It was refreshing to read a BDSM erotica that featured a heroine already familiar with the lifestyle, and cognizant of her needs. I was so thankful to see the clear demarcation between what is abusive and what is a safe, sane, and consensual form of BDSM, when so many others in this genre have blurred the line to make it almost unrecognizable. And although I'm not an expert al all, it seemed a bit more realistic than anything else I've read.However, the writing itself was very clunky, and the dialogue completely unnatural. I think the story would have been more interesting without the focus on the melodramatic side plot.