Review: My heart is TIED to Kelly
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2013
How long does a heart need to heal?That's the big question in TIE ME, the fifth installment of the One Night With Sole Regret  novella series by Olivia Cunning.Guitarist Kelly Jamison has loved, and lost. So much so he's not sure he can ever love again, even five years after his fiance Sara died. He promised to only love her. To never have sex with another woman. And now every member of Sole Regret has a woman to cherish, except him.Conflicted by guilt and need, Kelly decides it's time to say goodbye to her ghost. Maybe.Visiting Sara's oceanside house hoping the memory of happier times will give him the strength to let her go, Kelly catches the faint notes of a haunting melody on the sea breeze.Dawn O'Reilly is a Grammy-winning pianist who's creatively blocked on her latest project. Isolated by choice, she's overwhelmed by the stranger she finds lurking outside her rented cottage. Of course, the overwhelming part is how attractive she finds him.For the first time in years Kelly is attracted to a woman unlike Sara. Dawn's musical genius turns him on and, without Owen to chaperone, desire overtakes his promises. Even tied up in Kelly's signature Shibari art, Dawn is too much temptation for him to resist.For me, this novella was the definition of bittersweet. The entire time I wished, like Dawn, that Kelly would breakthrough his guilt and grasp the love he so deserved. And when their night ended and his guilt surged?OH!  I wanted to hold him just as tight as Dawn had.But no woman can hold Kelly Jamison, right?Perhaps.This episode was thoroughly satisfying. Kelly's passion was finally unleashed and his naked heart was gently handled. Kelly and Dawn are definitely a couple I'd like to read more of.