Delilah has a secret and she is keeping her lips sealed for as long as she can. When she manages to finally get into an exclusive club owned by Dalton, she is in for a rude awakening after confronting what actually goes on when you have finally made it through the door.
Delilah is such a judgmental person for someone who does not seem to know anything about what she is getting herself into. She definitely has spunk and is very stubborn, but for the first half of the book I found her borderline insufferable and severely uneducated -- and totally understandable to a point, as she is naive to Dalton's world, but I can only take so much of it before it hinders my reading experience. Especially due to the fact that in order to get into the club, she needs to have basic knowledge or an interest in BDSM.
Even when I was nearly finished the book, she continued to be argumentative with Dalton and not listen to him, despite explicitly agreeing that she would listen to him when doing scenes. It became infuriating to a point where it was making me contemplate not finishing the series because of how much I could not stand her.
Dalton does not put up with anyone's antics, and Delilah is no exception. Right off the bat when they first meet, they are arguing like their lives depend on it -- with Delilah being the forefront of a number of issues that leads to Dalton's constant agitation. From what it seems, Dalton is the more level-headed member of his family, and since I did not read the previous series, I needed to take everyone else's word for it. He has the patience of a saint when it comes to dealing with Delilah, and it amazes me that he did not go absolutely bananas with the amount of insanity she made him put up with time and time again.
I really wanted to enjoy this book, and while the sex scenes were actually pretty great -- at least the majority of them, excluding a scene where Delilah does not consent to something and Dalton does it anyway -- the story kept falling through and running in circles. We go from Delilah wanting nothing to do with Dalton to her only wanting to screw him, and then right back to hating him the very next chapter. I wish that we got to learn more about Delilah's big secret that she was keeping from Dalton and see more of her involvement with Jacob throughout the book -- it felt as though we only got quick glimpses, and did not get to learn much information from them besides the bare minimum.
The last few chapters definitely made up for Delilah's character development, and I found myself actually enjoying her presence on the pages for once. Dalton was great as always, and you can see the way that his relationship with Delilah has changed him -- not that he was bad before, but now he seems to be more gentle compared to how he was before he ran into Delilah.
If you are looking for something quick to read in between series, this book may do the trick. Regarding the BDSM aspect of the book, there is effort plot to drive it forward, but not much action at the actual club in the book -- I would recommend the Phoenix series by Stacey Kennedy if you're looking for a fleshed-out series. Reviews for the first four books are available to read on my blog and Goodreads!
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