Westin by Raya Morris Edwards Review
Library of Angels Rating: 5 stars
On Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Publication Date: September 27th, 2024
HEA: Yes
Version: E-Book
“Sweet, little Diane Carter is mine, come hell or high water.”
For those of you that don’t know this, I have a wild obsession with dark cowboy romance. I think in another life that I was born and raised in the country, someway, somehow. I feel it deep in my bones! Also, as someone who has recently visited Montana… let’s just say I can totally imagine myself in this exact scenery and I am obsessed.
This is in fact, Book 2 of The Sovereign Mountain Series. Personally, I feel like this can be read as a standalone, but I would certainly recommend that you read book one, Sovereign first.
This book is about Westin and sweet, sweet Diane Carter. If you love an older man, who is star-struck the minute he meets his love interest, and will stop at nothing to have her, no matter how long it takes, then don’t wait any longer to pick this one up! Oh, and how could I forget… this is a BDSM heavy book!
My Overall Rating - 5 Stars
My definition of a 5 star read:
10/10 read. Spice hit on all levels. Plot had me absolutely hooked. Happy to add this to my end of year ‘5 star’ list. Very likely a book that I would recommend frequently if asked about the category that it falls under.
Westin is such a romantic at heart. All he wants to do is protect and love Diane for the rest of her life. He is a tortured man, but so are all of our morally grey MMCs in dark romance. Just look at how he talks about her…
“Her heart is so soft, her mind is so beautiful, but she protects it behind a wall.”
Diana her whole life deserved more than she was given and Westin knew it right away. Do I think that he knew that he would fall in love with her? No. Do I think that above all else, he would have her no matter what? Yes. Him falling in love was the cherry on top. They deserved to love each other freely, but as the PLOT WOULD HAVE IT - it’s not that simple.
This book fed everything I was looking for! This series will surely become one of my top recommendations of the year.
My Spice Rating - 4 Stars
My definition of 5 chili pepper spice rating:
Romance with 5-10 smutty/spicy scenes or mentions of spicy things.
There was so many gooood spicy scenes that I was falling head over heels with Westin myself, after only their first spicy scene because WOAH!
There are several BDSM elements included in this book, including but not limited to, examples of a dominant and submissive relationship. Westin by nature is a protector and provider in the sense that Diane will be fed emotionally, physically, and mentally.
Don’t get it twisted though! He does have a wildly wicked tongue, (pun intended lol). He has a way of giving Diane both praise and degradation, and there’s something so skillful in the way he does it!
Tropes:
🤍 Dark Cowboy
🤍 Touch Her and 💀
🤍 Age Gap
🤍 Revenge
🤍 🐝DSM
🤍 Enemy's Wife
🤍 Size Difference
I read Book 1 earlier this year, and had nothing but rave reviews about it because it truly was just that good. Raya is a skillful author and I cannot wait for her to release Book 3, Deacon. As much as these books get better each time, I have no doubt that Deacon will be my favorite MMC in this entire series.
If you’re also looking for more Dark Cowboy Romance recommendations, here are a couple!
