Review: Enjoyable
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
I have to admit it came as a bit of a surprise when I realized this third book in Lee Brazil's series, 'Truth or Dare' wasn't a m/m romance, but, in fact, an m/f. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, I just hadn't expected it. And, since this is Brandon's story I really needed him to get his comeuppance, because Brandon had really pissed me off by his interfering ways in both Mischa and Terry's lives. I guess I had pictured him falling, completely inadvertently, for some leather daddy who would take him to task for his controlling ways. Instead, Brandon got Dr. Arden Grey, his psychiatrist. *big grin*Arden fires Brandon as a client after their third session, informing him that she's given Brandon all the tools he needs to work on his need to control others. Brandon doesn't realize, though, that Arden has set her sights on him, and she's determined to control him, in and out of the bedroom. It's been twenty three years since Brandon's mom dragged her sixteen year old son to Hollywood movie parties where he witnessed drinking and drugging preceding his mom wrapping their car around a tree and dying in front of him. It's no shock that because he couldn't control that situation, Brandon became an overbearing micro manager for everything else in his life. Now it's eating away at him and the only calmness he finds is when he's with Arden. Arden has forged her own life in the last twenty three years, ever since her abusive husband fell down the stairs and she waited just a little too long to call 911. She took control of her own life and has built a good one for herself, although she's fairly certain that Brandon will fit into it very well.It was a lot of fun to watch these two "control freaks" learn to relax with each other and fall in love. As much as I had despised Brandon in the first two books, he'd made it very clear that he was working on his issues because his family was the most important thing and he never wanted to lose them. I thought Arden was the perfect fit for him and now there's just one more Blake brother to see happy. Looking forward to the next story!NOTE: This book was provided by Breathless Press for the purpose of a review.