Sloane Brady should have watched where she was walking... After upending her high pressure life in Chicago, Sloane elects herself as caretaker of her ailing grandfather, moving in with him in the rural Irish village he calls home. Hyper aware of her dwindling savings, she takes a job at the mysterious Flannagan Castle, and while touring the grounds, stumbles through a fairy ring, coming face to face with a real life Leprechaun King. Handsome, devious, and much too charming, Darragh Quinn is not only Sloane's waking fantasy, he's also her new boss. And he has a new proposition for her. Be his Domme, allow him to embrace his desire to submit, and he'll give her access to his entire otherworldly fortune. The only problem? The other man who wants to worship Sloane like a Liam O'Shea. As her nights sizzle with passion she's never known, her days are filled with the kind of adoration that could make a woman weep. But Sloane has no interest in choosing one or the other. She wants to be selfish. She wants both. Can she have her cake and eat it too? Or is she living in a fairytale?
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*ahem* anyways. i enjoyed this quite a lot but i wish it had been about 100 pages longer so we could have seen more emotional connection, rather than hearing about it. especially between darragh and liam- their connection was rushed and almost completely off page, which was a bummer because i saw real potential there. there is a sequel novella though where im hoping to see some more of them but im not sure it can make up for the lack of development 😭
It was.. okay. Early on in the book I was a bit put off because the FMC was in Ireland to help her grandfather, but wasn’t an Irish citizen. If you’re the grandchild of someone who is Irish-born you automatically qualify for citizenship there. The lack of basic research bothered me a wee bit.
It was amusing otherwise though, fem-dom is always fun. The relationship between the FMC and Liam was a little strange and didn’t feel like it fit very well but not a huge deal (it’s kind of a love triangle).
Mostly just a filthy book with very little plot. 😅
This had no business being as good as it was. The reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is because there were a few grammatical errors and weird words/phrases used. But overall this book was addicting - I had to finish it as soon as possible!
I stumbled across this story somehow and decided to download it and read it for the bit. Yknow, a joke. And, guys, it's actually amazing.
Yes it's silly. It's Irish and one of the guys is named Darragh and he's fucking king of the leprechauns. It's absurd. But, Darragh also needs a powerful, confident Domme to degrade and praise him. Enter Sloane.
Sloane's just moved to Ireland to take care of her grandad and finds herself working on Darragh Quinn's estate. She learns his true nature immediately before learning that she's just accepted a job working for him. A few weeks later, he approaches her with a, ahem bonus, arrangement. She agrees and ends up loving it. But, she's also found herself to be quite fond of a certain man in town, Liam.
Liam is a golden retriever nice guy with a strong type for women (scratch that, people😉😉) taller than him. He's instantly smitten with Sloane and it takes him a little bit to work up the nerve to ask her out. He does and all he ends up wanting to do is worship her. It's incredibly sweet.
Long story short, Sloane ends up falling in love with both Liam and Darragh. And, completely unsurprisingly, the three of them very quickly end up in a poly couple together.
Guys. The smut. The smut. It is so fucking good. I would have loved more Liam and Darragh moments / would have really loved a sharing scene, but that is my only complaint. Darragh and Sloane were just 🤌 so good.
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Once again I am disappointed by the execution of a story. The ideas were there and the concepts were great, but the writing was subpar. If you don’t like getting to know characters on a deeper level, if you don’t mind glossing over world building, if you love insta love, and if you love books with barely any plot and mostly dom/sub spice then you will probably enjoy this book. The one thing I did appreciate was that there was no miscommunication trope- all the characters were open and honest with each other which was refreshing. I just wanted to know more about the leprechaun lore!! How did Sloane not ask a single question about that??? Mind blowing. If you’re gonna write about a leprechaun, then WRITE ABOUT THE FUCKING LEPRECHAUN. Also Liam was so incredibly boring. If you’re gonna write a why choose, MAKE THEM HARDER TO CHOOSE FROM. A generous rating of 2/5 stars
This book was charming and spicy, not at all what I expected. I loved Sloane's story and her growing love for both Liam and Darragh and their growing love for each other. I think a few more scenes featuring the three of them could have been added 😉 that would have been amazing and added to the growth of their story. Still so many fantasies and discussions between them that weren't explored but I think we can let our imagination play them out for us!
instalove, zero conflict, way too long, and overstays it’s welcome. Another freebie. There’s some deeply unsexy phrasing and a lot of emphasis on fluids (this woman has a veritable waterfall between her legs) and if I never see the words guzzling, honey, and drinking again in a sex scene it will be too soon. The book offers different dynamics between the fmc and the two love interests, so it’s a safe no-conflict recommend if someone wants to see if femdom appeals. The smut is fine (but so heavy on the findom and degradation in Darragh’s scenes that it loses its punch pretty quick and feels repetitive imo), and that’s pretty much all this book is. There’s no plot; the leprechaun stuff adds little. I’ve read erotic romance novellas that have better sex and evoked more emotion in me in less pages.
