Review:  Humility (Damned Connections Book 4) by Lark Taylor 

Rating: 4.5🌈

Humility is the finale book to Lark Taylor’s Connections series and it’s definitely worth the tissues needed to read it.  

While on the surface, it’s about two commitment phobic best friends finally understanding each is the others HEA, the underlying issues, a heart wrenching event, and the backstories are the reasons that will have you reaching almost nonstop for the tissue box. 

Riley, human with a history of a human stalker and dysfunctional parenting, is a series staple as he’s a best friend of Matty (Justice #2).  Danny, wolf shifter firefighter, is a wounded soul with a broken history that’s revealed in this book.  He too has had many scenes throughout the series as a best friend/ co firefighter with Leo (Patience #1). So we’ve been given glimpses of both characters in the preceding novels as they helped their friends through to resolving their problems and getting their mates.

 With Riley and Danny , they meet, immediately click before having intense sex. Best ever. But because of various factors, each has resolved to stay commitment free.  So it’s buddy only.

Until it’s not. 

Taylor skillfully leads the characters through a heart wrenching and life changing event. The aftermath of which forces revelations of the past, old wounds come to light, and they journey back to Scotland where it all began for Danny , in his pack.

Lark creates a number of new and interesting characters to inhabit this new location in Scotland, and perhaps, one that will travel back to England to meet the rest of the paranormal group that resides there. Logan is an amazing shifter. 

This ends one series but launches two more. One about the Seraphim and one about the wolf shifter we met in the book.  

There was an absolutely wonderful epilogue that I hope gets a follow up in some way to let us see what happened next. With everyone.

Put this series on your list, including the finale. But read them in the order they are written.

Reckless Damn Series – first series 

• Devil’s Mark #1
• Devil May Care #2
• Deal with the Devil #3
• Luck of the Devil #4

 

Damned Connections – sequel 

• Patience #1
• Justice #2
• Temperance #3
• Humility #4 – finale

Hopeless Blessed – Seraphim sequel series 

• Conflicted #1 -Sept 5,2024

The Wild Edges (wolf shifters sequel series)

• Finlay #1 – July 10, 2025

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        Humility (Damned Connections Book 4)

    

Blurb:

Two commitment-phobes. One ridiculous plan. A decision that changes everything…

Riley

If a no-strings hookup is required, then I’m the perfect guy.

When I meet Danny, I can’t believe my luck. A sexy wolf shifter who’s also a fireman? Who runs from relationships just as fast as I do? Sign me up.

The night that follows is one for the history books, and the best part? Neither of us is looking for a repeat.

That doesn’t mean we don’t see each other again. Without even realising it, we become friends. Friends who do everything together.

Everything with Danny is perfect, but when I start to yearn for more from my hookups, I know something needs to change.

So I come up with a plan. A genius plan. I sign up for an app that arranges anonymous encounters. No names. No faces shown.

No danger of pesky feelings getting involved.

What could possibly go wrong?

Danny

Unlike Riley, my desire to avoid a relationship has nothing to do with commitment issues.

Taking a mate would mean returning to the clan who betrayed me. I’d have to leave behind this life I’ve built, a life I’m very happy with. One where Riley occupies most of my free time.

Everything is going swimmingly until Riley tells me his plan. His genius plan, he calls it. He can’t see it for what it is—an idiotic idea that’ll land him in danger.

I can’t let him go through with it. My wolf won’t allow it. Problem is, Riley’s as stubborn as they come. Once he’s decided on something, there’s no changing his mind.

Not wanting him in danger, I realise there’s only one thing I can do. One thing that’ll keep Riley happy while also keeping him safe.

I can be his anonymous hookup.

It’s idiot-proof. At least, it would be, if I wasn’t an idiot.

Turns out Riley isn’t the only one who should be scared of hooking up and realising you want more.

Humility is the thrilling fourth instalment in the Damned Connections series and can be read as a standalone. Featuring a wolf shifter x human pairing, this spicy MM PNR romance will make you laugh and cry. Each book follows a different couple with a guaranteed HEA.

• Publisher: Lark Taylor (July 31, 2024)
• Publication date: July 31, 2024
• Language: English
• Print length: 408 pages