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Master Me #4

Padrone marine (Dominami - la serie Vol. 4)

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NON È IL SUO TIPO. TROPPO TENERA... TROPPO INNOCENTE... TROPPO DOLCE. Quando il sergente dei marines Rob Gentry si trasferisce nel suo appartamento, l'ultima ragazza con cui vorrebbe uscire è la sua nuova vicina. Tanto sexy e carina da fargli cariare i denti, non è decisamente il suo tipo. Troppo tenera. Troppo innocente. Troppo dolce. Ma quando il suo appuntamento con un corteggiatore conosciuto online finisce male, lui bussa a casa sua per salvarla. Perché questo è quello che fa un marine. Il problema è che lei ora ha bisogno di conforto. Un posto sicuro dove passare la notte. Una distrazione. E nel momento in cui il sergente si trova a possedere il suo corpicino caldo, scopre una sottomessa naturale, una che non è sicuro di poter più lasciar andare.

94 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 14, 2016

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Renee Rose

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2,081 reviews25 followers
October 24, 2016
Hot, well-written and short spanking romance between scarred veteran Dom H and innocent, spunky h with a heart of gold. The PTSD-ridden H was rude and unwelcoming and his neighbour, the h, was like a puppy chasing at his heels, trying to cheer him up, but still the MCs were relatable and it was a fun read.

3.5 stars!
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2,800 reviews509 followers
October 31, 2016
Rob and Kaitlyn.
This is a very short sexy read. Rob is a big, scarred, angry ex-soldier with ptsd. Kaitlyn is his cute perky neighbour who is crushing on him. He's a total ass to her until he is the only person who can save her. Forced into proximity with her when she needs emotional help, he finds himself willing to give it... and more (nudge nudge wink wink). Somewhat kinky with some spanking, but not really BDSM.
The MCs were really cute together and the sex it HOT. Although they seemed like opposites at first, it turns out that they compliment each other.
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Author 2 books94 followers
April 3, 2025
I really enjoyed this one best out of the series so far. My one issue is how utterly stupid Kaitlyn was in allowing a first date of a man she doesn't know into her apartment, but I get that's part of the story plot.

I liked the characters. Especially how the marine was written, the author clearly did good research and fairly represented an injured vet, healing from combat. This was very good, and I think this was my favorite couple out of the series so far.

Overall, 4.25 ⭐
Profile Image for Armenia.
907 reviews17 followers
October 17, 2016
Spanking Good Read 4.5 stars

Finally home in San Diego from his four tours in Afghanistan, Rob Gentry shows his battle scars inside and out from what he’s endured. Rob has survivor’s guilt. He’s still reeling over the loss of teammates, and left angry by the loss of his military career in the Marines due to injuries he sustained. Rob’s gorgeous features are scarred by wounds to his body, and feels he’s no longer attractive and desireable to any woman, and just wants to be left alone. Until he meets Kaitlyn Lattigard.

His cute, girl-next-door neighbor is all innocence and temptation. Stubborn and persistent, she’s got a way of cutting right through his hardened shell. But Rob doesn’t do nice. As a Dom, the sex he has with women is all about submission, rough and dirty, just the way he likes it.

Kaitlyn’s work as a social worker in Family Resource centers around focusing on people’s needs. She sees the pain the ex-Marine struggles with in maintaining some normality, and he is so alone. Kaitlyn is determined to whittle down his defenses. When she is attacked from an abusive date, Rob’s protective instincts kick in and he’s right there to rescue and comfort Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn’s kind, solicitous nature brings on a fantasy Rob has never entertained: a 1950’s housewife girl. Oh, and what a delicious journey of discovery for both. I just loved Rob’s firm but gentle guidance of Kaitlyn’s initiation into a world of kink and domestic discipline.