I think the author does an admirable job incorporating consent and limits talk. I am not someone who needs extensive consent or kink negotiation chat in my smut (cancel me i’m sorry) but credit where it’s due. I do think it’s a bit weird how much Sloane and both men non-consensually involve other people in their play (tangentially, without their knowledge, in public) given how much focus there is on consent and limits. Her arrangement with Darragh starts off like “this needs to stay private” and by 50% she’s gleefully embarrassing him in front of underpaid overworked retail and customer service workers, fondling him over his pants in the back of a cab, and he’s wearing a vibrating plug at a business meeting. I could let this slide a lot easier if the author didn’t spend so much time on repeatedly checking in for the safe word, aftercare, talking about research, etc. It just seems weirdly out of step with the rest of the book.
It was fine. There’s basically no plot but I don’t think it was intended to be read for a plot. It was kind of tame to be honest. And it annoyed be greatly that Liam was treated as a side character. Sloane not telling Liam about her situation with Darragh was unfair. And Liam got hardly any page time in comparison. And the 3 of them don’t get together until the literal end of the
Rating: 3.75 Ok this was good. Zero conflict. Loved it. Only lowering the rating because I feel like they didn’t get equal page time, and there were spelling mistakes, where it kinda took me out of the story. Some (very significant) plot points just were not explained in enough detail. And I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FAIRY CIRCLE
Really cute story and I loved the femdom dynamic. Just wished there was more plot for Liam and Darragh’s relationship dynamic. Felt a little forced by the end.
🍀 I liked that the FMC is taller than one of the MMC. That was super refreshing, and I liked that it wasn't made into an issue between them. In fact, the MMC is super into her being taller than him
🍀 The financial domination was pretty freaking hot. So was the power play, degredation, punishment, praise, and pegging. In short: a kink-fest just for me
🍀 The characters are all full, and feel distinct. However, the book is VERY light on plot, and has A LOT of smut. So the romance at times felt a little too shallow for me.
🍀 I'd have liked if the two MMC actually got to develop their relationship/dynamic way, way earlier. I'd replace the climax of , with maybe something to do with her citizinship? or her granddad? As it is, we barely get to see the two MMC interact romantically until the very end.
🍀 In the vein of this, I didn't like how long it took for the FMC to tell Liam about the other guy. Even if she couldn't reveal his identity, she should at least have told Liam that they weren't exclusive, and that she was also seeing someone else. Like, maybe she didn't have to on the first date. But by the third and fourth, and staying with her grandad, and giving her rides every day... Girl, you gotta tell him. That wasn't very cash money of her, and I felt like the story let her off the hook a bit too easy on that one.
🍀 I also didn't like how often they just randomly would mildly draw people into their kink. Personally, I believe everyone in a scene has to consent to be part of it. That includes bystanders and people watching. So I dunno, get fingered in public and having a woman see them... ehhhhh. Not big fan.
The missing points was I would have loved more of everyone together as opposed to one scene and then historical information of them being together.
I loved this. Send a Darragh+Liam mix my way.
I loved that she was in a relationship with two distinct people. Yes, they had some overlapping kinks, but each person had their own experience/perspective of Sloane, which I count as good writing as books with multiple love partners tend to have the same copy+paste tweak just a little bit characters.
I adored/was happy that there was no third act break up, or, grandad passing. I just love that it was a beautiful, every "ideal" situation book from start to the end. So I would recommend this if you're looking for a polyamory no angst book.
I am actually bummed out we didn't get to cross to the other side. And that also leads to questions of how do the two humans navigate life with the leprechaun King, in the future?
I love where we leave them. They are navigating their new relationship, there's no pregnancy trope "derailment".
And I also loved that Sloane falls under my competent FMC banner and remained good at her job.
So, loved this. Will definitely read the other two books in this series.
Absolutely lovely romp of a kinky romance. Cinnamon roll hero Darragh (also, King of the Leprechauns) and golden retriever hero Liam (loves himself a taller than him partner who will let him worship said partner) are both absolute heart eyes men. Sloane is such a badass. She moves to Ireland temporarily to act as caretaker for her grandfather with dementia. Shortly after her move, she meets Darragh and Liam.
The writing is good. I noticed a couple errors - grammatical or spelling - but not many more than you’d find in a traditionally published book. Sloane does use good rather than well a few times. But only a few.
This book is wow on the spice. As should be expected based on the title, I guess 🙈
If cunnilingus is your jam, oh boy does this book deliver 😂
Darragh is a sub, Sloane is a domme (with a couple light sorta submission scenes), and Liam is a switch. Liam is more into service style submission, and Darragh likes it harder (most of the tags are Darragh).
I enjoyed this book, even if it featured aspects of the BDSM lifestyle that I don’t like as much. I’m not active in that community and don’t mind reading about it, but degradation is not my favorite. However it was done well in the book, and I never felt like it was dehumanizing.
I was curious how it was going to go with Sloane dating Liam and also being Darragh’s Domme. I liked that Sloane fell in love with both of them and didn’t want to hurt either one. Liam was such a golden retriever and so sweet. Darragh was debonair and suave in contrast to that. They all complemented each other well. The spicy scenes were great as well.
