Born and raised in a broken home on the wrong side of town, Sophie spent her childhood fighting to keep a roof over her head, and at eighteen she was homeless and without a single person she could trust or admire… until she met Liz, Charlie, and Josh.Though they are both deeply in love with Liz, Charlie and Josh know that something is lacking in their lives: a baby girl to cherish, care for, … care for, and, when necessary, discipline. When Sophie gets herself in trouble with the law and needs help and a place to stay, they soon discover that she is just what they have been missing and, more importantly, they can be the family she never had.
Almost before she knows what is happening, Sophie finds herself living a life she never would have imagined. She begins to realize that having a big, strong daddy, a strict but caring mommy, and a handsome, fun-loving uncle might not be a bad thing at all. As she adjusts to her new home and begins to show her feisty side, though, Sophie learns that when she is disobedient she will be punished.
Liz, Charlie, and Josh are fully prepared to keep Sophie in line, even if that means showing their baby girl that there are plenty of very embarrassing ways to discipline a young lady when she has been really naughty, and that if her behavior is bad enough, her blushing cheeks will more than match the color of her bright red, well-spanked bare bottom.
Publisher’s Note: Being Their Baby is an erotic romance novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, age play, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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Wowzer! %-O
When I read this book, thought it was going to be just another OTT/Insta-love. Man, I was totally way off! I’ve never read anything like this before, and I gotta say that some of it was an eye-opener, while other parts of the book were really good. For example, story-wise regarding Sophie’s haunted past and family issues was dark/painful. Also, how LIz, Charlie, and Josh fit into it by helping her heal in their own “loving ways”.
I’m not sure if this book is for everyone, but I’m glad I took the dive and went down the rabbit hole! #Kudos to me! %-P FYI: this is not your typical “vanilla” story, so please be aware. 😉 On to the next! #HappyReading
I think this is a story that I bought in 2013. I bought both books back then and now it comes out again with a different cover. I still love the story but I didn’t see anything that stated that this was a new cover of the same story that I already had and read. It’s still a good story. I love how Sophie is trying to find the perfect balance of where she fits in the family dynamics. She makes mistakes, but there are always consequences that she need to grow and learn. I love how Liz, Charlie and Josh are always there guiding their little girl towards the woman she’s meant to be. Such a fun, enjoyable story with a great family dynamics. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I really enjoyed this book so much more than I thought I would after reading the blurb. Yes, I personally could not imagine living this type of life, but it worked. I was very happy that Sophie was pulled out of her miserable existence without a home and being beaten by her relatives. The other characters were wonderful to teach Sophie about their lifestyle but let her decide for herself what she wanted to do. Felt very real and supportive as well as steamy in quite a few places. Nice job.
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Loved the book it was great, the story was written well and the characters were incredible. Sophie had a horrible childhood, she had to try and keep a roof over her head untilshe lost it and became homeless, until she met Liz, Charlie, and Josh. Charlie and Josh both love Liz they needed something else and when they received Sophie they felt complete. Sophie was spanked when she was naughty, shown love, safety, food, a roof over head, pain pleasure and felt like she belonged. I really could not put the book down from start.
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This book is one of the most complete, in depth, portrayals of an initiation into the “little” lifestyle, including age regression, I have ever read. It has it all! Liz rescues Sophie from a life of despair, even though Sophie does not want to be saved and resists her efforts. Sophie has HUGE trust issues. As the story progresses we learn that Sophie’s childhood years were dramatically worse than her current troubles. Liz has a unique “family” that hesitantly accepts Sophie’s arrival, but soon becomes deeply immersed in her salvation. Charlie is one of Liz’s lovers, he has a deep rooted Daddy persona but not with Liz. “Uncle” Josh is Charlie’s younger brother and he is also Liz’s lover and sometimes submissive. A very complicated family with complicated relationships. How Sophie fits in with each is the heart of the story, and believe me this story has a lot of heart. It also features many spankings, age play, age regression, anal play, and a whole lot of hot graphic sex. In the end it turns out that Sophie’s salvation is also the family’s salvation. 5 Stars
A Realistic Introduction To Age Play
Being Their Baby is a breath of fresh air. Unlike many age-play and harem romance novels, the protagonist is not all-accepting and enthusiastic, so there are real relationship conflicts to entertain the reader. There are also, perhaps surprisingly, two well-constructed romance relationship arcs, so this is Romantica rather than mere erotica.
However, because this is an erotic novel that covers all the aspects of age play—not just wearing a school uniform and calling the others Mommy and Daddy—sensitive readers should avoid this book. It requires a reader with an especially open mind.
The Opening
The opening is fantastic. The very first paragraph both establishes Sophie as a sympathetic character and introduces conflict.
The Characters
Sophie is a perfect protagonist. She is always proactive about improving her situation, though she usually comes up with terrible ideas about how to do so. She also has enough baggage and backstory tragedy to make Ebeneezer Scrooge wince. But what I really liked about her was her resistance to change, to assistance, and to doing what the other characters wanted her to do.
Elizabeth is great. She’s a dominant who occasionally gets dominated. She is also likable because of the way she cares for Sophie and attempts to help her out. Because their initial talk in the novel is nothing to do with relationships and touches on important themes, this erotic romance manages to pass the Bechdel-Wallace Test.
Josh and Charlie are also fantastic characters. I love the fact that all the older characters have deep backgrounds with fully developed careers, back history, and individual interests that make them into three-dimensional characters.
The Plot
The main conflict revolves around the fact that Sophie has suffered a terrible childhood and now feels unable to accept that anyone can love her. What I liked about how this was handled was that Sophie, unlike other “littles”, does not immediately accept the lifestyle they offer. Instead, she digs her heels in despite the fact that she’s only making things worse for herself.
The twin relationship arcs in this are well developed, and I loved the direction this novel was taking toward the end. However, I felt that the ending was far too abrupt.
I would have liked to have seen a slower ending that demonstrated more fully both Sophie’s acceptance of the lifestyle and her maturing relationship with the other characters. To me, the story seemed to fast-forward from her first “bad baby weekend” to the resolution of her relationship arc in the following chapter. I would also have loved to see an epilogue to show more clearly what happened in these character’s future.
The Setting
The setting of this novel was excellent. I always understood where we were and could easily picture the scenes. There is also a lot of sensory information that helps to ground the reader, such as the texture, smell, and taste of the food Sophie eats.
The introduction to the fetish lifestyle of age play is described well and covered in more depth than I’ve seen in other age play novels, such as Jade West’s Call Me Daddy. The lifestyle is also better integrated into the plot and relevant to resolving the conflicts in this novel.
The Prose
Generally, the prose is very clear. I loved that the multiple viewpoint characters each had their own voice so we really got into the character’s heads. The story is well shown.
One small thing I didn’t like was that Sophie alternates between thinking Elizabeth and Liz from their very first interaction. Since Sophie holds Elizabeth in such high regard, I think it would have worked better if Elizabeth had remained just Elizabeth in Sophie’s viewpoint thoughts.
My Opinion
Overall, I thought this was a fabulous story of love overcoming the damage caused by long-term neglect and bad parenting. However, I was a little disappointed by the ending, so I’m going to give it 9 out of 10. On Amazon and Goodreads, I’ll award 5 out of 5.
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