Off Limits

by Astra Rose

Have you ever wanted something you just couldn’t have?

When her mother abandons her, Danica Holland doesn’t want to reach out to her ex-stepfather for help–even though he’s always been the one and only parent she could rely on. But when Social Services intervenes on her behalf, he rushes in with open arms…and broad shoulders, strong hands, and that cleft in his chin that drives women wild.

For Danica, life with Jean-Luc Rochat was always safe and secure. But after a year apart and a lot of growing up, things don’t feel so straightforward anymore. For example: Jean-Luc was always loving and protective, but was he also always…this hot?

While Jean-Luc struggles to resist his inappropriate fixation on his stepdaughter and be the parent she needs, Danica realizes that she can’t settle for anything less than the one man she truly loves–even if he is the one man she can never have.

Off Limits is a standalone taboo stepfather romance with an extra helping of spice and an HEA.

Genres: Romance, BDSM, Smut, Contemporary, Dark Romance, Erotica, Contemporary Romance

340 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2022

About the author

Astra Rose writes stories that explore taboos and power imbalances, including age gap and daddy kink. She is the author of Off Limits and Haven.

Hailing from Canada, Astra needs to write hot erotic fiction to stay warm. That's also why her words contain so many extra vowels. She's proud to write stories that make you feel something and believes that smut is (actually, physiologically) good for you.

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Reviews

[Isabella. R · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Raging, Uncontrollable Lust Stars ⭐

We can go on about taboo romances featuring forbidden age gap relationships, however if you actually want the real deal, this is it. Forget all the fluff you've read in the past, I mean I was uncomfortable and flustered throughout. It's no joke.

Of course it’s not real. It’s just the sickest fucking dream. It’s my own sick fucking head making up twisted fantasies. Goddamn it.

Neglected and abandoned by her mother, Danika finds herself alone until social services intervene. Still 17, it's her Stepfather Jean-Luc she reaches out to. And without hesitation he is more than willing to take her on.

Their initial relationship is loving and reminiscent of the 8 years while Jean-Luc had been married to her mother. It's like no time has passed, except the little girl is on the cusp of womanhood and the situation is changing.

I’m ashamed and humiliated, and yet my body doesn’t fucking care. It just wants cock.

I love that the author didn't rush the dynamics. You got to experience the whole closeness seeping in. The one of inappropriateness and crossing lines. With gentle touches, frequent hugs and cuddling and the sneaky pecks on the lips; it's going to erupt.

“What’s happening between us. But I don’t think I can hold back anymore, Danica. I don’t know if there’s any point, if we both want the same thing. The most important thing I have to tell you is that it could never make me feel less about you. I will love you with every last breath I have on this earth.”

Oh it's wrong, especially when the dirty thoughts translate into actions. A 40 year old man lusting over his step daughter. There is a heavy focus on daddy kink without the age play and bloody heck was it freaking hot. There are a few triggers, but whatever. In for a penny, in for a pound!

[D.L. Howe · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like Pretty, Dark and Dirty by Margot Scott, you’re going to like this.

I feel like this is the first book to give us a realistic timeline with all the struggles and evolution from stepfather/daughter to romantic.

But then it seems to come to a screeching halt as lines are blurred and they begin a Dd/lg relationship. It’s super dirty and a little fucked up how much they merge all of their relationships with each other.

Jean-Luc has the dirtiest mouth and Dani manages to be both this innocent little school girl that hides how freaking kinky she is as well.

This book was predominately kink/sex with little other plot. With one blaring exception; Melanie, Dani’s shitty mother. This woman never failed to infuriate me with every word that came out of her mouth. I would’ve liked a little more comeuppance but I’m happy with how it all progressed.

Honestly, I have almost no triggers and I’m one dirty bitch. But Astra Rose made me a little uncomfortable. In this instance that isn’t a bad thing, it’s impressive.

If you’re looking for a super sexy, taboo, downright filthy daddy sexcapade. This one is definitely for you!

[Monique · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mixed feelings on this one. Parts were hot which were the actual proper DDLG stuff but I just couldn't switch my brain completely off and ignore the fact he kept comparing her to her mother and reminiscing about the sex they had so those parts made me keep looking over my shoulder to check if the FBI was coming to confiscate my Kindle 😂

[Shruti (Hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The hottest daddy kink novel I've read.
It almost rivals Katee Robert's a touch of taboo series, though Katee's heroes are more wholesome all while being absolutely filthy AND her books have no OW crap, though her men are significantly rougher when having sex than the MMC of this book which may not be everyone's cup of tea. (Sentence Redacted lol after reading Rae's review, posting a link to her review here hoping it will show up?! Also her review has spoilers, better check it out after you've read the book. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Did that work?)

