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A Touch of Taboo #4

Seducing My Guardian

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On the night my parents die, I meet a sexy stranger who tells me he’s my new guardian. Before I can as much as blink, he ships me off to boarding school and then ignores me for three years…until he shows up on my nineteenth birthday to save me from myself.

For six years, that’s his routine. Show up on my birthday. Save me. Tempt me. And then send me on my way when the chemistry between us sizzles too hot.

That all ends tonight. I’m twenty-five and at midnight I get control of my trust fund. After this, I never have to see Devan again and he’ll no longer drive me crazy with his devastating dominance.

This year, all I want for my birthday is twenty-four hours with my guardian. After nine years of taboo desires and built-up lust, I have a lot of unfulfilled fantasies to act out. 

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 22, 2021

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Katee Robert

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Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of spicy romance. Entertainment Weekly calls her writing “unspeakably hot.” Her books have sold over two million copies. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, children, a cat who thinks he’s a dog, and two Great Danes who think they’re lap dogs.

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Profile Image for Isabella. R.
1,007 reviews1,996 followers
September 20, 2021
4 Being a Good Girl is Overrated Stars ⭐

What I do want is forbidden. Nine different kinds of wrong for the nine years I’ve been an orphan. The nine years he’s been my distant guardian.

Hazel Gardner was only 16 years old when she lost both her parents. Her father appointed his army buddy Devan McGuire as her guardian. A man that shadowed her in the background and worked hard at keeping her on the straight and narrow, until it dawned on her. When she would purposely put herself in mischief’s way, Devan would repeatedly come to her rescue.

“You’re the most fucked up combination of sinful and innocent. It’s enough to mess with a person’s head.”

Hazel’s birthday has become a tradition of sorts for Devan’s presence. However, Hazel raises the stakes on her final birthday as his ward. A proposition of no strings sex to get each other out of their systems.

“I want everything.” I lick my lips.

“I have some fantasies of my own, too.” His gaze drops to my mouth. “You’ll tell them to me tonight.”


For a novella that was 70% sex, Seducing My Guardian was impressive. I mean a day to play out nine years of pent up desire, the scenarios were endless. Yet there was a love story playing out in the background once they finally let down their guards. A man that recognised a woman yearning to be loved whilst trying to do the honourable thing. My only criticism is not being a provided a backstory to Devan. It would have been great to understand why he had been picked as Hazel’s guardian, a reason even she didn’t know.
Profile Image for Crystal (Crystalreads2) .
933 reviews900 followers
March 14, 2021
Goodness, gracious, and like that my kindle is smokin. Katee Robert has done it again with an excellent taboo treat.


Devan becomes Hazel’s ward at 16 years of age; he ships her to boarding school for three years without a word. On her nineteenth birthday, she starts to self-destruct, and Devan shows up to stop her. Now enters the once-year visit to stop Hazel on her birthday, and does he walk in on some doozies. Now at twenty-five years of age and the end of him being her ward, she takes the next step for the next twenty fours hours.

The chemistry between the two is off the charts. Hazel is really a scared little girl but tough as nails. Devan has some severe willpower, dominant, sexy, and sees Hazel for who she is, not the mask. I always wish the author would do the male pov in her books. That is my only constructive criticism. I have enjoyed this series and look forward to more.
Profile Image for Alexis Hall.
Author 52 books14.2k followers
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December 18, 2021
This was a lot of fun. It’s mostly sexytimes, but given just enough depth emotional by its damaged, intriguing heroine.

The background premise is that Hazel’s parents died tragically when she turned sixteen, leaving her, and her trust fund, under the guardianship of a friend of her father’s—a total stranger called Devan. Devan stays mostly uninvolved in Hazel’s life, except once a year, on her a birthday, she deliberately gets involved in a wild party, from which he comes to extract her.

His guardianship ends on her 25th birthday. So on the night of her 25th birthday, Hazel sets out to seduce Devan, who she’s always wanted. And, err, she does. They end up in a plush hotel room, roleplaying the previous occasions of her birthday as if they’d had sex like they’d both wanted to. It works. It’s not super deep (unlike Devan’s dick) but it doesn’t have to be.

I’m kind of amused this series is a called A Touch of Taboo. Because “a touch” is about the only quantity of taboo I can take without getting squirmy. I am, not let me make clear, judging people who enjoy taboo stories and dynamics. I just … err … don’t. Anyway, this is the least taboo taboo setup the genre could offer: Devan had no involvement in Hazel’s life until her sixteenth birthday, and then his involvement was minimal, bar his acts of emotional support on her birthday. Hazel only decides to seduce him on the night his guardianship ends, and it only on this occasion that he allows himself to be seduced: they both touch upon how inappropriate it would have been to bang when she was in his guardianship, but they’re not above using the possibility of that past wrongness for a kinky thrill.

