3.5 stars 
 Emily is on a mission to rescue her former best friend. Six years after they went their separate ways, Amber has left a message using their safeword -- she is in over her head. But Emily doesn't get the message until the trail Amber left has run cold. Emily's search leads her to Reeve Sallis, a hotelier with a dangerous reputation. She finds herself drawn to the controlling man in a way that threatens her search for Amber. 
 She owes it to her friend to find her and rescue her, but what does she owe her heart? 
 I don't trust either character. Emily has her own motives for remaining close to Reeve. Her actions show an odd mix of strength & courage and weakness & passivity. But even Reeve is not easy to like. I still cannot decide which of his actions were purposeful. For as controlling and almost paranoid as he is, he makes some decisions and oversights that seem too convenient to be accidental. 
 But the overall plot, the suspense angle of the story, absolutely carried this book for me. The questions about where Amber was, what kind of danger she had found, and what happened to make her use her safeword were continually in the back of my mind. I couldn't help but question every move made by both Reeve and Emily, and though I rarely trusted either of their motives, I couldn't help but wonder what games are afoot that readers are still in the dark about. 
 I'm quite unsettled by this book -- which is the best way to describe my feelings through the entirely of this book. I still have no answers for most of my questions, especially after the massive cliffhanger at the end. But even the parts of the book that didn't work for me couldn't overwhelm the need to know what happened and what is going on and the wait for June and Last Kiss is on. 
 ARC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review.