Speaking of, this book's TWs are OW/OM, much more OW than OM, on page and enough to make you feel bad especially towards the last maybe 20% of the book. Like hello Jean Luc, how about you construct yourself a spine. I didn't let my attention catch there too much, I was able to focus on the two MCs more for most of the book. Jean Luc genuinely loved Dani though, and there was consent, care, hugs and that just amped up the heat when they got real naughty. But I HAVE to agree with Rae's review when she says Jean Luc clearly was not in love with Dani and treated her with much less respect than she deserved with all the OW bullshit that he didn't acknowledge even to himself let alone talk to her about! Ends with a HEA. The last 10% was rushed. The writing is alright in that it's good, but Dani's dialogues could have been better in some places. Jean Luc could have been a much better person. The resolution between the MMC and another character was not believable at all.

..oh well. We all know I didn't come here for great writing. 😌 Or particularly loveable characters.

This book is quite taboo, more so than Katee's. 'Twas scorching hot 🤷🔥🥵 I did sort of die.

[Rae (semi-hiatus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

The smut? Awesome 😎

Everything else…meh. But we don’t read this for the everything else, don’t lie 😂 Imma get real spoilery down below, but let me warn you of a few things first: this is a taboo stepdad/stepdaughter novel with a daddy kink that’s dipping it’s toes into DD/lg, age gap, very light OM drama, and OW (other womEn) drama with on page intimacy. If that bothers you, I’d recommend against reading this.

The writing was great, Astra Rose is definitely solid on that. The plot was…well, not the best. It read like a melodramatic soap opera. You knew what was going to happen before it happened. Even if you desperately wished for it not to unfold like that.

Okay, now for my deep dive, skip all of this if you don’t wanna see spoilers:

I really disliked the MMC Jean Luc. He was so wishy-washy and I firmly believe if Dani, the FMC, had gone away for a day or two, he would fall for or get with another woman. Don’t get me wrong, he loved Dani, but he wasn’t in love with her. Every attractive woman that showed a bit of interest he was like well, well, well 👀👀👀. I’m not even exaggerating- please check out my notes and highlights and you’ll see.

He continually compared his stepdaughter to her mother (his WIFE). Even when he was sleeping with her, he’s like “oh, is this Melanie? She reminds me so much of Melanie 😮‍💨 I gotta admit Melanie and I were firecrackers in bed, it was always so hot with us.” He’d reminisce and compare Dani to Melanie while they were intimate so many times. Gag. Me.

Dani was a good character who wasn’t a virgin! 🎉🎉🎉 I’m getting super tired of reading about blushing virgins. So, I was often confused with the way she was written because when she was 17 (don’t worry nothing happened until her 18th bday) she was speaking like she’s 30- she was recognizing gaslighting behavior from the boy she did a lil somethin somethin with in the beginning and I’m like 🫡 you’re an inspiration. Yet ain’t no way she’s acting her age, but then she’d go and stomp away if she didn’t get her way. Very confounding. Now- the most important (read: disgusting) detail that I’m hella confused over- WHY TF WAS SHE WEARING ALL OF HER MOMS PANTIES AND WHY DOES SHE KNOW HER MOM SHAVES DOWN THERE?! 🥴 Y’all when I read that I wanted to give up.

Jean Luc also continued on with another woman even after starting things with his step daughter, one of the times was 2ish hours after an intimate time with Dani….Look, I can tolerate on page scenes with OW before he gets with the FMC, but not after. Then, surprise surprise, this whole other woman appears at the end to cause the ✨main drama✨. That was just terrible lol. It was predictable, the woman was written like a cartoon villain, and the resolution was so ridiculously unbelievable I kinda wanted to laugh. But it was time for the FMC to get hurt. I don’t blame her considering I’d be hurt too if my man was talking about and thinking back on sex and good times with that woman in front of me. This is really why I never believed in his romantic love for her. Paternal love and lust, I believe. This was also the time to show just how spineless he really was. He’s a 40 year old man, but let others walk all over him and Dani. For dumb af reasons. Frustrating. He also had a very 💩 friend and never thought to call him out 😒

So, up until like 70% of the book, maybe past that, he was still married to his wife while everything was happening with other people, they may have been separated but still 🤷🏼‍♀️ don’t call others cheaters like you ain’t one too. He also never once talked about wanting to divorce her until it was sprung outta nowhere when she showed up near the end. I almost thought he wanted to stay married considering how many times he thought about her, almost longingly. Overall, the ending was pretty bad and super rushed but still enough to keep your interest.

I know I wrote a lot and you’re wondering why it’s rated 3⭐️ if it sounded like I hated it; however, I couldn’t stop reading 😂 Just like a soap opera, it’s weirdly fascinating. Maybe by airing all my grievances y’all can put it aside and focus on the other fun stuff 🤓 Plus the spice 🥵 Mainly the spice 😌

[Medollga · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF: It's one thing for a taboo read to be forbidden but hot, but a completely other thing to be disturbing and weird👉👈🤷🏼‍♀️🚩

The heroine, Danica, is 17 at the start of the book (but quickly turns 18🙃) and is sent by the child services to live with her stepfather, a.k.a. the hero, because her mother left her for 5 weeks. The heroine wasn't going to school this whole time and was eating canned food... So when the hero takes her to his home, she's very happy, since they always had a great relationship before her mother separated from him. THE HERO AND THE HEROINE'S MOTHER ARE STILL MARRIED!🚩

