Maddox and Aylee make a very interesting pair. 
 Backstories are emotional, dark and just how I like it. 
 I can understand Maddox wanting to protect Aylee, but for two people so deeply affected by sexual abuse, they change their ways pretty fast. Maddox, goes from threesomes in front of a video, making porn, swearing monogamy to this girl, and Aylee is just gagging for Maddox. 
 Fine. I can deal. 3 stars. 
 Then? The killer moment. Aylee's friend, Mallory, is inserted into the story as such a "tropey" way - the shock involvement with Tim, was so out of the blue, it was almost a DEM moment - so that reduced my rating to 2 stars. I do love Francette Phal and her dark stories though.