Review: Sloan has excelled herself again!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
We left Tommy and Holly in Unexpected Angel in an uncertain situation with Holly lying injured and unconscious following an incident in which she betrayed her best friend Tasha who was also attacked by her former Husband, who is also Holly's drug dealer, and resulted in Tommy an off duty policeman shooting and injuring their attacker.Tommy believes he sees some good in Holly despite her part in the incident and her drug abuse but his involvement is causing strain on other relationships he has with his friends and family. With nowhere else for Holly to go following a hospital and rehab stay he agrees with Tasha for Holly to stay with him.Holly is struggling with the fall out of the incident and her guilt at the problems she has caused for others, especially Tasha and Tommy. As she makes a recovery from her drug abuse, Tommy is determined he sees Holly as a sub despite her earlier Domme role at the clubs open nights so he sets out to help Holly connect with this side of her and so face other issues she has at the same time. Holly has a preconceived idea of what a Dom is, will she accept that her previous experiences were misguided and accept Tommy's Dominance as he patiently awaits her submission and acceptance?This story is so much more than just a BDSM story it is about relationships of all kinds, along with accepting and forgiving others that have made mistakes. We have glimpses of Dylan throughout the book who is upset and angry with Holly for what she did to Tasha yet he is still financially supporting her to please Tasha. His stance is causing friction in his relationship with Tasha and Tommy, can he learn to forgive Holly and mend things before it is too late? Just as we think he can a face from the past returns that pushes the friends further apart and sends Tommy in a downward spiral, now it is time for Holly to do what she can to bring Tommy back and fix his friendship with the help of Zeke.We meet some new characters and IA members in this book Mary, a fiery haired attorney that steps in to help Holly and we gets hints that she is having a relationship with Zeke, though it doesn't seem to be straight forward. Jeff, Holly's Doctor who turns up at the club and is invited by an unknowing Dylan to the IA. And Liam, Dylan's long absent Brother. They are flawlessly written into the story and cause questions of their own that I look forward to answers to in future IA books.We are left with another craftily forged ending by Sloan that leaves us anxiously waiting the next book in this fabulous series with eager anticipation, though it may take me some time to forgive Sloan for doing this to us at this moment in time!! ha ha!!Unexpected Protector is another wonderfully written book by an author that truly understands the whole balance of what a true D/s relationship is, beyond the common misconception that it is just kinky sex as a lot of BDSM themed books seem to. It brings to the fore the building of understanding,trust and honesty that is vital for such a relationship to succeed. For that I again thank Sloan!! I love this series and the manner in which it is written and highly recommend it.