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Providence

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This one is a bit hard to classify, seeing as how it's not really what I'd call a pure romance story, but also not what I'd call erotica either... The story really doesn't deal with BDSM as a whole either, but does play on some dominance / submission and voyeurism themes. Let's go with just over the line of a pure romance.

You do need to suspend your belief a bit with this read, seeing as how a high-powered job centered financial consultant seems to fall into insta-love(lust???) with her new client, a boudoir photographer. Both mains have a very well detailed and fleshed-out history of their own, and despite the suspension of belief, they just work together overall. The relationship felt surprisingly natural and completely believable even though I didn't buy into how it all got started.

Look - I'm being a little vague and disjointed here, but this one's just hard to rate and explain.
Overall, I think the story was even more enjoyable to me because it's so different from anything else out there. No, it's not perfect, and I won't likely re-read it, but it's definitely enjoyable. Especially if you're in the mood for a spicier than normal romance story! For me, 3.75 stars.

**Many thanks to Bold Strokes for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.**

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Non-Traditional Relationship
Rebekiah is a successful photographer who specializes in capturing the beauty of women in the throes of passion both before, during and post climax. For the past few years she has dealt with caring for her dying friend, her death and her friend’s family as they contested the huge inheritance that Rebekiah was left. Over all of it she wants to just get rid of the money, enter Lindsey. Lindsey is a super busy, globe-trotting partner in a wealth management company. On getting back from Hong Kong, she learns one of the other partners has been fired leaving Lindsey to pick up his slack, including Rebekiah. Unable to resist the beautiful photographer, she does what she can to keep her in her life…not that Rebekiah is complaining.

This is a well written debut book by this author. I loved the romantic and erotic bits, so yummy and hot!! The characters felt lifelike and made a good couple. They had their hang ups and problems but I could see how they would be attracted to each other. They are both strong, stubborn and damaged. The story was good, interesting… but not really to my taste. It wasn’t the typical HEA where they fall madly in love and the corporate raider sees the errors of overworking and settles down with her beloved and they adopt a pet sort of thing. I also felt it dragged out a bit and there were to me some big flaws such as things not being explained properly, they just disappeared not having been resolved in a way that was shown or told. Lindsey was always so busy…there were great time periods that passed by with no mention of them communicating yet the relationship stayed on track. It was disappointing as the story started out so well.

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I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.

Rebekiah is a photographer who loves to photograph erotic images. She still dealing with the lost of her best friend Emma who left her a inheritance that she wants nothing to do with it.

All that change when she meets Lindsay who is handling the inheritance. Lindsay is a wealth management consultant when she return from business out of town she learn from her partner Carolyn that their other partner Roger she had to fire him because she learns he been stealing from the company. Lindsay has to takeover his clients as they deal with the mess.

Lindsay wants to help Rebekiah do something great with the inheritance and Rebekiah start to realize she wants to do something goid with it especially when she keep hearing Emma voice.

I like characters development as both Lindsay and Rebekiah open up with each other which is hard for them to do. I love Rebekiah dog Sera. There is a lot of sex in this book so I hope that won't be a turn off because it's a good read.

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This book is great! It really goes deep into the trust and compassion for life. Rebekiah and Lindsey are two people from different backgrounds, but with great hearts. There is a lot of sex in this book, and overall it’s a great read. The only complaint is the ending felt a little rushed, but I am not going to give away the plot.

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