Review : His Missing Pieces by M.A. Innes

His Missing Pieces is part one of the Pieces Series by M.A. Innes. Like many books by this author, His Missing Pieces is mm kinky romantic erotica. It is a bit taboo for most people. Only read it if you are interested in reading or learning more about a fetish that is less talked about openly. ABDL.

Maddox and Bryan have been friends since they started college. Maddox has been in love with Bryan nearly that long as well. And unbeknownst to him, Bryan loves him too. So, what is keeping these two apart if they each love each other? Bryan has a secret.

When they first met, Maddox hit on Bryan but since Bryan never seemed to notice he assumed Bryan was straight. He found out later that wasn't the case, but he's never seen him date or even act sexually interested in things most gay guys find attractive. Maddox knows there's something he's missing about Bryan, but he just doesn't know what. It's like there's a missing piece to the puzzle that is Bryan.

Why won't he tell him? Does Bryan not trust him?

Maddox doesn't know how to get it through to Bryan that he will accept him whatever he's into. Maddox has given up dating other guys because he feels like he's cheating, even though the pair are just friends. If their relationship is like really good boyfriends even without the sex, what could it be like if only they could become a real couple and be honest with each other?

College vacation comes up and the two head to Bryan's mom's house to spend the summer. Bryan's mom is a pretty awesome character. She's very supportive, a little too supportive and sex positive for a shy guy like Bryan. Especially since she knows what he's into and that he is in love with Maddox. She's trying to encourage Bryan to be honest when Maddox overhears. He learns that Bryan cares for him too, but that his secret is making him too afraid to say anything.

Maddox decides enough is enough and that he needs to step up and figure out what Bryan is into and whether it is something he can handle in order to be with the guy he loves.

Maddox and Bryan are very cute. Bryan is so shy and adorable. And Maddox is like a newly forming Daddy Dom, in turns actually confident and trying to pretend confidence he doesn't have enough experience to feel yet. They feel very accurate for being young college students. Similar to ones I've met in real BDSM environments. It's always adorable when people finally find their missing pieces and fit everything together to become the people they really are.

The kink and sex aspects are very good and hot. But some readers will find it uncomfortable or freaky, just like Bryan was afraid of when he talked to Maddox. Bryan is a little. He likes to behave younger and be held by Daddy, suck on things including a binky, and upsetting to many people, he likes to wear diapers sometimes. He's a ABDL, or Adult Baby Diaper Lover, which isn't on many people's approved kinks, even those into BDSM. Which is a shame since it's fairly common.

Why are some people into being littles and ABDL? Some people may assume that it has something to do with pedophila, but that isn't the case. The participants like to behave like they're younger, but everyone involved is an adult (ABDL, remember). They don't want actual kids, just like they don't really want their own dads when they worship Daddy.

Ageplay is about embracing aspects related to being younger and finding joy in things you were told you were too old for. Curling up in a big, strong lap and feeling safe in a scary world. Coloring, playing with toys and having fun food. Admiring shy boys who blush when you tease them. Spankings over Daddy's lap. An exuberant and unstifled joy that is forced out of people.

For most people, the dominance and control is more deep and consuming than many other fetishes. Because giving Daddy control over every aspect of your being, including orgasms and going to the bathroom, is a level many people can't manage. It's not slave roleplay which often has connotations of humiliation, disgust, or feeling bad. Ageplay is more about feeling cherished.

The author has several books written about littles and their Daddies, but this series is one of my favorites. I love the feel of the guys fitting together as they form their unique relationship. For those against ABDL, the first book in the series only has one sex scene in a diaper, which ends up super hot, but later books as the guys find their groove, have more including some diaper usage. Don't read the series if you can't handle it.

But, if you like the image of a sweet, shy boy blushingly looking up at his Daddy and pleading to get to come, this book is worth the read. The dominance is very hot and the romance is sweet, a perfect combination.

Maddox and Bryan are both interesting characters who are well-developed and not cardboard. Bryan's mother is only shown a few times in this book, but she's also a great character. Very tiger mom, protect my son from his own shyness.

Later books in this series continue Bryan and Maddox's story and also add a few friends who have their own series. Stay away from that series unless you can handle it, as Bryan and Maddox's new college neighbors, Jeremy and Kevin are actual brothers, which is a step too taboo even for those who read stepbrother romances, so they can pretend the characters are brothers and not at the same time. Too Close to Love is book one of the Loving series, and features real incest with the brothers falling in love with each other and trying to start a new life together. It's actually ridiculously sweet.

