I’ll start by saying I haven’t read a single review about this book, good or bad. After I started seeing some rumblings of dissent from readers, I wanted a completely unbiased frame of mind when I read the book. Paying $10 for a digital book that I cannot loan out to someone else is a big investment, even for someone who makes their living recommending books. From the high price alone, I expected *fireworks* and *tears* and *horniness* and *intrigue* and *shock & awe*! Out of those five expectations, I got one: horniness. Gideon Cross is a madman in the bedroom, and Eva Trammel is one lucky girl to have him. If the sex hadn’t been as hot as it was, I would have no problem giving this book only 3 stars. Basically, I’m giving a whole star to Gideon’s penis. Aside from the copious sexing going on between Gideon and Eva all over New York City and beyond, the story was cluttered with hopeful plot twists and turns that turned out to be plot pauses and bumps. I don’t know where this series can go with two more books promised, but something major will need to happen to turn this gone-too-far, destined-to-be-Lost story around. [June 2013]