3 stars. 
 5 stars on the story 
 1 star on the entirety of the boat scene. 
 Excuse me, I can't help it when my editor hat is pulled on; it's involuntary, and I tend to put my foot in my mouth. When reviewing, I try to be diplomatic, but sometimes the need to spew just overpowers my sensibilities. & trust me, I know the punch to the gut sensation of a negative review. this is constructive, not necessarily negative, because I did in fact enjoy reading the book. I only found 2 typos, so I'm not speaking that type of issue. The last scene & the last chapter, which was only half a page, shouldn't have been in the book. 
 The story is set up very well. I love Red. I love her plight, her backstory, her vulnerable strength. Everything is great until that scene on the boat. It was too much. I'm not a prude. I write Erotica & contemporary romance with a BDSM twist. Hell, I'm twisted. But there is a time and a place in a story for sex, and that wasn't one of them. The story was just developing, getting really good, setting up future tension between Red & Wolfe, and BANG. Out of nowhere we have oral sex. Why? Because the book was about to end, and as such, you had to have sex for it to be considered erotica <-- that is why. 
 Personally, I would have stopped the book there, devoid of sex, or added more of what I'm sure is in part two. With the book only being 50 pages, that extra length would have satisfied readers more so then the rushed and out-of-place sex scene, with an ending that wasn't the odd half page in Red's POV, which just felt unfinished and awkward. 
 Overall, I loved the premise, the characters. Red was developed well. There was a mystery with the grandmother and why they were estranged, & Wolfe/W's identity & his "did he do it" mystery. 
 But the oral sex and abrupt ending just ruined the whole entire thing. 
 Would I recommend: Yes, but only if the reader has several installments of the story 
 Will I continue to read the next in the series: Yes. 
 Will I read more from this author in the future: Yes, but if whatever I read from her next is as if parts are written out of left-field, I won't read any father. I'm a stickler for consistency.