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Daddy Issues
Twenty-five-year-old Ellie Brewer’s abandonment by her father has been a source of sadness throughout her life, and when he rejects her appeal for help as an adult she is hurt all over again. Feeling lost and hopeless, she volunteers for a paid study being conducted by Professor William Ashworth on the topic of young women who lack a strong father figure in their lives.
William’s interest in this particular subject is not merely academic, and he is instantly intrigued by Ellie. He has always hoped to one day find a woman who would benefit from being nurtured and dominated by a loving daddy, and from the moment she steps into his office it is obvious that she is in desperate need of exactly the kind of attention and affection he would offer, not to mention the firm but loving correction he would apply to her bare bottom as often as necessary.
Ellie is shocked when she learns the details of William’s planned research, but with her attempts to hold down a job going awry one after another, she is ultimately left with little choice but to accept the arrangement the handsome professor proposes. He will take on the role of her daddy for the duration of his research, and over that time she will live with him as his ward, subject to his rules and the consequences of breaking those rules.
William quickly proves more than ready to take his ward over his knee and spank her bare bottom whenever she misbehaves, but Ellie soon discovers that her new daddy’s strict discipline makes her feel safe and loved in a way nothing else ever has. Before long she finds herself aching for William to claim her completely, but can she really trust that he will always be there for her, or will their relationship be torn apart by her daddy issues?
Publisher’s Daddy Issues is an erotic romance novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, age play, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
William’s interest in this particular subject is not merely academic, and he is instantly intrigued by Ellie. He has always hoped to one day find a woman who would benefit from being nurtured and dominated by a loving daddy, and from the moment she steps into his office it is obvious that she is in desperate need of exactly the kind of attention and affection he would offer, not to mention the firm but loving correction he would apply to her bare bottom as often as necessary.
Ellie is shocked when she learns the details of William’s planned research, but with her attempts to hold down a job going awry one after another, she is ultimately left with little choice but to accept the arrangement the handsome professor proposes. He will take on the role of her daddy for the duration of his research, and over that time she will live with him as his ward, subject to his rules and the consequences of breaking those rules.
William quickly proves more than ready to take his ward over his knee and spank her bare bottom whenever she misbehaves, but Ellie soon discovers that her new daddy’s strict discipline makes her feel safe and loved in a way nothing else ever has. Before long she finds herself aching for William to claim her completely, but can she really trust that he will always be there for her, or will their relationship be torn apart by her daddy issues?
Publisher’s Daddy Issues is an erotic romance novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, age play, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
- GenresErotica
122 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 6, 2016
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About the author
Ava Sinclair
157 books505 followersAva Sinclair is a best-selling Amazon romance author who caters to readers who appreciate a plot driven book where the steamy sex complements the story, rather than overshadowing it.
A hopeless bibliophile, Ava avidly reads across multiple genres, and this is reflected in her varied body of work that spans contemporary, medieval fantasy, western, historical, time travel and sci-fi. She especially enjoys world-building and crafting interesting and relatable characters.
Because her books feature graphic sex and elements of power exchange, she gently cautions her readers to take her work for what it is – delightful, sexy escapism.
Ava lives in southern Virginia in a farmhouse tucked away on a wooded hilltop. The first thing she did after moving in was to rip out the dining room and turn it into a library/office. This is where she spends most of her days, writing and being ignored by her cats. When she’s not working, she enjoys roaming the woods around her house, or seeking the advice of Lucius, her Eagle Owl.
A hopeless bibliophile, Ava avidly reads across multiple genres, and this is reflected in her varied body of work that spans contemporary, medieval fantasy, western, historical, time travel and sci-fi. She especially enjoys world-building and crafting interesting and relatable characters.
Because her books feature graphic sex and elements of power exchange, she gently cautions her readers to take her work for what it is – delightful, sexy escapism.
Ava lives in southern Virginia in a farmhouse tucked away on a wooded hilltop. The first thing she did after moving in was to rip out the dining room and turn it into a library/office. This is where she spends most of her days, writing and being ignored by her cats. When she’s not working, she enjoys roaming the woods around her house, or seeking the advice of Lucius, her Eagle Owl.
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January 10, 2018
Cute, sweet, DD/lg story that thankfully did not include any of the few things that can actually wig me out in this subgenre (I'm actually not all that easy to wig out, there's just a few things sometimes written that take Daddy Dom's to a creepy place.)
I imagine with some fleshing out this could have made a nice full length.
I imagine with some fleshing out this could have made a nice full length.
October 14, 2024
Let me not lie, some aspects of this rubbed me the wrong way.
I didn't love the idea that the MMC stepped into the role of father figure and then subsequently also decides to enter into a romantic relationship with what is now supposed to be his pseudo daughter. In my mind, one generally doesn't equate the other and for me it's hard to build a love match I might root for based of off that sort of dynamic. On the one hand, you have this (small spoiler ahead! Stop reading here to avoid being low key SPOILED, last chance.....alright you've been warned) you have this post suicidal, twenty something with severe daddy issues escaping the tight and understandably over bearing control of her mother to live in the house of an older, more collected, well connected self-proclaimed dominant that is now her boss, warden and by his own tongue, stand in father. The power dynamic between them is WILD.
