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and Dusty have a history from back in high school but things didn't go so well at the time.
But now they have a chance to face the past like adult with fresh eyes, Now they just have to be willing to work through everything to have a new start, I was a bit underwhelmed here, sitelinkViolet Summers is a current favorite and I'm reading as much of her work as I can, starting with all the M/M selections, so this short story was kind of disappointing.
Too short to generate much heart unfortunately, .

This is my first Violet Summers book, and I quite enjoyed it, The writing is tight and flows well,

I like friendstolovers and enemiestolovers stories, and Light a Candle is a combination of both.


Dustin and Will were childhood friends and continued to casually hang out in high school until an electrifying moment in the weight room had Will running for the hills.


Hurt and feeling betrayed, Dustin swore he'd never lose his heart again, a vow he kept for a decade.


Ten years later, Will is a patient, talented Dom, but there's only one man, one sub, Will craves: Dustin.


Dustin accepts Will's apology but resists his charms, Will is persistent though and determined to make Dustin his,

The sexual tension in this story is high, There is some beautiful wax play and a very passionate scene at the end that will make your brain explode.


The alternating POV worked very well in this story, Dustin is stubborn and scared, but Will is willing to work to break down Dustin's barriers,

I would have liked to see the men interact outside the BDSM club to which they both belong.
Their life happens in a vacuum at the club, We know Will is a lawyer and Dustin a graphic designer, but we know nothing else about them.
They interact only at the club, and their exchanges are only about power, pain, and pleasure, That's not real life.

I also could have done without the long descriptions of the men performing scenes with other Doms/subs.
This was done to ramp up the jealousy factor, but I wanted more focus on the two MCs and a longer ending.


The ending is a strong HFN, but this story needs an epilogue,

Please note: my review refers to the revised second edition of this book,
Light A Candle is a hot m/m novella which I enjoyed reading, It's a second chance love story with a BDSM twist, and as you can probably guess from the title and cover, most of the BDSM scenes are based on wax play.
I've read lots of wax play scenes and I have found most of them a little dull but the scenes in this book are far from dull! The wax play is sensual, detailed, varied and oh so hot!

Dusty and Will we're friends in high school, but when they were eighteen they had an awkward sexual encounter which led to Will fleeing the scene and ignoring Dusty for the rest of time at school.
Ten years later Will is out as being gay and a Dom, and he is pleasantly surprised to meet Dusty again at a BDSM club.
Dusty is a club submissive and Will has to preform a scene with him as part of his audition to join the club.
Will thinks this is fate and is determined to make Dusty

his submissive, but Dusty is equally determined not to get involved and to avoid getting hurt again.


In the first part of this book there are quite a few flashbacks to their time at high school, and I found the constant flitting back and forward between now and then to be slightly annoying, it pulled me out of the story a bit.
I think I would have preferred a prequel told in one chapter, then a move to present day in the next chapter.
I did like both characters, especially Will, but I would have liked to know them both a bit more.
All of the present day story is told from the club, and it would have been nice to know a bit more about their 'real' lives.
All that being said though, I did enjoy this book, It is a passionate, sexy book with very well written BDSM scenes that are a bit different from the norm.
I give Light a Candle four,


I received a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review,.stars. Good kinky m/m romance about a jock who was in denial in high school, Ten years later, he's a Dom and no longer in denial when he runs into the guy whose trust he abused in high school the guy who now works as a submissive at Club Velvet Ice.
ed for The Novel Approach, to come soon. I wasn't sure what to expect, The guy on the cover is hot, but neither of the guys on the cover corresponds to the men in the book.
And the book itself, while mercifully short, left me cold, The BDSM is its raison d'être, and even this is sort of vapid, compared to some of the blistering literary BDSM you can get for free on certain websites I don't feel quite comfortable publicizing, regardless of Goodreadss rules about such conduct.


The sub loses all credibility through an entirely tenuous backstory, The two characters knew each other in highschool where, once upon a time in the gym, the future dom, Rob, dryhumped the future sub, Michael, and, the next day, was seen making out with a girl.
THIS trivial encounter becomes the basis for Michael's broken heartif you pleaseand for the pain and insecurity he carries around for years, so that when they meet again, ten years later, he's reluctant to trust Rob, even in a BDSM setting, whether the latter is an aspect of a personal relationship or engaged in for show at a BDSM club.
Without this inane leadup, the book would have been far less ridiculous, but there you have it: a silly, paperthin romance grafted onto a potentially steamy BDSM encounter, causing it to fizzle on contact.


And if the novel flashes backyears, then the novel must be, strictly speaking, set in the future, inbecause during the flashback, the two highschool boys watch the movie "Troy," which was released in.
This review was originally written for sitelinkThe Romance s and can also be found there,


In this short story about second chances, we get to meet Rob and Michael, two men with a shared past and too many unresolved issues between them.
The story starts and stays in the BDSM world of pain and pleasure, where submission has to be given as well as earned and dominance requires a bit of planning to be willingly allowed.


