I did not need to get called out like this. I absolutely adored this book though from the writing to the overall story. There was a great balance of plot and spice. Sara Cate did an amazing job highlighting an aspect with in the community. ( )

Charlie is a 21 year old girl who goes to her a$$hole ex-boyfriends father to get her half of the security deposit on the apartment she shared with said ex-bf. Ex-bf isn't speaking to his father and knows that the security deposit was mailed to him, tells her to go get it herself. She goes to the address her ex gave her. Charlies ex cheated on her, and put her down a lot, which will play into the praise kink that she discovers later that she has.

Emmerson works from home, is about to open up the Salacious Players Club, an exclusive sex club with a few best friends who will be featured in their own books upcoming. His kink is having a sub to praise. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but basically, he likes to talk dirty, do dirty things, and tell his sub that she's a "good girl". He seems to be going through them pretty quickly like Goldie Locks. His friend and co-owner of the about to be opened sex club, Garrett is charged with finding new girls and sending them over to Emmerson. Emmerson has been estranged from his son by an ex-wife for two years and is trying very hard to get him to return or answer his calls/texts.

Charlie walks into Emmerson's office not knowing that she will be mistaken for yet another submissive that Emmerson hired. After mix ups and instant submissive tendencies show up Emmerson tells Charlie that he needs a Secretary and would she like the job. She says yes. Emmerson thinks that by doing this Charlie will be a bridge to bring back his son into his life. Emmerson tells everyone that Charlie is REALLY his secretary and NOT another sub-playing-secretary. Charlie is intrigued by the BDSM nature and asks Emmerson if he will teach her the ways, without it being sexual “of course”. She wants the sex, he wants the sex but is afraid of it causing problems with his son. She thinks he’s out of her league but doesn’t care.

Of course lines are crossed multiple times to varying degrees. Until all bets are off and Charlie and Emmerson “fall in love”. Obligatory “unforgivable act (not cheating)” by hero followed by breakup scene followed by obligatory "hands off her" scene when Charlie does the obligatory "make him jealous at his sex club" scene. Followed by obligatory "rescue from bad father" scene, followed by HEA.

I liked the dirty talk, the sex scenes were spicy. The overall story was generic and done to death, but it was a quick read to break me from the slump. This is similar to a K Webster or Madison Faye longer book, but less drama and darkness (K Webster), and more story/plot (Madison Faye). What little conflicts exist were easily handled. Low stress. I started it and read about a page before picking it up again, and read it all the way through in one sitting after doing it.

Perfect for people who need a fairly quick and easy read without a lot of drama, but still has a decent amount of spice and romance.
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truly a terrible book in (probably) a series of terrible books. everything about this was juvenile, silly and offensive to sex workers and kinky folks. ( )

This book is all kinds of hot and I adore it. It's well written, kinky and a beautiful kind of spicy with a good ending. Thanks to this book I discovered I have a praise kink and I look forward to reading the rest in the series! ( )

*BLUSH* just-- *BLUSH* ( )