Review: This series just keeps getting better and better!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Quinn needs to research the BDSM lifestyle for a role. But internet searches won’t be able to teach her to portray a convincing submission. There is really only one way to learn, to be taught, at the hands of a master.Marcus’s life has gone a long time without much not going his way. Beyond a college injury that changed the direction of his youthful life, he doesn’t have much to complain about. He’s been at The Den for six years, he’s an employed club Dom and now he is one of the owners. His submissives have always been contracted clients, never one that he had a desire to claim or collar.When Quinn is placed into the skillful hands of Marcus for her week long training, there is something that sparks within both of them. For her it is a desire to submit to him and to please, and for him it’s the craving to stake his claim and to take her as his own. As Marcus teaches her the basics of the lifestyle both by allowing her to watch it unfold in the public rooms and in private, by allowing her to finally free herself from the stress of a Hollywood lifestyle.The act of submitting comes naturally to Quinn. She’s done enough research to know what she should do and how she should behave, but Marcus doesn’t want the actress in her performing, kneeling at his feet. He wants the woman that has been buried inside to willingly give herself over to him.As they spend the week together, both gaining each other’s trust and exploring the ins and outs of the lifestyle, something breaks loose inside both of them. This was all supposed to make her more prepared for her new role, a role that would change her image from the child star to the woman she wants to be... But that changes when emotions come into play. With her time at the club coming to an end and having to return to California, both these two have to figure out what means more to them... their careers or what they can have together.There was something that was very vulnerable feeling with Marcus’s character. He wasn’t a broken mess of a man that needed saving, in all he was pretty well adjusted and put together. Yet there was something that made my insides soften at his tender moments and when he had to finally face the fact that her time at the club was coming to an end. Usually I need a severely broken man to get me in the feels, but somehow his normalness just worked perfectly for this story.Quinn was not overly Hollywood and I loved that the drama aspect of a diva really didn’t into play with her. I enjoyed that she did not fight her feelings too much or not give in to the experience that she was undertaking. There was something a little more erotic feeling about her journey of discovery. It was a new world for her and that allowed you to take in her experience as you read along.There wasn’t too much time to touch on the other characters from the prior books, but you get a bit of each of them in their own way. You are also introduced with a little more depth the newer characters that are slated to get their very own story. Each one is intriguing in their own way.Lynda Aicher has done a wonderful job being able to give us so many stories within this series without repeating anything. Each character is satisfying their own need in their own way throughout these series and so far they have all been so varied that you get a completely new experience with each installment.Another great story in this series and I am looking forward to Rock’s story next. He’s been the strong and silent type throughout most of this series and I am guessing he’s going to have one h*lluva back-story to showcase.