Seattle resident Dayton Black, 24, likes her career. She's good at it, the best of her corps of escorts by 300%. She works hard, has many repeat customers, pays her taxes, owns her own home, stays on top of fashion trends, dresses well, stays fit and takes good care of herself. Exercising, hanging out with her friend and reading are her three hobbies. After each customer, she showers away his essence. That's a lot of showers.
There are a number of rules Dayton has made for herself to be a success as an escort. Use an alias; pay up front; never exceed the contracted time; never get involved emotionally with a client; generously tip everyone who helps you along the way; pay for discretion; indulge yourself on your own time. Up until she is unexpectedly hired by Aaron, Dayton has followed her own rules scrupulously. She is proud of the way she is able to support herself. She gets along well with her boss, who treats her fairly, negotiates her contracts and schedules her appointments. The boss takes a percentage of Dayton's earnings. Dayton pays the money to her willingly, always setting aside that fee in a separate pocket of her purse. Dayton is a savvy and conscientious businesswoman.
It would be great if Dayton were on a college plan to finish up her degree. She joined the escort service in college to bail herself out of a sinking financial ship and the new job took over her higher education. She does not seem to be anticipating a time when she no longer has this career. When people ask her about her job, she lies and says she works in web design. She could, she's capable and intelligent. But no one in her life is giving her this sensible advice. Her parents have passed away and an aunt, a former escort, lives alone.
As for love, Dayton realizes that no relationship can survive the career she has chosen. So she has remained unattached. The models she encounters throughout the book have used their beauty in a way that society finds acceptable, and can fall in love and build families. Dayton's career is an either/or situation and she has not considered giving it all up for the possibility of love because she's on her own and she can't.
The love interest in this story, Aaron, is less well-developed. He's strong, he's emotional, he's insensitive, he's romantic, he's disciplined, he's generous, he's possessive, he's open and direct, he's dissembling -- he can be whatever the plot requires. In the seven years since they first met, Aaron has held a torch for Dayton, and yet did not look her up or track her down when his business took him to Seattle. Really?
Look forward to Book 2 and seeing how this talented author resolves this book's cliffhanger.
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