Basically, it’s all very healthy and consensual is what I’m saying. Because that is a KR book and there is no problematic trope on earth she cannot make wholesome, sexy and empowering for all parties. As is pretty much for the par for the course for KR expect a complicated heroine with sexual agency even when she’s submitting. Devan is a bit less well-delineated: he seems a nice, acceptably possessive guy with a taste for rough sex and a massif schlong. But this is very much Hazel’s book: he’s what she wants, and that’s what’s important here.

It’s very much an erotic romance with the emphasis on the erotic part of that so, for me, the emotional dynamics were slightly underbaked. But it’s also deliberately designed to be a quick, satisfying read so it’s not a significant problem.

Basically this book does exactly what it says on the tin. Thumbs up.
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1,274 reviews22.4k followers
July 29, 2022
Now that I’ve completed this lovely little series, I’m prepared to read everything by Katee Robert.
April 6, 2021
In what shape or form that made this book a taboo? Because he's her guardian? She's freaking 25 year old when the book started dammit. I don't get the taboo or forbidden relationship part. Sure, she knows him ever since she was a teen but I don't feel the chemistry or tension.

I feel like the series really kinda went downhill for me. What I love in the first book in the series is now what I hated most in this book and the book before this (which was the whole roleplaying thing, it was very mucho boring). I guess this is the perfect place to stop for me.
Profile Image for sil ♡ the book voyagers.
1,271 reviews3,101 followers
March 24, 2021
hello? new katee robert book at the end of this month IM SCREAMING because I'm sure she's gonna k word me with this omg this sounds steamy and v nasty I'm ready @ world

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REVIEW AFTER READING IT:

god damn, Katee Robert continues to create spectacular follow-ups to her Taboo series. Each one is better than the previous one, I seriously think this is my favorite book series. No lies, I get so happy reading these books when they come out. They make my day so much better and Seducing My Guardian is no different.

Hazel's turning 25 and this means getting full control of her trust fund. This also means Devan's work as her ward is ending. And though she doesn't see him at all during the year - only one night per year, on her birthday - their relationship is very intense, especially after the last one, her 24th. This time around Hazel is ready to seduce him, but she knows it can't be forever for them. Still, it's clear these two want so much more.

I was obsessed, I am obsessed, I will never stop being obsessed with Hazel and Devan. They are so perfect for each other. Their relationship is *chef kiss* and I want them to be happy forever. From beginning to end, Katee grabbed my attention and I couldn't stop reading until I knew what was going to happen to these two. And of course, because it's a Katee book, you can fully expect lots of steam and sexy moments, but also depth and emotion.

I really love the plotline "they only see each other one night of the year and it's enough until they both want more" this should be in more books!!!!
Profile Image for Malene.
1,288 reviews725 followers
March 25, 2021
Seducing My Guardian is another great addition to the Taboo series from Katee Robert. Again she delivers what I’ve come to expect from her and this series. Hazel and Devan were hot. Sizzling chemistry and fantasies they got to reenact . A quick read that gave me all the smut and dirty talking. Not my favorite of the series but still entertaining and sexy as hell.
Profile Image for Syndi.
3,355 reviews973 followers
August 12, 2022
Seducing My Guardian is not different than the other books in this series. Only BDSM sex. I still wish that Miss Robert invested on full length novel instead of novella.

If you looking for steamy, quick and no plot/ story, then this series is for you. For me, I need more than just BDSM. I want to see my hero vulnerableand show tenderness.

3 stars
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561 reviews241 followers
March 25, 2021
I died of happiness when Katee Robert announced that the Taboo series isn't over yet!



I'm so ready for this!!

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Profile Image for Jen ♥.
1,357 reviews636 followers
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June 16, 2024
It was hot, but gosh, these two need to stop pussyfooting around each other. Not communicating what they actually want exasperated the ever-loving crap out of me. And to think this is only a novella, but they still got the third-act breakup with a 2-week separation was so beyond me. I wish they didn't let their fears and wrong assumptions control them.
Profile Image for Llakshmi.
539 reviews472 followers
March 30, 2021
PURE. FUCKING. FILTH.

Role play-fantasy-forbidden-age gap-kinky sex.

I don’t want to be savored.
I want to be fucking railed.

So called spoilt rich girl, Hazel has been lusting after her guardian, Devan almost all her life. Devan who only visits her on her birthdays to save her from herself. And now on her 25th birthday, he’s finally been devoid of his “guardian” title and she wants to recreate every fantasy she’s had about him over her birthdays.

