Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Healing Hands

SERIES: Perfect Hands #5

AUTHOR: Nora Phoenix

PUBLISHER: self-published

LENGTH: 282 pages

RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2020

BLURB:

Can a broken boy and an unconventional Daddy help each other heal?

Saxton has never been able to make a Daddy stay. He wants one desperately, but they’ve all walked away. He knows exactly why: because he’s damaged. Broken. Unable to give Daddies what they want from him.

When he meets Daddy Gale, who offers to take care of him after an accident, Saxton expects the same thing to happen. But Gale is different in many ways, and he has his own wounds. He has endless patience with Saxton, and he respects Saxton’s boundaries.

But when Saxton can’t open up about the trauma that forever changed him, will Gale decide Saxton isn’t worth the trouble after all? Or will Saxton finally have a Daddy who accepts him the way he is?

Healing Hand is a sweet, low heat Daddy care MM romance with loads of hurt/comfort, age play, tender moments, and emotions that will give you all the feels.

REVIEW:

Most of you, if you pay attention to me at all, are probably wondering why I’m reading another set of Daddy books. And you’re right, I’m not a huge fan. It’s nothing against the kink, AT ALL. Or the fact of age difference or silver foxes or anything like that. It’s just not a trope for me. But the reason I took this one on, it’s because this series is more about the dom/sub relationship, which is how it starts, and more than the daddy/little, which is how it ends up. It, for me, it about the experiences in it. The plot of the story and I couldn’t pass these up for that. Which brings me to another point. There are triggers in this book. I recommend you read these books in order so you know who’s who and what’s what. But each book has a trigger of some sort in it and this one is no different. There is mention of trauma, and we eventually find out it’s drug abuse, theft and rape. And it’s not a pretty picture from the reactions of the parents and everything else that goes with it. So please be aware and be careful.

I really enjoyed this one, because not only of the messages in it, but because of one of the MCs being a demi. That makes things a whole new ballgame for a lot of people and I love to see other aspects of the rainbow getting their story told as well.

For Gale, he’s known he’s gay for a long, long time. But it’s not just him being gay that made him different. It’s that sex wasn’t a big deal for him. For him, he didn’t see what all the hoopla was about. But he loved the Dom aspect of the lifestyle, because he could get something out of it and it didn’t need to be sex. Plus it helped to understand how the other person in the relationship or scene was feeling. So when little Sexton came into his ER, after getting a heads up he was a little, Gale knew immediately he had to be gentle and try to protect his secrecy with all he had. And he did. And because of that, Sexton knew he had someone he could trust. And without saying a word. But when it came time for Sexton to go home, he needed help. And Gale jumped in with both feet. After what little they talked about in the hospital, Gale knew he was hooked. He wanted this little and to be his Daddy. But both were carrying secrets and Sexton was terrified Gale was going to leave him for either being too needy or when Gale found out about ALL the truths in his life. And Gale had to constantly reassure him that wasn’t going to happen. But in the end, something needs to shift in order for them to move on in their relationship. Gale knows Sexton needs time and patience. He only hopes that eventually Sexton will trust the words and actions Gale keeps showing him.

It’s hard to be in a relationship when you’re different. Whether from it being asexual, demi, from trauma or whatever, there always seems to be this stigmata that there has to be sex of some kind or you are just icy, frigid or a freak. Something of the sort. When it’s so much more than that and so far from the truth. Being demi/ace myself, I get where Gale was coming from. He needs that emotional connection to be able to do anything physically. And because of how different he feels about sex, it helped him to deal with Sexton in his struggles with it. Until they could get to the heart of the reason why. Sexton more than anything, needed to know someone would love him and be patient with him and not just leave him because he was different. And until he could feel that trust to the core of his bones, he would never be able to open up or truly be himself. And because of Gale’s patience and understanding, he was finally starting to feel peace and a way to purge. It wasn’t easy. Because at one point, Gale was wondering if it was worth it. But as someone had to gently remind him, everyone has to do things in their own time. It can’t be forced or rushed. It can’t be guilted out. It has to come from a level of trust not many can give. And because of Gale being who he is, with his family and his friends, he gave something to Sexton he never thought he’d ever have. Hope, love, friends and a family of his own. And that made all the difference.

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