Book Review: Appreciated by Karen Nappa
- Kristen Lewendon
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min read
Club Indigo Book 3
He dreams of a 24/7 relationship with her, but all she has to give is a one-night stand.
Paula Stone is a decorated officer in the Kansas City Police Department. Succeeding in the testosterone-filled environment means everything to her. She married young, to a fellow police academy recruit, but has been divorced for several years because he couldn’t handle her success. Her marriage led her to prefer brief encounters to satisfy her physical needs and she’s decided she’ll never date another cop.
Jim Cagney is one of the youngest detectives in the Drug Interdiction Unit. After five years in the military and two tours in Iraq, he’s been back in Kansas City for six years. During his recovery from the horrors of the war, he discovered the beauty of dominance and submission. Living in a 24/7 TPE relationship gave him back the control he lost on the battlefield. It’s been almost a year since he uncollared his submissive, and he’s ready to move on.
As Paula gets to know Jim more and more, she starts to appreciate both him and the pleasures he gives. Will she ever be able to fully submit to the kind of lifestyle he represents, though?
Publisher's Note: This steamy contemporary romance contains elements of power exchange. While it is part of the Club Indigo series, it can be read and enjoyed as a standalone.
My Review:
A dominant alpha geek who also happens to be a police detective? Where do I get one of my own? I love, more than words can say, that Jim is a not-so-closeted nerd. The number of Tolkien references made the geek-girl in me “squee!” in delight. Do I even need to say that I adored Jim? I liked Paula. I loved the amount of growth we see in her character throughout the course of the book, but I didn’t always love ‘her’. It might partly explain why she and Laura are good friends, because Paula managed to hit a bunch of the same hot buttons, and managed to press a few new ones too. She’s opinionated and judgmental. She’s not very open in any aspect of her life. She takes unnecessary risks with her own safety. And the woman really can’t have an open, honest conversation unless she’s backed into a corner to do it. However, by the end she and Jim are able to overcome most of those obstacles. My favorite moment in the whole book has got to be the final scene we see in the precinct. I was howling with laughter over how that whole thing played out.
I read a borrowed copy of this book.
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