Jim has a system, a routine. Every other day, he visits the bookstore to buy the latest books. After that he visits the coffee shop where he has a triple espresso and half of a muffin while he reads his mail and gets rid of all his hate-mail. 
 Two years ago he was wrongly accused that he tried to rape one of his female students at the university. This forced him to come out of the closet and to admit that he has a boyfriend, but it did not help his case. He was still fired and unfortunately he is still receiving hate-mail by people he doesn't know accusing him for something he hasn't done. 
 After his morning routine ends, Jim goes back home alone (his boyfriend abandoned him after the scandal) and the next day he will have the other half of his muffin for breakfast while he stays in. 
 One of these mornings at the bookstore, he catches the eye of Marcus, a Dom and a regular at the local BDSM club 'Hammer'. This is love at first sight. Marcus is going to pursue Jim and soon after Jim will move to Marcus' house and he will start his training to become his sub. Jim is clueless about this lifestyle. He likes his routine, his coffee, his psychologist, his pills and his peace and quiet. He doesn't even like sex any more. 
 This will not stop the unstoppable Marcus. And he will be so incredibly pushy - to say the least. Before Jim realizes what is going on, he will have a tattoo on his back and a nipple ring. And the tattoos and the piercing will not stop there. 
 The story was okay, not bad actually. But I became a bit repetitive after a while. It seems that the answer to everything was a good old spanking or paddling or flogging. Every time Jim is facing an emotional breakdown, or he feels sad or he has panic attacks or he needs a coffee, Marcus is suggesting that Jim should be spread on his lap on the bench. And of course Marcus never stops pushing the limits of Jim. 
 Anyway I think the book would have been better if it had half pages and a bit more progress in the story. After a while I was just counting the tattoos and the piercings. And I was making bets with myself of how many more of them the previously shy, uncertain professor will have. 
 The book makes a turn towards the end and becomes very emotional. Jim starts talking about his secrets and the pain inside and the cruelty that the others and his parents show to him. I could almost hear my own heart cracking and breaking. Deeply emotional times are the only times in fact that Jim uses his safeword to avoid answering painful questions. 
 In the end of the book, the two lovers will feel content, comfortable with each other, happy and they will have their happily ever after. I wouldn't ask for anything else. 
 BUT I have to admit that I am a bit gutted, because the people who have hurt Jim are not punished somehow. I do not believe that "Sometimes you can be right and still lose everything". I believe in retribution and justice. 
 So, if you like stories which take the main character out of his comfort zone (and he enjoys it), this book is for you.