A review by kellireadssmut
Cian by L.K. Shaw

5.0

oh Cain Donnelly...I have waited for you!!!!

A father bets his only daughters' virginity in a card game and LOSES...to the enemy.

You think its going to be this captive situation; "just until the debt is settled" but all of a sudden Cain shows his human softie side and you swoon for him faster than you'd think (considering how the story starts!). He shows interest in her outside of a physical relationship...he even does that thing we wish out husbands/boyfriends would do for us (not going to spoil that, because its ADORABLE)! But don't let the sweet side fool you, the possessive protector bad-ass is still in there, and don't mess with someone he loves.

Nessa goes through her own evolution. Cain clearly rubbed off on her and I am here for it! Enter Nessa's inner badass! Raised by an abusive father from early childhood, we get to watch this docile mousey victim morph into the survivor she really is.

This is the first book in the Dublin Kings series. A stand-alone (but connected to her previous series the Brooklyn Kings) and after this one, I can't wait for the rest of the series.
Spicy with a storyline, dark and sweet; this story has a little of everything.

TW: almost SA(by another character) kidnapping, child abuse, substance abuse.