The hero and heroine haven't seen each other for a year, and they feel as though they need to relearn how to live together. Which is a bit strange for me, seeing as he was her STEPFATHER and they lived together from the time she was 8 to the time she was 16! 🚩🚩🚩🆘🆘🆘🚨🚨🚨 They used to be really "close" all that time, starting with always cuddling on the couch to him coming to her bedroom and sitting on her bed to wake her up. And of course, they decide to act the same way now, one year later....👀🤯

The hero is constantly remembering his wife, the heroine's mother, to whom he's still married! He thinks about her beauty, her hair, her lips, and her skin, and then compares her to her daughter. NUMEROUS TIMES! 🤬🤬🤬 And then he keeps imagining how much smoother the heroine's skin would be, or how much "tighter" she would be than her mother....🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🚨🚨🚨🚨🆘🆘🆘🚩

For some weird reason, the heroine's mother GAVE HER DAUGHTER ALL OF HER USED SEXY PANTIES?????? Which the heroine is always wearing, up until the point the hero sees it, remembers how he fucked the mother in those panties, confronted the heroine about why she had them, confiscated them and replaced them with new panties...🤣🤣🤣🤯🤯🤯🤯

The thing is....this book is trying to sell me on how they love each other, but it's clearly not love. The heroine has abandonment issues from her mother always leaving, and the hero just wants young pu$$y💀 So the book had a better chance at being pure smut, yet even here it's unclear if the hero wants the heroine or just replaced the mother with the daughter because the mother left him🤷🏼‍♀️

[Lolina ⋆ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know why I thought this would be good 😭. The way that the H was obsessed with, and pined over his ex-wife (the h's mother) was pathetic 💀. Did he even like the h lmao?

And why was the h using her mother's crusty used thongs dhushfsuhf 😭🔫. Alr I'm going to delete this one from my memory bye🤞.

[no one · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am positively on a role here lately with picking books that I end up not liking the least bit. I thought this would be right up my alley - age-gap, slight daddy play, taboo, etc - but it turned out to be a dud for me.

My main issue with the book was Jean-Luc and his incessant need to constantly compare Dani to her mother. I'm down for some role-play type stuff, like the whole "We have to be quiet or mom will hear." and whatnot - sue me; it can be hot if done right lol - but I quickly lost interest and got annoyed when it went so far beyond that to the point he was comparing how Dani felt versus her mother, or how Dani reacted to his touch compared to her mom, etc. Honestly, with how much he kept thinking about Melanie, I was convinced he was only attracted to Dani because she looked like her mom. And it's not just one time he has the thought that they look alike. There's numerous times he is thinking about Dani and then starts thinking about how she reminds him of her mom, then he'll start fantasizing about Melanie while getting turned on and that's what really put me off. For example, the first time he does it, he sees Dani from behind standing in his kitchen and lets himself imagine that it's Melanie and that she's come home to him. Dude, for-fucking-real? It's even worse when their relationship - Dani and Jean-Luc's, I mean - progresses to them getting physical. How are you going to mess around with Dani, then sit down and reminisce about the past sex-capades you and her mother had? I firmly believe if Melanie hadn't cheated they'd still be together. It was very clear he still desired Dani's mom, and was constantly thinking about her even when he was with Dani, so I struggle to piece together any other reason he wanted to be with Dani other than the fact that she reminded him of her mother and Dani happened to want him as well.

On top of that, there's even more OW drama. Dani never really finds out about it, but still. He gets a partial hand-job from a woman near the beginning of the book who, in a way, is the one that introduces him to the whole daddy play thing. Her name is Cynthia - and it didn't end there. Well, the hand-job ended there, but he ended up having phone sex with her twice. And this was AFTER he started messing around with Dani some. The hand-job I could look past because technically him and Dani weren't messing around at that point in time, but the phone calls? They happened after. No. I don't play with that. Another reason I was never convinced he was as into Dani as he supposedly was. How is he when he's so fine with getting off with other women like he was?

Dani had her moments with messing around with that guy Kye, but really it was just that one time near the beginning when they even did anything, and that was before things got physical with Jean-Luc. Because of that, I don't think it even remotely compares to what he was doing. I can say she was almost just as bad with bringing up her mom in the sexual parts of the book, asking if Jean-Luc had done this certain act with her mom, or if her mom had bigger boobs than her, etc. That part grossed me out. Like, girl, why are you thinking about your mom and him having sex right now, or if her tits are better than yours? It was too much for me. It felt like the author was writing it in to add more to the taboo aspect, but it felt too weird and try-hard. Especially having Dani wearing Mel's clothes - even the same underwear. That scene where Jean-Luc finds out Dani is wearing Mel's old underwear and starts fantasizing about the both of them wearing them? Yeah, that's when I realized this book wasn't going to be the one for me. I digress.

