This is the second book in the Underground Kings series, but it can be read as a stand alone.

Obligation was not really what I was expecting when I started it, but it kept me interested right from the beginning.

We first quickly meet Myla and Kai as children, then are swept forward many years to the present day when their lives again intertwine.

And when they intertwine, boy do they! I loved how they are forced together by necessity, but those "fake" feelings don't stay fake long.

There is a bit of suspense with this story. There are things from Myla's past that are still affecting her present. Even as we learn more about them though, we are left with more questions. There were a few of those questions that the answers were pretty glossed over, and considering they were a pretty big part of how we got where they are, I felt that there could have been a lot more depth. But this could just be me?

At times I wondered why Myla did not question things more? I mean, she wakes up married to a complete stranger - to keep her safe - but even as she finds out more about why, she doesn't kick up about it. It all came down to "ok it's to protect me, Kai is so hot".

There were a couple of times when I couldn't help but roll my eyes at things, so much so I was expecting (or maybe hoping lol) Christian Grey would come and spank me for said eye rolling!!

But the chemistry between Kai and Myla made up for it for me. Whenever they were on the page together, their connection was off the charts hot. You could understand why they wanted to rip each other clothes off - well, I could at least understand why Myla did anyway!!

Obligation was a sweet, sexy, suspensy story that certainly took me down a road that I was not expecting at the beginning. I loved that we got a little bit of Kenton Mayson thrown in, along with some great secondary characters.

I did enjoy Obligation, but there was just something a little missing for me. I can't put my finger on what it was. It just lacked that extra oomph that I usually get from a Ms Reynolds book.

But if you like you sexy, protective men, definitely add Obligation to your reading list

**copy received for an honest review**