(I agree word-for-word with Linda's review.) I wanted to love this book. It has everything that I look for and enjoy in a novel...sex, sex toys, domination, submission, discipline, spankings, (view spoiler)[fisting, sounds, tattoos, piercings (hide spoiler)]. So, why isn't this a 5++++ story for me? Well, their relationship went from 0 to 60 in just the first chapter. There was no slow build up. And how Marcus could figure out that angry, grumpy Jim was born to be submissive is beyond me. Very unbelievable. 
 And, I can't believe that I am saying this but, the novel was too long and there were too many sex scenes. (I honestly did not think that was possible for me, but, alas, it is true.) I wish that the author had cut out some of the sex scenes and instead expanded on some of the others. I really wanted to get into the heads of Jim and Marcus. What were they thinking and feeling? Why did Jim love receiving spankings? Why did Marcus love giving them? 
 Jim was also a little too needy for me. He was so insecure and he really never got over it. I thought that he would blossom and come into his own by the end of the book, but it never happened. In my opinion, he was just as needy at the end as he was at the beginning. And, the one thing that I thought would be resolved by the end of the book never was. I couldn't believe it! (view spoiler)[I thought that Marcus and his lawyer would get those girls to stop harassing Jim. Why wasn't that resolved? (hide spoiler)] 
 I definitely agree with Linda...the dialogue was hard to follow. Half the time I couldn't figure out who was doing what to whom. And, Marcus called Jim 'baby', which is fine, I don't have a problem with that, but it was in every sentence! Over and over and over. It was just too much. 
 Now, after having said all of this, I'm not giving up on this series. I'm still curious about some of the other books. There were some characters introduced in this book who I would love to read more about. I'm not interested in reading more about Marcus and Jim, but some of their friends and acquaintances could have very interesting stories. I'll have to see...