Dirty Bad Wrong

Oh [a:Jade West 10681321 Jade West https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1429497078p2/10681321.jpg]! I hate you! LOL This was an Audiobook and free to boot as a lure to try Audible. I picked this tittle as a challenge to myself. It looked like a whole bunch of stuff that I knew I wouldn't like and I was sure it would definitely not be a romance much less one with a HEA. At this point I must confess that though I read and have read my fair share of BDSM, I'm not too keen on the S&M part when the MCs are M/F and the female is the submissive. It almost feels like too much of an imbalance of power but I know that that's just a senseless bias on my part and there have been exceptions I've quite enjoyed.On to this book: it threw me for a loop! Even though I'd never trade places with Lydia, I fully believe in her and James. In their journey to love and that the acts they engage in lead them on that path and it brings them pleasure equally. I had started wanting to hate James for being an asshole and damn if I wasn't surprised when I found myself rooting for him and my adoration of him was sealed with the final scene at the office. He is a total badass and yet the romantic hero Lydia needs and deserves.Lydia was equally good. Not a pushover but rather a woman who has found what will bring her freedom & fulfillment and isn't embarrassed to go after it.And what to say about Bex but that she's the best friend anyone could ask for.I know some will be aghast at some of the sexual acts depicted as they clearly aren't for everyone, hell they're not for me, but Ms. West fully made me believe in James & Lydia as a couple on equal footing and in their HEA. So yes: I hate Jade West. LOLKudos too to the narrator [a:Anais Inara Chase 16317954 Anais Inara Chase https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. She was perfect.