When the two meet again after ten years of living on memories, the reunion is almost electrifying.
However, the past is not automatically erased and some submissives are more stubborn than others,

Being a fan of a certain subject is always a plus in reviewing books, but it's not something that will mask all the shortcomings.
I thought the book was too short for the blastfromthepast moment which did somewhat explain the rift between the main characters but was way too long.
I enjoyed the scenes but couldn't help but notice how they were focused on just one aspect of pain/pleasure, almost like the same scene repeating itself over and over again.
For me that made Rob pretty much unimaginative, and the way Michael constantly defied him without any consequences made Rob a weak dominant.
That part was unfortunate, because the burning force between Michael and Rob was something I could have spent days reading about.


The hot moments and the sexual tension will make people appreciate this story and spending a night in bed with a steamy book in your hands can't hurt.
ed for The Novel Approach,

I did not read the first edition of this book, from which this one has been expanded, so I cannot compare the two and discuss how much has changed.
However, I can say that I did enjoy this one and felt it was wellwritten and just the right length.


Going back and forth from the past to the present, Light a Candle reveals the history of Will and Dustys relationship.
From their senior year in high school where a small moment of passion leaves Will running in the other direction, to the present where Will is a confident gay Dom auditioning for Club Deviant, where Dusty is a submissive.
The two are brought together on new terms, Will wants to prove to Dusty that hes changed and that he made a mistake, but Dusty has a hard time accepting that.
So, the two retreat to what they know best: Dominance and submission,

While the story might sound familiar, and perhaps overused, I felt it was well done in this book.
I became invested in both men, and hoped they could overcome the past and look to the future they could build together.
The inclusion of that past was also a nice touch, Not many authors will include past history because it takes away from the present or because the younger versions of the characters are too unfitting to be addressed in an adult novel.
VJ Summers did a nice job of balancing everything that really kept me hooked, Just when I wanted to know more of what happened in the past, the author revealed it, When I wanted to go back to the present, the author did that as well, It truly is a fine balance that reveals all the reader could want to know,

If you enjoy novels with BDSM elements I recommend this book, especially if youre looking for something a little on the shorter side.
Ok, so, as previously stated, unless you're specifically in a scene where the words 'stop' doesn't actually mean stop, a good, real Dom always listens when their sub says stop, even if they have a safeword, or use the stoplight system.
They don't punish them for that, And yeah, this is fiction and blah blah blah but I'm seriously so upset about that, I'm literally giving this book a whole star less for just those few lines where Dustin says stop, because he doesn't want wax in his hair, not knowing that Will is going to pull it up for him again, and Will spanks him for speaking 'out of turn'.
It's unacceptable, and frankly, that's abusive,

As for the otherof the book, it's alright, There's this premise where Will broke Dustin's heart by running away after kissing Dustin and now that Will's out and also a Dom, they've suddenly got a connection.
It's kind of weird, but I was willing to go for it because of the wax play,

Which was summarily ruined by the ignoring the stop thing,

Oh well. Live and learn. Then get luvs Because I love m/m BDSM books especially those heavy on the D/s, I automatically assume Im going to love any new book that matches that criteria.
This one didnt disappoint, but there were a few quirks that kept it from being a higher rating.


I didnt really like Robs attitude, It seemed like he treated Michael as more of a conquest than someone to cherish in this type of relationship and it really grated on my nerves when he called him “Mikey”.


The book left off in a bit of an awkward spot, They were fighting, dodging, and eluding, have one smexy scene almost on a dare, and now Im supposed to believe all the dreaded history has been forgiven/forgotten and things will be hunky dory Uh, wish it could be that way, but not totally convinced.


Id call this one a,, but Ill round up just because I like the subject matter, A LOT, and the wax play was pardon the pun hot!!!
Hot damn! This was terrific! Dual POVs, lots of lovely man sex, phenomenal writing and a kickass plot.
Will and Dustin knew each other as kids but in high school, didn't necessarily hang out with the same group.
Dusty was out but not overly so and did experience some bullying, Will was popular, hung out with the cool kids and considered himself straight but the two do occasionally hang out.
Seems that Will had been having thoughts and after a particularly sexually fraught moment with Dusty in a workout room, Will runs to what Dusty later calls "Cheerleader Barbie or boobs with legs" and not only does he not own up to their moment, he completely ignores Dusty for the remainder of the school year.
Fast forward ten years later and Dusty is a submissive and works occasionally in Club Deviant, He is asked to be part of scene as part of a Dom's application to be a member of the Club.
Guess who the Dom is,

Both are hurt, dredging up feelings from when they were teens, This was masterfully done. Reconciling their feelings from then with what is going on now all against the backdrop of what happens at the Club.
That last scene with the wax play I was riveted!!! These two MCs jump off of the page.
You can see Dusty and his golden skin and pierced nipples, You can visualize Will with his dark black/green eyes, Awesome book, just totally awesome, .