“Just like it makes me fucking feral to think about you with other people.”

Jealousy-possessive sex is seriously mouth watering.

“Sharing means you’re mine, Hazel. It means that pussy belongs to me, and if you want a threesome or an orgy or whatever the fuck you can dream up, that’s something I’m giving to you. It doesn’t matter if it’s not my hands, cock, mouth that’s delivering it. It’s still at my will.”

But I’m not going to lie. I did skip some sex scenes. Sometimes too many scenes is just exhausting to read.

Just like most of her books from this series, it was fun, quick and downright ridiculous.

“Am I seeing things, or did you tattoo my fingerprints on your skin?”

I meaaaannn.

Also I felt the ‘I love you’ was unnecessary. Felt like something that should’ve been told in the epilogue and not after a 2 day fuck fest.

Definitely not my favourite in the series. That title still goes to ‘your dad will do’ but not a bad read.— 3.5/4 stars ⭐️
Profile Image for Ms reads a lot.
484 reviews
September 11, 2021
Smutty! But after reading the other novellas in this series, I found this to be kind of a repeat of the other books (especially book 1 and 3).
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450 reviews335 followers
April 4, 2021
I really enjoyed this one! Give me all the yearning stories please

(And I need to binge read EVERYTHING Katee writes)
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658 reviews527 followers
Shelved as 'dropped'
March 24, 2021
Boring boring boring.

I'm so dissapointed. It feels like your dad will do was the best book in this series and each companion gets worse and worse.

For fucks sake. If you want to be treated as a mature adult, fucking learn to hold responsibility for once rather than demanding with your stupid mouth all day.
Profile Image for Alex (HEABookNerd).
2,186 reviews
December 1, 2023
SEDUCING MY GUARDIAN is another very steamy and sexy read in the TOUCH OF TABOO series. When Hazel’s parents die on her 16th birthday she becomes Devan’s ward but he promptly ships her off to boarding school. She doesn’t see him again until her 19th birthday when he shows up to drag her drunk self home. Now each year the only time Hazel sees Devan is on her birthday but this year, her 25th, she’ll no longer be his ward and she has a new plan to seduce the sexy man who’s always tempted her.

If you’ve read a Katee Robert book then you know to expect lots of sex, a grumpy hero, and a feisty heroine. I really liked Hazel and Devan and their chemistry was on fire. They’ve both been lusting after the other but Devan is an honorable man and he’s never felt comfortable doing anything while he had financial control over Hazel as her guardian. He tries to resist at first when Hazel proposes a night together but the attraction is too strong. I really enjoyed SEDUCING MY GUARDIAN though I’ll admit, much like the other books in the series, I always want a little bit more when it comes to character depth. What can I say I’m greedy, lol. Of course, this series isn’t meant to be deep in that way so if what you want is a lot of hot sex and two people quickly falling then you’ve got it!

Content Warning: past death of a parents; past incident of MC being roofied
Profile Image for Jacque.
600 reviews205 followers
October 16, 2022
It will surprise absolutely NO ONE that I loved this book😍 it’s ridiculously filthy, real queer, just a hot quick shot of everything I love about Katee Robert🙌🏼
Profile Image for shaira ✨.
509 reviews156 followers
October 8, 2022
aww she tattooed his fingerprints where he left those imprints on her skin (and here i thought romance was dead) 👉🏽👈🏽🥺

also, like after the first few couple of scenes i kind of lost track of all the jack hammering but yo girl hazel desperately needs a gallon of that hydralyte and some premium pH balancing pussy numbing cream after that jumbo bangfest. mad respect for that stamina tho by phew 🥵 like, not only did devan find the clit but he’s definitely the type who’ll imprint a plaque of hazel’s entire labia on his tombstone partly just for the lols i certainly wouldn’t put that past him, mark my words ☝🏽

trust katee robert to pull one in w some puthy throbbingly addictive smut (w quality at that too). there was a bit of angst towards the end there, but admittedly i was mostly here for the slippy sloppy gloppy ass clappity bangfest and can’t say i was disappointed 💁🏽‍♀️
Profile Image for Kelly.
587 reviews504 followers
November 29, 2022
YUP I really liked this one also, it was super hot 🔥
Profile Image for Varya.
767 reviews103 followers
April 23, 2021
*Alert* I run the risk of sounding like a cross between 'a crazy sex fiend' and 'Katee Robert's hardcore fan' in this review,.....so tread at your own risk ;)

Holy fucking sexual fantasy heaven........*trails off into a hundred more expletives that are too dirty to write*
This book!!! I have officially named Katee Robert as a "hotter than fire, filthy sex queen". I know, i know, it's a too long title but I'll find a trophy to get it ingrained on, i swear. I have read a lot of smutty books but only Katee can manage to write these tropes without making them cringey, pedophilic or an eye-rolling mess.