Many of the books by M.A. Innes, aka Shaw Montgomery, intertwine and for those obsessive readers like me who adore reading things in sequence, it might be a good idea to start reading their books starting at the first one published and going down the line. There are some really good books, including a puppyplay series I love and will review later, An Accidental Master, which is about a non-kinky dog trainer accidentally becoming the master of a couple of sweet boys who like to be puppies.

My Cameron is another of my favorite books by the author, but is not connected to the others. It is an au where tentacled aliens have landed on Earth and are trying to integrate. One of my all-time favorite books -- tentacles and dominance and shyness all together. So good!

The author is obviously actually familiar with BDSM and the kinky world, so their books are accurate while being hot and sweet, the perfect combination.

I like that M.A. Innes writes about kinks that aren't as commonplace in the literary world and that tend to be neglected for the "normal" stuff. There are tons of people into these things but they don't often get their own stories. Whether the subjects are your thing or not, representation matters and it's important to keep in mind YKINMKBYKIOK which means "Your Kink Is Not My Kink But Your Kink Is Ok". Just because something isn't what you find appealing, doesn't mean you can't accept that other people do find it appealing and that they do is okay. Reading about other people's kinks and seeing things through their eyes is a great way to learn and understand. Exactly what reading is about.

His Missing Pieces

mm ageplay romantic erotica is a sweet and sexy look at ageplay, featuring two hot friends in love with each other. If you are into ageplay or open-minded, it is a good book to read.

Embracing Faith

mmm ageplay romance about an awkward genius, his former professor, and the dominant Daddy

who brings the two together.

The Accidental Master

mmm puppyplay romance about a dog-trainer who puts up the wrong ad and the cute guys who excitedly contact him to be their master.

My Cameron

alien mm romantic erotica featuring an awkward neighbor who happens to have tentacles and a hidden dominance streak

Review : His Someone Special by Sammi Cee & Brittany Cournoyer

His Someone Special is boss / employee and Daddy / boy romance novel about a down and out boy named Davis and the bar owner who hires him, Sarge. Davis is a shy, little virgin who has to stare down a dragon in his cave when he walks into the bar, Full Throttle, looking for a job. He hasn't been able to find one in a while and even eating ramen he is in danger of losing his dangerous apartment so Davis is desperate enough to go to a biker bar for a job at a dishwasher.

Big, bad, and bearded Sarge takes one look at the scared man and immediately feels the urge to take care of him. He thinks it's unlikely that Davis will work out, but seeing the need in the man's eyes, he hires him anyway. Even though it has been several years since he had a boy of his own, Davis is hard to resist and soon Daddy Sarge is having to come clean about his feelings.

His Someone Special is pretty good. It is fairly predictable as it is a standard fare employee / employer romance, but it is a well-done version of the trope. It has less Daddy / boy element than normal, which I personally feel sad about, but it would likely appeal to readers who aren't as fond of a heavy touch on that trope.

Davis is super sweet and shy, though he comes out of his shell fairly quickly and his constant glances at Sarge for reassurance are definitely cute. Sarge tries to be the big and bad bar owner, but his marshmallow center definitely shines through, which is the best sort of gruff, older man character. They both have back stories, but they are fairly thin. Sarge is older and has an ex-boy who left him when he got busy and now is afraid to try again. Davis' mother was ill, then died, and his uncle was in an accident and had to move to a care center, leaving the Davis on his own.

The book really shines with the background characters. Davis was once friends with another boy who told him about Daddies and told Davis that he was boy and should look for a Daddy. Russell is so complete of a character that I wonder if he and his Daddy, Brian, have their own book. Then there is another waiter, Billy, who is a bit of a good-natured brat who looks out for Davis and sounds like he has more backstory than Davis. Sarge's best friend, Lawson, hangs out at the bar a lot. He seems lonely, and I wonder if there might be a future story between him and Billy. Add in a bouncer named Bull, a bartender named Rex, a cook named Ralph, and numerous bikers named things like:
Hunt, Trash, Diesel, and Sledge, and there is quite the cast.

I very much wonder if this will be the first book in a series set in the bar as there is definitely a lot of potential for it. Lawson and Billy, Bull finding a playmate, Hunt maybe getting together with Sledge? This is not listed as being a series yet though.

The setting is a fairly good one too. The bar is a LGBTA-friendly biker bar. It is a bit of a dive, but a friendly one that tends to have plenty of customers of all sorts. Run by a grumpy Daddy and looked over by a big bouncer, there are only a few skirmishes and those are put down quickly. The rest of the town isn't as well described. We know there is a free bus that runs through it and it has a couple of crappy apartment buildings, one very bad with the cops coming out often. And we also know that the bar is walking distance from the apartment building, but that's about all we know. It seems big enough that no one automatically expects to know each other and it supports a fairly busy niche bar, so we can assume it's a decent size town.

