REVIEWED by Cindy & Danielle
Title :Damian’s Discipline
Series : Collars & Cuffs #5
Author(s): K.C Wells & Parker Williams
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Pages: 240 pages
Blurb:
Collars and Cuffs: Book Five
The man who pimped Jeff may be in prison, but Jeff is still living the nightmare, selling himself to men and relying on pills to manage. Then he meets Scott, a young American man who could easily have been where Jeff is now. Scott’s friends extend a helping hand to Jeff, and he grabs it.
Leo and Thomas bring Jeff to stay with Dom Damian Barnett until they can find him someplace more long-term. Still grieving from losing his sub to cancer two years before, Damian agrees to help. But when he glimpses the extent of the damage, Damian wants to do more than offer his guestroom. Jeff is not a submissive, but Damian can see he desperately needs structure in his life. It’s up to Damian to find an answer.
He never expects that what he discovers will change both their lives.?
REVIEW:
Speechless…that’s the first thing that comes to mind after finishing this story.
Intense is the second, amazing the third and incredible the fourth and so many more wonderful things. This is what I am writing right after finishing the story where I still am in awe of what I’ve read.
That I was excited about getting my hands on this book is an understatement. I have been completely head over heals in love with this series from the moment I picked up the first book. After the first 4 books I wouldn’t have believed that book 5 would so completely blow me away yet again.
But this story, this journey into self-exploration and finding a solid base in which to live a life and be in a relationship after that has me totally in awe. Writers K.c Wells and Parker Williams prove with this story that they are some of the top writers in this genre, pulling up a novel with this intensity and quality.
Jeff is a broken man. He was used and abused and has no reason to trust anyone, but when he tries to do the right thing by Scott (whom we met in book three “Someone to Keep Me”) he ends up with a chance to change his life.
The problem with this is that he has to be willing to take the chance and Jeff really isn’t sure he has the strength or that it will be worth it.
It’s up to Damian, a Dom still grieving over his dead sub, to show him that he can change his life if he really wants to. And of course, Jeff teaches Damian that not everything good in life died with his lover.
I can’t imagine going through the horror that Jeff did and wanting to survive and the authors portray that anguish brilliantly. They take the reader into his mind and through his struggle to get control of his life without ever passing over into melodrama. It’s honest and sometimes brutal but it just makes the sweet parts even more wonderful.
Damian has his own cross to bear, learning to live again with another person dependent upon him as well as adjusting his previous Dominant ways to help someone who’s not really a sub. He struggles with his choices and isn’t always sure he’s going in the right direction, but he does have some help from some amazing friends.
As always, I love how the characters from the previous books make their very welcome appearances. I love how we get to catch up with them and their lives and see where they’ve gone after their stint in the spotlight is over. These men have captured my heart over the course of their stories and I will indeed be sad to see them go.
The writing is smart and there is never a dull moment to be found, even though we are never overwhelmed with information. It’s perfectly paced, leaving you breathless with anticipation in all the right places.
I’m so glad to have taken this journey with these two writers and this amazing cast of characters.
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Already loaded on the kindle, it is next in line to be read!
On my wish list for Friday….payday. Love all the books in the series. Great writing