Friday, March 13, 2020

DRAWING ON LOVE by Michele Zurlo


Title:  DRAWING ON LOVE
Series:  Mercenary Hearts #1
Author:  Michele Zurlo
Publisher:  Lost Goddess Publishing
Publish Date:  07.07.2018
Category /Genre:  Romantic Suspense, Erotic
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC copy / errors excused
Received from:  Amazon purchase
Goodreads link: Drawing on Love
Date completed: 03.05.2020

Description from the publisher:

Lessons I learned growing up: 1) Take care of yourself. Everyone else will let you down. 2) People come and go. Mostly, they go. It's best not to get too close. 3) Lying and stealing are acceptable survival techniques. 4) Hide anything important.

Now that I'm free from that life, unlearning these lessons is proving almost impossible. Falling in love didn't cure me, but that doesn't stop Jesse Foraker, a security specialist who thinks love can heal anything.

When an unplanned pregnancy lights a fire under me to recover memories and artistic skills I'd lost in the accident that left me with lingering physical problems, my instincts kick in. Nothing matters but making sure I can take care of myself and this child.

Jessica Zinn is determined to stand on her own, so she embarks on a journey that will bring her face-to-face to a past she's forgotten and force her to confront the demons she still carries.  Through it all, Jesse's unwavering love is a beacon that inspires hope in her darkest hours.

But is it enough?

Warning: D/s, impact play, bondage, spanking, hard truths
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DRAWING ON LOVE is the second book in the Mercenary Hearts series and the fourth in the Safe Security series.  This is a mini-series within the Safe Security series and needs to be read in the order of release.   

DRAWING ON LOVE was provided to me within the PLEASURE BOUND anthology (no longer available).

Jesse is showing unbelievable patience and that he ‘sees’ Jessica.  To be truly seen is something some women (and men) struggle with believing can be done.

As Jessica travels into the cities of her past, she is hoping to unravel her future.  Jesse is also hoping that she will see that she can lean on him.

The story is deep.  It’s emotional; it’s psychological.  Jessica’s life has been twisted from the time she was a toddler and Jessie is trying to help.  In some ways, his help is actually a new twist for her to adjust in to her psyche.  The story is twisting the reader’s psyche as well.

I’m enjoying this roller coaster as a man who has lived for years as a Dom tries to love a woman who craves nothing more than independence. … an independence she believes is locked within her world of art.                          

SAFE Security Series:

1.      Treasure Me
2.      Switching It Up
Forging Love (Mercenary Hearts #0.5)
3.      Drawing on Love (Mercenary Hearts #1)
Broken Love (Mercenary Hearts #2)
4.      Shards of Love (Mercenary Hearts #3)

Also from Michele Zurlo:
·         Bear Country
·         Blade’s Ghost
·         Catherine and the Spanking Room
·         Discovering Desires
·         Dragon Kisses
·         Irrepressible Force
·         Master Eddie’s Sub (Club Alegeria #2)
·         Master Jett’s Surprise (Club Alegeria #3)
Awakenings Series: 
1.      Letting Go
2.      Owning Up
3.      Serving Sophia
4.      Hanging On
5.      Two Masters for Samantha
6.      Time to Pretend
7.      Stepping Stones
8.      Surreal Neal (Hanging on #2)
9.      In Their Hearts (Two Masters for Samantha #2)
Daughters of Circe Series: 
1.      Torment
2.      Desiree
3.      Riley
Doms of the FBI Series:
1.      Re/Bound
2.      Re/Paired
3.      Re/Claimed
3.5  Malcom’s Promise
4.      Re/Defined
5.      Re/Leased
6.      Re/Viewed
7.      Re/Captured
8.      Re/Deemed
Kiss Me Series: 
1.      Kiss Me Goodnight
2.      Kiss Me by Moonlight
Safe Word: Oasis Series: 
1.      Yes, Justin
2.      By My Side
3.      Out of My League
4.      Wanting Wilder
5.      Mina’s Heart










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