Reviewed by Danielle

Title: Submitting to the Darkness

Series: Island Tales #3

Author: K.C Wells

Publisher: Island Tales Press

Length: 278 pages

Blurb:

Three weeks after being diagnosed with acute glaucoma, Adam Kent lost his vision. Two months down the line, and he’s left behind his life in London as an author of political history books and retreated to the Isle of Wight, to live in the house he inherited in Steephill Cove. But that’s not all Adam’s left behind him: the trappings of his life as a Dom are packed away into three boxes and stored in his attic. After all, he’s never going to need them again, right? Who’d want a blind Dom anyway?

Paul Vaughan is employed to be a live-in companion to Adam, but his new employer makes it very clear he wants to be left alone. Paul can see Adam is hurting and struggles to help him, even though Adam resists him at every turn. Thankfully, Paul’s friends Taylor, Mark and Sam are there to lend an ear when he needs to vent – and also to try setting him up with a guy or two. It’s not that Paul doesn’t appreciate their efforts, but the guys they keep sending his way are way too… nice. A chance visit to a club had already shown Paul a side to him he’d never expected: maybe his tastes are a little kinkier.

Two events occur to rock Paul’s life: he discovers his boss isn’t as straight as Paul had thought, and he takes a peek into a box….

Review:

A great new addition to the Island tales series. Completely different then the other two and I really liked that.

I also liked the fact that what for me was missing in the second part I found back in this part with the mentions and the connection with the main characters from the other books.

They aren’t present in a way that the book wouldn’t work as a standalone as they just are mentioned as friends but to me it added a nice extra to the already wonderful story.

Paul is adorable. He is sweet, kind  and innocent but in a not childish or inexperienced way.  He’s just a wonderful guy. Adam is tough the “former” dom and there were times I wanted to whip his ass (pun intended).

Adam is a writer and as I mentioned, a former dom who went blind rapidly and unexpectedly. He’s having a hard time adjusting to the situation and the caretakers his sister hires for him are being easily tuned out.

That changes when Paul is hired and uses a different approach in handling Adam, especially as he doesn’t let him bully him away.

When Paul decides that it has been long enough he steps up and with the help of his friends as the blurb says he manages to get Adam out of the depressive funk he seems to be in constantly.

The teasing aspects of this story are fun, the gentle probbing, the curiousity makes it sparkle and it’s very refreshing. Both men are more then hot together.

This story is a romantic tale about friendship, connecting  and getting past issues and worries including the struggle it may take.

There is a little bit of drama/angst in there but it is how that gets resolved that your knees buckle, and it’s so adorable and so well fitted.

I also liked the peek into the bdsm world and this time from a different perspective through both Adam’s and Paul’s eyes.

And as usual when I read a K.c Wells book the urge to ask questions, like what is the deal with Eric and a certain beautiful eyed tattood hottie perhaps…….?

Wonderful story, well written and very entertaining

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