Mel was a bitch. She left her 17-year-old alone, without a ride or money, and then shows up months later at Jean-Luc's and is actually pissed that her daughter is there being taken care of? She doesn't feel bad at all for leaving Dani the way she did, and I was sort of hoping for there to be some drama with her realizing Dani and Jean-Luc were together. Like maybe they rub it in her face and make her realize she ain't shit, but in the end it's very anti-climatic and she doesn't even care and just leaves. Jean-Luc irritated me the whole time Mel was back, because he was quick to relent to her staying there, and even tried convincing Dani to forgive her mom at first. Plus his numerous thoughts about how good Mel looked. Gag me.

As far as the spice goes, it was a slow-burn up until around 50%. From around 50% to 80% there were a few mild sexual scenes - basically just oral or he spanks her - and then they don't actually hook up until around 80% in. I definitely didn't expect the slow burn. I wouldn't have minded it so much if it was more focused on just them, and didn't include him fucking around with the Cynthia woman or his random thoughts about Melanie bugging tf out of me. It didn't really feel like a build up between Dani and Jean-Luc. Like, they go from nothing, to all of a sudden she is 18 and things have changed and they mess around a bit but he's still semi-messing around with Cynthia, and then all of a sudden him and Dani are hooking up. There's no dates between the two - unless you count her birthday dinner that technically wasn't a date - plus they never even talk hardly, and, as mentioned before, he is constantly thinking about his ex still. So I saw no real romantic build-up between Dani and Jean-Luc, yet they somehow fell in love. Huh?

The taboo aspect pushed a little toward too much for me, and this is coming from someone who is basically down for anything when it comes to taboo books. The fact that Dani knew Jean-Luc from when she was 8-years-old and called him dad most of the book while he referred to her as his daughter had me feeling like the author wanted this to come out as close to incest as possible without them actually being related. I don't care that she was his step-daughter, and I don't even care that much that he was clearly attracted to her when she was 17, but the author trying to make out that he didn't find her attractive before that? Laughable and unbelievable. The only time I mind an age-gap is when the older man was as prominent in the younger woman's life like Jean-Luc was to Dani's. If they met when she was 17/18 that wouldn't have been a big deal to me. But in this case, she grew up with him from the age of 8, and that sort of thing is the only real issue that gives me the ick when it comes to age-gaps.

This book just annoyed me so much so I'm possibly being harsher than normal. I won't take back anything I said though.

1.5 stars, only because it showed promise before it turned into an absolute shit show.

[Lb [worlds longest slump] · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing about this was executed well. I can get into almost anything (just check my shelves 🤪) but the nature of the attraction between this girl and her stepdad was a STEP TOO FAR

ITS GIVING 🚨JAIL🚨

A hard boundary for me is anything to do with children/children adjacent and while you can tell me it’s my fault for reading a stepdad book (fair play, I actually know they’re not for me) it wasn’t actually the stepdad aspect that was most problematic.

What was weird, however

NAY, INSIDIOUS

Is the way this man fetishises and plays up the childlike qualities (physical or otherwise) of this barely legal girl who used to be his stepchild. She is 17 🚩🚩🚩 at the beginning but freshly 18 when things start up between them and this man says he’s wanted this for “so long/too long/longer than you’d ever guess” etc. WITH HIS WHOLE CHEST 🚩🚩🚩

Call child services fr

Oh and he also constantly compares everything about her to her mother/his wife 🤪 that was both exceptionally ick and annoying in its obsessive repetitiveness. He does this so much it’s like he’s only interested in Dani as a, albeit younger, surrogate for the wife who left him.

Let me say this: Stepdad/daddy/age gap books can be kinky and taboo and steamy without being pedophilia-adjacent.

I mean, idk, maybe that’s the point. I know this is a specific genre with a specific audience in mind and I’m very clearly not it.

I can’t help but think about what becomes of them when she ages out of this youthfulness he’s so obsessed with and all of those qualities he fixates on are no longer there. Is he still satisfied?

Again, it’s giving JAIL

[ᗩᑎᗪᖇᗴᗯ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dani is seventeen years old and in her final year of school. She lives with her mother until she doesn't, when her mother abandons her, leaving her with no money, little food, and no family to turn to for support.

Family services are eventually called, and they contact Dani's estranged stepfather, forty-year-old Jean-Luc. Dani's mother and stepfather separated a year ago, and he has been seeking a divorce.

Dani's mother married Jean-Luc when Dani was eight years old. Their marriage lasted eight years - the best years of Dani's life as her stepfather lavished upon her the love and support she never received from her self-centred and unreliable mother.

"Off Limits" is a forbidden romance between Dani and her ex-stepfather, packed with filthy talk and off-the-charts hot sex. The nature of their relationship does not change until Dani is eighteen years of age, and the attraction is mutual and described from each character's perspective with no evidence of manipulation or abuse of power.

If you enjoy steamy, forbidden age-gap romance, this book is a real treat. Recommended.

[Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’ve had a bit of a brain transplant this week. Don’t ask me why I’m making the decisions I’m making.

“They called me a daddy fucker”….”so I said hell yeah I fuck my daddy and he’s better than you”. 😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ Christ, what was I thinking. Not a direct quote btw but pretty close to it.

