From USA Today Bestselling author Tamsen Parker comes a taboo romance of risk-taking, redemption, and how to give voice to our greatest fears and our greatest desires. “Don’t be greedy,” he murmurs into my hair, and it makes me all the more desperate.“Daddy, I am greedy.” When Dr. Lowry Campbell saved my life as a suicidal teen, I thought he was the most perfect man I’d ever known. And then he … ever known. And then he disappeared for fifteen years.
Now, three months after I became the wealthiest woman on the Eastern Seaboard, he’s back. And he wants me. Finally. But I’m not that girl anymore, and my anger is nearly as intense as my vulnerability. I’ve waited a long time to ask for what I want, and it’s time Lowry know that if he wants to be in my life, he’ll need to earn back my trust and come to terms with my desire to call him daddy…
Content Warnings for mental illness, depression, suicide
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I’ll treat her as fragile not because she is, but because life has already tried to shatter her on the floor one too many times, and wouldn’t it be nice if someone cradled her for once?
For Her Own Good was phenomenal! I kind of went in expecting the classic Daddy/little girl read, and what I got was an incredible representation of depression, kink relationships, and a healthy mixture of the two.
Starla has suffered from extreme depression since she was young, but after finding a treatment that works for her, she has managed to create a great business and have a life that she’s proud of living. She has all the respect in my eyes for not only that, but the continuous work she does seeing a team of doctors about her mental health and keeping her depression in check. This take on mental health was executed extremely well in my opinion. I related to Starla so freakin hard during my reading experience, and I admire her.
Set me aflame, Star, until I’m mere ashes. I’d be grateful and proud to be the conflagration you warmed your body upon.
Starla was Lowry’s patient when she was a teen but then he made the decision to up and leave at a time when she needed him most. 15 years later, he’s back and he wants Starla in any way she will let him. What happens next is so unbelievably sexy, kinky, and just lovely.
I’ll go slow at first, work my thick hard cock inside that tight cunt of yours, and when you’re ready, I’m going to fuck you, Star. Drive into you until you cry out my name. Until your legs are splayed wide open and you’re getting hammered. I’m going to absolutely pound you until you’re wrecked. That’s what I’m going to do and you’re going to love it, aren’t you, my horny little girl?”
Starla admits to Lowry, a man 18 years older than her, that if they are going to try having a sexual relationship she wants to call him Daddy. I found this side of their relationship to be very positive and healing. They have many discussions about what they like, what they don’t like, what they are willing to try, and Lowry even gets a session with Starla’s Domme to see and learn the full scope of what both of their roles would be like, and he does it without the toxic masculinity which made me fall in love with him all over again. Lowry makes one hell of a Daddy, and sweet lord can that man dirty talk! He continually checks in with Starla (mentally and emotionally) in and out of scenes, and the level of communication these two have is just as sexy as the actual sex!
This was my first book by Tamsen Parker, and it won’t be my last!
Read this if you like:
Age gaps
Taboo
Daddy/little girl
Dirty Talkers
Overall rating 5 stars
Steaminess 4.5 stars
No one brings the heat like Tamsen Parker! This taboo romance is enthralling, deeply emotional, and sensitively written.
For Her Own Good is a forbidden romance with an added element of kink.
The story is well written, perfectly edited, with an excellent timeline, and arc, but it was a little clinical for me.
I’m unclear if it was written that way because the H is a doctor, and so that might be how he perceives his place in the world at all times, but I would have expected as their relationship heated up so to would his description of that relationship.
Starla’s character is written amazingly well, sounding much like a lot of Littles I’ve dealt with including my own wife. She responds in expected ways, and luckily for me doesn’t tend to brat out too much.
All in all a well written book, could have been made more enjoyable if the dialogue were a little less wooden. A strong 4 stars.
For Her Own Good is a taboo/forbidden doctor/ex-patient romance between Starla, the former patient and Dr. Lowry Campbell who is also 18 years older. It’s a smorgasbord of forbidden romance.
Their relationship spans many years and there is trust to be rebuild between the adult Starla and Lowry.As they work their way through things, their relationship is a slow- building – burn and while it takes a while to get to the romantic stuff, that’s okay because the anticipation works in the story.
It’s also great story of a couple exploring alternate lifestyles and taking charge of their happiness and health. Definitely another plus.
Tamsen Parker does a great job of bringing insight into the many dynamics at play in this type of erotica. When delivered with an engaging story like For Her Own Good, that’s a 5 star read.