Temptation's Edge (Edge Novel)

Mischa is afraid of being like her mother. Connor is afraid of being like his father. When they meet the attraction is hot, mutual, and intense. Both need to learn they are themselves and what they have is special and precious. They need to trust themselves and know they have learned from the lessons of their pasts. I loved these two. Both are fighting internal battles and in the end realize they come into this relationship as equals. The sex is hot! The relationship is intense. I will be reading more of her

TEMPTATION’S EDGE
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When I chose to read & review (in exchange for a copy of the book) Temptation’s Edge by Eve Berlin (aka Eden Bradley), the write-up that hooked me mentioned meeting an alpha-man at the wedding of a friend and having a brief fling. Um, it’s not really that, but at the same time, it is sooo much more! First of all, be aware: THIS HAS BDSM THEMES OUT THE WAZOO. (And there is wazoo play, too.) While Snarky Vanilla Mom isn’t averse to reading BDSM themes, what almost did make me put down the Kindle was when the main male character proclaimed himself a sadist. Yeah, that was going a bit too far for me out of my comfort zone. However, I stuck with it, and I am glad I did!

Mischa leaves San Francisco to head to show more Seattle to help her friend, Dylan, plan her wedding, and also to meet up with a former colleague to partner up for a new tattoo shop. (Apparently there are two prior stories to this one so Dylan’s story was one of the prior ones – which if I’d known that, I’d have known more of what I was getting into reading.) She meets Connor, an Irishman, and the attraction is instantaneous. While Mischa is not unfamiliar with BDSM play, she’s not as “into it” as Connor – so she has a bit of a learning curve to loosen up her control issues for the trust exchange inherent in BDSM. While the sex scenes ARE smokin’ hot, and Connor professes several times that he is a sadist, the “scenes” are pretty laidback compared to what they could have depicted (there was talk of hot wax, whips, etc… – but none of that happened in the book). The story was more about the fact that from the age of six, Mischa had to be the parent in the family, and therefore has massive issues about giving up control and trust. On the flip side, Connor suffers from fear he’ll turn out like his abusive father, so he has massive issues about giving up control, trust and his ability to even love.

Temptation’s Edge is their story. It’s DEFINITELY one of those books you wouldn’t want left up on your Kindle where the kids could read parts of it – ’cause quite frankly, I always thought that pinching was solely used for getting your kids’ attention while out in public since you can’t really whack ‘em upside the backs of their heads then — so they’d just have even more things to snicker about if they read parts of it. Don’t let the heavy sex turn you away, either – it’s actually tastefully done, again – SMOKIN’ HOT, but it’s not just a sex scene after scene book – there is actually a PLOT (gasp!). You’ll find your heart breaking right along with Mischa’s and cheer on Connor when he steps off the cliff. Read “Temptation’s Edge” to find out if they ever figure it out… show less