Restrained Under His Duty

** spoiler alert ** Received ARC for a fair and honest review. Note--this review will have some minor spoilers if you haven't read the first two books in the series. Restrained Under His Duty is Ryder Blackwood and Hadley Winters story, the third book in this series. This book could be read by itself, but would be much better reading the first two books in the series. The book is very fast paced. A lot happens in this book. This book continues with the tabloids going after the Dominants Council members and the members intentionally feeding them false information in order to figure out who's behind all this. What they don't realize is how serious things really are, who the major players are, what the endgame is and what's at stake. Hadley has been in love with Ryder since she was a child, she is also Senator Gary Winters daughter. Ryder wouldn't be where he was today without the Senator's backing, and knows he can't have Hadley or is it he shouldn't. Things heat up between them when a blackmailer sends a video of Hadley in an attempt to get the Senator to resign and Ryder realizes that Hadley is doing risky things to get his attention. But this isn't a good time to start things up between them with so much going on and their respective histories. The chemistry between them is hot, but if you are looking for a BDSM story, I think it falls short of that mark. There were definitely some plot twists in this book I wasn't expecting and it was definitely welcome and made it hard to put the book down. Looking forward to seeing how Gabe's story unfolds, but really am hoping that Alex (Ryder's #2) will get a story!!

Restrained Under His Duty is the third book in this series and they just keep getting better. Ryder falls for his boss's daughter Hadley, who has had him in her sites for a while, while trying to prevent a political scandal. This book has a little of everything, political corruption, sex scandal, hot steamy sex scenes and a love story that develops and brings it all back around. This book had my attention from start to finish and I just hated to put it down.

This is book 3 in the Dirty Little Secrets series and Ryder's story. Ryder has been lusting after Hadley Winters for a long time but since he is her father's bodyguard, it has to be hands off. Too bad Hadley doesn't see it that way. She has tried anything and everything to be with Ryder. While info regarding Ryder and his friends keeps getting leaked to the tabloid paper Gotcha!, the latest one is regarding Ryder and Hadley, and then a sexy photo of Hadley bound and gagged with two guys has been brought to light. Ryder promises Hadley he will put a stop to this so it doesn't come to her father's attention but of course that means that they must spend more time together. Ryder realizes that there is a bigger story underneath everything and is stepping up security for Hadley and her dad. Just when Ryder thinks things are looking up....Bam....his world starts to unravel! It takes Ryder's security team, his best friends and a leap of faith to fix his problem and get the one thing that he didn't realize meant so much to him before....Hadley. I really loved this book. Great characters and a great plot that kept taking me in a different direction than I though it was going to go.