BOOK RELEASE & REVIEW ------- WORSHIP by Jennifer Domenico

Title: Worship

Author: Jennifer Domenico

Genre: Taboo Romance

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Blurb: 

For a few perfect moments, she was my everything, but she was snatched away. Devastated doesn't begin to describe my pain.

Lost and broken, I turned to the one place that promised wholeness. In the years since, I've become an expert at handling grief, loss, and longing, and I help others find the redemption and peace I so desperately need.

In the most unlikely place, she appears like an angel. In her eyes, my soul is healed. In her arms, the belonging I chased for years is finally mine. The emotions I thought long dead, are reborn by her touch.

She becomes my church, her voice my choir, her love my mercy, her kiss my sacrament. My altar is her body and I worship devoutly.

What we've done, what we will do, is wrong, but when she's near, the rules are redefined. I’m not free to love her, but my heart says otherwise. I lost her once, but this time, I'll do anything to keep her.

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My Review - 4.5 stars  -  A super steamy and naughtily taboo romance

I early arc/beta read this book. Based on feedback the author has added a lot more angst involving Diego's choice of giving up the church or giving up Julia. I've not had time to re-read as yet but I'm fairly certain when I do that I'll be deciding to raise my rating of the book to 5 stars.



This is very different to most books that I have read by this author. It was written to the usual high standard that I would expect, with believable characters, natural dialogue and an easy flow to the writing. However this firmly falls in the 'taboo' category of reads (no incest or non-con to worry about) and is perhaps more focused on the sexy times than normal.



Julia and Diego meet very briefly as teenagers where they feel a very instant and deep connection to each other. So much so that they still thought about the other a decade later. We didn't have any silly 'saving themselves' for the other, thankfully they had both lived very full, if different, lives in the meantime.



Julia had very overbearing parents and was looking forward to her time working as an art restorer in Italy. Imagine her surprise when one of the first people she meets there is Diego, the boy with whom she shared her first kiss but was then abruptly torn away from. The attraction is still there and this is an amazing second chance for them. Only things aren't that simple.



Wow this was a very steamy read, and for a sheltered girl Julia definitely had a very naughty side to her. I loved how she knew what she wanted and determinedly went after it, even when perhaps she shouldn't have done. She is an immensely likeable character and totally believable. Diego was one very hot and broody male, and I really did feel both the connection and the chemistry between the pair.



There is one awesome plot twist, that really pulled out all the feels. Had this been a longer story I'm sure Ms Domenico would have drawn this part out and totally pulverised my heart, so I'm kind of glad it isn't! Instead this is a really hot, forbidden romance between a couple who can't keep their hands off each other, even when they should. It doesn't have any dark or unpleasantness to the taboo and as long as you don't mind lots of sexy times then this is one excellent read.

Jennifer Domenico writes contemporary and erotic romances. She loves alpha males with a soft spot, flawed characters, and strong, sassy women. Her characters usually have a side of kink and aren't afraid to demand what they want. The author doesn't apologize for that. She's a sucker for a happy ending as long as it comes with a lot of heat.

She lives in Phoenix, Arizona but is a Bostonian at heart. The way to her heart can be reached with a foreign accent, a shot of Fireball, and an unlimited supply of cupcakes.

She is also known under her alter ego, Jaelyn LaStoria, author of time traveling romances, because why not. 

The first title is Lost Within. https://amzn.to/2BH1bk6

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BOOK REVIEW ***** FORBIDDEN by Amelia Gates *****

Forbidden: Student teacher romance by Amelia Gates

4.5 stars for this much more than 'just a naughty taboo read' 

I've not read this author before, so I had no idea what to expect from her. Based on the title and blurb I had expected a cheap thrills taboo read. However, this story has more depth and plot to it than my first impression gave. It is fairly low angst in that Kim (the older woman/teacher) doesn't seem to feel a huge dilemma over the relationship. Whilst her position as a teacher (but not HIS teacher) at the school he attends IS morally questionable, I felt the author crafted the backstory well, so that there relationship wasn't 'icky.

Kim has fast-tracked through school and college and is now teaching at a high school, she is also guardian to her 17 year old niece. Zayne is in his final year and has already turned 18, he spots Kim in her classroom and decides that he must have her. As the blurb says Turners get what they want!

I really liked both main characters, they had depth and were consistently written. I loved that whilst Zayne was confident to the point of being cocky, he still had a naive and vulnerable side that made him feel his age. Kim at times felt a little younger than her age of 25 BUT I felt that her life experiences (or lack of) again explained the character.

The passion between Zayne and Kim was intense and so believable. We see it grow and develop into something strong and meaningful. However don't think this is just a taboo romance, there's a nice little romantic suspense sub-plot running in the background. Personally I would have liked to see this a little more developed throughout the whole book. There were hints and build ups to it, but nothing felt dangerous or sinister until the end, so for me it felt a tad rushed but enjoyable nonetheless. That's more of a personal preference thing though.

There were some very nice plot twists, the writing is engaging and I found it easy to read and follow. The pace held my attention and I actually ended up reading into the early hours just to finish this and find out what happened! This is an author whose work I will definitely look out for in the future.

BLURB

Zayne

I’m a Turner, and in this town a Turner always gets what he wants. Right now, I want her. What I didn’t expect was that right now, would turn into forever. That my want for her would develop into an obsession. There’s only one problem. There is a secret in my house, and when you’re dealing with a Turner, secrets can be devastating.

My father may be a Turner, but…SO…AM…I. If there is one thing we know how to do, it’s get what we want. This time, unfortunately, what he wants and what I want are at odds with each other.



Kim

Loving him is the easiest thing I’ve ever done.
Behind closed doors. Where no one can see us.
In the open. When no one’s watching.

Our love is the biggest secret I’ve ever had to keep. The darkest, most forbidden, feeling I’ve ever had to digest. But secrets do what secrets never should. They break barricades of silence and destroy everything on their way into the limelight.

And love? Love does what love should. It muscles up and fights, holds on for dear life, only giving up when strength and hope and perseverance have dimmed to complete darkness.

I am his teacher. He is my student. Taboo, I know. But in this teacher student romance, the roles have been reversed. There is nothing I can teach Zayne Turner that he doesn’t already know… and that includes me.

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