I'm just going to start out with one of the things I like very best about this book, and what I think makes it so terrifically awesome. The heroine, Valerie, isn't a 20 year old with a perfect body. She's a 40-something with the body of a woman who is in her 40s and who has given birth to children. All too often, these kinds of books are full of young women with older men, but this one has a older woman with a man of about the same age. It's refreshing to see.

Valerie is a widow with 2 grown children. She's worked hard to get herself to where she is. So when she gets a mysterious invitation to a new sub night at the local club, she screws her courage to the sticking place and decides to go. When she gets to the club, she starts to chicken out, but then Master T convinces her to go in. He says that he will give her a tour and introduce her to some of the "fluffier Doms" so she can ease into BDSM. Only, the Dom she becomes entranced with isn't a fluffy one. It's Master Eric. The boss of the club. The Domliest Dom who ever Dommed. And the attraction is mutual.

This was a very enjoyable story to read. Valerie and Eric work really well together and the story is about Val figuring out who she is and what she wants and needs and what it will take for her to get what she wants and needs. All the conflict is internal to their relationship, and even that isn't bad. It's definitely a boy meets girl, boy spanks girl, boy and girl live happily ever after kind of story, and it's perfect for these two. ( )

Maddie Taylor loves to walk that fine line between edgy and innocent. Eric and Valerie are proof that these traits go hand in hand. She's looking for a way to spice up her life. He's in need of a challenge. What ensues is an attraction that will steam up any ereader. Hotter than any blush. (3.5 stars) ( )