Heart of the West trilogy by Ann Jacobs .... QC #263

Ann Jacob's Heart of the West trilogy

Ellora's Cave

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Roped by Ann Jacobs

From the publisher:

Returning from the war, his body wounded, his soul hurting, Jared McTavish faces a very different life. A sexual Dominant, doubts about his ability now to satisfy any submissive plague him. Until Ninia. The face of an angel and the body of a centerfold, she's about as unsubmissive as any woman he's known. A nurse in the Cheyenne VA hospital where Jared is sent, Ninia is tough, in control. Until Jared catches her in an unguarded moment and he sees a vulnerable, softer side. It fires his blood with a need to find out more. Accepting an invitation to a local dungeon, the sexual Dominant in Jared rears back to full potency when he sees Ninia, submissively awaiting his pleasure, his dominance. Now he knows what he wants. And he's about to prove to Ninia that he's man enough to take it.

Ms. Jacob gives us a love story of two people who need each other to heal. Jared not only has his physical wounds but his emotional ones that make him question his self worth. Ninia is a widow and needs to move on. In Jared, she’s certain she’ll find the loving man who can give her the control she needs in her life. The sex scenes in this novella are explicit and some find them objectionable; I found them to provide interesting insights to the BDSM lifestyle

Hitched by Ann Jacobs

From the publisher:

Even bad boys want to settle down sometime… All it takes is the right woman, and a guy is toast. Brad McTavish knows it. He's known it since the day Keely, the sexy little redhead who makes his hands itch and his cock burn, walked into Roped and Lassoed, Brad's BDSM club, looking for a Dom to master her. Now he's ready to put a lid on his wild ways and settle down to some full-on, loving submission from his favorite slave. But fears from her past haunt Keely. She's having none of it. Especially with Brad. However, as a three-day blizzard hits, locking them up together to wait out the storm, Keely's about to find out there's more to this bad-boy Dom than meets the eye.

Brad’s in love with Keely and finds that his bad boy past is part of the reason she won’t commit to him. Keely’s from the poorer side of town and she carries emotional scars from her adolescence that she can’t seem to shake. Being forced together gives Brad the perfect opportunity to show Keely that in the bedroom he may be the Master, but in their lives she’ll always be his equal. Once again, this is a sexually explicit love story and I found the scenes to be well written and appropriate to the story.

Lassoed by Ann Jacobs

From the publisher:

A man will do a lot of things for love — Matt Rogers knows firsthand. A sexual Dominant playing the role of a submissive is the hardest role he's played, but if it means not losing the love of his life again… Diana McTavish has long held his heart and soul. Now that her abusive ex-Master is history, Matt's back in her life — permanently — however she needs him. But submissive Diana's had enough of being bruised and battered. She's taking control. And if that means Matt suppressing his own needs and submitting to her domination — hell, he can do it. As the sexual heat between them flares hot enough to burn, Diana relearns the most important lesson of Dominance and submission — trust. And this time, the switch is up to her.

Recovering from the abusive relationship with her ex, Diana is terrified to get involved again with a dominant man. Matt loves Diana and only learnt the tricks of the BDSM lifestyle to be close to her. Though alpha by nature, he’s willing to show Diana that her needs will always come first and if that means she controls their love life so be it. I loved Matt’s patience and how he shows Diana that there is more to love than dominance or submission. Once again, the sex scenes are explicit though highly appropriate to the story.

Excellence: Very Good ~ Steaminess: Inferno

My Totals = 85 ~ Harlequin Imprint =73 ~ Other Publisher = 12

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