Jude is the very talented drummer for the super star rock band "Downward Spiral". Unfortunately, the band’s name seems to be their destiny if Archer, their manager, can’t get these guys to quit self-destructing. Jude has made a name for himself as the band’s bad boy. He has a well-publicized taste for hookers and coke....and not the bottled kind. Little does anyone...not even his band mates and manager know... it is all a self-destructive means he believes will offer self-preservation. A little coke and a rent boy that won’t get attached numbs him so he can protect himself from the years of hurt for not being good enough for anyone...especially not his father. Archer knows that it is his responsibility to get Jude under control and that that will mean calling the one and only man that can destroy his heart...his ex-fiancé. Bennett is known for being the one that can be depended on to get celebrities back under control. What Archer and Bennett weren’t prepared for was the attraction that they would feel for this young man. Now they need to figure out is what to do with those feelings and how to get Jude on board. My slight problem with this story was the way that the D/s storyline was presented. I agree that Jude needed structure and control, but what he needed above all else was acceptance and love. His “acting out” was a product of his childhood and his completely non-relationship with his father. Bennett went into overdrive being his Dom....and that didn't seem to be what he needed at the time it was taking place. I liked Bennett, but I thought that his methods were too hard and he never ever once, throughout the entire story.... gave Jude aftercare of any type. For Bennett, life was about structure and rules, consequences, punishments and rewards and above all...control. I just felt that he, of the two guys in the relationship with Jude, should have been the one to do everything in his power to insure that "their boy" was in his right headspace...every... single... time. Overall...it's not a bad story...just a few glitches...but I love this author and I'm looking forward to Benji's story and to seeing what happens with the band. Thank you to Kenneth Obi for the great job with the audio on this one. ( )

Delightful light read

This is my favorite of the series. Partly because kink, partly because Jude, partly bc this is the one book where it feels like the flashbacks really work with the story rather than distracting from it. ( )