Review: Loved the idea
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
What I liked: the idea of two older people wanting to start over, and have some kinky fun was great. And the first scene promised a fun story. The author has a great sense of humor, and can handle several interlocking characters and plot lines in a story.What I didn't like: After a great setup, the hero and heroine then spent a good third of the book apart. I started skim reading. I wanted more of their BDSM relationship. But we had to take a giant step backward in their lives. Too far.I was also disappointed in the hero. I would love to see his very rude behavior molded into that of a hero who makes mistakes, but does it in a way I can still like him. I felt there was probably much more to the hero in the author's mind that didn't make it onto the page. What I saw, I couldn't honestly like very much.Example - the heroine gets stuck dog sitting his dogs (who were funny, but not the kind of dogs I'd want to dog sit, that's for sure.)He is extremely rude to her when she drops them off. He yells at her, slams the door on her, and won't let her speak. And I didn't understand why he cares so much that the animals get into a dog show, if his ex-wife is the one who wanted this, not him? This sounds like he's still hung up on his ex, not ready for a new relationship.When the hero and heroine finally get together in his vacation land, and he is attracted to her, he is once again so rude--he can see she's self-conscious about her breasts, so he first removes her shawl without her permission and then says he'll just have fun staring at her breasts. Ow! He doesn't even know this woman. This is not sexy dom behavior, this is the behavior of a man who doesn't understand boundaries. A gentleman would show her he's interested in HER by looking into her eyes and having a conversation. If they negotiate in a BDSM club, then he gets to tell her what to do, not as a (as far as he knows) total stranger. A real dom wants the woman inside the skin, not just the body.