4.5 AVERAGE


After reading the first Dark Sanctuary book I was looking forward to reading book 2! I was not disappointed! In book 2 we follow our FMC Ell who is a social worker, after growing up in foster homes needing to fend for herself. She has a best friend Dean she met while in her foster home and the only person she allows close to her. Ell doesn't trust easily and relies mostly on herself for her life.

Dean convinces her to go to the BDSM club and after he leaves her to her own devices she runs into three men she knows from her job. Our MMCs Clint, Ethan & Fox are not looking to rush into another D/s relationship after their previous one left a bad taste. After Ell runs into some danger the men help her out, while also seeing if this new relationship could work with all of them.

I love that there was plenty of plot / steam ratio in this book. Jayce does an amazing job of balancing the two while keeping you interested! Can't wait to read more!.

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Absolutely loved this book. Could not put it down!!

Ell is a great FMC. She is a super strong woman who is relentlessly looking after the Kids she is assigned as their case worker. While she is always sure of herself in her professional life the opposite is true when it comes to her personal life. Ell does not like changes. She is a bit OCD and changes make her nervous. She decides to let her friend take her to a BDSM club to get him off her back. She never dreamed that she would literally fall into the lap of someone in the dark and was surprised to find out it was someone she already knew.

Ethan, Clint and Fox are all members of the Club. They are also Men that Ell knows from her professional life. They have liked her from afar but always thought they were too old for her and never asked her out. She has always admired them as well but did not want to tear down the walls to her carefully constructed fort around her heart.

Ell is attacked and Ethan, Clint and Fox step in to help her out. This leads to them helping her out in other ways. They start to build a relationship but Ell's head gets in the way of her heart and she runs again.

Lots of Drama in this book and lots of Caring from the guys. They just want Ell to get out of her own way and also be protected and safe.

I absolutely loved this book and can not wait to read the next one in this series if it does continue! Will always read any book by Jayce Carter she is one heck of a writer!!

I absolutely love everything about this book. I love all of the characters, from the main harem participants down to Donnie! Ell and her lovers are so charismatic and relatable. I love the depth of character that Jayce created, as well as the unique dynamics that she created for Clint, Fox, and Ethan in relation to Ell. I am also such a sucker for the "training a new sub" trope and the guys did it so well and made even me as the reader feel so loved and valued. Seriously already wishing I could read this book again for the first time.

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challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes