Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: A Dom and His Gentleman
SERIES: Club Whisper #4
AUTHOR: Xenia Melzer
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 204 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 25, 2019
BLURB:
Silver fox Curtis is everything baker Andrew could want in a sub, and their chemistry is off the charts. But as a wealthy and successful gallery owner, Curtis intimidates Andrew and challenges his dominant nature. Can Andrew get used to a sub with a much higher social status?
British noble Curtis Morris has all but given up on finding his perfect Dom when he walks into a bakery and meets Andrew Granger—smoldering hot, new to Miami, into the lifestyle, and with kinks that align perfectly with Curtis’s own.
Andrew grew up poor and doesn’t know if he can handle a sub with so much more money, even if he’s insanely attracted to Curtis. To make matters worse, Curtis’s preferred club, Whisper, is far beyond Andrew’s financial means. Still, Andrew doesn’t want to lose Curtis to his own hang-ups, not when Curtis is far from the elitist snob Andrew expected. But Andrew keeps messing up, and with Curtis’s rich ex visiting with the hopes of winning him back, he and Curtis will need all the help they can get to make their romance of opposites work out.
REVIEW:
I think this author is another first for me. I enjoyed it for the most part. I’m racking my brain trying to think of what I needed from it, but I’m drawing a blank. One thing I do have to commend, it was said over and over several times that every relationship in the lifestyle is different. I’m so happy for that. When Andrew tried out a harder core club, he knew it wasn’t for him, and that’s ok. Everyone has their kink and what they want and don’t, and I was happy to see it wasn’t a shaming thing.
Both Andrew and Curtis have kind of given up on the whole relationship thing. Both are in their 40s and their lives are consumed by their jobs. It doesn’t help that one is a Dom, the other a sub, looking for the right fit for them. And after Curtis’s ex, Jasper, finding a good dom is really hard. Because he doesn’t want back in a bad situation. But the minute Andrew lays his eyes on Curtis, he knew he had to know this man. And thanks to Curtis’s talkative friend Collin, Andrew knew Curtis was a sub. Perfect. But their first date was a disaster. Andrew came to realize Curtis is made of money and it’s uncomfortable for him. After all, he’s the Dom. It takes a friend to make him see his mistake and Andrew does all he can to make amends and try again. Just when things are really getting good, Curtis’s ex shows up and throws a wrench in things. And Curtis has had enough. But will he be able to get through to Andrew in time that he’s all Curtis wants? Or will their differences be too much.
It’s hard to be on both sides of this. Curtis has to be careful, in case someone is just after his money. Andrew has to be careful so no one thinks he’s a money grubber. And being a Dom, it’s hard on his ego that he’s not the one providing. For Curtis, he’s stuck. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. He can’t help he comes from money or that he invested wisely. But he doesn’t flaunt it or run it in people’s faces. Sure he has nice things, but it’s not to be flashy or to show off. He’s just comfortable. Andrew is the one who has to adjust. He has to learn that having money doesn’t make the other person weaker or less than.
Differences can make a difference if you allow them. But you have to be willing to get past things and overcome your fears and doubts in order to move forward. It’s not easy. A lesson these guys had to learn.
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