Like many Daddy / boy stories, His Someone Special is pretty fast-paced once the two get together. Sarge and Davis have their first date, then Davis is moving in and losing his virginity. It bothered me a bit that at no time did Sarge take the time to reassure Davis that no matter what happened between the two Davis would still have a job and a place to live. Davis never stops to think this could be a problem anyway, but then again he pretty much just leaps in and within days is on his way to becoming a kept boy. But making someone dependent on you should always be done with care and sometimes a Daddy has to say things that are understood and stick to a slower pace no matter what everyone wants.

The pacing up until the two get together is good, but after it feels fairly rushed and the plot takes a backseat to sex scenes. Most non-bedroom scenes after that have a just tacked on feel and seem added just for filler between sex and playing with their dynamic. It doesn't go very heavy into Daddy / boy play. There is no age play, just a slightly Dominant Daddy who makes sure his boy is staying safe and happy. Some slight spanking, but Davis isn't a brat, he's a good boy.

The sex scenes are pretty good if you read stories for them. Davis is definitely not hesitant for a virgin, but Sarge takes care of him. There is a hot scene between the two with Davis getting all hot and bothered over Sarge's beard, so pogonophiles will enjoy that. I don't even like beards and found myself reassessing my opinion of them.

So, if you like your MCs to be intimidating bearded bikers who fall for shy boys, and you like an age difference combined with a hint of Ds, you may want to check out His Someone Special. It's a good, solid story that might have a few flaws, but we all do.

Review: His Accidental Daddy by Luna David

 His Accidental Daddy is a mm full length novel about two men that get in a car accident which leads to them falling in love.

Asher lives in fear. Terrified of driving, interacting with people, doing nearly anything except working at a garden center and staying home. His health problems and neglectful parents has led to him being afraid of trusting people and having panic attacks.

Thornton is just the opposite. He owns several businesses and is supremely confident in most everything he does. He is also an ageplay Daddy. He loves to take care of his boys and can be a bit overbearing for those not into that, but with a boy who extra needy, it is the perfect fit. But Thornton has never been interested in keeping one boy permanently. Then he slams right into Asher.

It's the opposite of a meet-cute, more like a meet-dangerous, but it's still adorable. Anxiety-ridden Asher braves driving home, but Thornton isn't watching the road for just a second and they crash. Thornton is okay, just bruised, but poor, sweet Asher is hurt badly enough he needs to go to the hospital, but he's terrified, so Thornton promises to watch over him.

"Panic bled through the pain in Asher’s eyes, and Thornton’s heart gave a jerk in his chest when the boy said, “Don’t leave me. Please.”

      The anguish in his voice and the tears he saw slip down Asher’s face broke Thornton’s heart. He felt something and glanced down and saw the boy’s hand gripping his coat in a death grip, desperation making the boy’s hand shake.

      “I won’t. I’m right here. I’ll stay with you until they ask me to move so they can help you."

Not only is Asher hurt, but he also has a heart problem and is terrified of hospitals. Thornton doesn't leave his side. After Asher is released from the hospital he needs to be cared for, so Thornton brings him to his home. What happens when you put two men together, one full of nerves and anxiety, the other with the sure hand to make him feel better?

Cute, yet huge English Mastiff puppies named Beauty and Beast, a Daddy who wants to take care of his boy, and a boy who has never been taken care of and didn't realize he was a little. It all adds up to a cute and squee-filled story.




This book turned out pretty good. It was nicely longer than many have been lately, so it was more satisfying and told the complete story. Novellas are nice sometimes, but I prefer to read a book.

His Accidental Daddy seemed fairly free from grammar errors, which seems astounding after some of the books I've read lately.

The characters were well developed as well. Poor Asher had a complex backstory, and Thornton, though simpler, was more than just a caricature. They also grew together nicely and it was good to see Asher become more himself as he developed. Both of the characters were also appealing and worth getting to know.

The story flowed really well with a consistent storyline. Not too fast, no tedious slow bits. The plot was simple at its base, an accidental meeting, forced roommates, caretaking theme, but it had a few dramatic scenes and a bit more than just the base premise. At a couple points it also avoided the easy (yet stupid) drama that could have come about and derailed the story. That was actually nice since even though it lessens their books far too many authors take to heart the idea of anything bad that could happen, should happen.

The kink aspects were pretty good too. Ageplay can be hard to get correct or explain in a way so people realize the person doesn't want an actual child, but the book managed to capture the cute and fun aspects of being a little and Daddy, without turning it creepy. Just a dominating man who loves making life better and comforting a submissive man who likes to regress (not my favorite word, but it does fit). And who doesn't want to sit and watch cartoons on Daddy's lap while drinking some chocolate milk?

