Release Day Review: Temperance (Damned Connections #3) by Lark Taylor

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Reviewed by Cindy

 

TITLE: Temperance

SERIES: Damned Connections Book 3

AUTHOR: Lark Taylor

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH:  400 Pages

RELEASE DATE: May 16th, 2024

BLURB:

A fire mage who believes he’s broken. A vampire who believes he can fix him. A contract that’s going to change everything.

Blaise

I’ve never been good at doing the right thing.

A series of bad choices have left my life in tatters. Everyone is telling me to move on, but how can I? What I did was unforgivable, even if some believe otherwise. My whole world imploded the night I left a human dying on a classroom floor.

I don’t deserve anything good in my life, I know that. But I’m desperate for peace. Just a few moments where I can escape from everything I’ve done.

When Toby offers me a solution that promises just that, I jump at it. I never imagined having a Dom, but with Toby in that role?

Nothing has ever felt so right.

Problem is, this isn’t a relationship, it’s a contract. A temporary one.

Which means I need to guard my heart and stop myself from falling for this enigmatic vampire.

Like I said, I’ve never been good at doing the right thing.

Toby

I never learn.

Every time I see a needy sub, I can’t stop myself from offering my help. Every time, I forget that it’s a contract and fall too hard and too fast.

I’m the one who fixes them, never the one they choose to spend eternity with. That’s the way it always goes.

When Blaise bursts into my life, I already know how it’s going to end. I can’t stop myself from wanting to help him, but this man has the capacity to break me in entirely new ways. Maybe if I keep the boundaries strict between us, I can walk away at the end without another scar on my heart.

Like I said, I never learn.

Temperance is the third book in the Damned Connections series. Featuring a needy sub and a Dom who’s trying to avoid heartbreak, this spicy MM PNR romance will pull at your heartstrings. Although this series can be read as a standalone, it’s better enjoyed in order. Each book follows a different couple and has a guaranteed HEA.

REVIEW:

I’ve been waiting for Blaise’s story for a long time and the wait was worth it.

Blaise knows he’s not worth anything, so he’s not surprised that no one else thinks so either. His brother loves him, but he’s lost in his own love now. Blaise is happy for him, he really is. There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for his brother. And that’s part of the problem. What he did for his brother is the thing he just can’t forgive himself for. He needs punishing, but doesn’t know how to get it.

Toby knows all about trying to make up for the wrongs you’ve committed. He’s been trying for hundreds of years to make amends for past transgressions. He helps those he can and he’s never seen anyone more in need of help than Blaise.

This series started with the Reckless Damned Series and then broke off to this Damned Connections series. It’s my favorite kind of series, with a new couple for every story but with the previous couples along for the ride. I always love seeing how the happily-ever-afters are going for the guys I learned to love. Every story has been a hit!

I love seeing the supernatural in the modern world and these books have it in spades. In this one, Blaise is so heartbreaking and I loved him from the very beginning. But Toby carries his own heartbreak and it totally drew me and dragged me along for the ride.

We do see a quite a bit of events that took place in the other stories because the timeline of this book runs concurrant to the others. But I love seeing these events from the different perspectives and love how it rounds out the whole series.

There is some pretty heavy BDSM in places but it fits in it’s context and there’s nothing that people who like things a little lighter would object too. No humiliation, no blood, no pain beyond a good spanking or a twisted nipple. I think it would actually be a good starter story for those who may have shied away from the topic in the past. Trust me, it will leave you feeling all the happiness and satisfaction you need from a romance.

There’s also a lot of action, some pretty amazing snark and quite a few tears along the way. It all just makes the sweetness of the ending all the better.

This is a series that needs to be read in order to have it all make sense, especially as it brings up the events that take place in the other books. But you will be doing yourself a favor by starting at the beginning. And I promise you, 7 books will just not be enough and you will be begging the author for me.

Bring on Book 8!!!

 

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3 thoughts on “Release Day Review: Temperance (Damned Connections #3) by Lark Taylor”

  1. Thanks for the BDSM info. I have hesitated with this read because of eeky feelings for certain BDSM, just not my yum. You gave me what i needed to know without giving away any plot points!

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