Review: Murder mystery, basics of BDSM, and romance!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2013
I really enjoyed this book.  Detective Gavin DeGrassi is called to investigate a murder of a man involved in the city's BDSM community centered around the private club, Collared.  He's drawn into the scene during a crash course in the scene by consultant, psychologist Ben Haversin, and is also drawn to the soft-spoken, but self-assured Ben.  Gavin is from a family of cops, his father retired and his three brothers either cops or in csi, but he's feeling unhappily pressured by their expectations--and those of his wife, in what seems a very cool relationship.The murder is suitably nasty, and there is a huge urgency to track down the murderer when he/she strikes again.  However, clues are not leading to any clear suspects.  In the meantime, Gavin is learning more and more about what it is to be a Dom and a sub... and not all because of the case.Gavin's exploration of himself and his sexuality is interesting.  It helps that Gavin is not at all angsty or in denial.  He WAS deep in the closet, but he was aware of it and chose it.  The transition from that into finally being truer to his own nature made some sense as an event gives him an opening.  And we really do want him to find happiness, as he really is a decent, nice guy.The reason I'm giving only four stars is because I could spot the killer towards the denouement, but Gavin couldn't, which wasn't so bad, but he actually does something on the stupid size, which I really don't like in a character... but the poor guy does pay for his mistake and I can forgive him.  It really was the only misstep in this tale, and really isn't a deal-breaker by any means.I enjoyed this book so much that I will definitely look for more by this author.