Owned By The Marine is a sexy, military romance novella. The writing is fluid which made for an enjoyable read. Ms Rose brings us characters we can relate with, and sexy scenes that sizzle. I just loved the connection between Rob and Kaitlyn. And the epilogue is sigh-worthy.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Profile Image for Maria Dimitrova.
748 reviews149 followers
October 22, 2017
Actual rating: 3.5

Short but smoking hot. But don't bother reading if you want adequate handling of problems such as PTSD. Actually scratch that the handling is really bad and I had problems at times abstracting myself from it so I could enjoy the rest of the story. And by story I mean the sex scenes.
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472 reviews22 followers
January 6, 2019
I loved the first chapters (75%). Likeable main characters, nice story, good interaction and hot scenes.
The reason this story didn’t get a 5⭐️ Rating?
The last chapter felt a bit rushed. There’s too much telling and too little showing what’s happening.

Nevertheless a good story and a nice way to spend part of my Sunday 😁.
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717 reviews38 followers
January 3, 2017
Well, this was a total hoot! I really enjoyed it. It was kinda silly and smokin hot. Not much heavy brain power involved but that's okay after the hectic holidays, I needed a little break. There's a June Cleaver kink thing happening that I thought was a total riot. Hee, Hee. Bad boys indeed.
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1,464 reviews
November 9, 2018
This had shades of some of my favorite tropes: Beauty and the Beast/otherwise beautiful hero coping with scars. It also had a light feel for a BDSM romance. I think fans of Alexa Riley will really enjoy this.
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2,001 reviews45 followers
March 29, 2019
It my thing. Like the story behind it
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1,174 reviews9 followers
October 16, 2016
Rob & Kaitlyn were so very different. This is a short story with kink & romance. I loved everything about this book.
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4,535 reviews92 followers
March 12, 2017
This was an okay read, and a good way to pass the time. A sweet, positive woman, moves in next door to a cranky, damaged, PTSD'd marine, and tried to be nice. He isn't in the mood, then she has a date go bad and he saves her. Now, he can't live without her
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6,962 reviews175 followers
October 17, 2016
A WOUNDED WARRIOR AND THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

Marine Sergeant Rob Gentry moves into an apartment, and the last thing he wanted was to deal with nosey, friendly neighbors. He is angry, bitter, harsh, and really not coping well after his last deployment in Afghanistan that took out the rest of his team with a roadside bomb. Rob is scarred by mentally and physically. A neighbor, Kaitlyn Lattigard, is all bubbly, bouncy and so sweet it gives him a toothache, he doesn’t do sweet vanilla girls, at all. When her online date attacks Kaitlyn, he comes to her rescue, and something snaps, he offers her help. Can he help this feisty young lady recover from nearly being raped? And will Kaitlyn be able to help Rob fight his demons? Maybe, in the process, he will learn that she is made of stronger stuff than he gave her credit for. “He was at his best in Dom mode—sensitive to her needs, exacting in his demands, and constantly pushing her boundaries.”
2,940 reviews15 followers
October 16, 2016
This story is a kinky, sweet romance about a scarred Marine and a sweet social worker. Kaitlyn isn’t scared of the big man with the scars. In fact, she can’t stop imaging what it would be like to be held in his arms. Nothing in Rob’s world is right anymore and when he meets Kaitlyn, the girl across the hall, he thinks she’s too nice for him even if she does seem to be attracted, until one fateful night changes everything.

I really loved this story because it’s not just about kinky sex. It’s a romance with a lot of heart.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

Profile Image for Kerry.
1,077 reviews5 followers
October 18, 2016
In a world where things go wrong in an instant then go to where recovery is an on going chore, there is always something to challenge even that. Went grouch meets sweet, it might be he who gets rehabilitated after all.
Really enjoyed this short story. Well written, a little kink, loved the characters. Definitely a keeper and one to read again. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
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321 reviews31 followers
December 19, 2016
I lovvvvvvved the H, but this was one of those shorties that you wish were longer. I needed more character development for this type of story but didn't get it.

