Read as part of a series review for http://scorchingbookreviews.blogspot.com

Walker has been searching for that extra “something”. As a Dom at club Purgatory, he often takes a little subbie to play with but, recently, this hasn’t been enough. One night Cass walks into Club Purgatory to play with his friend Dex and everything changes. Cass turns up to the club once a month to get what she needs, but after a particularly nasty breakup from her Master, she is trying to withdraw from the lifestyle. As a former 24/7 slave, she was left in freefall by the horrible way her former Master left her. The last thing that she needs is to put herself back into a position like that but something about Walker draws her in. Can she let go of her hurt feelings and give love another chance? On the other hand, will she be try to be satisfied with her floggings once a month and move on?

So the whole reason I picked up the series was for this cover, it’s just so darn pretty! That aside I really enjoyed this addition to the series. Walker surprised me; when we first meet him I was much more taken with Dex, but by the end of the tale boy did he grow on me! He is needs more than the D/s play he gets at the club and he recognises that same need in Cass. He pursues her with a relentless intensity that made me smile and his arrogance was really quite charming (No, I don’t know why I find these characteristics charming either!) Cass is a scared little rabbit but I felt a little proud of her achievements in this book. This is the only addition where I have seen actual character development, which is a real credit to the author considering the size of the novel! The sex scenes are hard, fast and dirty; the desperation that these characters feel towards each other is really well described. If I had a “mad monkey sex” shelf on GR, this would be placed on that but I do not so I’ll stick to “hot”! BDSM wise, the sex is really quite mild, but the emotional implications of the characters needs are really quite daunting; I enjoyed the fact this author stayed away from the toys of the trade and stuck with the feelings behind the BDSM scene.

A fabulous addition to the series, complete with desperate down and dirty sex and emotionally tortured characters!
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This might be my favorite of these shorts. It was lacking a little on editing, but not enough to take away from the story completely. Again, major props to anyone who can do the D/s thing full time. I don’t think I could handle it. I like reading about brats though. They’re fun! ( )