Out hear me out, the summary of this book made me wonder if this was gonna be good, and gosh was it good! So I haven’t gotten to read a lot of Fem Dom books, and this made me want to read more! Gosh was this hot and when you add in the other male (liam) and him being a switch which kinda allowed you to get a bit of everything from one trio! This book was hot, like wave a hand to cool down hot and the relationship dynamic was well done, and there was just the right about of quirky! This has a bit of a lot of spice and the scenes (BDSM) might not be for everyone and there is MM, but if you’re like me and that makes you want to read it more, this book is a pick up for sure!
Hoo boy, you know it’s a good book when they’re hitting kinks you don’t even care about, would never even consider in real life, and you’re still eagerly flipping pages to find out what happens next. I would lovingly call this a PWP romance, because it really does move from scene to scene apace, but the personality, charm and tooth-rotting sweetness between the MCs shines through on every page. The characters are mature, respectful, loving and not without a sense of humor. I’ve gotta share this one with my husband and see what he makes of it!
4🌶️. Not a bad book but nothing spectacular either. I read this one to try something different but I don’t think the female dom is my style. I was also expecting something more “fairytale” like, other than him being a magical creature… it is purely a romance book, nothing really “fantasy” plays a part other than he can do some magic (but it’s more behind the scenes kind of thing). It was kind of insta love for both men and I’m also not a huge fan of that.
BUT if you want a purely smut book with no overall plot, no struggle or problem arising, then this a pretty decent book for that.
I bought this Green and Gold because I loved reading Black and Silver and wanted more. Unfortunately this book felt too easy, everything fell perfectly into place without conflict. Even the two men ended up falling in love with no issues. I would’ve liked to see more of Darragh and Liam’s relationship because it felt more interesting than Sloane’s relationship with either one of them but we were deprived of that.
Overall I still like the writing style and will be reading the authors other books but this one fell flat for me.
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I'm loving it so far, except the amount of spelling/grammatical errors is driving me up the freaking wall. Took it down to 3 stars for that. So far the worst I've come across are 1. "Sheers" used in place of "shears". Sheers are curtains, people. Not scissors. 2. "Rouse" instead of "ruse". Idk what's up with that. 3. "Imaging" instead of "imagining". 4. "Chase" instead of "chaise". :/ Several more misspellings I'm not listing because I'm sure the list would be a mile long. Surely the author has people to proofread the books?
This was an amazing and fun read! It's erotica that knows exactly what it is and doesn't try to be anything that it isn't. Sexy and exciting, it will have you reading one handed for some parts and laughing for others! The characters are likeable and have vivid personalities!
It's very fun to see a "Why pick" in romance and erotica and a FMC living the dream with her fae prince and the cutest taxi driver.
I will be reading again and recommending to all my Romance readers!
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a good little palate cleanser, but on the scale of smutty romances, it definitely leans more toward to erotica side, illustrated by my questionable little graph. not in a bad way, just in a way that means the plot is thin, to the point where there's almost no conflict. it's there just enough to get you from one scene to another.
Dnf @ 64% Ughhhh, this book is so frustrating. I really enjoyed the premise and the content that I did get through, especially the fem dom aspect. However, I put this book down one night and now I just can’t bring myself to finish it, it’s just not drawing me in the way I wish it would and I needed to make more room on my shelf. I think I may return to the book at some point but for now I must let it go although I would still recommend if you are looking for a book with a dominant woman.
It’s alway refreshing to read a bdsm novel written by someone in the community. Too many books are unrealistic about scenes. This of course has fantasy aspects and as someone who adores monsters and fae could have delved deeper into that territory but it was excellent and definitely worth reading
I loved this book so much. I enjoyed the characters and how they interacted with one another. I didn't give it 5 stars because I would've loved to see more written about the 3 of them together once they all connected. I felt the ending was rushed. I would absolutely love to read an extended epilogue or even a novella. Otherwise, well done!
This book had no right being that goddamn spicy and good 😂🖤 Maybe slight spoilers ahead?
The fmc moves to live in Ireland temporarily to help her granddad who has Alzheimer's. She needs a job since she's decided to day a little longer and lands a job at a castle. Only to find her boss is not only utterly hot , he's the leprechaun she ran into in the forrest 🤣
She's obviously sus about him so he promises her to eventually earn her trust.
And then 💥 BAM 💥 HE HAS A DOM/SUB kink , ironically he also has a financial domination kink 😂
I'm not going to divulge into how she got into the arrangement because that's for you to see fair reader 😇 But all of their scenes are descriptive, experimental and soooo spicy , you'll need a tall glass of water love best believe 🫶.
She's also simultaneously talking to the cute short king of a cab driver who is wildly smitten with her.
And then 💥BAM💥 he is a kinky switch 🥰
This is a why choose novel & yes it does get better once her men meet👀
This book is heavy on character growth & their relationship rather then outside plot but it's so good . Def recommend if your into "Why choose" "Dom/Sub" Polyamory