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Twist of Fate #1
Fine or Punishment
Violet Weston, head librarian, always prided herself on being respectable and coolheaded. But when a depraved fantasy keeps plaguing her thoughts, she decides to take a risk and finally allow herself a night of debauchery. Even if she has to hire the company for the evening. An unexpected storm and a surprise visitor throw her plans in disarray but what should be a mortifying error could prove to be a blessing in disguise.
Candace Kane’s go-with-the-flow attitude and sharp tongue often got her in trouble, but she didn’t expect any on a quick trip to the library. When a stern, attractive librarian comes on to her hard, Candace can’t help but say yes. The decision hurls both women into uncharted waters.
A stand-alone novella (31,500 words).
Candace Kane’s go-with-the-flow attitude and sharp tongue often got her in trouble, but she didn’t expect any on a quick trip to the library. When a stern, attractive librarian comes on to her hard, Candace can’t help but say yes. The decision hurls both women into uncharted waters.
A stand-alone novella (31,500 words).
106 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 13, 2017
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April 18, 2022
This title was fun and I’d have loved it to be longer. Violet and Candace are a dream team, and although Candace claims that she has to work hard to flirt and woo another woman, it does not appear like that at all. She had some funny ideas and her playfulness makes her very likable. Violet is great as her counterpart, and from their first funny meeting till the end of the story the whole story gets better and better. I simply loved it.
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars
November 21, 2017
I'm at a loss. Again, I've fallen into the trap of an author who gets my nerdy humor EXACTLY and supplies a novella packed with innuendos and TEASING. Oh, the teasing.
Who out there is familiar with Georgette Kaplan's Scissor Link? 'Cause while they obviously have their differences, I'd call them siblings in approach, which is what I've been wishing for! Love me an obnoxious femme chatterbox getting pleasured (and sexually 'punished') by an ice queen who can't keep her chill.
AND IT'S FUNNY, PEOPLE. The main characters are both wonderful in their own right, which is impressive for the short-ish read. Candace Kane (lol) and her hijinks made my life. Those limericks were perfect. While superrrr dupeerrrrr hot femme dom Violet's fumbling to make sense of it all slays me.
VIOLET IS A SEXY, SHY LIBRARIAN WHO WEARS SWEATERS, GLASSES, AND TIGHT PENCIL SKIRTS AND GETS OFF ON SPANKING WOMEN FOR PLEASURE. Please fall in love with her, as I have.
Kink factor is low, if that's not your jam. I rather enjoyed the spanking. Yum.
And it's not purely erotica. Our characters *gasp* get to know one another! We interact with some secondary characters and it never slowed down the fun.
Gotta keep an eye out for Mira Margrave. She could be a new fave.
Who out there is familiar with Georgette Kaplan's Scissor Link? 'Cause while they obviously have their differences, I'd call them siblings in approach, which is what I've been wishing for! Love me an obnoxious femme chatterbox getting pleasured (and sexually 'punished') by an ice queen who can't keep her chill.
AND IT'S FUNNY, PEOPLE. The main characters are both wonderful in their own right, which is impressive for the short-ish read. Candace Kane (lol) and her hijinks made my life. Those limericks were perfect. While superrrr dupeerrrrr hot femme dom Violet's fumbling to make sense of it all slays me.
VIOLET IS A SEXY, SHY LIBRARIAN WHO WEARS SWEATERS, GLASSES, AND TIGHT PENCIL SKIRTS AND GETS OFF ON SPANKING WOMEN FOR PLEASURE. Please fall in love with her, as I have.
Kink factor is low, if that's not your jam. I rather enjoyed the spanking. Yum.
And it's not purely erotica. Our characters *gasp* get to know one another! We interact with some secondary characters and it never slowed down the fun.
Gotta keep an eye out for Mira Margrave. She could be a new fave.
January 13, 2025
Well... this debut novella comes in with a bang and goes straight on my favorites shelf and will no doubt be read again!
Wow! I enjoyed everything about this novella. The balance was just perfect. I loved the main characters Violet Weston and Candace Kane (lol!), their banter is adorable and the way the writer used the mistaken identity trope was hilarious. The scenes in the librarian's office are seriously hot (!) and it makes me really look forward to book 2 in the series. Bravo for seeing another independent publishing author break through. I love it!
5 stars!
