SINFUL DESIRES 1

"Your father will find out." "This isn't right"

Jess Vaughn should've walked away when she saw who he was-Kai Rylan, her father's best friend, the ruthless co-owner of Elysium, Ashwood City's most exclusive and forbidden BDSM club. She came here under a fake name for one reckless purpose: to lose her virginity and disappear. But the moment Kai's dark eyes pinned her in place, the game changed.

He didn't push her away. He claimed her. And he warned her she'd never escape.

What was supposed to be one night spirals into a dangerous power play between Jess's bratty defiance and Kai's relentless dominance. Every heated glance, every punishing touch, every whispered "good girl" pushes her deeper into a world where rules are shackles and pleasure is pain.

But shadows are closing in. Gideon Vaughn-the powerful father who trusts Kai implicitly-can never find out. Adelaide Grey, the flawless intern who works under Kai, ignites Jess's jealousy. And a venomous professor stands between her and her future, dangling her grades like bait for sex.

Kai doesn't want Jess in his bed. He wants her his, body and soul. He warns her that anyone who touches what's his will be sorry-and makes good on it with every hot encounter that leaves her shaking, branded, and addicted.

Jess swears she won't fall. That she can keep her heart locked tight. But Kai Rylan has dreamed of having her in his bed for years... And he'll burn Elysium, Ashwood City, and his relationship with Gideon to the ground to hold on to her.

Their struggle is a war of flame and control, jealousy and ownership-a game of death where love is the ultimate surrender, and emerging into the light could destroy them both.