'Crystal Lights/Lonely Highways' is a hot and steamy romance, with all the twists and turns of an emotional thriller. It's tough enough to do a romance from one POV, but swapping it up mid-story to get the other POV as well is just really well done in this story. The prose is colorful and emotive, the dynamic between the two characters is layered and intriguing, and the erotica is arousing and hot. I love how well structured it is, because a lot of build up is just straight up visual flirting. When the two start to converse, there's a duel of wits and emotions going on, each one trying to extract honesty, truth and vulnerability from the other one while not giving it up themselves. Each reveal a card from their deck that goads the other one to match their bravery. Leading up to the climatic showdown of straight up daring each other into an exhibitionist display, just to prove their sincerity with each other. Layered by the hidden underlying motives that they each shamefully hold. Oh yeah, the sex scene is just really well written and hot. The use of music and minimal art/backgrounds is a testament to how much heavy lifting the prose does to deliver on such an immersive experience. Aside from some slight pacing issues early on where days will pass in a sentence, I have little to no notes for this one. It provides a complete experience and does an excellent job showing how to do erotica right.