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Love & Ink: Marks On My Skin by J.A. Howell Published by Side Street Cookie Publishing on March 17th 2014
Pages: 266
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Kieran Donovan has always been a doormat to the women in his life. Begging his wife not to leave after finding her in bed with not one—but five men—only provides further proof of that.
In need of an escape from an empty house and a broken heart, Kieran heads to Midtown to see his estranged brother, Liam. There he meets Shayne Wickham, Liam’s best friend. Shayne’s dark and sexy with a wild streak a mile long and a sexual appetite for things Kieran’s never even dreamed of doing. But after an intense, and all too brief encounter, he’s more than willing to learn. Despite the usual safeguards Shayne keeps around herself and her own wounded heart, she finds herself more than willing to show him the ropes…and the floggers…and the paddles.
Kieran’s never seen himself as dominant in any aspect of his life. But when Shayne submits herself to him, it ignites an inner strength and hunger he never knew he had—and feelings Shayne didn’t know she could have. So used to keeping others at an arm’s length, the ease with which she finds herself trusting Kieran is both exciting and unsettling. Could Kieran be someone she could finally trust her heart to—or will he leave her scarred like everyone else?
Just another mark on her skin.
This is the first time I have read anything by this author and I’m already looking forward to reading book 2 in this series and reading more of this author’s work.
We meet author/write Kieran Donovan who’s always been walked over by female’s. This is shown pretty early on in the book.
Kieran returns home from work one day early to surprise his wife and hears her screaming thinking the worst he runs up the stairs but instead of finding his wife in a distressed state he walks in on his wife in bed with not just one bloke but five blokes. Rather than kick her to the kerb like anyone else would he begs her to stay with him.
Kieran sinks into depression when he picks himself up and moves to Midtown to rebuild his relationship with his estranged brother Liam.
It’s through Liam that he meets his best friend Shayne. Shayne isn’t your typical female character. She’s a amazing tattooist but she is stunning with long dark hair, big brown eyes and covered in tattoos. She’s constantly getting asked out by the male customers at the tattoo studio where she works.
As soon as Kieran and Shayne meet their is a instant chemistry between them. It turns out that Shayne has a Dom and loves to submit to her Dom. She soon introduces Kieran to BDSM where Kieran finds the inner dominant inside him and the more he sees Shayne submit herself to him the more Kieran wants her.
But what will happen when Kieran’s ex wife comes back on the scene??
Your have to read it and find out. – Reviewed by Cally Boyd
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