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Rebecca’s innocent fantasies concerning Damien Lawson, her father’s business partner and extremely hot friend, border on obsession. Until one day the two men come to blows and part ways, and she doesn’t see Damien again.

Now at eighteen, she must deal with the loss of her father and the debt he left behind.

When she fears all is lost, Damien steps in and offers to help. After so long, can she trust her father’s best friend with her life, her body, and her heart?

Only it turns out her innocent fantasies don’t come close to the reality of the dirty-talking, dominant man.

Damien can’t reconcile that the sexy blonde is his former business partner’s sweet daughter. Her father left her high dry, with debts to the kind of men who could destroy an innocent like Rebecca. Not that Damien’s going to let that happen. With one look, he’s obsessed. She needs a caring protector, and Damien’s just the man for the job.

Content Advice: Themes include praise, insta-love, spicy, br33ding, age-gap, and a dirty talking hero Daddy. Intimate scenes are not glossed over. Please proceed with caution!

47 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 4, 2023

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Verity Arden

4 books146 followers
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Profile Image for Bluestockings Read.
187 reviews149 followers
March 10, 2023
4.0-4.5 stars, rated for smut + rounded up.

What would it look like if L.V. "Omegaverse" Lane decided to write a Jessa Kane novella, but with less plot?

This. This, exactly.

Because (fun fact!) Verity Arden is a new pen name for L.V. Lane.

And this 43-page story is basically one continuous 🥵 scene, from pages 15-40. (Then a couple more pages in the epilogue.)

What kind of spice? Precisely what you'd expect. Namely: alpha+virgin | age gap | insta-everything | dirty talk | daddy/breeding/soothing/praise kink | slight embarrassment | a couple spanks | he comes in his pants | both shaking w/ lust | whatever this trope is: I palm her throat, pin her still, and deep fuck her how she needs. "Be a good girl and take it." |

... Oh, and a tiny sprinkle of OV aesthetic, just because.


Profile Image for Hey Lin.
663 reviews
April 11, 2023
Heh, I don't want to BRAG or anything....but.....I TOTALLY read this in a day 👀

Spoilers!!!!!!!!

She's in debt for like.....2 million jillion dollars and he takes her home and effs her.

Then hea.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Hannah Boyd.
599 reviews26 followers
March 10, 2023
So hot 🥵 I ate this up

Steam- 3/3 breeding kink, ddlg kink
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419 reviews40 followers
March 11, 2023
jessa kane revolution in literature one for the history books
Profile Image for Morgan bookaddicts.ahoy.
418 reviews28 followers
March 12, 2023
Do I need to say anything more about this than other reviewers have said? This was quick, sexy and fun and I cant wait for more from this author/pen name.
April 20, 2023
She’s mine now. I own her. I’m going to pay a pretty penny for the cherry between her legs. And why shouldn’t I breed her? Get a kid in the belly. Maybe more than once.

I LOVE THIS AUTHOR 😂😂😂

Absolutely insane and OTT. The damn woman goes into heat! And this is not set omegaverse world either. It’s smutty, dirty, hot fantasy.

This is totally daddy kink and it feels safer to me because the author always sets up at the beginning that our girl is a grown ass adult and is of sound mind. Till she see’s her man.

This is my new favorite quick smut and I’m absolutely scandalized and turned on.

The ending! OMG! This makes me want to start hiding my underwear somewhere fun as a sign to my husband I’m ready to play 💀😵☠️
Profile Image for CriSsStina.
278 reviews
January 27, 2024
This falls into the very short reads category.

OTT and insta everything. We don't know his age, but he is definitely older than her, I'd assume at least 15 years. It's mentioned that she pinned after him since she was 15 (cringe). She's 18 when this book starts, so there's that.

Anyway, ddlg (🤷‍♀️, meh), spicy, safe (no drama - no time for that), HEA, plus I grabbed it as a freebie, so yay 😂.
Profile Image for Laura (lady_h_reads).
620 reviews234 followers
March 7, 2023
It amazes me how, in fewer than 50 pages, Verity Arden was able to deliver such a spicy tale. If you are a fan of possessive older males who like to be called 🅓🅐🅓🅓🅨, innocent younger women who enjoy being called 🅛🅘🅣🅣🅛🅔 girl and 🅖🅞🅞🅓 girl, you will devour this short story. It is a scorching hot, nitro-burn, MF age-gap contemporary romance with countless O’s and br33ding kink.

Verity Arden is the new pen name for contemporary romance stories written by the fabulous PNR/Sci-Fi/Omegaverse romance author, LV Lane.
Profile Image for Taramisu.
546 reviews92 followers
March 18, 2023
1.5 ⭐
I don't want to do this. Really, I don't. But this feels like someone else entirely wrote this. It doesn't read like LV Lane in the slightest. It has to have been written by a very horny, very clueless teenage boy. I read a lot of funny stuff. I like to laugh. But I have never laughed so freaking hard at a few pages of erotica in my life. I won't copy and paste here. I'll just direct you to my notes and highlights and leave it at that.
Profile Image for Just A Girl In Bookworld.
41 reviews5 followers
June 22, 2024
This is pure Daddy smut. (Not Complaining)

With just under 50 pages & the majority of it being one big continuous sex scene, this is a quick, hot AF, fun book to read. So, if you’re not in the mood for a big story with drama, world building or any real plot, & you enjoy insta love & smut, this is definitely a book to read.

