Gah I read this years ago and just realized I never posted my review. So, this review is a bit shaky because I'm going off notes I left my self years ago. Oops!

Colette Banks has hidden desires and wants to face those desires. She ends up at a secret elusive society where its safe to explore these desires. Jude Duval is the founder and has strict rules about interaction and entrance to this society. But something about Colette makes him want to break all the rules.

~Obey. She silently growled, still disliking everything that word represented. It was outside her ability to blindly agree to orders. She was too stubborn (Yet she wants to a submissive? This felt conflicting)

"You don't decide, Collette. That's not how this works. I can be a little less formal, but you will never be the aggressor in my bed. Do you understand?"

Some submissives can get away with being bratty, but the brattiness of Colette didn't seem to fit her.

"Your Dom is now very pissed-off Yankee, peach."

With the right partner, force is unnecessary. When we find the partner that fits, there's an ease to surrender and we're freed."

Her back story was intriguing and explains why she is the way she is, plus she's tough as nails to be able to survive her past but she's also a dichotomy.

She goes to Fernweh to find her life partner, knowing she is a submissive and wants to take care of her partner. However, even though she goes here she's quite mixed in what it means to be a submissive thankfully. Because of this we were able to learn more about this world and watch her learn to embrace all facets of herself.

Always a fan of Lydia Michaels. I especially love the range of her story telling. She doesn't stay in one comfortable niche. She's expands to many different genres and characters. For this I truly appreciate her.