-------------2nd re-read-----------------
Such a shame this didn't move past being a one hit wonder. Mira Margrave only ever wrote this one (unless I'm wrong). Such a shame.
The novella remained as much fun as I hoped, and after 7 years it's practically new again. Sweet story with a bit of light dom/sub kink and some very hot scenes. I highly recommend you pick it up.
Still 5 stars
Wow! I enjoyed everything about this novella. The balance was just perfect. I loved the main characters Violet Weston and Candace Kane (lol!), their banter is adorable and the way the writer used the mistaken identity trope was hilarious. The scenes in the librarian's office are seriously hot (!) and it makes me really look forward to book 2 in the series. Bravo for seeing another independent publishing author break through. I love it!
5 stars!
-------------2nd re-read-----------------
Such a shame this didn't move past being a one hit wonder. Mira Margrave only ever wrote this one (unless I'm wrong). Such a shame.
The novella remained as much fun as I hoped, and after 7 years it's practically new again. Sweet story with a bit of light dom/sub kink and some very hot scenes. I highly recommend you pick it up.
Still 5 stars
July 20, 2017
“Fine or Punishment” (FoP) is a wonderful debut novel, and I hope the subtitle “Twist of Fate Book One” means we’ll be reading lots more from Mira Margrave! FoP reminds me very much of something Meghan O’Brien would write - hot, really hot!, action with very likable MCs and an enjoyable surprise or two in the storyline!
Repressed librarian Violet Weston hires a prostitute to live out one of her fantasies, only to mistake gorgeous Candy Kane (hahaha!!) for the pro. Candace is rather startled at her treatment at the hands of the hot librarian, but decides she’s game for the adventure. Events take a turn just as things are really heating up, and for much of the book it’s then Candace as the pursuer as Violet succumbs to her normal repressed nature. The book was terrific fun, and the ending was very enjoyable!
There is no audiobook available for FoP, but I used VoiceDream to play the book and it worked out much better than I expected after I played with speed and other settings! A real narrator is definitely best, but I like listening to audio more than reading!
After FoP and Shawna Hunter’s “Beauty and the Bitch”, I’m going to definitely look for more books about repressed lesbian librarians!! 5* for "Fine or Punishment"!!
Repressed librarian Violet Weston hires a prostitute to live out one of her fantasies, only to mistake gorgeous Candy Kane (hahaha!!) for the pro. Candace is rather startled at her treatment at the hands of the hot librarian, but decides she’s game for the adventure. Events take a turn just as things are really heating up, and for much of the book it’s then Candace as the pursuer as Violet succumbs to her normal repressed nature. The book was terrific fun, and the ending was very enjoyable!
There is no audiobook available for FoP, but I used VoiceDream to play the book and it worked out much better than I expected after I played with speed and other settings! A real narrator is definitely best, but I like listening to audio more than reading!
After FoP and Shawna Hunter’s “Beauty and the Bitch”, I’m going to definitely look for more books about repressed lesbian librarians!! 5* for "Fine or Punishment"!!
August 9, 2021
I have to admit I went into this one not reading the blurb. It was on KU and it was a novella length so I decided to give it a go when I couldn't get into another book I was reading. And wow did this one ever surprise me. And in such a good way! At first it reads like a pretty standard light BDSM (there's some spanking but that's really all.) Then all of a sudden it turned into this well written and FUNNY light romance. I ended up absolutely loving it. They are nerds (hot ones) and the humor was my kind of humor. It makes me sad that this appears to be the only thing Margrave has written because I would definitely read more from them.
July 31, 2017
This was a really fun little book. The two lead characters, Violet and Candace, are great, very likable, and have excellent chemistry. For a novella, the characters are given good nuance and depth and the story feels just right. Overall, it's a well-written read with a mix of romance, erotica, BDSM, and good humor.
Well done and I can't wait for book 2. Yes, recommend. 4.5 stars.
Well done and I can't wait for book 2. Yes, recommend. 4.5 stars.
September 10, 2021
Erotica meets meet-cute.
This book came out 4 years ago, and I'm sad that it looks like the only book Margrave has written. She seem to have intended to turn this into a series.
For a novella, this was actually brilliant. In the short amount of time the MCs had gotten to know each other, it was amazing how Margrave sold me on their romance.
There was a little bit of BDSM kink to Violet and Candace's sexual proclivities, but the story moved on to become an amusingly sweet, getting-to-know-you romance filled with courting as well as teasing.
