Jessica wants to start over - new job in a new city - to escape the broken heart she left in her hometown. She never expected that a brief encounter, and a ride to a career fair, would lead to a one night stand with a hot billionaire. When she receives a job offer weeks later, she is shocked to learn that her new boss is the same man she slept with. Worried about mixing business with pleasure, she is relieved when he tells her that their relationship will be dictated by her and he will abide by her wishes.
Dane Rainer wants Jessica back in his bed, despite what he tells her. Although he is a man of his word, neither of them can deny the attraction they hold for each other. Knowing Jessica is still broken hearted over the man she left behind, they agree to move forward on a purely physical relationship. But when Jessica's ex walks in, everyone is shocked to see that Jessica's "Storm" is actually Dane's prodigal brother, Rave.
This book held SUCH promise for me! The beginning was phenomenal. Filled with hot sex and great dialogue, I was eager to see how the author would sort out the love triangle between Jessica and the two brothers. Both men want Jessica happy more than anything else, despite the fact that they both admit they are in love with her. Dane, wanting to repair the relationship with his brother, pushes Jessica away and back into the arms of his brother. However, he realizes that his own happiness is just as important as his relationship with his brother.
And then the book goes downhill for me. Maybe it was because I felt like the book couldn't find its identity. Its marketed as a D/s book but with only one line at the beginning of the book and two sexual scenes where being tied up (amongst other things in the later scene!) is used. I felt like it was just a run-of-the-mill erotica book with some bondage thrown in. Dane's line of wanting Jessica to be in a full-on Dom/sub relationship really held no bearing in the book. I kept waiting for further scenes to increase in the Dominating aspect of sex but it was never there. Until the end, where things just got plain WEIRD.
Maybe it was because they were brothers. Maybe it was because suddenly, Jessica is into full on Dom gear with swings and being strapped into a leather contraption. I don't know. But when Dane and Rave both have M/F/M sex with Jessica, I was just confused. Like I said, maybe it was because they were brothers and that just seems sick to me (I have nothing against M/F/M in books - I'd just like to point that out).
And then there was the actual ending. Rave has spent all this time saying he's in love with Jessica and then suddenly he's not. He has this sudden epiphany that he was, what? In love with being in love? Get serious. Rave was supposed to be this bad boy who fell in love - not some softie who just shakes his head and lets Jessica go.
This book held such promise for me! The beginning was great. But the end... it just fell way too short for me.
An ARC was provided by NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
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