Dear Mr. Black,I know you were hurting. I heard your cries for help. I wished over and over again that I could make it better, but as you stated I was too inexperienced; too good for someone as bad as you.Perhaps you were right, but it didn’t matter because what I did know was that I loved the way you felt—loved the way you smelled. I loved how hard you got for me, and when you called me your … called me your Little Knight.
I had been madly in love with you ever since I was twelve years old, but I shouldn’t have been.
My best friend—your daughter—Isabelle would have hated it. I couldn’t afford to lose her. Besides, you two had already lost enough. Losing Mrs. Black was the epitome.
It’s me, Chloe Knight.
I wanted to be there for you no matter what, but Isabelle needed me too, and she would have hated me if she ever found out I was sleeping with her father.
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Omg. I absolutely love this book. I can not believe the angst and emotion I felt while reading. Theo and Chloe were perfect for each other. The drama just kept building and building and that ending. Hopy cliffhanger. I am so glad I could go right in to reading the next book. That cliffhanger was brutal. I will definitely be recommending this book to everyone.
Four stars because of the epilogue, but Theo is worthy of five.
Shanora Williams is a phenomenal storyteller. I get so invested in her characters and fall in love with, root for them and cry with them. The ending produced guttural sobs and then the epilogue infuriated me. If nothing else, Ms. Willians is outstanding at getting an emotional reaction out of me, because I rarely cry reading books.
Off to read Forever Mr. Black, and I pray Ms. Williams pieces my heart back together.
Wow! I love a great taboo story. This book just blew it out of the water. Theo and Chloe are beyond explosive together. But, I can also understand how the concept of these two would freak people out. It shattered me in the best possible way.
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I enjoyed this one. It had so much heartbreak and pain as well as love. Theo was such a great character as all the men she writes are! Shanora did it again… Until she landed us with that epilogue. I don’t really have words so I’m going off to read the second book!
Of all the suburbs and all the streets in the world, he had to move into mine !
Theodore Black rode on his “Charlie” , thundered his way into Primrose St, Bristle and straight into Chloe Knight’s heart. She looks at this larger than life, romantic biker Hero and falls in love with him, right there on the street. Too bad she’s best friends with his daughter , same age as hers. There’s complications every step of the way.
He’s married. Has a daughter. He’s 20 years older than her.
I was sixteen. I was pathetic. And crushing on my bestie’s dad. Hard.
But the heart wants what the heart wants.
Theo’s heart isn’t without conflict either . He has a wife who he loves deeply. He has a daughter who he loves unconditionally and he has a nubile 12 year old , his daughters friend, who is all starry eyed over him.
Fucking moron, my heart whispered.
Fucking champ, my cock chanted.
I don’t even fucking know, my helpless mind murmured.
It was a love affair doomed from the start , a train crash waiting to happen . I knew what was coming yet couldn’t stop myself from hoping, wishing maybe that there’s a god somewhere …yanno ughhh!
Forbidden Romance won’t ever be the same again, cause Daddy Black has stormed the Tabboo Land !
There’s Heartbreak and loss all around. No one is untouched. The Deep Black of Tabboo has tainted everyone
Theodore Black
Janet Black
Isabelle Black
Chloe Knight
Richard Knight
Margie Martinez
Sterling Martinez
Yessss….all the characters have tasted the Forbidden Apple and they’re ALL doomed
Excellent, brilliant story, handled so well, it left my mouth agape and all.
The rotten skeletons tumble out of the closets and the Blacks’ world goes dark
So much pain and anguish in every person’s heart , I hurt real bad!!!
Imagine blood seeping out of every pore, spilling right from the gash in your heart. Imagine not being able to prevent the bleeding. Can you imagine that pain? Not being able to control something that feels so close, yet something that is so deep inside you that you can’t reach it unless you rip yourself wide open, clawing with raw loathing?
Just imagine that , but bleeding out ten times faster than the average person. Imagine bleeding for lost love, broken hearts, and damaged souls. Imagine feeling nothingness— an unbearable ache that will never be fulfilled.
I cried so hard in the end..
Totally enamoured by this amazing story.
Right on diving in book 2
5 Little Knight stars
Theo & Chloe’s story is one of my all time favorite romances! It’s sad, emotional and oh so hot. Their love was beautiful, but doomed to failure. Theo is Mr. Black, the father of Chloe’s best friend, Isabelle. As Chloe and Isabelle grow up together, it’s noted that Chloe and Theo have a special bond. One day, that bond becomes more than the bond of a girl and her best friend’s father. And when they come together, it’s smoking hot, like sizzling, bring down the roof kind of hot. Their relationship, though, is forbidden, and they know Isabelle can never know.
While I was reading Tainted Black, my heart was scared, because I just knew it wouldn’t end well. And boy, did it not end well! It didn’t even end the way I wanted it to. But, perhaps, it ended the way it was supposed to end.
Loved this story of forbidden love. For me it worked I loved Chloe and Theo together.
Chloe has always had a crush for her best friends dad.
Circumstances change and and years later Chloe finds herself helping Theo from spiralling out of control. Things between them change too. They escalate quickly.
They have a whirlwind romance. It’s emotional and very gritty yet touching too. I really felt their connection.
Also for the record I loved Daddy Black.
This was a great book, take a chance you might find you like age gap Taboo love Stories. I certainly did.
Oh, Shanora Williams! You stole my heart with this book. I will never forget Theo Black and his little Knight. Their secret rendezvous, close calls and Dirty Black. It will all hold such a special place in my heart. I. Loved. This. Book.
Dear Mr. Black is a story of love, temptation, regret and growing up. Following Chloe and Theo’s story as they both try and work through the whirlwind of emotions happening within them was an absolute emotional roller coaster. I love how Shanora Willams let you see through the different layers of the characters in this story because it made you feel so much deeper for Chloe and Theo. Being in their heads while they battle right and wrong and love and lust was beautiful and heartbreaking. I will say that this book was definitely more realistic for me than a lot of other forbidden romances I have read. How this story came to an end was absolutely perfect. Which, made it seem even more like something that could happen in real life. If it hasn’t already. Are you keeping something from us Shanora? Just kidding. Maybe.
Just a little F.Y.I this book was previously named Tainted Black
5 out of 5 stars
Can’t stress how much I loved this book. If I could give this book more stars I would. Well, technically I could but you know what I mean. Dear Mr. Black will have you flipping page after page wanting more and when you think you can’t take anymore Shanora will give it to you one last time! Don’t pass this one up.
i loved this book! i was such an amazing read! i felt so bad for chloe that she couldnt get to be with the person that truly made her happy because at the time it just wasnt right. then to have him come back and to fall even harder and have it taken away again. man so many feels for the poor girl!! and i know that it was just as hard on theo cause he lost his wife tragically and then finally starts to feel something again and is forced to give it up. this book gave me so many feels and the chemistry between the two was HOT!!!
I fell in absolute love with this book! I bawled my eyes out in the end. Such a wonderful Author with wonderful words!
Though i understand why the ending had to be that way, I was hoping for it to go differently…
Found the story very juvenile ….. lacked strong character development
Didn’t end how i wanted it or expected it
Once you get past the squick factor of the subject matter, you will fall in love, get angry and cry for these characters.
When I first pick up this book didn’t think I would love it but it was great. Different then a lot of other books out there and it had me hooked. I couldn’t wait for the other book to come out. I gave it a chance and tried something new and end up loving it. The characters are 3 dimensional and not many authors in the romance genre can do that…Chloe is unique and so is Theo.
I loved this book and the one that followed it!
YOU WILL MELT FOR DADDY BLACK!
To drawn out it got very boring