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The Cairn #1

Come To Daddy

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I am not a good man.

Former enforcer to New York City’s most prominent crime families? Absolutely.

Now successful CEO? Yes.

But a good man?

Not on your life.

There is no room for light or goodness in my carefully ordered days. Going legit means longer hours, memos, and conference calls, but it's worth it to rule my new world. I don’t intend to give even an inch of ground to my competitors. That includes a grueling month-long work schedule---a move that has my second in command enforcing a weekend of mandatory fun. But the kind of fun I enjoy isn’t the kind you mention in polite conversation, or in broad daylight. My weekend of letting go can only be done in one place--The Cairn, New York City’s most exclusive BDSM club. It’s within the walls of The Cairn that I let my urges take control for the precious forty-eight hours I’m allowed.

I might not be a good man, but I am good Dom. A Daddy Dom to be specific. And it’s time to let Daddy out to play.

Come To Daddy is the first installment of The Cairn series and features a dark and sexy encounter between a Daddy Dom and a lonely Little in need of a firm hand, if only for one night. Enjoy this sexy as hell look at what kind of man, Dom, and Daddy, Lawson Sokolov is while he gives his chosen play partner a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. He may not be this Little’s perfect HEA, but he is a perfect Daddy Dom. Lawson is not a man that believes in love, and his novella is not about a forever kind of love but never fear, Lawson will be brought to his knees by a kinky as hell happily-ever-after when he meets his forever Little in Honey, Honey, an utterly dark and romantic novel of love and angst.

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 15, 2021

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Rebel Carter

46 books352 followers
Rebel Carter loves love. So much in fact that she decided to write the love stories she desperately wanted to read. A book by Rebel means diverse characters, sexy banter, a real big helping of steamy scenes, and, of course, a whole lotta heart.

Rebel lives in Colorado, makes a mean espresso, and is hell-bent on filling your bookcase with as many romance stories as humanly possible!

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580 reviews1,085 followers
May 24, 2022
Ok this was fückïng good! This is a prequel/prologue to the other 2 books in the series and features the MMC. He’s a daddy dom so in this novella it’s set in a shmex club where he meets a sub. So a lot of what is covered is good communication between the 2, consent, limits and understanding the 2 roles. If you want to learn more about this world then this book would be great for it.

So go into it knowing it won’t have the traditional HEA that your used to. Nothing bad happens but just think of it like one shot hook up novella. It is short too

The goodies
Daddy Dom/LG sub
Praise
Spanking
Edging
Shmex club
Profile Image for Matilda Martel.
Author 239 books294 followers
September 22, 2021
The cover reeled me in---the hot story kept me reading. Lawson is a man with a past who's cleaned up his act and built a legitimate empire all his own. He works hard and when he gets the rare chance to unwind, he chooses to blow off steam at the Cairn Club- a private den of debauchery for New York's elite. Lawson is a praise dom- a Daddy dom who use pleasure and praise to teach unsuspecting but willing "brats" how much pleasure can be gained from submission. He thrives in this role and for one weekend indulges in his darkest fantasies with a girl visiting from out of town. This is a prequel and introduction to the Male heroine- there is no happily ever after or happy for now- but you will end up meeting the girl who just might make that happen---in a set-up to the sequel. Happy reading and highly recommend this book!
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1,090 reviews92 followers
August 9, 2021
Whoa

This was not only steamy but tender. I want more more I say. If you are looking for a praise kink recommendation look no further Lawson is a Dom/enforcer who takes his job role very seriously and we like to see it.

Heat level: Hot

CW/N: mob activity, money laundering, Dom not following rules
Profile Image for jakira.
1,241 reviews101 followers
August 16, 2022
2.5 🌟's!

📝 tropes: ddlg, ceo hero x shy heroine
🌶 spice: 3/5 (spanking, praise, ddlg)

it gave what it needed to give.

Profile Image for Sarah.
285 reviews50 followers
June 2, 2022
Idk what I just read… 2.75
Profile Image for Sarah (thehireader).
483 reviews57 followers
February 12, 2022
The praise and daddy kink and sex scene were great but “Lemon Drop” is such a distracting nickname and definitely makes you laugh a little and I’m sure it’ll become clear in the full-length book that follows but how exactly are Law and Honey connected?? That epilogue from Honey’s POV seems to come out of left field. I’m guessing Honey was “Lemon Drop” but it also doesn’t sound like that totally so I’m not sure??
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439 reviews3 followers
April 18, 2023
The rest of the story?

