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Belong to Me (Wicked Lovers, #5)
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Logan Edgington, when on leave from serving as a Navy Seal, is a Dominant at BDSM Club Dominion teaching discipline to the more difficult Submissives in attendance. He uses his professionally trained emotional disconnect not only in the field but also in the dungeon. The club is basically the essence of Logan’s hollow, empty sex life. Choosing to impose a self-induced five-year celibacy, his only sexual desire/release comes from the thrill of control as a Dom and the fantasies he still has of his high school sweetheart and only love-Tara Jacobs.
Twelve years ago, the same night Logan’s mother was brutally murdered; he received a note from her killer stating that Tara would be his next victim if Logan did not end their relationship. After a hit and run accident that left Tara with a broken arm, Logan had no doubt believing her life was in danger. Convinced there was no other way to protect Tara, he abruptly broke up with her without ever revealing the truth.
Tara is now an FBI agent and embarking on her first field assignment that requires training at Club Dominion by none other than her former high school flame, Logan. To this day Tara has yet to learn the real reason of their breakup. This factor proves to be the elephant in the room when she joins forces with Logan to pose as an undercover submissive in order to infiltrate a sex ring that now holds her best friend hostage. Logan realizes this assignment is his opportunity to prove his love to Tara and fill the nagging emptiness that has consumed his life since their parting all those years ago.
Belong To Me is the fifth book in the Wicked Ties series and I must admit, after reading the second book (Decadent) and disliking it so much, I had no desire to continue on. But after reading the synopsis and knowing that this story was based on a couple that had romantic ties in the past, I decided to give Shayla Black another go and I’m so glad I did! I adore second chance stories. Ms. Black did not disappoint in providing enough history of the circumstances surrounding the traumatic breakup between Logan and Tara to empower the present day feelings of desire and betrayal. Both characters have been a mess since their breakup twelve years ago. Although Logan and Tara have succeeded in their careers, they have miserably failed in personal/romantic relationships because neither one have let go of their feelings for the other. Now that they are working together, their chemistry, once again is immediate and tangibly raw. The sexual and emotional tension between Logan and Tara is unceasing after their first touch. Once they submit to each other sexually, it is intensely, undeniably off-the-chain HOT! (Did I mention they were HOT?) While Tara believes she is only a girl Logan needs to get out of his system from the past, she cannot help but surrender to him hungry, needy and demanding more. Logan is convinced that during this training he will conquer all of Tara’s hurt and fears from the past to secure a permanent life with the only woman he was meant to have.
While the killer was an easy peg early on in the story, it did not deter from the overall suspense. However, the bulk of the story was of Logan and Tara forming a newfound trust and rebuilding a relationship that they both desperately want. My only frustration with the story was at times Tara’s lack of trust and “guarding of her heart” became a little tiresome given Logan’s vulnerability and honesty in laying the truth on the line. Also, as an FBI agent, her demeanor appeared weaker than expected but given the assignment was of a personal nature, it was easier to overlook. Logan was a natural Dom, but he was also one of the most raw, honest and emotional heroes when it came to his feelings for Tara. His possessive yet tender nature was refreshing and at times heartbreaking when he had doubts that Tara would ever trust him again. A truly desirable alpha male, Logan is a fixer, a protector and ultimately a giver with his emotions and his heart, which provided Tara the man she always wanted and a highly satisfying HEA for this inescapable couple.
Favorite Quote:
“As he pressed deeper, Tara’s need to have all of him surged. She lifted and wriggled, head tossed back. Logan kissed her exposed throat and ground his hips to her, detonating a new flurry of sensation through her. They weren’t just joining bodies, and she knew it. Felt the tendrils of the fragile love they’d both clung to over the years thicken and grow, curling around them with every sweet, slow glide deep inside her. With every thrust, she panted out her pleasure, then held her breath as he withdrew, waiting for more of the sweet ache to ramp up to the explosion she needed to feel all the way down to her soul.”
Originally posted at http://www.fictionvixen.com/2011/10/r...
by
Logan Edgington, when on leave from serving as a Navy Seal, is a Dominant at BDSM Club Dominion teaching discipline to the more difficult Submissives in attendance. He uses his professionally trained emotional disconnect not only in the field but also in the dungeon. The club is basically the essence of Logan’s hollow, empty sex life. Choosing to impose a self-induced five-year celibacy, his only sexual desire/release comes from the thrill of control as a Dom and the fantasies he still has of his high school sweetheart and only love-Tara Jacobs.