This was a super sugary sweet forbidden romance that actually did have a lot of really cute scenes but it’s just a kink book basically. There isn’t any real plot and the angst felt a bit forced. It’s all so very insta and the dual pov every other chapter writing makes the whole thing very redundant.

[Mer · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75⭐️guys I think I like the daddy kink. I’ve only liked it from this author tho😂 she does it SO well, I absolutely love her writing. It makes sense for the story and is so hot. Loved this.

[Sabrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Get it here:
Amazon US * Amazon UK

[Peppa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I usually eat these kinds of taboo age-gap, daddy kink romances right up, but Off Limits just didn’t hit like I hoped it would.

The setup had all the ingredients I normally love: forbidden tension, a stepdad/stepdaughter dynamic, emotional push-pull, a bit of drama to spice things up… but something about the execution left me feeling more annoyed than entertained. The writing itself is solid, and the smut is definitely intense. Astra Rose knows how to deliver heat. But when it came to the characters and their actual relationship? Meh.

Jean-Luc, the MMC, felt too wishy-washy for me. One minute he’s all in, the next he’s reminiscing about his wife (aka the FMC’s mom???) in the most uncomfortably timed moments. Like… bro…get it together. It honestly killed any kind of romantic tension for me. I never really felt like he loved Dani the way I needed him to…lust? Sure. But love? Didn’t buy it. He felt spineless in all the wrong ways.

And Dani… she had moments where I was like “okay queen, call out that BS,” but then she’d flip and act so bratty it pulled me out of the story. There was just something off with her character, like she was written to sound emotionally mature and like a tantrum-prone teen all at once and it just didn’t blend well.

Also, the drama near the end? So cartoonish I nearly laughed. It felt forced just to throw conflict in, and by that point, I didn’t even care how things wrapped up. Honestly, it’s a shame, because this had so much potential. I’ve read other books like this that pulled off the trope so much better. I wanted to like this. I should have liked this. But in the end, I just couldn’t connect.

Hot scenes aside, this one was a miss for me.

[Angel · Rating 2 out of 5]

It had potential. A kinky idea but it was basically more about the mother than the stepdaughter.
It becomes repetitive and boring. I have it two stars for the IDEA that could have.been good, if the focus had been about the stepdaughter and stepfather...not the mother.

[Lunarbookwyrm aka Phoebe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my fucking DADDY.


Was I there for the plot? No
Was I there for DADDY? Yes.

I just want Daddy.

Im blinded by DADDY.

He’s now my DADDY.

If you want copious amount of Filth and 💦
You wanna scream for DADDY!!!!!!

Note: reading this in public was a mistake 😂😂😂😂

The amount of times I would drink a shot i see DADDY id be drunk AF, but I Dont give AF had a great time. Love the filth.

Judge me all you want…Goodbye.


Daddy kink
Age gap
🍑play
Step daughter x step dad
Mom isnt quite in the picture ish, but ugh is shes a leech (daughter is abandoned)
OTT jealous possessive





Spice Level 5/5 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️

Rating 4.5⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐💫

[Lana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some tropes/Content warning:
- Age gap: Heroine 17yo at the start, Hero is 40. Their relationship doesn't start until she's 18.
- Step dad/step daughter
- Daddy dom/little girl trope. - Not just the names, but she acts like a little girl sometimes with her stuffed bunny and wanting to cuddle. He wants to still be her dad & disciplines her.
- Cheating (technically, the H is still married to the mom but has been trying to divorce her for a year. She has cheated on him multiple times during their marriage).
- Heroine was not a virgin & hooks up with a guy from school before she's with the hero. Hero also has phone sex twice with his coworker while trying to fight the temptation of being with his stepdaughter.
- She makes the first move
- She says I love you first
- Anal scene


Be warned, this is different from stepdad romances where he comes into her life later... He's her dad from the age of 8-16, and he hasn't seen her the last year. He's the one who gave her life structure, routine, and discipline. It's definitely on the taboo side considering he did raise her more than her own mother did. The heroine literally calls him dad. Not "Daddy" in the kinky way unless they are "playing", but she calls him dad outside of that and he wants her to.
Cringy af.

But what bothered me the most wasn't even the stepdad nature, but the way the hero actually thought about the heroine.
I'm no stranger to stepdad/taboo romances, but this was the most I've ever seen the heroine being compared to her mom by the hero, and it was gross 🤢
He is still very much attracted to the mother and is always comparing the heroine's appearance and behaviour to the mom, even being pleased when she's so similar.

She has her mother’s straight, slender shoulders, and her lean arms. It jolts me, briefly, this image of Melanie at the table, and I can almost let myself imagine, for a second, that my wife has come back to me.