What a delicious snack this book was. Highly recommended.
This book came out 4 years ago, and I'm sad that it looks like the only book Margrave has written. She seem to have intended to turn this into a series.
For a novella, this was actually brilliant. In the short amount of time the MCs had gotten to know each other, it was amazing how Margrave sold me on their romance.
There was a little bit of BDSM kink to Violet and Candace's sexual proclivities, but the story moved on to become an amusingly sweet, getting-to-know-you romance filled with courting as well as teasing.
What a delicious snack this book was. Highly recommended.
December 30, 2017
Hah! This was a scream. It was funny, witty, sexy and charming. I loved the banter between Candace and Violet. I hope to read more by Mira Margrave.
June 28, 2022
A hot erotic novella on Kindle unlimited.
If you enjoyed Shameless by Kris Bryant - you'll love this.
A buttoned-up librarian has been fantasizing about taking control, and doling out 'punishment' (bit of spanking) and has hired someone to make her dreams come true.
Something more and very unexpected (well guessable) happens. It's fun, heated and light-hearted. The women's tête-à-tête is amusing.
Would recommend if you're into naughty bits with some spanking.
If you enjoyed Shameless by Kris Bryant - you'll love this.
A buttoned-up librarian has been fantasizing about taking control, and doling out 'punishment' (bit of spanking) and has hired someone to make her dreams come true.
Something more and very unexpected (well guessable) happens. It's fun, heated and light-hearted. The women's tête-à-tête is amusing.
Would recommend if you're into naughty bits with some spanking.
February 23, 2018
I am not typically a fan of romance based on "control", spanking or what not but this story was, I felt, very well written, erotic and charming all at the same time. It's hot and I quite enjoyed it.
July 20, 2017
The book (or potentially just the sample) has two major flaws that might, unfortunately, keep people from trying the book. What with a billion and one options out there that are either free or on Kindle Unlimited, and what with this being a new author. I can easily see someone seeing those flaws and skipping this book. I know, I did. I mocked it, put it out of my thoughts for hours, but it kept popping back in there and I eventually got the book and read it. That’s where the ‘unfortunately’ comes in, as the writing is quite compelling otherwise.
The flaws?
Right, so. Reasons why I initially turned away from the book. For a really short time. Looking at my comments and updates, I made a ‘mocking’ comment about an hour before I made a ‘read 37% of this story’ comment. So probably an hour between tossing the book and getting and reading 37%.
Because it was, in its way, an intriguing set-up. And, actually, both main characters seemed interesting enough to overcome any and all flaws (and, oddly, most of the flaws of the book are contained within the sample (there’s the part wherein she didn’t lock the library door after closing hours, but that might be in the sample, and like all the other not-mentioned flaws, are ‘reasonable’ in isolation, though build up, all together with each other, to a certain level of incompetence – unexpected)).
A librarian sets up a ‘date’ at her work. Her ‘phrase to make sure is ‘her date’’ is used by the attractive woman who turned up (that’s another of those odd little bits of flaw – why would the librarian just assume that the ‘not dressed like an escort’ who happened to turn up roughly at the same time the prostitute was supposed to turn up, was the prostitute, because it’s a small town and she didn’t recognize her? But then this leads back to ‘why turn up at the library’ instead of setting up the event somewhere outside of town – as should be expected one of biggest town gossips was right there when the other woman turned up. Sooo. Right, got confused and incoherent there.
Librarian sets up date at library. An not especially young woman turns up and uses a few words here or there that leads the librarian to suspect they are the prostitute (though mostly the fact that she did turn up, and isn’t someone she knows is the real ‘triggering’ event to lead to ‘must be prostitute’). The young woman mentions that she might have failed to turn in her books before they became overdue. By this point, by the way, the ‘old gossip woman’ had been forced out the door. So the librarian is then able to start making some vaguely odd comments, flirty comments. About taking punishment seriously, and there will be more than just monetary penalties.
Librarian then leads the woman back to her office. Whereupon the book turns to a new chapter and we are now in the library patron’s point of view. And we learn why this non-prostitute is going along with this odd situation. Namely – the librarian is super-hot, and she hasn’t exactly been hit on in a longish while. That and she really just expects, if the librarian isn’t really flirting with her, a stern lecture.
