Guest Review: Seducing Carma – Tara Rose

Carma Mandanici is forced to confront her abusive past when an uncle she barely knows leaves her a large amount of money. She seeks comfort in the arms of longtime crush, Mateo Alvarado.

Mateo is more than happy to help Carma start to heal from her past, as well as explore her BDSM fantasies. But Mateo has a tragedy in his own past that he must confront before he can become a Dom to Carma, or allow himself to fall in love with her.

Blaine Peterson and Mateo have been friends since they met as freshmen in college. Blaine left behind a secret that involves his ex-submissive when he moved to Passion Peak to take a lucrative job and start over. He’s falling in love with Carma, right along with Mateo. But when his secret catches up with him, he might lose both his friendship with Mateo, and the one woman he can’t live without.

Series: Passion Peak, Colorado #1
Release Date: July 26th 2013
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand, Inc
Source: Provided by Author / Publisher via Manic Readers
Reviewer:  Kenna
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

“Seducing Carma” is the first of the “Passion Peak, Colorado” series by Tara Rose, and she started it with a really great book. Carma, Mateo, and Blaine are all battling demons from their pasts. They’re trying to handle them on their own, but they’re having a very difficult time. Carma and Mateo find each other after years of avoiding their attraction. Blaine is a friend of Mateo’s from his college years, and he’s come to Passion Peak to start a new life. The three of them have a chemistry that is explosive and almost immediate once they’re together. Add in the beginnings of what seems to be an ongoing mystery, and you get a story that will pull you in and keep you absorbed until the very end.

This book is extremely sexy. The love scenes are hot, and BDSM IS involved. There is impact play, toys, and anal elements. They’re not heavy or overwhelming. I was not uncomfortable in the least. In fact, I felt the characters’ trust in each other from the very beginningm, and of course, trust is the most important part of a BDSM relationship.

You’ll be meeting characters who will show up in the books to follow. They seem like they’ll be interesting and very instrumental to the continuing mystery that seems that will be carrying through the series. I found myself wishing that I lived in Passion Peak, and I think that others will as well. I highly recommend “Seducing Carma”. It’s a witty, clever, and well written story. I never expect anything less from Tara Rose.