As I was reading Point of Submission by Remy Landon, I was
reminded of the curious and intoxicating game of dating. You know the game
where the girl, Cassandra Larson, meets the boy, Carlo Leone, and where the girl
plays hard to get and the guy is relentless in his pursuit but yet has ulterior
motives hidden behind truckloads of charm and smoldering good looks. Yep, that's the game I was reminded of here in the novel. However, whichever role these two took
on to play this game and regardless of what they initially thought about themselves,
both Cassandra and Carlo began a free fall into the land of “I like you more
than I like you”.
For Cassandra, a waitress and stable hand, men are untrustworthy
and cheaters. She is still trying to overcome the betrayal of her father and
her ex-boyfriend. While on the other hand Carlo is a CEO of his family’s
business and is adored by all, his employees, his sister, and every breathing
woman that catches a glimpse of him. However, there is something a little off
about him besides the game he and his best homie plays to manipulate women to
submit to them. That includes random nightmares and words that go unspoken and awkward conversations that seem to just stop when talking about his love life. Carlo has set his eyes on Cassandra as the next contestant of
his twisted game and all things seem to be going smoothly according to all of
his twisted and infinite “man knowledge” until Cassandra unknowingly began to
thaw the ice box in his chest where his heart use to be as he begins develop feelings and a
conscious.