Not really sure how much further the sample reveals as by this point I’d switched over to the full book (which, for all I know, removed the bookstore flaw, but I didn’t reread to see).
This is one of those books that I occasionally stumble across and if but for a bit of luck here or there, probably would never read. I mean, one of the main themes is ‘spanking’. I do not normally go out of my way to find and read spanking stories. And, to be fair to the story itself, this is a lot more than a spanking story (and a lot less than a full book, since this is just a little over a 100 pages in length).
I oddly rather liked the story. And while it did end ‘mid-scene’, by that point I was happy with what I had read. Or, more accurately, I was on the train and there’s only so many mentions of orgasmic sexual activities before I get uncomfortable reading such on the train (it’s actually something of a statement of how compelling the story was to me that I actually started to continue to read it on the train, and then read the sex stuff; something I’d normally not do, at least on the train).
Right, never did mention: there are other characters, the side ones have a little more ‘meat on their bones’ than might be expected, though still being somewhat bone-thin characterizations (Shelia the other librarian, Mrs. Burke the noisy old woman, Jade the best friend from high school, etc.). And both of the mains seemed, while not fleshed out, full of interesting tid-bits. That other main character, by the way, is one Candace Kane, freelance computer . . . person (programmer? Maybe programmer). Both of the women, though I might be wrong about this, are in their 30s. I think. And yes, Candace . . . Candy . . . ‘Candy Kane’ was one of the reasons the librarian thought she was dealing with an obvious prostitute (she’d already determined that the woman was her prostitute, though, before she asked the patrons name and got ‘Candace Kane’; to be fair to Candace, it is her name).
Rating: 4.17
July 17 2017
The flaws?
1) It may or may not be considered a minor thing, but when, as noted, there are a ton of options out there, and nothing to keep people interested otherwise (already established author; a ‘name’ dipping their toes into writing, etc), then even minor flaws in samples can push people away. Right, I should have just mentioned without this big lead-in. Now I feel stupid. Heh. The flaw? Heck, it might not even be a flaw ‘somewhere’ (wherever it is that has ass spelled like arse 90% of the time), if that somewhere also interchanges the words ‘library’ and ‘bookstore’ for each other. Since that’s the flaw. One of the main characters, Violet Weston, is a librarian. Who either works at a library or a bookstore. Considering that bookstore only actually came up once (and, again unfortunately, blaringly in the sample section), and considering other aspects, yes she’s actually a librarian who works in a library not a bookstore. As noted, potentially a minor flaw. But one that could be spotted and expected to reveal that there will be many more flaws throughout.
2) The situation/set-up is absurd. Librarian Violet Weston is in some way repressed, shy, and deeply desirous of keeping herself out of the spotlight of her small town. Naturally, then, if she has certain itches she wished to scratch, she’d have to break out of herself a little to do so. So she hired a ‘prostitute’. Meh, fine. But . . . she has the prostitute turn up at her work? Seriously? She’s the head librarian in a small town. A town filled with gossips. And the sacred cat librarian had a prostitute turn up at her front door of her work? And then use code words so . . . common the situation that actually unfolded was almost guaranteed to happen? (‘I have some overdue library books’ – not exact phrase used, and yes she was listening for a phrase but it was a common variation on that. Of course no ‘real’ library patron would turn up just as the library was closing and say something to the librarian like ‘I’m sorry, but my books might be a little bit overdue’). Mmphs.
Right, so. Reasons why I initially turned away from the book. For a really short time. Looking at my comments and updates, I made a ‘mocking’ comment about an hour before I made a ‘read 37% of this story’ comment. So probably an hour between tossing the book and getting and reading 37%.
Because it was, in its way, an intriguing set-up. And, actually, both main characters seemed interesting enough to overcome any and all flaws (and, oddly, most of the flaws of the book are contained within the sample (there’s the part wherein she didn’t lock the library door after closing hours, but that might be in the sample, and like all the other not-mentioned flaws, are ‘reasonable’ in isolation, though build up, all together with each other, to a certain level of incompetence – unexpected)).
A librarian sets up a ‘date’ at her work. Her ‘phrase to make sure is ‘her date’’ is used by the attractive woman who turned up (that’s another of those odd little bits of flaw – why would the librarian just assume that the ‘not dressed like an escort’ who happened to turn up roughly at the same time the prostitute was supposed to turn up, was the prostitute, because it’s a small town and she didn’t recognize her? But then this leads back to ‘why turn up at the library’ instead of setting up the event somewhere outside of town – as should be expected one of biggest town gossips was right there when the other woman turned up. Sooo. Right, got confused and incoherent there.
