Review: This is not Romance.......
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2013
This book in my opinion is not a romance.It wasn't well written and I had a major issue with the male lead (I refuse to call him a hero).  I will be upfront and state that I did not finish reading this book and returned it for a refund before I finished it.  I got a little over halfway through and got to the scene that made me stop reading.  I wanted to leave a review so others who feel similarly to myself will be given a warning before purchasing this book.*****SPOILER****The male lead considers himself and is a Sadist.  One night after having sex with the heroine he still feels the need to express his violent tendencies.  He leaves and goes out on the streets and hires a prostitute randomly to beat the tar out of.  The beating of this prostitute is written very explicitly and is very disturbing. He then gives the prostitute money for beating her and looks at her and just knows she has enjoyed the beating....(I suppose the male lead is psychic to know this,although I think psychotic is more apt). Next day the heroine asks where he went that evening and it comes out what he did.  The heroine is jealous, because he should be doing that to her. The way this scene was worded especially with the prostitute it was like because that was her trade the prostitute was just asking to be beaten.  It deeply disturbed and angered me. I read a few more pages and put the book down at this point.*****END SPOILER*****I felt the male lead in this book was a sociopath and a future Ted Bundy in training.  The h was a doormat and railroaded by the male lead and the back story of the father of the heroine was ridiculous. I found nothing resembling love or romance in this book.  I don't think it was even a realistic portrayal of the lifestyle that it was trying to portray. (Although knowing very little about this subject I cannot say with 100% accuracy).