This novel, at 634 pages, is a large, elaborate structure much like the Irish castle-turned-hotel in which it takes place. The fifth book in the Marketplace series, The Reunion is a moment-by-moment account of a ten-day event sponsored by an international organization that trains and sells voluntary slaves. A reunion, a Marketplace tradition, is a social event for past and current slaves who are now served by others. The guests of honor are temporarily free to rest, enjoy the local sights, form relationships and renew old ones.

Unlike the series of interconnected stories in The Academy, Book 4 of the Marketplace series, The Reunion, Book 5 is more intricately knit. While it is partly a series of anecdotes (including sex scenes), it is also partly a whodunit. Two subplots run through the novel and sustain suspense, mimicking the sexual tension. One has to do with a charismatic English lord and his beautiful, computer-savvy American wife, who appear to be mavericks among Marketplace trainers. Or are they? Their game is not revealed until the end of the novel. Even then, they keep a few cards up their sleeves. The second subplot handles the voyeurism of the gutter press, which contrasts with the loyalty and discretion of the Marketplace slaves who are being stalked by a tabloid journalist. The mysterious identity of his "inside source" (disgruntled slave trainee? rebel trainer? appalled or greedy witness?) is revealed in a dramatic reversal of roles in which the spies are unmasked. The weasel on the trail of an "exclusive" proves to be less honest and more pathetic than the "perverts" he hopes to expose. The intrusion of the outside world into the secretive world of the Marketplace invites the reader to consider cases of exposure, harassment and legal persecution which have affected the BDSM community in the actual world.

Two major characters from the earlier novels, slave Robin Cassidy and her trainer, Chris Parker, who is drawn to service on various levels, are stars of The Reunion. Their personal attraction to each other (as distinct from their attraction to dominance and submission) blossoms in a "vacation" setting, but they are temporarily pulled apart by misunderstandings, by the unfolding subplots and by the needs of the other characters, all of whom star in their own dramas.

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