Review: IF IT'S HOT IN HERE... WE MUST BE IN PURGATORY!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2013
"Levi's Ultimatum" is the second in the Purgatory Masters series.  (I think I read in the first book that this is to be a trilogy series, but I don't know if that is still the actual plan because I can't find anything about it on Eliza Gayle's website.)  At the end of "Tucker's Fall" we find out that Levi has been missing for three weeks... and at the start of Levi's story, we find out exactly where he has been.  Upon his return, he stops at Nina's cafe and runs into Tori and her daughter, Hannah - and falls HARD for both of them.  Imagine his surprise when later he runs into Tori... at Purgatory... as a DOMME.This is an interesting slant - a single Mom with full-time responsibility for a young child & how a BDSM relationship will fit into that scenario.  Good thing that Grandma is nearby... eh?  In between all the mysteries that surround Levi (& the other Masters), Catori is also hiding a pretty shocking secret - and Eliza Gayle does a great job at keeping the suspense up without making the reader get to the point that they want to scream, "Get to the point!!".  (Yeah, I'm snarky AND impatient.)  There are a few things that I just didn't find too plausible; don't read this part if you aren't prepared for a spoiler... but... really?  A woman who has been catatonic for ten years can get up & hold a press conference?  And if the facility knew Levi was such an involved & interested son, I just REALLY can't imagine why he would NOT have been alerted the SECOND his mother "snapped out of it".  I don't know if this is something that will be addressed in the book covering Mason or not - but I'll just suspend my disbelief and not think about it.  Too much.This is about 200 pages; about 50 shorter than Tucker's Fall but still an awesome read!  Just be prepared for nipple clamps, bondage, clothing deprivation, spanking and talk of (past) canings.  (That's your warning.)  OH, and let's not forget my "disclaimer" - I had asked Eliza Gayle for a copy of this to read & review... and when she sent me the beta copy, I realized I had already purchased it.  Oops.  Mom brain strikes again.Go ahead & pick up copies for yourself of this series -- it's really good BDSM romantica with a suspense twist to it!  THUMBS UP!