When I first came upon the idea to write Strapped, I did so because I wanted to take some common themes in recent Erotica and approach them in a different light. I often had trouble with books where characters where shot at, lied to, abused, and their worlds transformed only to have a clean conclusion where everything was hunky dory. A person is not a neat little box where you can just shove as much crap in as possible, close the lid, stick a bow on it and pretend like it doesn’t stink. People have breaking points, they have memories, boundaries, regrets, and conflicting beliefs. They often make decisions based on emotion, rather than rational thought. When a life is turned upside down, even when the conflict is resolved, there will be scars.