She is 18 though & he is her late father’s ex-best friend & business partner. She has pined after him for a long time. Circumstances bring them back together & he instantly wants to claim, protect & breed her. She desperately wants him inside of her lol. That is pretty much the story. As I say, super quick, but a fun read. 
Profile Image for Sammie Bow.
716 reviews37 followers
February 2, 2024
3⭐️

Really not much to this. Was a super quick novella with a daddy kink but even that aspect could have been better.

POV: Dual, 1st person.
SERIES or STANDALONE: Standalone.
TROPES: M/F adult, age gap, taboo romance.
SIZE: 43 (last page) Kindle pages.
CHARACTERS: Damien (approx mid 30s) & Rebecca (18).

PLOT: 3📚
ROMANCE: 3❤️
SPICE/STEAM: 2.5🌶 (daddy kink)
DARKNESS/TRIGGERS: N/A

⚠️ My bookshelves can contain spoilers.
Profile Image for Linz.
111 reviews2 followers
March 8, 2023
My whole house caught on fire

If you’re not in the mood to have to process a whole lot of plot and world building, and you want to jump into the absolutely SCORCHING hot insta-attraction/love SPICE- this is for you.

It’s short and SMUTTY and it’s exactly what I was in the mood for.

It’s got Daddy, good girl, breeding, heat-ish urgency, and even squeezes in a hint of “LOOK at her and I’ll kill you”.

5/5

The blurb tells you what you need to know and it delivers. I LOVE Omegaverse, and while this is not OV, it does have a sliiight undertone of it. And I am obsessed.

Thank you for giving me the exact book I was looking for today.


Sincerely,

A Mood Reader
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824 reviews3 followers
June 5, 2023
In His Debt is the story of Rebecca and Damien.

Tropes:
Age gap (18 and in his 40s i think)
Dads former best friend
Obsession and overprotectiveness
HEA and kids, Lucy and Jacob.
Touch her and you die
A lot of smut (85% is smut)
Insta love/obsession
Guardian x guardianee?
DADDY AND BREEDING KINK
Like the smallest hint of degradation kink

Her father died of drug and alcohol abuse and now she is 2.5 million dollars worth of debt and her fathers former best friend is her guardian and the executor of her fathers will. She’s been obsessed w him since she was in high school and now that’s she’s found out she is in debt she has a panic attack in the car and he comforts her and omg this girl is like an orgasm machine full on getting orgasms from him talking. The limo scene was chefs kiss. After that it’s smut then bath then smut again and then the epilogue w more smut and baby making. My filthy little girl, sweetheart, baby girl 🤭😫😫.

Solid 4.5/5, wish this book had more tension and angst but the same tropes.

Quote:
The car glides smoothly forward to a destination unknown.
“Fuck it,” Damien growls and then his hands are on me as a terrible, hoarse, wailing sound erupts from my throat.
“Breathe,” he commands. I’m on his lap, flailing and thrashing, but he just pins me there, and closes his fingers around my throat. “Breathe. Nice, slow, and steady. That’s my good girl, you can do it. Breathe for me. You’re alright. You’re going to be alright.”
- when she has a panic attack and he comforts her 🙈🥹.
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Author 4 books16 followers
January 28, 2024
Rebecca and Damien...Rebecca finds out the hard way how messed up her father was, but only after he died. It was a shock to her to know that she was put in danger by his actions, and even more shocking to discover that his ex-business partner was willing to keep her safe. There was a deep attraction that they shared, and their relationship definitely falls into the age-gap category. This is an intense, sexy, and complicated story that is easy to read in an hour or so. It could have been made into a longer story, I’m sure, but I appreciate the brevity, it’s better for my sleep schedule, lol, but it also delivers a powerful punch as an interesting story to read without bogging the reader down with too much extraneous verbiage.
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1,677 reviews25 followers
May 21, 2023
Very fast read. MMC was the BFF/business partner of FMCs late father. FMC had a teenage crush on MMC, but da and MMC had a falling out and went their separate ways when she was 15. Three years later, her father died, leaving the MMC trustee of his will and guardian of her...he also left massive debts that the MMC decided to pay off so she wouldn't have to worry.
From the moment they met up again until the end of the story, the novella was full of spicy scenes that didn't end until the story did.
It was more than a little unrealistic and farfetched but hey, it was a work of fiction after all, right?
Profile Image for Miriam.
621 reviews10 followers
January 26, 2024
So, there is not much plotwise, but the smut is definitely all up and therefore 4 stars worth.

If you haven't known, Verity Arden is a new pen name of L.V. Lane, who is known for writing Omegaverse. It's a funny fact, considering this novella isn't OV and Contemporary, still there is talk about the girl being in heat. 😉 I loved that little hint.

