This book has several things going for it: a great heroine, sexy kinky erotic sex scenes, a sexy hero. It's difficult from a reader's point of view to read about a slightly trashy, morally questionable heroine. In the hands of most other authors, this girl would have been the 'bad guy' trying to break apart the hero & heroine. I applaud the author for making her as gritty as she was portrayed. The down side to this book was that it felt wrapped up too quickly at the end. The end felt like there was still more that needed to be talked about or the scenes needed to be broken up / expanded / what-have-you. That's the main reason why its a 4 star (actually, I debated whether if it really desereved the 4th star - but the hot 'scenes' made that extra star a no brainer).