While Losing Control was Victoria "Tiny" Corielli's story, THIS is Ian Kerr's. Taking Control continues the story from Losing Control seamlessly, picking up with Tiny in grief, Ian trying to ease her pain, and threats lurking just out of sight. 
 Tiny is kind of lost in the early parts of this book. Losing her mother and her messenger job in short succession meant she had lost two huge parts of her identity. She struggles through this book with finding (and enjoying) a new job when many of the jobs she wants to do are out of her reach because of how she's dealt with her dyslexia. She also struggles accepting anything -- gifts, clothes, job offers, etc -- from Ian, not wanting to become dependent on his wealth. 
 Ian has his own struggles to deal with as well. Knowing Tiny has her strong independent streak, he has to find a balance between taking care of her (which is his instinct) and letting her find her own way (which is what she wants). He is also struggling with his plan to ruin Richard Howe, unexpected visits from Tiny's extended family, and threats to his business from within. 
 Partway through reading this, I had to put it down and take a break. I started thinking maybe billionaire stories just weren't my thing. Or maybe I needed more action going on, or less bedroom time. I couldn't quite put my finger on it though, because I enjoyed the first book from start to finish. And then I figured it out. Because I started the series while Losing Control was being sent out as a serial, my interest was held by the small chunks of story each day. Trying to read it was a whole novel made it harder for me to stay interested in the story. 
 The first half of this book felt like it was all about his money, her dependence on him, and their inability to remain clothed around each other. But the second half of this story morphed into more. It became less about those things, and more about the threats to Ian's business, threats to Tiny's well being, and the possible direction those threats could be coming from. And the second half made the book for me. 
 I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review. This review is also posted at Reviews by Tammy and Kim.