I went into this book thinking I had picked up a fun spicy novella. What I got was spicy love story that gave me all the feels, and I am not mad about it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for being able to read this as an ARC. These are my honest reviews.
This story is an erotica and full of BDSM. If that isn’t your type of book don’t read it and save it for the ones who want to read it.
This story follows Enota who is a sub who has had a bad history with a dom who mistreated her. Rafe is the owner of Fray, a shifter club. Enota gets a job at Fray working the front desk and one-night things take a turn when a human comes through the door. One thing leads to another, and she overcomes her mistreatment. I would recommend it.

Enota is a receptionist at a shifter club called Fray. When the bouncers push a human into the club with nothing but a grin, it’s up to her to keep the clubs secret. The room she takes him to to hide him terrifies her.

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This short story was dirty and fun. I’m not familiar with the Club Fray world, but I don’t think you need to be to gobble up this Halloween tale.

Enota has been burned by previous Doms and is taking a break from the scene while still working at the front desk. This particular club is filled with shifters of different varieties. That’s why when a human named Mace walks in, she immediately tries to hide him away in one of the rooms. After gettin him there, she inadvertently locks them both in. Through a bit of conversation, a tour, and sharing, they end up together in the most intimate of ways. This story resolves in a HEA for both and some smiles all around (and sexy times).

Enota is a fruit bat shifter and works at a bdsm club at the front desk. This night there's a big Halloween party going on in the club for the shifters so when a human man walks into the club, she freaks out for a second and wants to keep him safe until she can get him out unnoticed so she takes him into one of the rooms. But it's not just any room, it has all kinds of equipment that you would expect to find in a bdsm club and it's her least favorite room. In fact she tries to stay as far from this room as she can because of what happened to her in there in the past.

Enota has been searching for the right Dom for her and one of the Dom's at the club has offered to help her find someone for her but she doesn't think she's going to be able to find someone she can trust because of what happened to her in the past with a Dom that took things too far.

When Enota realizes that she just accidentally locked herself in the room with the human, Mace she's not sure what to think about her situation until he proposes a game to pass the time. Turns out that Mace makes her feel safe even though he's human.

Although this was a quick read, it was so much fun. it had just enough back story and just enough of a small scene between these two to make for a fun read.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book via NetGalley but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Man what a spicy read!! Darkest Desires was a very short, fast paced novella that jumped right into the action. It was a perfect steamy tale that I needed for the Halloween season! I enjoyed the shifter aspect to the story and that there is a night club dedicated just to them and their deepest desires.

One of the best things in this novella was that although it was a dom/sub type story, the MC Mace made it very clear that he WANTED the female lead Enota to trust him. He was very conscious to her wants and needs and the consent was there throughout the entire book.

The one lacking piece for me was how short it was. I wanted to know the back stories on both of our characters and I would have loved to see more between their relationship and the shifter world!

Thank you to NetGalley and Evernight Publishing for the ARC! I’m providing this honest review in exchange for getting an early e-copy of this book.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Evernight Publishing for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. Okay this type of book, is NOT for me. I thought I would try something different and nope. I must say it is a short read. I did like the idea of Enola that she is a fruit bat. For some reason I did not like Rafe at all. It seemed to put Enola in harms way (or so she thought) and for me that is not cool. 3 stars

Darkest Desires is quite the spicy little Halloween story I needed! This was a fast-paced, VERY short novella that reels you in from the first couple of pages! Sexy BDSM, Halloween costume party, some supernatural shifters and a tenderness to the Dom side of things… um, yes please!

This spicy little story revolves around Enota, a bat shifter, and Mace, a human and a lovely little club called Fray on Halloween night. When Mace walks into to the shifters club looking mighty fine, Enota whisks him away to be hidden since he is not supposed to be there. The room she takes him too gives her some bad memories from past experiences and they become trapped inside. Then begins the fun. I love that this is told from two points of view, both Enota’s and Mace’s. Enota deals with trust issues and trying to find her perfect Dominant and Mace is ruggedly handsome with a sense of true caring for his Submissive.

The writing was well done. To be able to shift from one personality to the other in terms of a BDSM partnership was perfectly laid out. My only complaint was that this story could’ve been so much more in depth. But besides that I really enjoyed this one. I would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a very quick but fun, sexy little BDSM read and I would be interested in reading any others written by Raven Hush as well.

Thank you to NetGalley and Evernight Publishing for the ARC! I’m providing this honest review in exchange for getting an early e-copy of this book. Pub Date is October 14, 2022.

Darkest desires is a fast-pace, short story, that held me captivated from the beginning. Enota, a fruit bat shifter, had a traumatic past experience that has hindered her ability to find a lover she can truly trust. She reaches out to Rafe, the owner of a BDSM shifter club, in hopes of finding her forever Dom. In return, she works the receptionist desk of the club, while hoping the Shifter Dom of her dreams will walk through the door.

On the busiest night of the year, Mace, a human, walks into the club looking for a good time. He immediately catches Enota’s eye, as humans were not allowed in. Now Enota has to make a decision, let him walk through the club and hope for the best, or save him from the horrors awaiting, by revisiting a horror of her own.

The connection between Enota and Mace seems non-existent at first. Enota is too busy trying to figure out what to do that she doesn’t even consider the Dom of her dreams could be standing right in front of her. Mace, on the other hand, is not your typical Dom. He plays the role well but also shows a side where he wants his submissive to trust him.

I did really enjoy this story. The spice was slow burning but totally worth it. “Good Girl” is always a phrase that catches my attention and holds it. I do wish the shifter portion was explained in a little more detail. This is my first book with a fruit bat shifter so I would have loved to learn more about that aspect of her life. All in all, I absolutely recommend this story and can’t wait to read more from the author.

This is not the typical love story with romance that we can find in most books, oh, no, this is a roller coaster of hormones and lust, everything.

I expected something more developed, but considering that this book has 60 pages, I think the whole "strangers who decide to fuck" fits here. Physical interactions were good, exciting even, although I feel that both characters lacked personality. About Etona I learned more about her life inside the club than outside. Mace can only be described as a character with this playful and domineering attitude.
I must say that I also felt them all human, I forgot that there were shifters (except Mace)

I hope to have the opportunity to read more books by this author in the future.

I must admit that this was better than I expected. I look forward to reading the next installment of this Halloween themed series.