Yes...it is exactly that. Well, not exactly. Apparently, this is the book that E.L. James got some of her ideas from...that and Twilight. And while I didn't really get a lot of Twilight from this book, you can definitely see the things that E.L. James picked out of it. As far as it being a fan fiction, the only clue I had was the lack of the character's physical descriptions.  That being said, I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure what's happened but this story line has not gotten old for me. Each story seems to have enough differences to keep me entertained...and entertained I was.

read this after i read both fifty shades series (e. l. james) and crossfire series (sylvia day)

OH MY GOD. this is like the original version of both series.

So intriguing but it's too bdsm for me (HAHA)

but still love the book!

what i love about this book is because Tara wrote this book from the point-of-view (POV) of Abby (the female lead character of this book), and in 'The Dominant', she wrote the exact same story but in Nathaniel's (the male lead character of this book) POV. And in the third book, Tara wrote from both Abby' & Nate' POV back and forth.

you can visualize and 'feel' from both side of the story. EXCELLENT!