As per new FTC rules, I now have to disclose the entire reason I’m reviewing this book. Short answer, I love Kim Dare books. I bought it with my own money and yes, I do follow her on twitter although I never actually talk to her so I assume we can safely call it stalking from afar. She has participated in events before but has never solicited a review from our site, though I’d bite her hand off if she did. In this one, the lovely Mr Nolan is still grieving the loss of his long term submissive and his friends are starting to get worried he’s going to grow old alone. Tired of setting him up with cloned replicas of his ex, only to have them shot down in flames, they bring him a “project” in the form of Mark, a truly damaged submissive who picks the worst Dom’s. His confidence in himself and other relationships is at an all time low and he needs a Dom to help him gain back some sort of self-respect. Although Nolan doesn’t really want to be set up, he cannot allow the sub to continue being in so much pain. He allows him into his home, into his play collar and he starts to build him up. I loved Nolan. With a passion. I often love Ms Dare’s books because of her ability to write Dom’s that are both aloof and sensitive, and Nolan is amazing. He never pushes Mark further than he is ready but he keeps him moving forward nicely.Mark is damaged beyond belief. His taste in men runs to Dom’s that are abusers and users and every single one has created their own hole in his self-worth. One of the reason’s I love Nolan so much is that you can see Mark’s self worth growing throughout the tale. I loved the fact he wasn’t willing to dismiss his submissive side just because others had taken advantage of it. I loved the fact he embraced the chance to be Nolan’s submissive and didn’t close himself off. Basically, I admired his resilience. Oh, and the BDSM isn’t as full on as in some of her other books so this is good for newbie’s to the genre too JOverall, this is a fantastic short read from an author that I love. You don’t need to read any other in the series, you can just enjoy this for what it is which is a lovely gruff Dom finding that, just because you have loved and lost, doesn’t mean that you can’t love again. 1.5 starsI read this book ONLY because one of the character (Edward Nolan) sadly lost his Sub/husband in an accident and I love stories about second chances in love.Don't pay too much attention to my review, this is just a personal opinion.I found Edward charming indeed, a men in his late 40s, but way too old for Mark a 23 year old Sub, more than 20 years difference for me it's just ekkkkkk.Secondly, Mark constantly "yes sir" was driving me insane.And finally what annoy me also is... I don't actually know how this Dom/sub dynamic works, but it seems that I read about Subs that they don’t earn any money at all and they are just "Keep man" I feel like I'm reading about high class prostitutes instead of a Sub.All the books that I read so far are about rich Doms looking after an unemployed sub, and when the Subs managed to finally do something else with their life is mostly because of the Dom's money is paying for the sub education/better future.My favourite part in the whole story was when Edward laughed at the end of the book, that's another thing that I found so weird, do Doms laugh and have a good time? or it's part of been a Dom to be so serious and solemn, these Doms for sure are boring.
What do You think about Temporary Mark (2013)?
This one will leave you with a smile on your face :-)
—eloraburgess
