Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This book isn't a stand-alone. It ends on a cliffhanger. There aren't anything I'd call triggers. Maybe talk and after math of domestic abuse. We have Lauren, she starts out strong willed and independent. As the book goes on we see she's no more than a pet. She's expected to stay quiet for days, sometimes weeks on end, then wait for master (not a BDSM reference) to come home and show her attention. Wait that's not true, a pet would actually do something about it. Whether it be trash the house, pi$$ on his shoes, ignore and growl at him, SOMETHING. In this book though, Lauren can't do any of that for more then seconds. She'll look into his eyes, accept his apologies, then get naked. Talks over, and Cal is gone before she can even wake on another "business trip." Wash. Rinse. Repeat. For two years. Which brings us to Cal. He's mysterious. He stays mysterious. He keeps being mysterious. Up until the last 5% if the book where the plot rolls out. I can't tell you much besides, his gray eyes make Lauren melt and take off her clothes. He has a secret job. He travels, A LOT (alone on business). This book flips from present to past, all told in Lauren's POV. It might of worked better in this book to have a glimpse here and there into Cal. Maybe to get the reader to like him, get to know him. Something, while also keeping the mystery. It was just so much of Lauren whining he's never there and what all her thoughts are on being lonely, I just wanted to commit her. We weren't really shown much positive and emotional feeling from Cal, it makes me wonder what she missed so much. My big reveal would be: she isolates herself, that no matter what he does or how long he's gone, she just wants some attention. Even I'd it's her master petting his pet, before he leaves, AGAIN. I really started to skim and still even found all these bits of editing errors. *This is the new edition (after re-edits)* *Copied from book* I head down to our parking spaces and over to the white Mercedes Cal bought me for my birthday. *A few pages later when she gets to her destination* When I saw that Audi parked in the driveway (her aunt referencing Lauren's car) (She switched cars or stopped at a car lot on the way or the author forgot after the big deal on the birthday gift?) This one was annoying. Did she wet her hair, then stick her head in the freezer?? Surround it in ice?? *Again Copied from book* -twisting her cold black hair in a faux bun and leaving us alone. - He was unforgettable, with tanned skin, cold black hair Here's another copied from book. You get the idea. This was throughout. *I wonder how well that PIN scribbled?* “Do you have a pen?” “Yeah…” I say, grabbing a pin out of my purse and a receipt from an earlier purchase. “1206 North Grenton Street,” she says, and I scribble it down quickly. This book just felt drawn out, edited by spell check, and did I say drawn out?? If you're showing and making the reader feel the emotions, you don't need to keep repeating them. Myself personally, I like to be absorbed in the book where I can feel the emotions of the characters, not be constantly reminded they are there. I'm not sure if I'm going to read into book two or just imagine my own quick HEA. This is my first book by this author.