Review: Christine Bell doesn't disappoint.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
After what seems like forever but really isn't, we get Rafe and Courtney's story and boy is it a hot one.  I admit I was one of the readers who could not wait for Rafe and Courtney to get together. They sparked off each other from the first meeting and you knew they were going to be combustible together and whoa baby are they.In this book we get to finally see Rafe in action and I'm not talking about his job as a cop. Though if he turned up in his uniform at my door, I don't think I would listen to a thing he says, I'd be too busy drooling.  He's a dom and happy to admit it. I really liked Rafe when we met him before and after this it has bloomed into loving him. How could you not when he puts a woman first, is a hero and is flat out hot.Courtney on the the hand I wanted to smack in the last story for being so judgemental, but very quickly I changed my mind. She has a valid reason to be like that, but as the story progresses we see her change thanks to Rafe and his confidence building skills, but more about that soon.This isn't a book for the timid,  let me state that now. It has BDSM themes and is hot. As I said these characters are combustible together and the sparks fly between them whenever they are in the same place. Together they act out some very hot scenes but also have some very tender moments. I loved them together and their story was very satisfying. Almost felt like a cigarette after it.When Rafe and Courtney clash at a bachelor/bachelorette party over his dom lifestyle, the sparks fly. Even if Courtney can't understand the need for his lifestyle. But the seed of lust is planted and neither can get the other out of their head. At their mutual friends wedding, they clash again. But this time with a different outcome.This time Rafe proposes that they get each other out of their system but doing 4 scenes. No strings attached and they go back to being civil after.  Easy right ? But as Rafe brings out confidence and another side of Courtney, can either walk away after the final scene or have they stumbled into something more ? They both have a past that could possibly taint any chance at happiness but what happens when they realise that the future is worth fighting for ?This is book four in the Dare Me series and we get to see the couples from the previous books and get updates on what's happening with them. I loved this. It felt like catching up with friends.Christine Bell is a "no need to read the blurb because you are guaranteed a good read" author for me and this book only reinforces this. I loved it as you may have guessed.  If you haven't read the books from the start of the series, do yourself a favour and do so. You won't be sorry.This ARC was supplied by the publisher for an honest review.