Over 100,000 readers fell in love with the on-line version of this story as it was posted a chapter at a time during several years of writing. At 704 pages, it's much longer than most books in the erotic-romance genre, which gives the story room to tell a more complex and emotionally realistic narrative than is typical in the genre. Plus, there's also room for large portions of arousing passion and sexuality to be woven into the narrative.As the on-line version of Melissa and Erik's story drew closer to its end, many readers asked for the story to continue forever. The story arc, however, had to reach its intended conclusion. The text has been edited and proof-read, and is finally on Amazon."Summer Hire" interweaves deeply rich characters with very hot eroticism and romance. When we first meet her, Melissa has been searching for love in a series of bad-boy flings gone wrong and nice-boy dates gone boring. Just as she is ready to give up, she meets Erik. He invites her into a world she didn't know existed. The journey she takes within this hidden world fulfills long unsatisfied needs. So much feels right, even if the world she came from insists otherwise.The wide swath of amazing sexuality she experiences in her journey leaves her constantly aroused, while it also challenges all her preconceptions. As many reviewers on Amazon and other sites have noted, there is an underlying gentleness and joy to the story, despite its BDSM context. Melissa struggles with her enjoyment of being a submissive, because she is not passive. She is a strong and independent woman, discovering she loves much kinkier sex than she could have ever imagined.If only she could discover romantic love as well, then everything would be perfect, although so few things in life are truly perfect...