Review: Scorching hot sex scenes with a dominating older man
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2013
I haven't read the other books in this series, and it sounds as if this is book 3, but that didn't keep me from buying this and starting here. I had to have it when I realized it has an older man hero. I'm always all over that hero. I also enjoy that the heroine is the hero's best friend's little sister, which kind of adds to that forbidden feeling. Also, the hero is a sexual Dominant, and no way does big bro think his baby sister should be involved in that lifestyle, although he, too, is a Dom. So, all of that together made for some sexy drama with the kink and the almost forbidden kind of love/romance.Gage is 33, Zoe is 20, and I really liked that age difference. I usually prefer 15 or 20 years to be the difference, but with Zoe being so innocent, the age difference of thirteen years worked for me. Zoe has the young-and-tempting thing going on, and that helped add to the feeling that Gage was trying to fight and resist. He knows he's older and way more experienced, in every way, and he's known Zoe since she was first born. As a close family friend, Gage is trusted, and so there's no hint of anything wrong when Zoe's parents send her to NYC to stay with Gage for a short time. Only thing is, Gage hasn't seen Zoe in about three years, and let's just say the girl has grown up and filled out. He wants her right away, as soon as he sees her at the airport, and I loved how he wanted her but couldn't totally resist the situation.Not that Zoe actually did anything to keep him from wanting her. This girl has a plan. She's loved Gage since she was fourteen, if I remember correctly, and her sole goal is to tempt him and make him see just how deep her love and desire for him is. For her, it's not childish infatuation. She wants him and only him. I love that whole temptation/taboo feeling, fighting the feelings, but giving in to them. It's hot sex and more hot sex.  The sex scenes are plentiful, all extremely erotic and descriptive. The shower scene is hot, the hot tub is hot, the role-play of chase-the-virgin-through-the-woods was super hot!, and the sharing scene was way hot, too. That one is an m/f/m scene, and I have to say that the Dom in that ménage scene needs his own book or something. Loved Evan.Some of this reminded me of Rush, but I like Innocence Defied much, much better. Similar tropes and themes going on-- a submissive, young, and innocent heroine (but not a silly girl to me) and an older, sexually experienced hero who's into bdsm and ready to show her the ropes. If you love to read hot sex, very well detailed, erotic and sensual, and with some good kink and some good dirty talk, and if you love older man/younger woman romance, then Innocence Defied should be a book you'll like. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Gage is a caring, super hot, southern-fried Dom.