Let me tell you my thoughts while I was reading the book:


" *Kracking knuckles and opening the book*"
"Hell yeah, go for him baby! Girl Power! "
"Holy hell, he is hot with a capital H"
"Ooooh, this is going to be great *devious smile"
" Holy fuck *panting* "
"Omg"
"OMG"
"OMG!!!!!!!"
" I want to be in that room with them"
"Where in the ever loving hell is my vibrator"
"Vibrators can't cut it now, need a cold shower"
" *Gasps* He didn't just say that! "
" Am I that kinky to get aroused by all the dirty, filthy talk they are doing or should I just lose faith in my own humanity now?!"
"Omg that's so filthy "
"Omg omg omg omg!!!!!!!"
" *Blushes profusely* "
" Oh MY GOD! What is this man and woman doing?!!! *wide eyes* "
" Applying lip balm cuz --. High sexual
tension, nibbling teeth and sore lips* "
" *Finishes the book and sits in a dark corner in a haze* I need a Devan and Hazel of my own"


And that's all people, that's my crazy head and my crazy reactions. And yes, this book WAS that hot. 🔥🔥🔥 The sexual tension between Devan and Hazel....and in my kindle😆 was so thick, one would need a laser cutter to wade through it. Whew.....just go read it mmmkay? And try to keep yourself limited to one room cuz there can be potential fires from the sizzling chemistry and panty melting scenes these characters have.

“Good girls get rewards. Do you know what bad girls get?”
I shiver, my instinct to fight battling with my desire for whatever comes next. “What?”
“Birthday spankings.” He brings his hand down on my bare ass before I can brace for it.


Oh forgot to mention it.....be a good girl and keep extra batteries for your vibrator near you while reading this book cuz apparently bad girls get spankings😋.

Hey, Stop wondering whether that's really even a bad thing!! 😂😂

Okay okay fine, I am going. Bye.
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240 reviews25 followers
April 21, 2021
Ufff.. holy hotness, that was one filthy read. If you are not afraid to get wet, read this book right the fuck now. I swear by the end you will be so fucking wet you will crave an orgasm so bad...hell even lots of them.
That book made me the horniest I've been in a while and I wanted every single one of those fantasies and all the stuff they did. DAMN, Devan is one hell of an alpha dom. He gave her all she needed and so much more.

"How am I supposed to go back to fucking normal people after I’ve had Devan? He reaches down into my deepest, darkest parts and plucks the strings of my desires there. Without shame. Without judgment."

I love love love roleplaying. Its the hottest thing EVER, such turn on, and if you do to, then this book is right for you. Even though it wasn't very taboo for me, it was so fucking hot.

"He cups my jaw, lightly tracing his thumb over my cheekbone.
“I like you like this.” ...I like the whole smoky eye thing, too.”
The slightest hesitation, and then his voice deepens. “And you know very damn fucking well that I like your red lips.”
“Um.”
“Hush. I’m thinking.” He finally nods to himself. “I want to make your eyeliner run, birthday girl. Not because you’re sad—because you’re choking on my cock.
......
“You should see how you look right now, those pretty red lips wrapped around my cock.” He shakes his head slowly. “You’re the most fucked up combination of sinful and innocent. It’s enough to mess with a person’s head.”

And as usual, like the most stemy books, no panties needed just some sex toys or your partner so you can play out all the hot sex scenes.

This was such a delicious sinful read. A short novella that I devoured for few hours and exactly what I needed today. A quick erotic read to melt my panties.
Profile Image for Kait.
1,325 reviews212 followers
December 23, 2022
3.5⭐️

Hazel lost her parents at 16 years old and was placed in the care of her fathers military buddy who then shipped her off to boarding school. Now on her 25th birthday when she gets her inheritance, she wants to have him for just one night before she lets go of him forever. Devon is perfect but he has always and will always turn her down for more, it’s time for her to let go.

Holy hotness 🔥🔥 Their chemistry is off the charts but they could have resolved everything with communication.
Profile Image for mira.
865 reviews1,352 followers
October 26, 2021
2.75⭐️

“Be you, Hazel. That’s what I want. That’s all I want.”


this was fine. i got bored somewhere halfway through. i felt like it was going exactly the same way as her other books and i just wanted something new.

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