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Leather and Lace

4.75⭐️3🌶
I finished the audio of Leather and Lace by Samantha Cole on my way home from work last night.  I liked this one more than I thought I would.  It took a while for me to really get into it.  The subplot hooked me and now I'm tempted to read some more in this series.  This was quite spicy, which I enjoyed and it really dove into the BDSM lifestyle.  I found that part interesting, engaging and very spicy.  This wasn't a full 5 stars for me for two reasons.  Some word choices by the author really pulled me out fo the story.  I didn't think I had ick words, but when they're read aloud to me, apparently I do.  Reason two was that I didn't love the narration on this one.  The FMC Kristen is supposed to be 26 and the female narrator sounded much older, in her 40s maybe.  The male narrator didn't change his voice that much for the other male characters and he pronounced some words a little weirdly for my taste.  Yes, I'm aware I'm nitpicking.  I've also been spoiled by the insanly talented Anthony Palmini. But those are my honest thoughts.  

That being said, I did like the book.  I really enjoyed the spy portion of it that included investigating previous Navy Seal missions and trying to figure out who was out to get members of this team.  I liked Devin and the other members of "the sexy six pack" and I liked the aspects of the compound; the security business and the club set up.  So I've learned some things.  I want to keep reading the BDSM subgenre and I want to find more spicy ex-military/operative thriller books.  I'm sure they exist, I just need to find them.
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