I love the Black Light books for so many reasons. I mean, not only are you getting some screaming hot sex, you are also getting a great storyline. You are also getting the chance to read a whole lot of authors that are all writing in the same world. Maren Smith is the latest entry into that world. She wrote a story in the Roulette Redux anthology, and this book comes out of that story.

While this story does come out of the story that Maren Smith wrote for that set, it's not the same main couple as out of that story, even though Hadlee and Gareth show up. In that story, Hadlee signed up for Roulette and was matched with Noah, an Aussie who is a whip master. However, she eventually ended up with Gareth. But during that time, her former "dom", the abusive Ethan, was there with the rest of his Menagerie.

Kitty was one of Ethan's Menagerie. On the way home from the V-Day event, she realized that he was going to take Hadlee's escape out on her, and that's what he did. That caused her to run too, in the middle of winter, naked, and beaten. Gareth and Hadlee rescued her, and eventually sent her on to Noah so that she could be safe.

Poor Kitty. Ethan was a total dillhole and was just terrible to her. I mean, daaaang. It's no wonder that she had so many issues. I felt sorry for Noah too. I mean, he had no clue what to do with Kitty, and that's a lot of issues for him to all of a sudden have to figure out. He handled it well, but it had to still suck at first. I thought that the two of them together were fantastic, and once Noah started learning more about Kitty, he was able to help her so much more. ( )

4.5 stars

This series is hands down my favorite BDSM series. All of the authors down exceptional job at professing the stories and characters with such a fluidity that it is astounding. They show scenes that are real and on point. Even when they bring in past characters that weren't written by then they still do it with exceptional care and leave the reader not being able to tell that they weren't their babies.

I was hoping that this story would continue after reading about the menagerie. I was not disappointed. I really liked Noah and my interest was piqued by Kitty. The scenes were hotter than hell. I look forward to hopefully seeing more of them in the roulette books in the future. ( )