I can't believe I'm giving this 5 stars, when it contained so many pet peeves of mine. First pet peeve = whisper-shouts and whisper-hisses. The word "said" can be said in a hundred different ways. Beautiful, beautiful synonyms waiting to be utilized. The nature of the word "hiss" - implies a forced expulsion of breath or sound, in a discrete manner. Whisper-hisses are a redundant juxtaposition. Just say hiss. Lord, I beg of you. Also whisper-shouts? I might allow you that one. But that is a terrible contradiction. If someone is whisper "shouting", it involves a certain propulsion of air, thereby negating the "whispering" bit. Again consult your synonym list. 
 Second pet peeve = characters calling each other babe. A LOT. But I can deal if it's just dialogue. If it starts to creep into narration, I'll be outta there like a bat. 
 Third pet peeve = editing errors. Maybe a lot of them. I kinda didn't notice. 
 Now, onto what I liked: 
 This story has a huge gold tick because it has everything stories with a dark lead should have, in a romantic setting. Many have tried. Many have failed. Not Belle Aurora! No. She ventures forth, and creates a DECENT female lead, who is swept away into the dark lead's embrace, but she knows her WORTH, and never lets herself get into a situation that ends terribly for her. She is not afraid to call the police (or threaten to call the police.) If anything, she drags the dark lead up to be a better man, but simultaneously she craves the darkness within him for her sex-life. She is a woman who knows what she WANTS, and only allows herself to be pushed around, because of her own WILL (as in she makes the choice, not let the choice be taken for her.) 
 She is also a little naive. 
 Lexi is a social care-worker, and she lets her 17-year-old charge be employed by a self-confessed drug dealer. In what realm or possibility made her think that would be a good idea? Twitch claims to have him doing a legit job, but Lexi should've been more speculative and suspicious than she was.... 
 The notion of how she meets Twitch is absurd too (stick with the beginning) - she likes being stalked? Really? And then he saves her from bring raped, and within a week, she's having sex with him, without knowing who the heck he is? REALLY? She's beyond silly. But maybe it's because of the narration - but something told me to stick with it, and I realized she isn't as stupid as first realized...she is far smarter than the usual ninny in these books. Sure she abandons common sense out of the window, but the way she let him into her world, after he saved her...it kinda made sense you know. That she was suffering from damsel-in-distress syndrome, seeking for her knight-in-shining-armour. It all made sense! 
 Twitch. 
 What a dark lead (quickly becomes light - but seriously - these are the only type of dark leads I accept in my romances. If he'd kept his darkness, or ratched it up - I wouldn't be pleased to call it romance.) 
 Another gold tick for him! 
 He is viscous. So when you see his softer side, you go...ahhhh. I love it though when Lexi urges him to go to therapy. 
 Surprisingly liked Ling too. 
 It made me cry. Then I stuck a middle finger up at the screen for tricking me into making me cry! 
 Is there a sequel to this? *marches off* 
 EDITED: One star removed, because the sequel isn't a continuation of Lexi and Twitch's story. So the ending in this book, is all you're gonna get....ambiguity. I'm peeved!