3.5 Stars 
 SPOILERS AHEAD!!! 
 This book left me with so many confusing emotions. I liked the plot and the surprise factor, but it had many of the things I hate in books. One of the things I DESPISE is a love triangle, and this book basically had a freaking love square. Scarlet loved Reid, Stuart (team Stuart by the way), and sadly her rapist Richard (otherwise known as Daddy). I was getting whiplash trying to keep up with this girl's emotions. One minute she could only see a future with this guy and the next she couldn't think of anyone but the other guy. 
 But I'm getting ahead of myself, back to the beginning... Scarlet had a horrible childhood, as she was being raped and beat on by her dad. I wanted to bust Scarlet's mom and sister upside their heads for ignoring her plea's for help. They were useless, blind individuals. 
 Scarlet finally runs away after a series of horrible events and ends up homeless and soon after turning tricks to make ends meet. In comes Reid with all his bright ideas to have Scarlet have sex with powerful men and later blackmail them so Reid and her can go away together to Spain and ride off into the sunset. Are you looking at him as suspiciously as I was? So while Reid is basically pimping her out, Scarlet integrates herself back into her family so she can get her revenge on them. 
 Now Scarlet was a bit of a conundrum for me. While many of her actions had me asking 
 I understood why she felt she needed to go down that road. She needed them to know they had greatly wronged her, to feel an ounce of the pain they'd left her to suffer in. I get it. But her sleeping with her rapist was just so freaking wrong. I wanted to slap the crap out of her and then wrap her in a tight hug because she needed both. She was sleeping with her sister's husband and videotaping it so she could use it later. She had convinced them she would carry their baby. She'd slept with her mother's new husband. Again, I get why she did the things she did. This was what happened when others left you to fend for yourself against a monster. 
 Then comes Stuart. Good boy Stuart. I was rooting for him big time. He liked Scarlet since high school, but when he asked her out, she had to shoot him down knowing her dad would never let her go. Fast forward to the present and he comes into the picture with all his happiness and light. Although I wanted Stuart to win in the end, I was wondering how he could ever accept Scarlet. Which brings me to the second thing I hate in books: when I read about people having sex with multiple partners. But what bothered me the MOST was that I read intimate details about each guy Scarlet was with, but then she finally has sex with Stuart and I get a few words and then a scene jump. WHAT? The sex I was most interested in reading about. Really? 
 So now she loves Reid, is falling in love with Stuart, and has some sick addiction to being with her dad (who at this point we learn is really her stepdad). Love square. As you can see, she's spiraling. Going to meet with her stepdad for sex more and more, doing jobs with Reid, and going on cute little dates with clueless Stuart. Meanwhile her stepdad is getting more and more possessive and Reid is getting them all ready to leave for Spain. Eventually things come to a head and dirty old stepdad busts into Scarlet's home in a jealous rage and proceeds to rape her again, but Reid comes in and kills him. While I wanted to cheer, I realized at that moment all was not right with Reid, as Scarlet's stepdad seemed to notice him. So while Reid is away in Spain, Scarlet goes to her family's house to remember her late stepdad (the police don't know who killed him) and SECRETS ARE LAID BARE. 
 Scarlet has had enough and plays back videos of her stepdad basically admitting he used to force himself on her and coming back for more, her sleeping with her mother's new husband, her sleeping with her sister's husband. Of course they're all shocked and appalled, but the worst part was that Stuart walked in during all this. Poor Stuart. Scarlet storms out saying she warned him she would break his heart. She stays away for a few days and make plans with Reid to leave asap. On the night before she's supposed to leave, she finds herself in Stuart's arms and bed. She finally realizes he's the one for her and they make a plan to escape Reid's possessive butt. She goes to Reid's office to take some of the cash and opens an envelope in his safe. And the disgusting truth comes out... His father in none other than (drumroll please) dirty old stepdad Richard. 
 Reid had been watching Scarlet long before she knew he existed. His possessive and often obsessive ways take on a whole new light. Scarlet goes home to pack to go meet Stuart, but crazy Reid is waiting in her room with pictures of her and Stuart from the night before. He then rapes her and (what sounds like) kills her. Some people just don't get happy endings. 
 So overall, good read. Although I didn't like certain aspects of it, it did keep my interest for the most part.