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.

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

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.