R for Rough: Camassia Cove Universe #17

R for Rough: Camassia Cove Universe #17

Cara Dee

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Standalone | MM | Primal Play | Age gap | Interrogation Play | Coworkers | Camassia Cove Apply the right amount of war paint and rehearse your safewords for Griffin and Tracy’s romance. They may start out as two chefs working awkwardly together, but they share a desire that soon brings them together, forcing them to address the tension between them. I didn’t know why Griffin hated me so much, but it was wearing me down. I walked on eggshells around him at work, and I hated that I still wanted him. I saw him in my dreams, my fantasies, and…frankly, in some nightmares too. And then I freaking saw him at a munch, and I almost lost it. Just how much did we have in common?! Was there no way for us to coexist? My friend Abel firmly believed Griffin and I belonged together, but I didn’t know what that guy was smoking. Something had to give, though—and that made me think of what my grandpa used to tell me as a kid. I’d been too young to wield an axe, so he’d chopped wood while I had walked along the tree line to collect kindling. Then when I came across a branch I couldn’t break, he’d say, “It’s just a matter of finding the right pressure point. You can do it, Tracy.” Maybe that could be applied to Griffin too. It was just a matter of finding the right pressure point. This story takes place in Cara Dee’s Camassia Cove Universe, a fictional town where all books stand on their own, unless otherwise stated, and the reader can jump in wherever they want.


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    Mar 10, 2025
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  • wisecraic
    Dec 16, 2024
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    **I received an electronic ARC as a member of Cara Dee's review team on BookSprout.**

    Actual rating: 3.5

    R for Rough is Cara Dee's return to Camassia Cove. While this is book 17 in the Camassia Cove books, this installment can stand alone. Readers follow Tracy and Griffin, two chefs who got off on the wrong foot when they met as co-workers years prior. Griffin had left Camassia and has recently returned, only to discover that Tracy is still there and that they will be co-workers once again. Griffin's decision to be professional but avoidant goes out the window when Tracy also shows up at the local BDSM community meeting. When a lot of their kinks align, Griffin and Tracy call a truce to figure out what more there could be between them.

    This is one of Cara's more lighthearted stories. Yes, there is the emotional and personal development that is expected from Cara's work, but the heavy-hitting quality of some of her other series is absent here. Once Griffin and Tracy work through their initial miscommunication, everything is pretty much golden between them. As such, the enjoyment is there, but the emotional payoff isn't quite what you might come to expect from heavier books like the Auctioned series.

    Nevertheless, this was a fun and quick read, and I was happy to have the opportunity to read it early.

    I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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