This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review. Also my tags may have spoilers in them so be forewarned before checking out full review.

 Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞
 Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖
Ending:🧧🧧🧧
 Overall View: ✨✨✨✨

 “I’m here for you. I believe in you. Don’t be held back by history, son. Get out there and write your own.”
 
First Impressions
Off Limits is the first book in the "Corrupt Cowboys" series and this is also connected to her MC series "Dirty Souls MC" and I do kinda wish I had read these books when they had been released chronologically. You don't need to but I do think with the connection to this MC and many of the books in that series were written first, I do regret not reading those first at least to get more background information, as the MC does play a pretty role of the familial connection here.

Off Limits was quite an interesting vibe to it. If you like the TV show "Yellowstone" this is literally the book vibe of a romance series for it. It definitely had that feeling, even the "brand" being used which I found so fascinating. I was intrigued by the romance that was being written and the family dynamics were so interesting. The brothers have such a bond with each other and at least the character development is 1000% better than anything on Yellowstone and not nearly as depressing.

First Line
"Tell him he's crazy." I look at my brother and wait for him to have my back on this.

The Main Protagonists
 The Hero: Garrett
 The Heroine: Maisie

 
“She. Is. Off. Fucking. Limits,” I make my point abundantly clear for him. “You, or any of the others, so much as look at her with an intention, and I swear to whatever you believe in, I’ll send you to it’s hell.”
 


Summary
Garrett is the oldest brother and the one in charge of his family and running the ranch. He has his grandfather's blood in him, and unlike his father who doesn't seem to care to protect it, Garrett is determined to fight for the ranch and those he loves. But when his father gets engaged to a socialite, the last thing that Garrett expects is for the daughter of his father's fiancee to be so intriguing or be the type of woman that he would go for. Maisie is sweet and innocent and with a slight bit of sass for him. And even though they are from different worlds, he starts to see her growth and coming into herself and that is beyond sexy to him, but he has reservations about starting any type of relationship with her.....

What I Loved
Off by Emma Creed is a fascinating story and I was hooked pretty quickly. I recently binged the Yellowstone show, so I definitely saw some similar connections but I also saw how much better written this book is in comparison to the show. And while it wasn't a perfect read for me, I was consumed and I couldn't put it down. The dynamic between Garrett and Maisie was pretty interesting. Garrett is the tough son, the one that constantly makes the tough decisions, and Maisie while a pain at times, also intrigues him and makes him yearn for something more than what his father ever learned to fight for. I really enjoyed this darker themed western, and it definitely had a more western feel to the story which I truly appreciated. THIS is why I love reading cowboys, it wasn't some of that superficial stuff that has become so fake lately. We also get into some interesting interactions and build up of what is happening with the brothers that I was very curious to see play out.

 
“I told you, if I have you, I won’t let you leave,” I warn her again, trying to hold it all together when all I wanna do is give in.

What I Struggled With
So I hated the ending, and I didn't realize this was a duet story so it did throw me off a bit and I didn't like the whole breakup thing at the end especially them being separated for so long. And while I was into the writing, there were some plot holes here and there.

Overall View
Off was a tantalizing, darkly sweet romance that had its poignant and smexy moments that come together in a powerfully told story. Fans of Yellowstone will be BLOWN away!

 
Maisie Wildman belongs with me, and sitting here in my truck, staring at the photo of the woman who owns my heart, I just decided that when it comes to getting her back, there are no fucking limits.
 

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance
Character Types: Morally Grey Hero, Socialite Heroine, Cowboy Hero
Themes: Small Town, Pining Hero, Step Sibling Love, Tabooo
Tropes: Opposites Attract, Grumpy/Sunshine, Forbidden Love

Book Perspective
Duo POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
A blend

If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
Sarah McCarty
Brittany Ann
Pam Godwin

Song This Book Inspires
I Need a Good One by Avener

Recommendation For Reading Order
YES!

Steam/Spice Explanations

Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.