Show Me, Baby (Masters of the Shadowlands #9)

Rainie and Jake make a wonderful couple once they finally get together, it’s the getting together part that’s so difficult for this pair. They start off as just a Dom and a Sub, members in Club Shadowlands who find each other intriguing. Jake is unaware that their lives crossed over ten years before, and that meeting forever colored her life dark blue. Things that happened in childhood have an impact later in life, is Jake man enough to help Rainie overcome her past? Using humor, wit, and very descriptive scenes that will melt the pages from your Kindle or set fire to your book, Ms. Sinclair convinces her readers that anything is possible with effort, and yes love. Enjoyed this installment of Masters of Shadowlands!

This book has my favorite FMC of the entire series, Rainie. She is a BBW with a spunky bratty sense of humor and a heart of gold.

I’ve read (and listened) to all of the books on this series numerous times but Jake and Rainie hold a special place in my heart.

No matter your past or the road you’ve traveled there is someone out there who will love you for you, no changes needed.

I highly recommend reading all of Cherise’s books. She is my #1 must read / one-click pre-order author.

Rainie; plus size, sassy, outspoken, all Alpha female, protective friend, MBA graduate and submissive. She’s always been the subject of cruel teasing and comments, never feeeling she was good enough, refined enough, or pretty enough to fit in anywhere. Yet she finds total acceptance at Shadowlands. Master Jake: veterinarian, gorgeous, successful, and all Dom. He sees Rainie for the warm, friendly, caring person she is as do all of his patients at his clinic as well as everyone at Shadowlands. Jakes is enthralled with Rainie’s beauty, luscious curves and generous spirit. Finally realizing, a two enlightening conversations! That he needs her as much as he loves her and now all he has to do is convince her. With thw help of Master Z, he does just that.

I’m a sucker for a $0.99 book. Got this one a while ago and wanted something quick to read (sorry ARC pile). I’ve only read the first two books in this series (got them free), but this is a stand alone. There are lots of people from other books here, but you don’t need to know their HEAs to enjoy this one.

Jack and Rainie are great. She feels she’s not good enough for anyone until she becomes “more” and Jack, the big bad Dom, has problems saying and showing he needs help. Together they find their way past that and to love. There are a couple weddings, an engagement, and growing pregnancy along the way with their friends.

Mistress Anne is a little scary, but funny too. I think Ben needs her. I really wish I didn’t have e-book pricing issues (and more time in my day) so I can read all the rest of this series.

For those of us who are Cherise Sinclair groupies, which I definitely am, the Shadowlands is our happy place. Its a place where men and women learn about living a life filled with passion and love. The members of Shadowlands are a family and the reader is the lucky voyeur. So when I heard that Ms. Sinclair was going to contribute a Shadowlands novella to the inspired 1001 Dark Nights collection, you know I was pre-ordering that book. I stalked my e-reader until the book magically appeared and then God help the person who interrupted my reading.

As soon as I began reading, I was reminded of why I love this series. I fell in love with the heroine as soon as Rainie stepped out into the rain to save a stray dog. While I have loved all the women in this series, I must confess that Rainie is probably my favorite because I can relate to her the most. Her doubts about her worth hit too close to home. Add in her plus size and the resulting feelings of inadequacy, and well, lets just say I get it. Yet, Rainie still worked hard to overcome her past and you couldnt help but admire and cheer for her.

Jake is everything I have come to expect from a Shadowlands master commanding, alpha, smart, sexy, yet still caring and loving. But Jake has his own demons to overcome, most notably that even the strongest Dom can lean on his submissive and yet still be a Dom.

The relationship between Jake and Rainie was so believable that I forgot these were fictional characters. I found myself shedding more than a few tears as Jake used his role as her Dom, to help Rainie learn to love herself. The harder Jake worked to help Rainie, the more I admired him. His protective and loving nature only made me fall further in love with him.

In addition to these overwhelming emotional scenes, it wouldnt be a Shadowlands story if there werent hot, wild and passionate BDSM scenes. Ms. Sinclair is a genius when it comes to writing sex scenes that leave the reader hot and bothered. She has an amazing ability to describe the D/s relationship in such a manner as to help you understand why someone would want to live this lifestyle.
The reader was also gifted with the return of the characters that make the Shadowlands the phenomenal series it is. It is always wonderful to revisit with these men and women who have wormed their way into my heart. I love seeing how their relationships have grown and seeing where they are today.

The writing in Show Me, Baby is everything I have come to expect from Ms. Sinclair. There is drama and emotions to keep you on the edge of your seat, but with enough humor to prevent you from being overwhelmed. It takes a special kind of author to write a book that will make you cry one page and laugh out loud on another. The dialogue is so natural that I can actually hear the characters speaking. You will find yourself so lost in the story that time will just slip away.

With each addition to the Shadowlands, I swear that the newest is my favorite and so I will claim Show Me, Baby is my new favorite. Ms. Sinclair is a master technician at writing stories with so much heart and soul that once you begin reading, you wont be able to stop until the final page. Now that this book is finished I begin the requisite guessing game of who will be featured in the next installment. Hopefully, Ms. Sinclair will never run out of characters to write about.

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