Twelve years ago, the same night Logan’s mother was brutally murdered; he received a note from her killer stating that Tara would be his next victim if Logan did not end their relationship. After a hit and run accident that left Tara with a broken arm, Logan had no doubt believing her life was in danger. Convinced there was no other way to protect Tara, he abruptly broke up with her without ever revealing the truth.
Tara is now an FBI agent and embarking on her first field assignment that requires training at Club Dominion by none other than her former high school flame, Logan. To this day Tara has yet to learn the real reason of their breakup. This factor proves to be the elephant in the room when she joins forces with Logan to pose as an undercover submissive in order to infiltrate a sex ring that now holds her best friend hostage. Logan realizes this assignment is his opportunity to prove his love to Tara and fill the nagging emptiness that has consumed his life since their parting all those years ago.
Belong To Me is the fifth book in the Wicked Ties series and I must admit, after reading the second book (Decadent) and disliking it so much, I had no desire to continue on. But after reading the synopsis and knowing that this story was based on a couple that had romantic ties in the past, I decided to give Shayla Black another go and I’m so glad I did! I adore second chance stories. Ms. Black did not disappoint in providing enough history of the circumstances surrounding the traumatic breakup between Logan and Tara to empower the present day feelings of desire and betrayal. Both characters have been a mess since their breakup twelve years ago. Although Logan and Tara have succeeded in their careers, they have miserably failed in personal/romantic relationships because neither one have let go of their feelings for the other. Now that they are working together, their chemistry, once again is immediate and tangibly raw. The sexual and emotional tension between Logan and Tara is unceasing after their first touch. Once they submit to each other sexually, it is intensely, undeniably off-the-chain HOT! (Did I mention they were HOT?) While Tara believes she is only a girl Logan needs to get out of his system from the past, she cannot help but surrender to him hungry, needy and demanding more. Logan is convinced that during this training he will conquer all of Tara’s hurt and fears from the past to secure a permanent life with the only woman he was meant to have.
While the killer was an easy peg early on in the story, it did not deter from the overall suspense. However, the bulk of the story was of Logan and Tara forming a newfound trust and rebuilding a relationship that they both desperately want. My only frustration with the story was at times Tara’s lack of trust and “guarding of her heart” became a little tiresome given Logan’s vulnerability and honesty in laying the truth on the line. Also, as an FBI agent, her demeanor appeared weaker than expected but given the assignment was of a personal nature, it was easier to overlook. Logan was a natural Dom, but he was also one of the most raw, honest and emotional heroes when it came to his feelings for Tara. His possessive yet tender nature was refreshing and at times heartbreaking when he had doubts that Tara would ever trust him again. A truly desirable alpha male, Logan is a fixer, a protector and ultimately a giver with his emotions and his heart, which provided Tara the man she always wanted and a highly satisfying HEA for this inescapable couple.
Favorite Quote:
“As he pressed deeper, Tara’s need to have all of him surged. She lifted and wriggled, head tossed back. Logan kissed her exposed throat and ground his hips to her, detonating a new flurry of sensation through her. They weren’t just joining bodies, and she knew it. Felt the tendrils of the fragile love they’d both clung to over the years thicken and grow, curling around them with every sweet, slow glide deep inside her. With every thrust, she panted out her pleasure, then held her breath as he withdrew, waiting for more of the sweet ache to ramp up to the explosion she needed to feel all the way down to her soul.”
Originally posted at http://www.fictionvixen.com/2011/10/r...
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Reading Progress
September 20, 2011
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October 9, 2011
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Started Reading
October 9, 2011
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18.77%
"I had no desire to continue this series after reading the second book, Delicious. So glad I took a chance with this one. Loving Logan and Tara's chemistry."
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70
October 9, 2011
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24.66%
"No man made her feel like Logan. Through college and her mid-twenties, she'd taken a few guys for a "test drive." Some had performed better than others. A few had even made her motor rev a little. But no one had given her the same high-octane thrill as Logan. He was the Ferrari of lovers."
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October 11, 2011
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Finished Reading