Well normally I love this type of book. This 1 left Me hanging Where is the rest of the story Yeah yeah I see great story. Wonderful characters But there's no ending He just walks away It's not a love story. It's 1⁄2 story that needs an ending like Okay Grady had a great weekend with her but where's the rest of the story where is the love story it's gone Normally I give this book a 5 star but This story is sadly lacking it needs an ending
Profile Image for Laurel.
478 reviews3 followers
July 18, 2024
Short Read

This book/novella has a lot of potential. You get your older workaholic alpha male daddy dom who takes a weekend break before he has to work hard. I feel there were several areas of weakness when it came to him not knowing where his lemon drop was from Florida or Georgia... just a lot of information and some play time. There was a lot of talk and not enough play for me. I wanted to like it, and I did... just wanted more.
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856 reviews2 followers
October 16, 2021
2.5 stars
1/3 short books that can be read as standalones (3rd book isn’t out yet). Smut is the plot. This was too short in my opinion. Nothing really happened, the smut wasn’t descriptive at all. The second one is better and it made sense without reading this one.
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69 reviews1 follower
January 31, 2022
Spice is good, one scene, but it's a short book so I get it. Says 'alpha male' too much for me, saying it once should have been enough. Saying it all the time rips me out of the story and makes me cringe.
Profile Image for Marianne.
394 reviews37 followers
September 6, 2022
CW allusion to previous abusive relationship

⭐ BDSM novella

🌶️ Daddy kink
🌶️ Impact play
🌶️ CNC

Note: this is a prequel novella so no HEA.

It was short, spicy, and gave us a look into exactly what sort of H we're getting in the next book (Honey, Honey). I'm intrigued...
Profile Image for Alaynna Baylis.
60 reviews1 follower
January 13, 2023
Quick Read

It was a good quick read. Spice was great. Story was good. Would I read it again probably not, I like my spicy books but I like more of a story I guess you can say. I'm so used to alot of action in a book.
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193 reviews8 followers
January 23, 2023
Short and sweet, I really enjoyed this book. Law is a business man with a past. His assistant convinces him to relax before his super busy month and he does just that.

I can’t wait to read book 2! There’s something about daddy doms…
Profile Image for Lily.
13 reviews
March 30, 2023
Yikes! This read like a bad Wattpad fic.
If you end up reading this and you actually want to enjoy it take a shot every time he says "Lemon Drop" if you're drunk enough this will be a great read!

Spoiler Alert ☣️
Lemon Drop counter: exactly 70 😑
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Chris.
1,394 reviews38 followers
August 22, 2021
So, this is more of an introduction to Low than anything else. It's not really a romance. But, he's got depths and I look forward to seeing more of them in the next book.
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579 reviews31 followers
April 1, 2022
The story itself is only about 90 pages. The rest is a sneak peek of the next book.

It was okay. Not the best, not the worst. I'd probably read the next one though to find out what happens.
Profile Image for josie✨.
120 reviews2 followers
June 14, 2022
4/5⭐️
this was a suuuuper quick hot and steamy read!!
Profile Image for Maya Mood Reads Romance.
710 reviews14 followers
December 29, 2022
This was too short? Like if it was supposed to be a One night Stand it should have ended after they hooked up? Idk spice was good but like a lot was lacking.
Profile Image for Hayley.
1,022 reviews37 followers
January 4, 2023
This novella was more like a short story. No HEA, one spicy scene. Not enough in this story for me to feel interested in the characters or want to move on to the next book.
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868 reviews12 followers
February 3, 2023
So good

Short and sweet and spicy!!¡!! I can't wait to see what happens next!!!!! I think I'm going to really enjoy this series !
Profile Image for Jennaca.
300 reviews
June 19, 2023
Quick read, but the number of typos killed me. Very disappointed. I'll try Honey, Honey because, BookTok, but if that is more of the same I'm gonna have to pass. 🥺
125 reviews
July 24, 2023
DNF @ 60%. Tons of grammatical errors. Author did no research on the kink before writing about it.
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1,607 reviews27 followers
June 1, 2024
short and sweet

Short and sweet story. The perfect bedtime story with a little spice. Nothing ground breaking but it was a good read.
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340 reviews2 followers
August 1, 2022
Just no, did not land for me the way I was hoping. Something about the way they used the kink just was doing something a little different than I've read and liked before. So no thank you, I will not be continuing.
Profile Image for Ashleigh Jacobson.
270 reviews1 follower
July 4, 2022
This was a good cute novella but a little random compared to the rest of the series. I guess it’s just to establish Law and the Cairn. But it got my hopes up cause I wanted Lemon Drop to come back in the next book.
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174 reviews
January 20, 2023
Quick read, it’s an intro to the series/MMC. Not a fan of his sub. Gave it 3⭐️ only because I wish there was a bit more to the plot.
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