It was still a sweet story though, can't win em all.
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11 reviews
June 19, 2022
Assez déçu de cette nouvelle, je sais que Renee Rose est capable de mieux.
486 reviews2 followers
April 22, 2019
I really enjoyed reading this story. I think what I like the most is how this wounded just as emotionally as he is physically how he can slowly find the missing pieces of himself that he buried so long ago, and parts of himself that he didn’t know he was capable of. But it is not as easy of a road as it would seem. Kaitlyn herself goes through a trauma, but with Rob’s help she is able to come to grips with the shame that she feels that came with it. Now there is some BMSD involved it the story so be worn about that. However in this case I think that it has more of a healing factor to it than any thing else.

Marine Sargent Rob Gentry has been discharged after recovering from his injuries so to speak. After the incident that took out all of his men they tell him among other things that he has survivors guilt. The right side of his face is burned, as well as his right arm, and his leg so bad that he has lost feasibility in bending his knee. It hurts to climb the stairs to his new apartment but that is why he got one on the third floor. To feel the pain to remember that he was alive. After so many months of living in the drug induced fog of the pain killers and getting off of them on his own going cold turkey. Well lets just say one having experience with that certain drug going cold turkey is not pleasant at all. He just wants to be left alone. Or so he thinks

Kaitlyn Lattigard has fiery red hair, dimple on her faced and a cheery disposition. She lives next door the Rob. She is a social worker with Child and Family services. She is able to see beyond the outside scares to the man that is underneath the burns and gruff exterior. Plus she thinks he is supper hot with his large build and sexy muscles. In other words she thinks he is the man of her dreams. She brings up one of his boxes for him though he tells her he doesn’t want the help. Then slams to door in his face. She goes back to the his apartment later with a plate of brownies to introduce herself, he gives her his name slams the door only to open it once again and asked it the brownies were for him. Kaitlyn tells him yes if she can come in with him for a while, he grabs the plate of brownies and slams the door shut again. All she can do is laugh.

Rob tries to avoid Kaitlyn but they do occasionally talk where she does seem to press him a little too hard at times. Then on Saturday night Kaitlyn has a date with a man she has been talking to on line for several weeks. His name is Alexander and he is a chiropractor or so he says. When he comes to pick her up he looks nothing like the picture of him on line. By the middle of the date she just wants it to be over and has him take her home one that is when things go from bad to extremely horrifying. If Rob had not heard her banging on the wall there is not telling what state she would have been. But he did, kicked in her door and saved her.

Doing these the next several hours Rob found out something about himself that he thought he lost. Kaitlyn found something she thought she would never find. Can Rob and Kaitlyn get past all the stuff in the middle and make a relationship work?
6,021 reviews45 followers
October 23, 2017
Owned by the Marine. Renee Rose.

Not quite the totally warm and fuzzy girl meets marine who saves her romance I was expecting.

Marine has suffered some pretty heavy damage from combat, physically and mentally. He rescues the girl from a bad situation gallantly.

Girl is dimples cute, but adventurous.

The unexpected, for me at least, was the intro of domestic BDSM elements.

While the connection between the couple is very sweet, and apparently intense, I struggled with a few things. In broad strokes, Kaitlyn is a victim of sexual assault. As a survivor myself, I know that everyone's coping mechanism is different. In my own experience, and in that of most survivors I've known, control and lack of restraints is an issue. As in, usually not something that is at all appealing.

Not being able to escape is terrifying to me. I've had it explained to me by others that the real power always lies with the submissive, because they can change what happens, and when it stops. But that assumes a level field of trust and respect.

Kaitlyn, as an assault victim, becoming a submissive in a Dominant relationship seems odd to me, though the Dom/ Sub relationship here is one that allows the Dom to comfort, console, and emotionally care for her.

The arrangement seems to work well for these appealing characters.

The couple seems to have a happy, steamy connection, and moves towards a happy ending.

Not a warm and fuzzy relationship, but certainly hot, heavy, and HEA.

A steamy read if this is your type of military romance.

