Review: Well written
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
I wasn't quite sure that I would like this book. Pimps and ho's... erm... sounded kinky.  I read it because it piqued my interest. The plot held a lot of appeal - it's a western - and I really love those. The question for me was if I could get behind a hero who was ... less than upstanding. A shady character... a pimp daddy. The answer was yes. The writer totally got me on board and I ended up liking the creep despite my misgivings. Excellent writing to pull that one off.So Cora was a hooker with a heart of gold. Not really. She got snookered into it by a bad man. The bad man got dead and then Cora went on down the street to work for another sorta bad man who saved her life.Jake - aka Daddy Diggs - saved Cora from a fire. Then because he feels so sorry for her, he lets her work at his whore house. Just doing the girl a favor. He had some issues - all kinds of creepy stuff going on at his place. He's good to his working gals - doesn't help himself to the goods because he's being true to his dead fiancée. So that's a point for him. But the dude was way too bossy. He was way too heavy handed... if you know what I mean. He got off on giving the girls spankings and he was quick to hand them out. But that's all good, as I've read some of those and they were quite titillating.Jake and Cora had some chemistry going on. Things got hot-n-heavy during one of naughty Cora's spankings and they ended up getting it on. The guy broke his own rule and I knew that was coming back to bite his ass. He turns away from Cora but she took the rejection better than I would have. She's fighting a ghost and entertaining johns while her man sulks. It really was way better than it sounds because the writer threw a jealous and greedy character in there, too. Somebody wanted Cora out of the way and used her transgressions against her.So here's the thing that made me uncomfortable: I just couldn't get over the fact that Jake watched Cora turning tricks even after they made love, had sex or whatever that was they did. I thought he would get all possessive and make his woman quit the business, but it never happened. Sure, he agonized about it. Still nothing. Then when this person gets it out for Cora and she's in trouble, he finally comes through for her. It would've been too late for me, but Cora really liked them spankings so it was all good for her.The story was interesting. I kept waiting for Jake to do something honorable and make me like him. He finally did so I guess the writer actually pulled it off by endearing the dude to me. Quite an accomplishment.Would I read it again? That would be a no.Would I recommend it? Probably. Depends on where the reader's comfort zone falls. How much kink they like.Still, the story was well written. I couldn't find fault with it. The romantic relationship developed slowly and at a credible pace. The love scenes were steamy - poor old Daddy Diggs.Would I give this writer another try? Most likely. She sure knows how to keep my interest. It really was an interesting story and it delivered on my HEA in a sweet way.Reviewed by Debra Taylorfor TheRomanceReviews.com