So, if you like scared and hurt boys finding their ageplay Daddies and living a new life in a big house with all sorts of toys and cute doggies, you may want to check it out.

Review: The Problem by Piper Scott

The Problem by Piper Scott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Hot hot hot!

The Problem is a full-length mpreg novel about an older alpha and a younger omega. It features male pregnancy and the typical omegaverse narrative.

It has much better writing and a better story than many mpregs and was surprisingly good.

The omega in the pairing, Alex, is a creative and intelligent young man. He's an artist who has synesthesia--when he feels emotions, he sees colors that reflect them. He can literally see emotions. And each emotion is a different color.

After being heartbreakingly attacked by his lover, Alex no longer takes chances with his heart. Instead he selects hot, older guys to get down and dirty with, then tosses them aside. When he spots mature and sexy alpha Laurence at his painting exhibit he can't help dragging the man to the back for some no-strings fun.



Laurence is starting to feel his age. He's devoted his life to his son, but the boy is now 16, old enough to handle his single father finally starting to date again. If only Laurence felt more comfortable and sure of himself. It's been a long time since he even tried to flirt. When a gorgeous young man, only a few years older than his son, starts a conversation with him at a art exhibit, Laurence isn't quite sure he can keep up. But Alex is hotter than anyone he's ever met before, so if the younger omega is willing to overlook his age, then he'll do his best to please him.

Alex is even sexier when he forces Laurence to his knees so he can use his mouth. Laurence can't resist, especially after Alex's suit is opened to reveal the lace panties he's nearly popping out of. Still not even knowing each others names, the two have a hot little session in the back of the studio, then Alex pulls himself together to go back out to his show. But unlike his normal, this time Alex actually lets Laurence in a little and gives him his business card so they can get together once more.

Both men are nervous about taking things further. No matter that the colors Alex sees when he's with Laurence tell him that he could fall for the older man, Alex is afraid to chance his heart again. He decides that if Laurence calls he'll just get together with him once more and that's it. Laurence has been out of the dating game for years, and is worried about venturing back in with a hot, younger man instead of someone older and settled like himself. Can they even have a relationship?

Both worried, but drawn to each other, Laurence and Alex get together once more, only to find that they can't keep their hands off of each other. Alex's mischievous nature and dirty talk drive Laurence to take him hard and raw. 'Daddy's dirty boy' is loving it until Dad's actual son walks in and hears and sees things no one involved wants. Awkwardness ensues, and the men think they'll never see each other again.

But Laurence and Alex still want each other, and another surprise means they might not be done with one another.

So, I rarely like books that are all about the sex. I read books for a good story, not to get off. But this one was hot enough to be an exception. Boys in lace panties is one of the hottest things ever, and while I typically find them more appealing on hyper-masculine alpha types, it was still definitely hot to read about on Alex. And dominant older men being called Daddy by their boy is a hot button as well. The sex scenes were actually good and not just the same drivel found in many books. There was also some knotty action as well if you're into that.

While more than half of the book was sex and that would normally make me dislike it, the actual writing and storyline was interesting enough to make up for it and the sex scenes actually being good was a bonus.

All the characters were interesting and were well thought out. Complex, with backstories. Not just caricatures. They were also people worth being interested in. While it's nice to have flawed characters, too often the flaws are bad enough that they are unlikeable. This hit that sweet spot. Alex is covering up his soft heart by trying not to get involved and sleeping with random men. He's a bit young and spontaneous. Laurence is older and set in his ways. He thinks he always needs to plan everything out. One leads from the heart, the other from the head, but together they match.



The witty banter at the beginning of the book is interesting, but may turn some people off. Don't worry, it smoothes out and becomes less of a show of intelligence. That part is just establishing who the characters are and letting us get to know them. Though this does tend to be a cerebral story, we reside in the character's heads a lot and see how they are thinking about things. There is doing as well as thinking though, so it's not too far into the mental aspects of falling in love either.

Overall, I think this book just got it. It wasn't 'too' anything or lacking anything. As Goldilocks would say, it was just right.

This book was another one set in the town of Aurora. I find that even in books that don't interact with other series by the same author it is enriching to have them set in the same place. It's like having tons of backstory available even if it's not acknowledged. I think I'll go find Piper Scott's Aurora series to see the town through different eyes.

This was also the first book in a new series by Piper Scott. The Single Dads Support Group is a mpreg series about single dads finding love. I can't wait for the next book in the series. I really hope Gabe gets his HEA.