I did love how the MFC came into her own, really transitioning from victim of her life circumstance to survivor of it. When she needed to, she played the grown-up rather than the lost child and I liked that bit. This I'm sure was done to combat the obvious difference in power between her and the MMC with the author hoping to show how smart and mature she is so we as readers can see a woman, rather than a kid. And it works well, the issue at least for me is, whether you see her as a woman, or a child is neither here nor there when it comes to the role he is supposed to play.
Listen, don’t get me wrong, I know it’s just media, and I generally don’t have an issue with the whole ‘legal guardian’ trope or what have you when the power scale isn’t leaning so far one way, everyone involved is legal and there is clear indication that parent/child relationship was never established or intended. Here, I think because he’s a professor who’s quite literally studying the lasting negative effects on young women who have been abandoned by their father, it just seems kind of…I don’t know, predatory? I can’t wrap my mind around, him taking this women out of her home, moving her into his house all to help her, giving her a job and a contract that detail how he’s stepping into the role of her father, full well knowing the detriment and chaos loosing her actual father played on her mind and spirit just to then say, it’s perfectly natural for you and I to feel this desire and attraction and want of physical consumption. My guy….what?
No, it doesn’t work for me. The writing isn’t bad, it just…I’m very clearly not the intended audience. The whole thing didn’t gel for me.
I didn't love the idea that the MMC stepped into the role of father figure and then subsequently also decides to enter into a romantic relationship with what is now supposed to be his pseudo daughter. In my mind, one generally doesn't equate the other and for me it's hard to build a love match I might root for based of off that sort of dynamic. On the one hand, you have this (small spoiler ahead! Stop reading here to avoid being low key SPOILED, last chance.....alright you've been warned) you have this post suicidal, twenty something with severe daddy issues escaping the tight and understandably over bearing control of her mother to live in the house of an older, more collected, well connected self-proclaimed dominant that is now her boss, warden and by his own tongue, stand in father. The power dynamic between them is WILD.
I did love how the MFC came into her own, really transitioning from victim of her life circumstance to survivor of it. When she needed to, she played the grown-up rather than the lost child and I liked that bit. This I'm sure was done to combat the obvious difference in power between her and the MMC with the author hoping to show how smart and mature she is so we as readers can see a woman, rather than a kid. And it works well, the issue at least for me is, whether you see her as a woman, or a child is neither here nor there when it comes to the role he is supposed to play.
Listen, don’t get me wrong, I know it’s just media, and I generally don’t have an issue with the whole ‘legal guardian’ trope or what have you when the power scale isn’t leaning so far one way, everyone involved is legal and there is clear indication that parent/child relationship was never established or intended. Here, I think because he’s a professor who’s quite literally studying the lasting negative effects on young women who have been abandoned by their father, it just seems kind of…I don’t know, predatory? I can’t wrap my mind around, him taking this women out of her home, moving her into his house all to help her, giving her a job and a contract that detail how he’s stepping into the role of her father, full well knowing the detriment and chaos loosing her actual father played on her mind and spirit just to then say, it’s perfectly natural for you and I to feel this desire and attraction and want of physical consumption. My guy….what?
No, it doesn’t work for me. The writing isn’t bad, it just…I’m very clearly not the intended audience. The whole thing didn’t gel for me.
April 12, 2021
I liked the overall idea of the story and William and Ellie are very sweet together, but there was just too much that bugged me to really get deep into the story. The relationship with her mother was just weird. She was so over protective in the beginning, to the point of creepiness, and then shes just okay with Ellie moving and we never really see her again. There was no closure with her mother or her father. This was supposed to be a modern story but the characters talked and often thought in a more historical kind of way so it came across like in a movie or play in which the characters were overacting.
January 14, 2018
I had only read one other book by Elsa in the past, Big Beautiful Little and I thought that I had read this book also, I was disappointed to see that I hadn't and missed it because it was a brilliant book and I throughly enjoyed it.
It was quite an emotionally captivating book with what Ellie had been through before she met William. I enjoyed the d/s elements and age play that allowed Ellie to capture what she had missed from her fathers abandonment.
It was a caring, sweet novel that did have some drama because of revengeful ex's and punk's who thought they were better than others. All of these things made it evident how much Willian was determined to look after Ellie. It was well written, I loved that it was duel perspectives so that we got to see into what both characters were thinking, feeling and doing.
It was quite an emotionally captivating book with what Ellie had been through before she met William. I enjoyed the d/s elements and age play that allowed Ellie to capture what she had missed from her fathers abandonment.
It was a caring, sweet novel that did have some drama because of revengeful ex's and punk's who thought they were better than others. All of these things made it evident how much Willian was determined to look after Ellie. It was well written, I loved that it was duel perspectives so that we got to see into what both characters were thinking, feeling and doing.
June 15, 2016
Another awesome read from Elsa black she never fails too have me all hot and steamed up .... and falling in love with her amazing book and characters all over again.... she is awesome.
Ellie feels that she has all these abandonment issues and she decides to take part in this paid study that she heard about. Professor Williams is conducting this study.
