Beautiful Cocksucker by Barbara Sheridan

David is also mourning the recent loss of two loved ones. Miki enlists the help of a young officer, David, to help bring the killer to justice. Unexpectedly Miki stumbles across a serial killer living in NY that has also committed rape and murder in Tokyo. Over the years,Miki has been promoted and is now one of the highest ranking officials in the Tokyo PD. Wonderful follow up as an aged and lonely Miki returns to NY to mourn the loss of a dear friend. I just wish she had made Miki and Ray a happy couple somehow and brought in new players or a third to look at a D/s relationship from this angle. Since I am not a fan of twisting and turning cop procedurals it wasn't a bad thing that this part of the story was easy and fairly quickly wrapped. It was really a means to bring David into D/s situations. In this case it was well done but the cop mystery was weak and way too easily and coincidentally solved. It seems that, based on several of her books, she likes to put her men in drag. The D/s is strong and I loved the texting scenes and wish they could have been a bit longer and more edgy. The interaction between Miki and David is scorching. If you haven't read the first book, this one will be a great read without any conflicted feelings and you will be able to follow along. By the end of the book Miki seems to trivialize his relationship with Ray in a way that made me want to throw something.

I expect HEA or even HFN that you know will leave everyone stronger in the end. It may have made Miki and Ray's relationship more realistic but realism isn't what I expect from a couple after I close the book. I feel like the author threw it away to find a sub for Miki. I want to give this book more but I felt betrayed by the handling of Miki and Ray's relationship in this second book.

Beautiful Cocksucker by Barbara Sheridan