dark world of desire that would soon consume Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena.
Episode 6
Though Mark Trevena was the man his father trained him to hate, Tristan Thomas was left with no choice. It was either becoming Mark’s bodyguard or going back to war. Haunted by his best friend’s death, Tristan decided to get his job as Mark’s bodyguard back in the Salt Kiss movie. Though Tristan could handle the bodyguard job, he refused to be part of Mark’s sick sexual lifestyle. Moreover, he was a straight soldier boy.
However, his job came with one condition. Tristan had to witness and understand Mark’s world because his new home was with Mark at the Lyonesse, DC’s most exclusive BDSM sex club. Here people got off on obeying orders.
Though Tristan had always followed orders as a soldier, all he could see in the kink club was people enjoying pain, power, and sex without love. Despite his ironclad will to stay away, he couldn’t resist the temptation under Mark’s gaze.
Episode 10
At the Lyonesse BDSM club, Tristan Thomas’ first day on duty as Mark Trevena’s bodyguard took a turn. He was drugged and tied up by a Dom with a leash around his collar. But before anyone else could own him, Mark Trevena announced he was off-limits and called Tristan his.
Under Mark Trevena’s gaze, Tristan was losing himself with his heart racing, unable to ignore the palpable tension and forbidden attraction towards his boss and uncle-in-law he was supposed to protect, solidifying the taboo connection between Tristan Thomas and Mark Trevena..
Part 4: Conclusion
Salt Kiss is ReelShort’s latest BL dark romance series that’s based on Sierra Simone’s novel. Starring Jake Lively and Nick Tortorella, this MM romance movie follows Tristan Thomas, an ex-soldier who ended up as DC’s most powerful billionaire Mark Trevena’s bodyguard.
But what Tristan Thomas didn’t expect was for the CEO to force him to submission in the kinky world of BDSM. With pain and pleasure, Tristan fell deeper in love with his forbidden boss. But his life took an unexpected turn when he met Mark’s fiancee Isolde, who also stole his heart.
Caught in an epic love triangle, who would Tristan ultimately choose? His billionaire boss Mark Trevena or his forbidden boss’s fiancée Isolde Laurence? Find the answers on ReelShort. Watch Salt Kiss full movie now with HD visuals and free rewards on the ReelShort app.
