REVIEW: Daddy's Firm Hands by Mae Malone (Saddle Up #4)

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DADDY’S FIRM HANDS

Saddle Up - Book Four

by Mae Malone

Release Date: September 26, 2025

Review

A great premise for a book.  A guy on the run from his mafia family and winds up taking refuge on a ranch.


Mile and Stone are cute together, and it’s fun to see how easily they fit together. Not just in terms of their kink but also with Milo bringing his business skill sets to the table and Stone finding some okay with his obsessive traits.  


There’s also a great cast of characters around them on the ranch.


There were a few things that drew me out, particularly Milo keeping the mafia a secret, even when the mafia shows up, and then Stone being at fault for calling Milo out for keeping the secret. It felt like contrived drama.


But overall, it was an enjoyable and quick read.

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Synopsis

𓃗 Daddy’s Firm Hands is a semi-dark MM cowboy/mafia story in the Saddle Up shared world. Saddle Up is a MM Daddy cowboy multi-author collaboration where you'll find heart, heat, and a good time!


Will secrets lasso their love before it can start?

Milo

 I’ve always been a f*ckup, but this time I’ve done something unforgivable. I flee the most ruthless mafia on the east coast, driving west until my car breaks down in the middle of nowhere.

 A silver fox cowboy picks me up, offering me a job on his ranch in Montana. I thought it would be the perfect place to hide…

 The problem is, I can’t hide my secrets from Stone. He sees the deepest, darkest parts of myself I can’t face alone.

 His firm hands are the only remedy that can heal me. He makes me want to be a better, braver man. But I can only outrun my past for so long…It’s only a matter of time before the mafia finds me, and I f*ck this up too.

Stone

℧ Maybe Milo reminds me too much of my younger self, or I’m a sucker for a handsome face. From the minute I meet him, I’m obsessed with peeling back his tough guy exterior layer by layer until only the rawest secrets remain.

℧ I know I shouldn’t indulge—I’m too old for him, and I have my own secrets I’ll take with me to the grave.

℧ But he’s hurting. He needs a firm hand to help him become the man he’s meant to be. Will our secrets lasso us before we can even start?


Daddy's Firm Hands is a stand alone MM romance with dark themes. Stone and Milo will get their HEA.

About Mae Malone

M. Bonnet, writing as Mae Malone, is excited to share her dark tales of mafia and madness with the world! 


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