I've read Kari Gregg before and I'm a great fan of Pretty Poison. This book was...emotional. Brian is so messed up after he survived his abduction. It overwhelmed me that he had to suffer such cruelty while he was only an accountant. Normally, the one abused and beaten in such books is an agent or other trained guy, like a detective or something. Brian being a genius and office drone was a very suprising twist and made it that much more moving. Never thought about how dangerous it is for civil persons who work cases for the government. 
 However, Brian seems constantly at the verge of a major breakdown. The only thing holding him together is, quite surprisingly, Zachary, the agent sent to convince him to come back to work. Soon Zachary realizes that Brian isn't emotionally able to return to the city though. To top it off, he feels not only instantly attracted to the smart, disturbed man, but also fiercly protective. 
 The romance in this book was very quick and built in only a few weeks, but I thought it one-hundred percent believable. There's an intensity and trust between those two that overwhelmed me, and I can't rememver the last time I read something so strong in a book. Very well done in my opinion. 
 Zachary is the perfect, strong, reliable counterpoint to Brian's crazy, vulnerable, needy personality. They meet, they clash, sparks fly and you just SEE those two belong together. The BDSM fit perfectly, loved it! The sub trains the unexperiences Dom :) But it was not overdone or surpassed the crime-element of the story. 
 The cliffhanger left me with a WTF moment :) can't wait to read the next installment and I wonder if it'll be about Zach and Brian as the MCs, or Jason. I'm very curious about him! He seems like quite a brat. Love brats ;)