Really, for a book invovling tons of bondage and kinky sex, this book was pretty bland. For all of the emotional response that the main character had to all that she was going through, she could have been describing a visit to the post office or DMV. The author never really discussed WHY this woman would willingly allow herself to be enslaved, used, and abused; so it was hard to really care about what was going on. This is the first novel I've read by this author, and the last.