Review: A- rating....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
My Review:I had to go back and grab Book #3 of this series after I read #5...just because of the connection between Tyler and Carter, who both worked for the agency. This book didn't disappoint. I will admit there are a few things which will require the reader to suspend a bit of disbelief overall, but I loved the story so much, I had no issue doing just that.The book starts with the owners of the Den deciding if/when to break in on a scene where a sub is being abused. In a BDSM club, this isn't something that's done....that's why people come to these clubs....to be able to act out this kind of scene with no recriminations, but something doesn't feel right and Seth breaks it up....rightfully so, since the sub didn't have a safeword and was being tortured. That sub was Tyler, who is a male escort and has to do the job he's hired to do, even if it means physical torture. Allie is brought in as a lawyer to represent him if he needs it because by the time it's all said and done, he's in no shape to really represent his own wishes.This is a book about a triad relationship and it's an interesting balance set up between these three. Seth is the Dom. He owns the club and acts as Dom there, although he's the first to admit,  he's really not into the scene...he just likes to be in charge. Tyler has a bit of Dom in him too, but he also loves to submit to Seth. He needs that. He's a Dom to Allie, but a sub to Seth. And then Allie just needs someone to tell her what to do...she's a lawyer by day and needs to give up that control sometime. The relationship is set in the BDSM world, but it's very, very light in that world. They have a set structure about who's in charge, but it really doesn't go past that besides a bit of light bondage. For them, this is more about the relationship than the BDSM because these three characters are a cohesive group. From the moment they begin to interact, they realize that and if one person is out of their triad, it doesn't work anymore. That part of the story worked for me.What also worked for me was Tyler's whole part of the story. He's stuck in a bad situation and you can feel his emotional turmoil and upheaval and awful self-worth leap off the page when you're in his POV. Tyler absolutely made this story for me.Overall, I liked this one. There were a few points that I could sit down and point out with a "no way", but I loved every minute of reading the book regardless of those so I decided to simply ignore them. ;o)