Review: Real, complex characters, sexy spankings (and sex) with an HEA
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2014
I think what Tara Finnegan does really well is that she isn't afraid to portray very real characters and very real situations in her books and there's almost never a black and white situation where one person is right, the other is wrong or one is good and the other is evil. It's all kind of gray, like reality.I like the idea of Corbin's Bend and I like how this couple got there. I appreciate that they were running/hiding from being shamed for what they practiced behind closed doors and were courageous enough to make a move like they did. Talk about adding pressure to a family and in this case, couple. Both Ange and Jim were dealing with their own issues, add to that the problems in their marriage and add to that a move. The DD in this book, in a way, I feel like it was a last effort on their part to save their marriage - they knew what they both needed even as they struggled with it and you could watch how DD brought them together, unified them really. Ah, I think I just got the title.The piece with Carla was cleverly done. It would have been easy to paint her as the evil witch but she was dealt with as a human being and I appreciate that.Did I mention there were spankings Tara Finnegan style? And one super embarrassing punishment scene that was quite naughty but absolutely drove Jim's point home :) A sexy read - not a lite Sunday afternoon read, too much meat to it for that, and I'd absolutely recommend this book.