It wasn't as bad as it could have been. How's that for faint praise? I didn't necessarily need to be in on the rescue, and I don't need tons of tough-guy action, but if a book is going to be a romance, than I expect actual romance. I just didn't see it. After he rescues her he's all annoyed that she doesn't have a place to go - although he never asks for a name or number to call. He whines to himself about how annoying it would be to take her to the police, and then is alternately impressed with how she's holding up and frustrated by the fact that he has to help her. The funniest part at the beginning is the fact that even though he's supposedly done a million similar rescues, he has to go over to Walmart THREE times to get stuff for her. 
 So Dare is this alpha dude - big, bad mercenary - who wipes out the tub after a shower - in a motel room! Who has dogs he calls "his girls" who aren't trained at all. Who's live-in "personal assistant" can't seem to do anything without explicit directions, who packs his suitcase for him (huh?), oh and who conveniently happens to be gay? Dare doesn't seem tough to me - not like Jet did - but like a prissy dude who has the gay guy iron his underwear. 
 So they go back to her apartment - which has been trashed, her purse stolen, and her keys missing, and they decide to stay there for the night. Because of course, that's the safest thing. Then her old boyfriend shows up with a bimbo. About 5 minutes later her sister shows up with her new boyfriend (Jet) and the sisters have a 20 minute conversation while Molly is naked - and Natalie is apparently only worried about the fact that Dare is hot and not that her sister has been abused. Meanwhile Jet is the one outside noticing the bad guys. 
 (view spoiler)[Finally, the big showdown happens back a Dare's place. Where his buddy has brought his sister (who was also kidnapped) into the fight. The bad guy get's shot by the gay guy - just the way Dare taught him! He's sure a good boy! Ugh. And it turns out Molly has been terrorized because her stepmom thinks her books are naughty. Sheesh! (hide spoiler)] 
 So, not much action, the bad boy is a priss, the good girl is a stoic, and the romance is blah. I think I'll skip the rest of the series.