Haven

I enjoyed the writing and the characters, but the story as a whole was a little wacky for me.

The kinky spice was

Utterly delightful

Self-aware. Steamy. Sincere. I LOVED this book. It felt very modern for erotica. It acknowledged how grief can unsettle everything. On to the next one...!

This is my first Rebekah Weatherspoon somehow and I really enjoyed it, even though it's first-person present narration, which isn't my favorite style. Even with the alternating POV, I felt Claudia was a little bit underdeveloped as a character; it feels like the book spent more time in Shep's head than hers, and there's not a lot of backstory about her except that her parents are dead and she works in fashion in New York. I also felt like the ending was a little bit abrupt, though I'm extremely glad that it didn't resolve the long-distance situation by having Claudia give up her career to live in the woods full-time, which would've been "throw the phone across the room" territory for me. I really enjoyed the development of their relationship and I'll definitely be reading more by this author!

(2020 summer romance bingo: accidentally in the wilderness, probably wouldn't have worked for anything else besides HEA.)

You have to get your hands on this one

This book was an absolutely amazing read! I could not put it down ... read the whole thing in just two days LOL! this was my first journey back into romance novels and I'm glad I started with it... I am in love with the characters in this book and so glad to see a black woman in kink! Not to mention, a black woman being cherished this way! You have to read this!