Ellie is utterly and completely shocked when she hears the full details of this study but with no other jobs at her disposal she agrees.
She quickly realises that William was exactly what she has needed all along. This is a quick but non the less a riveting read and I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the utter chemistry between William and Ellie was totally on point.
And I have too say how much I loved the spanking and intimate scenes they were well written and totally done in such a way that it is not over the top but you can see the gentle and guiding nurturing hand of William and how much he helps Ellie.
4 Out Of 5 Hearts From Cariad Books
Ellie feels that she has all these abandonment issues and she decides to take part in this paid study that she heard about. Professor Williams is conducting this study.
Ellie is utterly and completely shocked when she hears the full details of this study but with no other jobs at her disposal she agrees.
She quickly realises that William was exactly what she has needed all along. This is a quick but non the less a riveting read and I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the utter chemistry between William and Ellie was totally on point.
And I have too say how much I loved the spanking and intimate scenes they were well written and totally done in such a way that it is not over the top but you can see the gentle and guiding nurturing hand of William and how much he helps Ellie.
4 Out Of 5 Hearts From Cariad Books
May 8, 2016
I received this book from Stormy Night Publications as an advance review copy.
I really like Elsa Black books and this one is no exception. As usual with an Elsa Black book, the story telling is so good that is keeps you turning the pages until you finish. The main characters are well developed and really draw you into their story. William is dominant and caring and Ellie has suffered disappointment after disappointment. The obstacles thrown in their path are challenging and make the story stronger. It is not a Daddy/Babygirl story but one of a nurturing authority figure guiding a girl that is struggling to get by (both emotionally and monetarily). It is a really good read and well worth reading.
I really like Elsa Black books and this one is no exception. As usual with an Elsa Black book, the story telling is so good that is keeps you turning the pages until you finish. The main characters are well developed and really draw you into their story. William is dominant and caring and Ellie has suffered disappointment after disappointment. The obstacles thrown in their path are challenging and make the story stronger. It is not a Daddy/Babygirl story but one of a nurturing authority figure guiding a girl that is struggling to get by (both emotionally and monetarily). It is a really good read and well worth reading.
September 8, 2016
Charming!
There are many Littles and Daddy figures in this world. Else's story expresses the true enchantment of giving and receiving submission and dominance in this type of safe, sane, and responsible relationship. Honest conversation and observations, both fun and difficult, are the gatekeepers of this (and other) lifestyles, and I'm happy to have read this book because of Elsa's presentation of her characters. And with backdrop of the house - well, I'm hoping to see how Elsa will delight us, one key after another, as William and Elsie's relationship continues to grow.
There are many Littles and Daddy figures in this world. Else's story expresses the true enchantment of giving and receiving submission and dominance in this type of safe, sane, and responsible relationship. Honest conversation and observations, both fun and difficult, are the gatekeepers of this (and other) lifestyles, and I'm happy to have read this book because of Elsa's presentation of her characters. And with backdrop of the house - well, I'm hoping to see how Elsa will delight us, one key after another, as William and Elsie's relationship continues to grow.
May 20, 2016
Ellie feels has abandonment issues and decides to participate in a paid study that Professor William is conducting. Ellie is shocked when she hears the details of the study but with no other job prospects she agrees. Soon she realizes that William was what she needed all along. This is a fast paced read and I enjoyed the story and the chemistry between William and Ellie, wish it was longer. I received a copy of this book from Stormy Night Publications as an advance reader copy.
February 27, 2019
It is a very fine story about a young woman profoundly hurt by her father's absence and rejection. Struggling with money problems and a desperate need to escape her over-protective mother to find her true self, she will find her soulmate in a professor who will act as a daddy figure. The characters are charming and it is beautiful to witness two souls that complete one another. It is a lovely Dd/lg romance.
May 13, 2016
This was a quick, fun read. I couldn't help but feel for Ellie, she certainly had some obstacles in her life. However, things start to turn around for her when she meets William. William is exactly what she has been missing in her life and together they were great! I received this book from Stormy Night Publications as an Advanced Reader Copy.
May 17, 2016
Nearly There!
The only downfall to this sweet book is its length. There was so much more to discover. The other rooms in the house (and what special things could take place there...), the letters and how they may have comforted Ellie, and more.
Regardless, it was enjoyable, there was just so much remaining potential.
The only downfall to this sweet book is its length. There was so much more to discover. The other rooms in the house (and what special things could take place there...), the letters and how they may have comforted Ellie, and more.
Regardless, it was enjoyable, there was just so much remaining potential.
November 7, 2016
2.5 stars Not enough romantic relationship development. Rushed ending. Would love to see author rewrite this one!
This age play is more like domestic discipline. The sex is separated from both punishment and age play. In fact, they go to the adult room to have sex.
Man on the book cover is too young.
This age play is more like domestic discipline. The sex is separated from both punishment and age play. In fact, they go to the adult room to have sex.
Man on the book cover is too young.
May 25, 2016
Age Play
A decent story and great explanation about the difference between Age Play and BDSM. Worth reading, good plot and great characters.
A decent story and great explanation about the difference between Age Play and BDSM. Worth reading, good plot and great characters.
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