Librarian sets up date at library. An not especially young woman turns up and uses a few words here or there that leads the librarian to suspect they are the prostitute (though mostly the fact that she did turn up, and isn’t someone she knows is the real ‘triggering’ event to lead to ‘must be prostitute’). The young woman mentions that she might have failed to turn in her books before they became overdue. By this point, by the way, the ‘old gossip woman’ had been forced out the door. So the librarian is then able to start making some vaguely odd comments, flirty comments. About taking punishment seriously, and there will be more than just monetary penalties.
Librarian then leads the woman back to her office. Whereupon the book turns to a new chapter and we are now in the library patron’s point of view. And we learn why this non-prostitute is going along with this odd situation. Namely – the librarian is super-hot, and she hasn’t exactly been hit on in a longish while. That and she really just expects, if the librarian isn’t really flirting with her, a stern lecture.
Not really sure how much further the sample reveals as by this point I’d switched over to the full book (which, for all I know, removed the bookstore flaw, but I didn’t reread to see).
This is one of those books that I occasionally stumble across and if but for a bit of luck here or there, probably would never read. I mean, one of the main themes is ‘spanking’. I do not normally go out of my way to find and read spanking stories. And, to be fair to the story itself, this is a lot more than a spanking story (and a lot less than a full book, since this is just a little over a 100 pages in length).
I oddly rather liked the story. And while it did end ‘mid-scene’, by that point I was happy with what I had read. Or, more accurately, I was on the train and there’s only so many mentions of orgasmic sexual activities before I get uncomfortable reading such on the train (it’s actually something of a statement of how compelling the story was to me that I actually started to continue to read it on the train, and then read the sex stuff; something I’d normally not do, at least on the train).
Right, never did mention: there are other characters, the side ones have a little more ‘meat on their bones’ than might be expected, though still being somewhat bone-thin characterizations (Shelia the other librarian, Mrs. Burke the noisy old woman, Jade the best friend from high school, etc.). And both of the mains seemed, while not fleshed out, full of interesting tid-bits. That other main character, by the way, is one Candace Kane, freelance computer . . . person (programmer? Maybe programmer). Both of the women, though I might be wrong about this, are in their 30s. I think. And yes, Candace . . . Candy . . . ‘Candy Kane’ was one of the reasons the librarian thought she was dealing with an obvious prostitute (she’d already determined that the woman was her prostitute, though, before she asked the patrons name and got ‘Candace Kane’; to be fair to Candace, it is her name).
Rating: 4.17
July 17 2017
July 26, 2017
Librarian fantasy...yes please
This was a great story that I really enjoyed. I mean when you start reading it, it comes off as a hot librarian fantasy but then it all goes to hell which is great. I like how the original meeting of Violet and Candace portrayed the characters almost in an opposite light in regards to their personalities. It made me smile, laugh, and the scenes in the office were...well...well worth the read. I look forward to the next installment in the series.
This was a great story that I really enjoyed. I mean when you start reading it, it comes off as a hot librarian fantasy but then it all goes to hell which is great. I like how the original meeting of Violet and Candace portrayed the characters almost in an opposite light in regards to their personalities. It made me smile, laugh, and the scenes in the office were...well...well worth the read. I look forward to the next installment in the series.
October 4, 2020
Wow!! This was so sexy and funny. I was either laughing out loud or fanning myself bc hot damn 🔥 I just wish this book was longer, I wouldn’t mind reading more about Candace and Violet. But I gotta say, that beginning was epic af! So so good. 100% recommend
April 10, 2022
This was a little gem of a book. The writing was light-hearted and genuinely funny yet full captured the trill and satisfaction of spanking. Excellent stuff and a great late night read. Highly recommended to anyone who has fantasised about a little punishment -whether giving or receiving.
November 25, 2017
A short but fun read.
July 26, 2017
Nicely written novella. It's sorta written backwards. Violet, the head librarian hires a prostitute to live out a fantasy. What she got was Candace Kane. Who for the rest of the book tries to woo Violet. Note: Candy Kane's name didn't phase me as strange. I went to school with a cheerleader who's real name was Candy Cotton! I recently reconnected with her and she turned out to be an intelligent, strong, politically opinionated woman. I wonder if her name helped her become such a strong person?