Melanie is an exceptional beauty, and in the past year, Danica has really blossomed into her spitting image. Her face is more angular and she’s too thin, but her body has filled out. Tiny waist, slim arms, full breasts—she’s clearly inherited her mother’s unholy proportions. But…lifting my eyes to her face, I can’t deny that she’s even prettier than Melanie ever was. Her mouth is plumper. Her eyes, the same shade of icy blue, are wider and more innocent. She doesn’t have Mel’s jaded, suspicious look. She’s youthful, untainted…my sweet little girl, even if she is on the cusp of womanhood.

For a moment I don’t say anything. I eye my sweet young girl—so beautiful, luminous, and vibrant. She’s so like her mother and yet so different, so full of life and love.

She’s unbelievable. She’s perfect.
She’s…Melanie?
She looks like a grown-ass woman. Like her mother, actually. In a tight white dress, with her curls loosely pinned up, and high heel shoes that emphasize the shapely, grown-up musculature of her legs, she’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. Strikingly similar to Melanie, but so much…
…better, I can’t help but think. She’s my Dani. Silly, brilliant, and loving. She grins at me, her smile bright and wide, and I melt.
“How do I look?” she asks, holding her arms out to give me the full view.
Like your mother, I almost answer. I’ve seen this dress before, and suddenly I have a vivid memory of Melanie in it— at a party for my partner, Bob, just before Mel and I broke up. It’s the last dress I ever saw her in.

Those full, high, firm breasts…as gorgeous as her mother’s but even firmer and fuller. So young and so perfect…

I’ve been with beautiful women before…hell, I’ve only been with beautiful women, but Dani is in another category altogether. Her firm, perky tits, tiny waist, and absolutely flawless skin, the red flame of her hair contrasting with the cool blue of her eyes—there’s never been another woman like Dani in my bed.
Except her mother.

She’s highly responsive. Even her mother didn’t quiver at every touch like she does.

Underwear is an issue that comes up frequently...

I don’t want Dani wearing her oversexed mother’s indecent lingerie. It’s unsuitable but, worst of all, it’s causing a low ache in my groin as I imagine her young, firm ass in the very panties I once pushed to the side and fucked her mother in.

It shouldn’t turn me on to remember my wife’s ass in this scrap of silk. It shouldn’t turn me on to think about her daughter wearing it, either. But it does. I stand there for a while, grappling with my complex feelings and staring, mesmerized, at the soft fabric. The silk itself is erotic. I imagine it caressing Melanie’s and Danica’s skin, swishing softly between legs, rushing smoothly back and forth with every step and every action.

The hero's has even kept his wife's lingerie from their wedding night years ago (which in itself is crazy!), but loves it when the heroine puts it on.

It’s Melanie’s bridal lingerie.
She must have found it in my drawer. I keep it stashed away there with the panties I took away from Dani—strange and emotionally-loaded mementos of my wife; of her daughter. Melanie only this particular item once, on our wedding night, but it evokes powerful memories for me. The incredibly loving, intense sex we had that night. The awe and wonder I felt at knowing that this woman was my wife. I felt unreasonably lucky and blessed.
Now, looking at her daughter wearing the same thing, a dark heat swells in me.

He kept their underwear together, aww. 🤢

Dani underneath me in this lingerie like her mother once was years ago.

She sashays towards me with a small smile playing on her lips and I’m struck by her likeness to Melanie. The sexy confidence as she shows herself off to me, the flash of seductive knowing in her eyes. It’s as if, for the first time, I’m truly seeing how Dani is Melanie’s daughter, after all.
They’re so different, Dani lighthearted, sincere and wellmeaning, while Melanie is manipulative and self-interested. There’s that light in Dani’s eyes that never was in Mel’s. But now, like this, wearing the lingerie her mother wore on our wedding night, and looking at me as if she has knowledge beyond her years, the similarity to my wife is unmistakable and uncanny. Maybe that’s what confuses me. Maybe that’s why I keep having these dirty thoughts.

“I can’t believe what a beautiful girl you’ve grown up to be. So beautiful and so sexy.”
She catches my eye in the mirror and gives me a devilish smile. “More beautiful than Mom?” My heart squeezes and skips a beat. With a observational detachment I notice a fleeting sense of shame, as if she’s discovered some secret. “Yes,” I whisper, nuzzling her neck. “More beautiful than Mom. My sweet, sexy little girl.”

Yeah, there is more too.


There was a weird moment where the hero seems to be finally giving in, but then stops their hook up and says she's too young, but "maybe when she's older".
This man gives whiplash.

“I want to, baby,” I murmur. “I fucking want to. But we can’t. I’m your daddy, sweetie.”
“Not really,” she argues, squirming underneath me. “Please.”
“Yes, really.” I hold her gaze. “I wouldn’t want it to be any other way. You’re my little girl and I love that.”
She groans, helplessly, and I grind against her again. “But you’re such a fucking sexy little girl. Look what you’ve done to me. Look what you’ve done to your daddy.”
“Let me help,” she whispers, spreading her legs and lifting her hips so that the base of my shaft is pressed against her pussy. Thank God for pyjamas or I would probably be inside her already.
“No, sweetheart,” I say with finality, knowing I need to stop this and walk away. I lift myself off her and stand up, noticing her stuffed bunny shoved between the pillows. I pick him up and hand him to her. “You and Bunners get some sleep. Your daddy has to go take care of himself right now in the bathroom and I’ll be back to bed soon.”
She takes the bunny and clutches it to her, looking up at me with sweet, pleading eyes. “But I want you.”
She’s irresistible. I run my fingers through her hair again and bend down to kiss her softly on the lips. “You’re too young,” I say. “Maybe when you’re older.”