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4,902 reviews46 followers
August 13, 2022
Marine Sergeant Rob Gentry lives in an apartment and is sticking clear of the girl next door who is far too innocent and vanilla for his tastes even though she is definitely smoking hot and cute. However, when a date with a guy she met online goes south he busts into her place to rescue her because that is the way a marine would behave. Then she needs comfort and a place to stay the night, so by the time he is through owning her body he discovers that she is a natural submissive and he cannot ever let her go.

This was a nice novella which had some drama, some bravery and a lot of sexual discovery and mild BDSM-like content mostly involving spanking. I liked his personality and they did seem to go well together even though on the face of it you would never have guessed that. Contains mature content.

**This story was originally published in the USA Today bestselling box set Hero to Obey.
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1,183 reviews10 followers
May 23, 2017
Owned by the Marine is a great quick read. Rob is retired from the military after a bomb killed his entire squad. He suffers from survivors guilt as well as PTSD. Not someone you would expect t Kaitlyn to be attracted to. she is the cute, sweet, girl next door...too sugary sweet for big bad Rob. But damn she is drooling over her scarred neighbor and after a n internet date goes bad and Rob comes to her rescue their chemistry escalates. The writing is flawless and smooth and lends itself to really good military novella. This is the first book by Renee Rose that I have read and it won't be the last.
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1,243 reviews176 followers
August 11, 2017
Amount of sex 3 / 5
How explicit 3.5 / 5
BDSM/Fetish 2 / 5
Story 4 / 5
OVERALL 4 / 5

In this story, Rob and Kaitlyn are next door neighbors in their apartment building. Rob was injured in war and discharged due to his injuries. He is extra gruff, doesn’t want any help, and likes to be left alone. Kaitlyn is a cute and sweet next-door neighbor who likes to talk to Rob. All he wanting is to be left alone! So, Rob ignores Kaitlyn… that is, until he hears her screaming.

Owned by a Marine is a fun and steamy quick read and I read it in one sitting!

*Voluntarily Reviewed a Gifted Copy*
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1,412 reviews18 followers
January 2, 2019
Uncaged Review: This is a shorter read, so I won’t go into too many details, but when Rob moves into his new apartment, he mainly just wants to be left alone. Until he meets his hot and too sweet neighbor. The chemistry is good between the characters and there are some hot BDSM sex scenes. Because of the length of the book, a lot of things moved way too fast and there wasn’t any real substance to the story and there were some missed opportunities with the characters, especially Rob. Overall, it’s a good erotic short and a fun, fast read. Reviewed by Cyrene
892 reviews1 follower
December 31, 2020
Growly Marine and sweetheart

This was a very short story but it was kinda a love at first week kinda story. With a marine with ptsd and a girl who finds herself on a date from hell... Literally she gets strangled and nearly raped, but the marine busts down her door to save her and discovers he really wants to protect her. But she snoops in his kinky toy drawer and gets caught. That leads to discovering she isn't just sweet but maybe she is exactly his dream girl. It is a nice exciting story but it isn't very long.
978 reviews9 followers
May 30, 2024
Rob got out of the marines and was in the process of moving into his apartment when the next door neighbour offered to help him. He. Would only let her carry one box. Kaitlyn. Ann was going out on a date when they got back he offered to walk her to her door then shoved her in. He tried to attack her in the bedroom and cut her air supply off. She managed to get one screaming out and knocked on Robs wall. He came to her rescue and Kaitlyn phoned the police. Kaitlyn wouldn’t let go of Rob. So there romance started.
This is a short read but enjoyable
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570 reviews9 followers
January 30, 2020
A super hot panty melter of a book. It’s a quick read (less than a hundred pages), which makes it a great story to break up the long ones when you just need something to cleanse the palate. Our hero is dark, flawed, and the perfect alpha to submissive Kaitlyn Ann. This a fast paced erotica story so if you aren’t into dom/sub relationships and light bdsm this won’t be your thing. If you are or are unsure this is a good intro to the subject. Trigger warning for a date rape scene as well.
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