August 2, 2017
I'm so not into doms and subs and spanking, but this book was hot ... and funny ... and funny hot ;)
"Excuse me, I misplaced my spanking-by-stranger guide and reference sheet. What's the current going rate for the horrible insult of returning overdue books?"
"Excuse me, I misplaced my spanking-by-stranger guide and reference sheet. What's the current going rate for the horrible insult of returning overdue books?"
August 6, 2017
Who doesn't love librarian fantasies? A fun short read!
May 30, 2018
I really enjoyed this. It was funny, interesting and HOT. Plus it was free on Kindle Unlimited!
January 19, 2018
Fine or Punishment dips inside the kink fantasy of a small-town lesbian librarian.
Violet Weston is head librarian and a frustrated top. She lives in a town with less than a dozen lesbian inhabitants and she's deathly afraid of the town's gossips. She scheduled a fantasy fulfillment appointment with a sex worker. As her work day grinds to a halt, a woman named Candace Kane comes in to return overdue books. Forget about a fine. Violet's fantasy is to punish another woman who failed to return her books on time.
Romance and kink play out in tandem throughout this novella. New to town and mistaken for a sex for hire worker, Candace can't imagine not submitting to Violet. Violet struggles to include Candace in her topping fantasy when she finds out that Candace isn't her hired pro. The playful banter between the main characters is fun. Another chapter in this kinky rom-com would be appreciated.
Violet Weston is head librarian and a frustrated top. She lives in a town with less than a dozen lesbian inhabitants and she's deathly afraid of the town's gossips. She scheduled a fantasy fulfillment appointment with a sex worker. As her work day grinds to a halt, a woman named Candace Kane comes in to return overdue books. Forget about a fine. Violet's fantasy is to punish another woman who failed to return her books on time.
Romance and kink play out in tandem throughout this novella. New to town and mistaken for a sex for hire worker, Candace can't imagine not submitting to Violet. Violet struggles to include Candace in her topping fantasy when she finds out that Candace isn't her hired pro. The playful banter between the main characters is fun. Another chapter in this kinky rom-com would be appreciated.
April 3, 2018
Nice read. Funny book, warmhearted characters. Liked it.
August 8, 2022
Short and to the point.
September 26, 2023
A book that is so sweet, compassionate and with a huge dose of emotional understanding between the MCs.... FUCKING SWEET. MISTAKEN IDENTITY AT IT'S FINEST. I am glad though it didn't got that far, coz now that would have been slightly traumatic.
November 29, 2019
rep: lesbian mcs, f/f romance
February 3, 2021
Funny, highly entertaining and short (okay, at 31,500 words it is more than a novella but not quite a full-length novel) – this book is absolutely great.
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December 10, 2019
3.5 stars
Another cute, fast read. This was steamier than I expected! But I wish it was a bit longer; it could've benefited from an epilogue or a few more chapters in my opinion.
Another cute, fast read. This was steamier than I expected! But I wish it was a bit longer; it could've benefited from an epilogue or a few more chapters in my opinion.
August 1, 2018
This was so unexpectedly amazing omg
May 26, 2021
OH MY GOD!! This is the best erotica novella I've ever read! I can't believe I stumbled upon it by chance, it was incredible, so hot and funny, it had the exact sense of humor that I love.
just wow
just wow
July 25, 2025
Someone tell Mira the people request more
June 16, 2022
2.5 stars. This was just okay. A really cute premise that ultimately left me feeling 'meh'. Violet, head librarian, hires a sex worker to come into the library after hours and help her fulfil an old fantasy. A woman comes along who fits the bill perfectly, but isn't exactly what Violet expected. This was steamy and great, but it was one of those books that I was editing in my brain as I read, and that always sucks the fun out of reading for me. (I do enough editing at my day job.) I never notice SPAG errors too much in indie books; self pub authors have to do so much on their own, so it's understandable. But there was so much in this little novella (especially punctuation) that it did drive me a little nuts. The conflict/plot in this was so silly/manufactured I genuinely think I'd have liked this better if it was just straight up erotica, and the writing itself was meh.
But it was hot! So if that's what you're looking for, give it a go.
But it was hot! So if that's what you're looking for, give it a go.
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