BDSM Challenge Review The Viking's Forbidden Pleasure by Jennie Brumley

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Title: The Viking's Forbidden Pleasure
Author: Jennie Brumley
Source: BDSM Challenge, review request
Genre: BDSM paranormal romance
Length: 171 pages 
Reviewed by: Emi 

Always the dutiful daughter, Elly Harding knows the only way to protect her father is to sacrifice her own happiness and marry a man she can never love, but when an unexpected honeymoon gift presents her with the opportunity to explore the darker desires this proper young woman has always repressed, how can she possibly give up what could be her last chance for sexual freedom…and love?

Once a Viking warrior, Haakon Arikson never lacked for women in his bed...until he insulted the wrong one. For almost a millennium he has been cursed to walk alone, living an odd half-life as a stallion by day and a man by night. Tired and lonely he craves oblivion, but the only way to end his curse is to kill the one girl who makes him feel more alive than any other has for centuries.

So I love hot shifter stories, tho I've never read one where the shifter is a horse, but this book was really good. It has a great plot, Assasin for hire falls in love with his target. But the target just happens to be a happy coincidence, it was the one kill that could end his curse as well. It's also a great introduction to   BDSM erotica. It's not too hardcore for someone who just started reading this genre. And let's be honest society makes us feel wrong or gives the impression that we should feel bad or not right for liking or wanting kinkier sex. That's an issue that Elly faces and I feel is dealt with pretty good in this book, It's kind of funny at the same time too. However, Haakon is a bit "I am man, hear me roar" but I had to remember his character is over 900 years old, so those were the times I guess lol. I got over it quickly tho,  because he was totally hot! Great read!