Since losing his wife, Derrick hasn’t been interested in another relationship. But lately, he’s been growing bored playing with a different sub each weekend. He needs something more.On the run from an abusive husband, the last thing Jacey needs a man. Yet, there is something about Derrick that calls to her, that makes her imagine impossible things… her, take her, dominate her.
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Derrick Ashdown, wealthy business owner, was bored with finding a new submissive every weekend to play with. But, he also hadn’t been interested in another relationship since his wife dies almost twenty years ago. From the moment he ran into Jacey at the scene of an accident, both his protective instincts and his attraction went into hyper drive. He wanted her, and for more than a night.
Jacey Reynolds was a woman on the run. After escaping her abusive husband, she has nowhere to turn but the streets. Using her real name or even her social security number to find a job will let him find her and put the both her life and that of her unborn child at risk. The last thing she needs is a man . . . and a dominant one at that, but there is something about Derrick that has her feeling safe even when she knows she may never be safe again.
While things heat up between Derrick and Jacey, her ex is out for revenge and plans to take Jacey out along with anyone in his way. It will be up to Derrick to convince Jacey that not only is she safe, but that he needs her to stay in his life . . . forever.
I have to say that the chemistry between Derrick and Jacey was smoking hot. They both seemed to provide what the other was lacking in their lives exactly at the right time.
Derrick is super dominant and protective. He’s a fixer and a caretaker and wants nothing more than to take care of all of Jacey’s problems as well as her and the baby. Jacey, while submissive, is an extremely strong woman who also needs her independence. She’s escaped from a complete psycho of an ex and has done what she needed to in order to survive. Watching them learn to navigate and trust one another was enjoyable and some of the intimate scenes were smokin’ hot.
Jacey’s ex provides a phenomenal element of suspense. He and his even crazier brother want revenge on Jacey for running and will do just about anything to get it which leads to some fantastic drama and edge of your seat excitement.
This was a solid start to this series and I know I will be reading on. 4 stars.
3.5 This book had a good storyline, though not very original and was not too intense in the BDSM and D/s activity so I really enjoyed it. Jacey was running away from an abusive ex husband and meets Derrick, a Wealthy Dom who has been getting a bit bored at the BDSM club recently. They meet at the scene of an accident where they are both witnesses and go to a diner afterward.
I like this because it seems like a lot of the BDSM I have read before have women coming straight from abusive or even rape situations and then right away seem to be fine with a Dom whipping them or something similar. In this book, she is very reluctant to trust, and won’t agree to anything like that. It takes her a while to agree to a sexy spanking.
The romance between the two main characters is very hot and the D/s parts are steamy. The story about her ex and his brother is good as well though, like I said, that has been done before.
Enjoyable read! Different
Some of the BDSM aspects were a bit extreme for my taste, but it was overall spicy without being disgusting. The storyline was decent, although things seemed to wrap up very quickly. The characters were what drew me in, snagging my attention from the start; I may need to read the remainder of the series just to see what happens to everyone!
A few things surprised me with this book. Firstly characters are introduced to is and then are never heard of again….presumably they appear in the following books?? Secondly, if you struggle reading a book that has a fee editing issues, then this book will bug you. There aren’t alot, but enough that it takes your attention away from the storyline….and that’s never a good thing.
The storyline, for the most part moves fairly consistently, with a little danger thrown in. The sex scenes are steamy and not over the top, but apart from the first scene, the club doesn’t make an appearance again. Bonus is that Jacey and Derrick’s story is complete in this book, so no cliffy.
I am keen to read book 2 to see where the author intends on taking this series.
Derrick feels tired of his life and the club just doesn’t give him the same pleasure it used to. Jacey is trying to survive after running from her abusive husband, staying in shelters and pregnant.
Derrick and Jacey meet at the scene of an accident and Derrick feels his protective instincts about her.
Derrick can’t get Jacey out of his mind and when he finds her convinces her to go to dinner with him, their chemistry is amazing, but Jacey knows that it can only be one night she has to much that she is hiding from and she finds out his is a Dom, with her ex being a Dom and abusing her she is terrified.
Returning from his trip Derrick finds out that Jacey is homeless and determined to find her, when he find her sick, he looks after her and takes her home, when Jacey tries to leave to protect him, and because she can’t ever submit again, Derrick knows that something drew Jacey to the lifestyle and with time and her trust she will enjoy it again.
With the realisation that Jacey’s ex has found her she knows she has to tell Derrick everything, when Derrick realises who her husband is, he knows that what that the less people who knew the less that would be in danger. With a plan in place, Derrick hopes it is enough to save Jacey and their baby.
I enjoyed the female characters in this series.
Jacey is on the run from her abusive ex husband. She is homeless and pregnant and sees a car accident, when she meets Derrick. Derrick is rich, gorgeous, and a Dom. He asks her out but she is very wary of dominant men. They have a one night stand and she goes to the diner where she works. Derrick has business and is gone for several days. He returns to find out she was fired, lives in a shelter, and he can’t find her anywhere. When he does find her, she is really sick and he takes her to the hospital. He takes her to his house when she is released and promises to take care of her and her baby.
But her ex will stop at nothing to get to her. Derrick loves her too much to lose her now.
I liked the overall story but there were a lot of grammar errors and wrong names put in wrong places. Plus she was tied up, then says he released her hands and the next paragraph her wrists were bound. Totally confusing at times. I want to read the next one but am afraid the editing will be just as bad. Plenty of sex. Some BDSM.