Jarod wants to hurt and humiliate Forrest, and embraces his shame on thriving on being Forrest’s monster. Forrest wants to hurt and be humiliated and embrace his shame of allowing another to do those sick, perverted things to him – as long as no feelings get involved. When Forrest overhears a conversation between Jarod and his friend, he presents Jarod with an indecent proposal that will satisfy both of their needs. After running from home years ago after being shamed for his darkest desires by those who meant the most to him, he settled in Pendelton Bay and opened his own successful shop almost in spite of those who ran him out of his hometown. Tall, tattooed, greasy mechanic, who wears his more than rough around the edges look like armor. Jarod Keener fits that “bad boy that our momma warned us about” image to a tee. Beyond that is a man who wants to be owned and humiliated, he doesn’t want soft. Look at Forrest Patton from the outside and you’ll see a well mannered, straight edged accountant who likes tweed, bow ties, cycling, antiquing and gardening. Synopsis: Forrest Patton and Jarod Keener could not be two different people if their lives depended on it, but they have one thing in common: the need, not just desire, to appease the darkest, kinkiest parts of themselves that not even most kinsters could handle. This book gave me a whole bunch of good feels, especially when it came to those sexy bits, they were FIRE! (That’s what the cool kids say, right?!) While this book offered the same 75%-80% “Oh no, this can’t happen, we have to end this” moment most books do, it was done in a way I saw coming, but didn’t at the same time.

Embracing His Shame isn’t just another smutty book though, weaved through is truly great story depicting a true journey of a relationship including all of the self sabotage, worrying, misunderstandings and honest to God communication. I’ve found this particular kink hard to find, and rarely done to level Vaughn achieved in this book. Why: I adore a great kinky book, and I’ve read all types, but my sweet spot so to speak is humiliation and degradation. The first book, Date in a Pinch, was the first book I read by the author Brigham Vaughn, but it had me hooked and desperately waiting for the next book and put Brigham Vaughn on my list of authors I automatically one-click. This is the second book in the Naughty In Pendleton series, however it can be read as a stand alone. As I’ve mentioned before, I love all types of m/m romance/stories, but I especially love a good kinky story, and boy oh boy did Embracing His Shame deliver.

It’s 1:50 AM and here I am writing my first review and I had to do it now and just couldn’t wait.

Embracing His Shame by Brigham Vaughn