I usually do the romance thing...but after 50, and then bared to you I was curious, so since there is a category for Erotica why not try it. I REALLY was not disappointed! I was very concerned that this book would be some weak plotted porno like novel, but the characters had structure and depth, there WAS a plot, and I have to say it was even a plausible plot...you could feel the characters indecision, feel their angst...it was a good book, and a steamy one. I was also scared by the idea of an accent being used in the book...but the narrator did a great job! All the characters voices were very clear, and discernible. Overall I have to say this is a really good book IF you want to read something steamy about a Dom and a possible Sub, if you are looking for erotic light…probably not the book for you.

Lexi Maynard is a fine narrator - very enjoyable to listen to, I would enjoy hearing other books narrated by her.
As for Shayla Black - I'm sorry to say I like a bit more storyline in thing I read or listen to. The sex scenes are okay, but that was basically all this book was. I'm just not a fan of her writing style.

not sure yet.

no, this was the 1st book.

No. the story line was basically D/S intro with a very minor side story of stalking gone extreme.

the premise of the story was great - tv sex show personality being stalked and wanting more info on BDSM or Dom Sub it could have been a great book with a dirty romp, and figuring out who's the bad guy - but I never bought the main character being so oblivious, and naive being in tv. The Dom was just a so so character. The story was just weak overall.

Pretty much cringed through entire book. There's more than a few cheesy love scenes and I never want to hear the word Cher again. I really didn't like the lead characters and the female narrator did a better job at male voices than female. At about chapter 11 it got a bit better.

The story progressed too slowly for me. There was too much internal dialogue. It lingered too much on the Dom/sub relationship...I would've liked a more balanced flow to the story with the Dom/sub relationship interjected with a more natural development. It felt forced into the characters.

After reading most of the reviews I thought this book was going to be pretty good but I was sad to say that it was hard for me to even listen to it through most of the book I struggled to not even finish it. And the narrator unfortunately made it even worse. I was in the hundreds of books a year and I think the rider tried but the book was very dry.

No never again

Ingredients: a ridiculous premise, a dis-honest, unlikeable male lead with a woman with no character, limited intelligence and no independent will.
Stir thoroughly, throw the whole mess on the floor, scrape some of it into a word processor and title it "Wicked Ties".
Makes me wonder if the rest of these reviews were written by the publisher.....

The narrator was good. I like to hear distinctly different character voices and live when their able to pull you into a story. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the story, I found Morgan and Jack annoying, often. Submission from a complete stranger didn't seem far fetched from my point of view, so the constant pushing from Jack was a bit much. Morgan was annoying even if her apprehension in facing her sexuality was understandable. I loved Deek though.

The majority of this book is internal dialogue, angst, confusion, etc., etc. There is steaminess thrown in as well, but I found myself wanting to fast forward through all the worrying and get to some story.

If you like the kind of book with a female character that goes back and forth with I never want you to touch me - why aren't you touching me, I never want to see you again - why did you leave me, I want this exact fantasy - why did you think I wanted that, you might like this. Drives me crazy, and makes the female character too stupid. This type of relationship is all rules, regulations, dress codes, commands and punishment, and ALL that talking. And safe words - like these people don't understand no, stop, and I don't like that. The story line is a small part of the book, the rest is the female character saying don't touch me - have sex, I don't like this - have sex, never touch me again - have sex, I'm leaving - have sex. Talk about mixed messages.

The narrator is very talented and great at creating individual characters but she couldn’t save this book.The story was quite a disappointment. There is very little in way of a plot in this book. The story is loosely tied together in order to create scenarios for all the formulaic sex scenes. The lead character is wishy-washy in her thoughts and the pacing of the story is distractingly unrealistic.I knew what type of book I was buying when I made my selection. However, I had hoped it would at least have a well thought out plot and a somewhat realistic relationship to base the steamy sex scenes. I did not finish is this book.