Review: Realistic characters, well-done!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
Everyone knows a Rebecca Banks in real life. She’s the kind-hearted, people-pleaser who wants to see the best in everybody, but who allows herself to be taken advantage of by a series of loser men. You can only feel sorry for her for so long, then after a point you want to slap her, and shout, “wake up.”That’s pretty much what happens in this book—only physical therapist Rebecca Banks gets spanked. She is taken in hand by a man from her past (a firefighter) when she is unable to do what she should do and break free of her verbally abusive, drug-using deadbeat boyfriend. Unfortunately, this does not happen soon enough and Rebecca is embroiled in legal troubles when her ex-boyfriend and his pals implicate her in a serious crime.I liked this book a lot. It is a well-written, slightly edgy novella that skates the line between spanking romance (domestic discipline) and BDSM. As the reader, I cheered when Sawyer, the man from her past, took her in hand in an effort to get her to do the right thing for herself. Rebecca is exactly the sort of woman who needs a keeper.I could see author Natasha Knight writing a sequel to this novel involving Rebecca and Sawyer (hint, hint) because I can see them further exploring the BDSM side of their relationship. I also liked the peek at Rebecca's attorney’s relationship with his wife, and think they deserve their own book too.Nicely done!