A secret club called the Scarlet Society, which is made up of powerful women who desire to have all their sexual fantasies come true, is thrust into turmoil when a photograph of a gentleman from their club, whom they dominate, ends up in the New York Times with a number 1 painted on the bottom of his foot. Fearing that grieving on their own might lead them to expose their secret, the 12 women decide to seek counseling from sex therapist Dr. Morgan Snow. Morgan is so intrigued with a group of women who create a society solely for sex that when they ask her to sign a confidentiality agreement, even though she considers it an insult to herself, she agrees because she's never become come across anything so fascinating.

Detective Noah Jordain is on the case to find the man in the photograph. He worries that where there's a number 1, there will be other numbers that follow. He turns to Morgan for help but due to patient-doctor confidentiality, she can't help him no matter how much she wants to. Having had a brief affair with Noah a few months ago Morgan finds herself not only fighting her feelings for him but also her professional ethics in her desire to help him by giving Noah what he needs. But trying her best to help Noah without betraying her patients may just put Morgan in the path of a killer.

THE DELILAH COMPLEX is an action packed, thrilling, sexual read that takes you into the kind of society never seen before. In a complete role reversal, we have women who have created a club that uses men to satisfy their needs. Having not read THE HALO EFFECT, the prequel to THE DELILAH COMPLEX, I was worried that I might be a bit lost at the beginning of the book, but from the get go this is a stand alone book that draw you in and captivates you till the very end. The relationship between Morgan and Noah fits into every day reality which makes me want to revisit them even more. I can't wait for the next book in this series and see what M.J. Rose has in store for our lead couple.

Book Summary

As one of New York's top sex therapists, Dr. Morgan Snow sees everything from the abused to the depraved. The Butterfield Institute is the sanctuary where she tries to heal these battered souls.

The Scarlet Society is a secret club of twelve powerful and sexually adventurous women. But when a photograph of the body of one of the men they're recruited to dominate -- strapped to a gurney, the number 1 inked on the sole of his foot -- is sent to the New York Times, they are shocked and frightened. Unable to cope with the tragedy, the women turn to Dr. Morgan Snow. But what starts out as grief counseling quickly becomes a murder investigation, with any one of the twelve women a potential suspect.

The case leads Detective Noah Jordain -- a man with whom Morgan has shared a brief, intense connection -- to her office. He fears the number on the man's foot hints that the killings have just begun. With her hands tied by her professional duty, Morgan is dangerously close to the demons in her own mind -- and the flesh-and-blood killer.

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