Daddy’s Boss by Sam Crescent
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (74 pages)
Other: M/F, Voyeurism
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by FernLori Kinsley is tired of trying to save her father. He gets into one mess after another, and it’s only because she promised her dying mother that she’d keep an eye on him that Lori helps him. He’s now stolen from one of the most dangerous men in the city, Dawg Hampshire, and it’s up to Lori to pay the price.
What does Dawg want? Simple, he wants her.
Dawg has been planning this from the first moment he saw Lori. When she agrees to belong to him, he doesn’t intend to scare her off. He’s in this for forever. He’s seen the darkness in her eyes and intends to find out what put it there. When he learns the truth and Lori’s biggest secret, Dawg knows he will do everything in his power to protect her so she never has to witness that kind of brutality again.
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But can Lori allow herself to fall in love with a man who kills? Does she even want to? And when Dawg’s “business” puts her life is in danger, will Lori pick the safety of Dawg’s arms, or leave him?
Dawg was not a nice man, nor was he good. He’d been tempted by Lori from the moment he first met her, even though her father worked for him. Dawg had no qualms in using Lori’s father to gain access to her. But what happens when Dawg realizes that bullying and forcing Lori won’t give him what he wants, when Dawg finally realizes what he wants from Lori she has to offer freely?
I found this to be an interesting and complicated story. While at a casual glance Dawg might seem like a nasty guy, a criminal, he is a whole lot more complex and layered than that. Yes, he’s a bad guy and yes, he has some Neanderthal – almost barbaric – rules and regulations that he lives by and insists Lori obeys too. But nothing he does is out of spite, hate, or even anger or bitterness. Dawg is easily one of the more complex characters I’ve read about in ages. Lori – by comparison – is a lot simpler and easy to understand, but taking that at face value also doesn’t do her justice. I found both these characters to be complicated, multi-layered and far deeper than I ever expected.
In some respects I found this book difficult to read. Dawg is completely at home with violence – he genuinely thought nothing of having his men beat up Lori’s dad, and even was prepared to shoot him dead should it prove necessary in strong-arming Lori to sign a contract and be Dawg’s. The casualness of the brutality was quite off-putting for me, but the clever writing of the author helped me understand this scene was being used to show just how complicated and intricate Dawg’s plans were and how he would stop at nothing in claiming Lori.
I could easily understand that this story won’t be to everyone’s tastes. Readers who prefer softer romances – where the relationship and romance is key – might not find this harder storyline appeals to them. But personally I found while the edge wasn’t something I’d necessarily seek out in future stories that I read, the characters were interesting and complex enough I could gloss over some of the harder aspects of the story – such as the violence and the strong-arm techniques Dawg used so easily and casually.
Despite the violence, there is real – and believable – love that grows between Dawg and Lori, and this I think was my favourite part of the story. That regardless of logic and sanity, these two very different people could not only fall in love, but create a stable and solid relationship that flourishes. By the end of the story I was actually sold on them both and pleased they’d got their happy ending. The sex between them was hot and explicit, but not abusive or harsh. There were a number of bumps along their way – but Lori and Dawg really do end up in a good place and I found that satisfying as a reader.
A sometimes harsh and difficult story this nevertheless was a great read and one I enjoyed.
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