[Ashin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now this was a wonderful read, I personally love age-gap, and Jean-Luc and Danica were amazing together 😍. Ever since I read StepBully by Astra, I knew I had to read more books from her 🙌🏽. This one is a slow burn, but there are elements which will keep you hooked till the real stuff begins 😋, the way both Dani and Jean kept denying the sexual tension between them, but we all know Lust always win (cough), I mean Love always wins 😉.

This was a fantastic read for me, every chapter had something cute and spicy. The way Jean cared for Dani, and kept telling her to call him dad, but also kept lusting after her, I was like whuuut😵. But he wasn't alone, Dani was head over heels for her daddy from the get go 🤤. I've never read Daddy kink like this, it's dirty and hot, but it's not harsh, which made it more interesting. It mainly focuses on Daddy kink, and some of the dialogues, damn, the phone sex, although not with FMC, was dirty and hot🔥. I didn't know how to feel about that, cuz it felt like a guilty pleasure, idk if it makes sense but it was good 🙃. There are cute, fluffy moments throughout the book, and at the core it is a romance 💕 filled with doubts, personal growth, love & acceptance, and yes, Daddy kink 😈
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Edit is mine, pictures aren't.
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[prarthita · Rating 3 out of 5]

I need to process my thoughts...my conflicting feelings.

[Alida Hart · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to admit that I only got thru 20% of the book before flipping thru looking for when the 2 main characters finally got around to doing the naughty (spoiler - that happens about 75% of the way thru the story and this is not a quick read). I started off enjoying this book, my first read from this author and this was recommended by another author that writes similar "taboo" stories. I absolutely hate giving lower ratings but this story earned it in my view although others may rate it higher for themselves.

The quality of writing is outstanding and the general storyline is great although it did contain a few elements that I don't care for. I may considering looking to see if this author has any shorter novela length stories that don't contain anything I list below.

The few issues I came across that made me rate it as 3 stars are personal preference issues and are as follows: this is a very slow burn (I prefer getting to the fun times much sooner in the story), he was still in love with his wife (or at least strongly desiring her) at the same time as falling for her daughter (not my thing), contains cheating (accidental cheating and going on a date with another (coworker not step-daughter) and getting a hand job by them while still married is still cheating in my book), way to much OW drama (a little drama is fine for me but this was way more than I like in my reads especially considering the OW was the mom who was not making a stink because she had any caring/loving feelings for her daughter but only brought the drama because of her needs/wants and she seemed to not care for her daughter at all), he seems to like talking about her previous partner(s) while they are in the middle of a smexy times (not my thing), and did I mention that it's a very very slow burn?!?! So slow, and I prefer intense hot quick burns.

[BettyBoop · Rating 2 out of 5]

NO NO NO NO NO 🙅🏻‍♀️⚠️🙅🏻‍♀️⚠️🙅🏻‍♀️⚠️🙅🏻‍♀️⚠️🙅🏻‍♀️⚠️🙅🏻‍♀️⚠️

Why was Dani (the FMC) wearing her mother old thongs🤦🏻‍♀️ & WHYYYYYY would Jean-Luc (the MMC) compare her so much to her mother, his wife, ex-wife whatever the heck she was😂😂😂😂 I didn’t mind the role play, the smut was good, very smutty 🌶️ But god, I was either laughing at their stupid and very immature interactions or cringing 😣😣😣 AND… do not get me started on Danika, she starts off being 17 and she seems very mature, but she turned 18 or a little before that and she turns into this 10 year old that at one point (and I’m not lying, it’s like 60% of the book) she RUNS to the door because there was a pizza delivery and she was running screaming PIZZA PIZZA🍕😂 And I get it, I love pizza too but dude chill😂😂😂😂.
Also, I didn’t like how Jean-Luc cheats on Danika, because all those calls he made to Cynthia after he started his “relationship” with the FMC was definitely cheating.🤯

To be honest, this book was a joke, the plot (if you can call this a plot) was blah🫠 The only reason I gave it 2 stars it’s because I laughed my ass off with their interactions and all these side characters😂


P.S: Why two Cynthias ? There are like millions of names please🤷🏻‍♀️

[Cdoc's Library · Rating 1 out of 5]

1 STAR IS TOO GENEROUS. NEGATIVE 10 STARS FOR THIS ATROCITY!! 🤬🤢

I will read literally anything and have a good time...except WHATEVER THIS WAS!

I knew this was probably not going to be my thing, but I loved Astra Rose's other book Watch Me so much that I thought that she might change my mind even with these tropes... She in fact DID NOT.

I AM SCARRED.