But I enjoyed reading it. And if you're looking for a short little smutty adventure with age gap, dirty talk, insta-love/lust, experienced man with a sweet little virgin (including Daddy kink and his 'good girl'), and breeding, then this is definitely your story.


March 15, 2023
Quick, intense and dirty!!! Just smok’n!! Damien is all consuming and completely obsessed with Rebecca. Despite the age gap, the chemistry between Damien and Rebecca is off the charts. Damien’s new found need to take control is so hot. I wouldn’t call it instalove, more like enlightenment due to their prior platonic history. Damien’s heart is awoken after many years apart but now is completely entranced with the woman Rebecca has become. Absolutely loved the epilogue, great ending to a quick story.
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1,156 reviews32 followers
March 30, 2023
Hey, I found my name in a smutty book! That's probably the only highlight,
unfortunately.

This was a lot of cliches, female orgasms over absolutely nothing, phrases I know for a fact I've read in other books 400 times and too many typos for a novella. Also used 'filthy' in a way that felt illegal.

But I finished it, and there was one sentence that was hot and used my name, so bumped to 2 stars.

2 filthy panties out of 5 times you came from him being near you

*ok, but that's a neat trick I want to learn irl
Profile Image for Hazel.
1,177 reviews1 follower
January 26, 2024
Obsession like this is wonderful

If this is a good example of the authors style I'll be reading more. It is HOT 😍
Damien sounds perfect and I love we get his thoughts as well as hers. Rebecca has obsessed over him ever since she can remember but the reality is so much better than she'd ever dreamed of. Damien hadn't thought of her in 'that' way but seeing her as an adult in the lawyers office instantly turns his world upside down. He simply must have her.
Daddy isn't my kink but it's not unduly emphasised so is fine.
My only complaint is the story isn't long enough lol.
Profile Image for Stefanie.
464 reviews7 followers
March 9, 2023
Oh wow, I feel a little dirty after reading this! 😅
Let's just be clear, this is pure filth. Excellent, erotic, filth. Forty-four pages of pure naughty smut. And I don't regret a single one. 🤣
It's a definite one-handed read. Do not read in public; you will not be able to control your facial expressions.

Short read
Age gap
Dad's friend
Possessive MMC
Virgin FMC
Daddy kink
Breeding kink

🔞 18+ read because it's basically p0rn.
Profile Image for Susan Cox.
540 reviews5 followers
March 9, 2023
She will pay it all back!

This is a great story and it needs to be a book! Rebecca didn’t know about the mess her father left behind. Her father and his business partner Damien had parted ways after a bad disagreement about finances. After her father’s death her world is turned upside down. Daimen is her guardian but...Rebecca swears to herself she will pay it all back! This is one hot daddy romance. Congrats to Verity on her first book.
Profile Image for The Book Palace.
1,835 reviews6 followers
August 31, 2023
what a surprise! new author so I didn't expect much since i got burn previously but this was way better than i expected. of course, it jumps straight into it pretty quickly since this is a very short steamy novella. writing is better than expected and the dirty talk... oufff

-age gap (deceased dad's business partner turned guardian even though she is 18 already)
-daddy, praise, spanking, breeding, "in heat", virgin
Profile Image for Alex Silver.
463 reviews8 followers
January 21, 2024
5/5
Goddamn it. I loved it and it was everything I should not like. Didn’t even mind the daddy kink.

Near omegaverse. Very innocent and vulnerable young girl with fathers business partner who she needs to survive.

But it was hot and short and dang did I enjoy the shit out of it.

Breeding. Pregnancy. 3 kids in epilogue (4ish years later). Innocent. Virgin FMC. Dads business partner. Being in heat. Near omegaverse. Huge cock.he cums in pants. Daddy kink.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Amy.
1,126 reviews1 follower
March 6, 2023
fantastic!

Absolutely loved this very spicy little bit of heaven! This story not only made me blush but definitely had me wishing I was Damien’s girl. I thought things were just bad for this beauty but no she gets saved in the most delicious of ways. Just loved this book and characters and the loads of spice.
Profile Image for Esmarie.
185 reviews7 followers
March 8, 2023
This was a hot, short read. Rebecca is literally left in debt with her father’s passing, and only an old friend can help.
Damien is ruthless in his pursuit, and Rebecca is quick to succumb. This book had ALL the steam and a very HEA for both characters. It’s only 44 pages, so don’t expect dramatic character arcs or an in-depth world build. This is short, sweet, and dirty: exactly what the dr ordered.
Profile Image for Brittany (Brit.tea.reads).
1,080 reviews146 followers
March 11, 2023
𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓉𝒽𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓈𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑜𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉'𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒.

I am a big fan of LV Lane, so when I found out she had a pen name, I had to read this novella, and let me tell you, she did not disappoint at all. It is filthy, and I loved it. She had me at daddy and breeding. I mean, who doesn't love a good breeding novella?!

𝐼 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒. 𝐼 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇.

I can't wait to see what she writes next!
479 reviews2 followers
March 10, 2023
I love short and steamy stories like this!! They are great for in between long books, at least for me. I love when one has a crush on the other, and then after years the other one finally catches up. And any books with a bit of obsession and breeding are also my jam. I definitely want more from this author!!!
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