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Hard Hits #11
Training James
[Siren Classic Erotic Alternative Consensual BDSM Romance, M/M, public exhibition, spanking, sounding, sex toys, HEA] James Anderson is no longer the chief of police. He's now working with IA to weed out the bad guys. When the new chief asks him for a favor to help find a missing officer, James knows he has to help. Lt. Layton Shaw has gotten caught up in something he has no control over. When James walks into his life, all he wants is to tie him up as his sub. As a Dom, he always choses his subs carefully. Will James say yes or will he have to romance him into submission? James is a gay man who has never been with a man. He's ready. But is he prepared to hand his body over to a Dom? He never expects to fall hard for a man he once worked with. Will Layton want him for the long-term or only a few sessions? ** A Siren Erotic Romance
84 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 15, 2014
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Tatum Throne
66 books49 followersTatum Throne has a Master's degree in Social Work. In 2006, she left the field of medical social work to be a stay-at-home mom and to pursue her dreams of writing romance. She has three rambunctious boys with her husband AJ. When not writing and doing research for her novels, Tatum enjoys baking chocolate chip cookies, hiking, spending time with her family, and volunteering. Tatum is a member of the RWA and lives with her family in a suburb of Cincinnati. Tatum enjoys hearing from readers!
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
December 26, 2014
I liked this book and I feel like it's been awhile since we've gotten a "training" book. There have been more of the Branding books I think. .
I enjoyed reading training James bc I had been looking forward to Chief Andersons story since he came out to his sons.
But the chief Anderson in this book is NOT the chief Anderson I remember! I don't think that becoming someone's sub means their personality will be changing so drastically. But tbh he felt different to me even before he entered a relationship with Layton. A police chief doesn't get where he is by being meek or quiet and unsure of himself. But that's how he came off in this book and he had never been that way in the past.
I do applaud Tatum for taking a stereotypical dominant man and making him the sub in the relationship. But I don't think submitting sexually means he becomes submissive in Life.
I also wanted to see more interaction with him and his sons. I felt that was a major point that was noticeably missing. When he spoke with Reed he came off distant and I thought that could have been explored.
Otherwise the book was good. Entertaining but basically predictable.
Merged review:
I wrote a whole thing already and is disappeared of course bc this sites' tech sucks.
But i can remember that I liked the book but I felt that the former chiefs personality seemed drastically different than what we had known. And that the description of both characters was very slim.
I also remember that I like how the Dom in the relationship was the opposite of what was stereotypical. A little bit of a twist. ..
I enjoyed reading training James bc I had been looking forward to Chief Andersons story since he came out to his sons.
But the chief Anderson in this book is NOT the chief Anderson I remember! I don't think that becoming someone's sub means their personality will be changing so drastically. But tbh he felt different to me even before he entered a relationship with Layton. A police chief doesn't get where he is by being meek or quiet and unsure of himself. But that's how he came off in this book and he had never been that way in the past.
I do applaud Tatum for taking a stereotypical dominant man and making him the sub in the relationship. But I don't think submitting sexually means he becomes submissive in Life.
I also wanted to see more interaction with him and his sons. I felt that was a major point that was noticeably missing. When he spoke with Reed he came off distant and I thought that could have been explored.
Otherwise the book was good. Entertaining but basically predictable.
Merged review:
I wrote a whole thing already and is disappeared of course bc this sites' tech sucks.
But i can remember that I liked the book but I felt that the former chiefs personality seemed drastically different than what we had known. And that the description of both characters was very slim.
I also remember that I like how the Dom in the relationship was the opposite of what was stereotypical. A little bit of a twist. ..
November 23, 2014
This was quite a nice one but one thing i didn't like was becoz James was an arsehole last time.. Soooo thus 1 star was confisticated..
November 30, 2014
2.5 stars--The read had potential, as did the steam, but the story came across as methodical--it didn't flow nicely at all.
December 13, 2016
Hard Hits (11)
Fantastic read. Have read the previous books to this story and just came to it. Need to reaquaint myself with this series.
Fantastic read. Have read the previous books to this story and just came to it. Need to reaquaint myself with this series.
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