I kept reading purely because my sick brain wanted to see how much worse it could get, and the hits just kept on coming until the bitter end.

I've never been more nauseated, disgusted, uncomfortable, and felt downright wrong for reading something in my life. I don't care if this is fiction this man belongs in JAIL and this girl (because let's be real that's what she was!) belongs in therapy, a psych ward SOMETHING.

Sometimes I can forget while reading that an FMC is only 18, but this girl was acting, I kid you not, anywhere from 8 to 12. It was GROSS!!

I never try to yuck anyone's yum, or shame anyone for their kinks but I'm slightly concerned if this is your jam. I could not get behind any of it.

I reiterate this man should be in JAIL.

Also the way the MMC not only wanted the FMC to look like a child, but also would constantly compare her to her mother (who he was still married to btw 🙃), and how much she looks like a younger version of her was just too much!

GROSS, GROSS, GROSS! 🤢

I WANT IT ERASED FROM MY BRAIN.

I'M ASHAMED I EVEN FINISHED THIS.

[Joanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

So I've been curious with this book for quite some time and finally decided to pick it up. Maybe this was all my fault and my big expectations but it ended up just being an okay read.

I seriously don't know what to say; I didn't connect with the characters and the story wasn't that original.
And yes, I know exactly why I picked this book (the hot scenes were good enough, thank god) but I also expect some plot and I couldn't find it here.

So yeah, this wasn't exactly bad but unfortunately I can't also say this was amazing.

I'm curious with this author though so I think I'll give a chance to her other books.

▬ 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: age gap, stepdad, daddy kink
▬ 𝐭𝐰: cheating

[kim_is_bookish · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book! We have:

20+ years age gap
Daddy/little girl play
stepfather/stepdaughter

What I really liked was the fact that both MCs try to resist whant's happening between them becaus of the relationship they have and the social nom associated with it. Theres a lot of shame a guilt present in the beginning and I loved reading about them getting through that to fin their HEA. The spice scenes were very caliente. I really enjoyed the writing style, which was straight to the point. If reading a lot of "Daddy" and "little girl" gets on your nerve, don't read this one! I personnally enjoyed it here because it just went with what was at play in their relationship.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have read several books by Astra Rose now. What I can always guarantee is that she always brings the spice. While daddy kink is not one of the strongest troupes I like to read, I did make an exception for Astra. Which, I have to admit that if I had a stepdad like Jean-Luc I probably would have had personal encounters with him. Jean-Luc is a DILF. The only downside I had with this book is that it really seem to take a very long time for the story to really pick up. It was a long time before Danica and Jean-Luc hooked up.

Danica is not very experienced, and Jean-Luc understood this. Thus, the reason that he took his time and was very patient with Danica. So that when they did become intimate, it was very steamy. However, it was not just about the physical moments between these two. There was still a good storyline and tenderness that they shared. Yet, I am still a fan of Astra and look forward to her next book.

[Simone Blue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daddy kink at its best!

Astra Rose has done it again - I could not put this book down.

The build up was brilliant, slow enough for the attraction to be believable but peppered with more than enough spice to keep your attention. And once things really took off, wow, HOT! Danica and Jean-Luc’s connection was incredible and the development of the kinky side of their relationship was convincing and just excellently written.

[W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Blushing

Oh my lawd y’all, I was not expecting this book to be *this* filthy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Jean-Luc’s dirty talk was next level excellent and they really pushed the taboo factor with them both getting off on the fact that Dani is better than her mother, so that gives y’all a little insight into the taboo nature of this book. 5 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

[D. BookAngel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yall know how reality TV is considered trash TV? well these types of books are my version of trash tv. so don't take my rating as meaning the book was good cause it wasn't. there was other women drama throughout the book. the mmc was constantly comparing the fmc to her mother etc

[BookishintheDark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let me start by saying read the trigger warnings.
Off Limits is a standalone taboo stepfather/step daughter romance. It’s spicy and has an HEA.

I did receive this book as an ARC and It was my first time reading a book in this type of trope (daddy play) and found that it was not for me. So please again, read trigger warnings first.

However, I did want to give the book a chance and I ended up giving it 5 stars because Astra Rose is a great writer and I have loved other books she has written. for those that enjoy this trope then the book does not disappoint.

It’s written in dual point of view and each character has a clear voice. The story is a roller coaster of emotions.

It starts with Danica who’s mother basically abandons her a couple weeks before her 18th birthday and social services calls her Stepfather who hasn’t been in her life for over a year at this point since him and her mom separated.

She moves in with him because her mom is no where to be found and over the next couple weeks he helps bring structure, care and normalcy back to her life. She turns 18 and then feelings start to develop and you get where the story goes from there…

[Shedevilreads Bookstagram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Off Limits by Astra Rose is a forbidden stepdaddy love story.

This is the second book of Astra's that I have read, and it won't be my last. The chemistry between Jean-Luc and Danica was off the charts. Their relationship is taboo, but you can't help but root for them. I really enjoyed getting both of their points of view throughout the book.

If you're looking for a steamy taboo read than look no further.