Review: 4.5 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
I think I gave the first book in the series only 3 stars, but Everything Bared really hit the spot for me.  It was longer I believe which may be a big reason, the characters could develop more. I liked the characters and didn't find Dani to be a know it all, she, for me, was just a confidant woman.  Her rather aggressive "you're going to provide this for me because it's your condo" actions at first I think are meant to cover up that she's been in love with William for three years and she doesn't really know how to handle the uncomfortable situation. I felt the connection between Dani and William much more than Jamie and Eliza (Elise?) in the first one.Fire play was a new to me fetish?kink? in the first book and Cayne has exhibitionism/voyeurism and pony play in EB.  These were not new to me, but the pony play was presented in an interesting, home friendly fashion (never imagined writing a review with that in it).  The fact that William had the few pieces of equipment they used indicates he's not as straight inside as he appears to be.  I also found it realistic that the two characters switched dominance depending on what they were doing.  It's also mentioned he hit the clubs in the past with Jamie, his brother.I felt there was plenty of story line and that this wasn't porn as the one star reviewers mention.  There was Dani moving in with William, scenes involving both Dani's work and Wiliam's work and his problems with a union and arson, both families are mentioned and we see a lot of the Caldwells, we get to see how Dani and William try to change to make this relationship work, etc.  Yes, EB is definitely an erotic romance, but not porn.Definitely looking forward to the next sibling's story, especially Cade's to see if I'm right about where his story will go.