Bücher der Reihe Nature of Desire

The white-collar life Jonathan Powell created for himself is gone. After a five-year prison sentence, he has to start over. No more hooking up with Dominant women so he can screw with their minds. But then Mistress Dona shows up to give him a ride from the prison, and she's everything he can't resist. Dona knows she has to help Jonathan make the right choices this time, because Hell doesn't offer options. He has to understand and accept what surrender truly means. His only hope for salvation is a Mistress of Redemption.

Is he worth the heartbreak? At nearly forty, Julie isn't so sure she'll ever find a man who is, so she's vowed that all her big 4-0 decisions will have zip to do with relationships. A successful theater manager, she agrees to travel to North Carolina and help a friend put her erotic performance theater on its feet. Julie has always been curious and drawn to the BDSM world, and now she can safely explore that world in the environment she knows best.Desmond Hayes is the roofing contractor repairing their rundown theater building, but he's also a rigger, well-known in the BDSM world for his rope artistry. He's not just a top, though; he's a Dom whose unexpected quirks mesh too well with Julie's eccentric personality and awakens her submissive side.From the time he was born, Des has been fighting the odds against him. Because of that, he's kept his relationships inside the scene with clear boundaries. While Julie had almost given up on finding a person worth loving through better or worse-or pleasure and pain-Des never expected to receive that gift.He's not letting that treasure get away-no matter how much rope he has to use to bind her to him.

Marius has all the things a Mistress could want in a one-night-sub encounter. Hot body, loads of charm and a willingness to get her off in any way she pleases. But Marius has a dark side. When he takes it too far, he's kicked out of The Zone club with only one way back in-Lady Regina. Regina sees something in Marius. He doesn't know what it means to be truly helpless to a Mistress, but he needs it, more than any sub she's ever encountered. But Marius's pain, the secrets behind his bad behavior, will drive her into perilous territory. Bringing him back to the Mistress's control he craves will be the fight of her life.

Mac Nighthorse, homicide detective, alpha male, and built like an oak, doesn't fit the male submissive stereotype. Nevertheless, that's what he is, though none of his co-workers know it. When he goes undercover at a BDSM club to find a killer, his path crosses with Violet Siemanski, a petite Mistress who can command him with the mere brush of her fingertips across his broad chest. Violet has her own secrets, but as they get closer to who is killing male submissives, she's crystal clear on her top priority. She won't let anyone take Mac from her. Unfortunately, he'll burn the world down to keep her safe - even if he loses his life doing it.

Lauren wants a man willing to stand by her. She also wants him willing to kneel at her feet. Then she meets Josh, the caretaker at an island retreat. He's protective and strong, but the gift of his natural submission has been damaged by a past act of cruelty. To win his trust, she needs to uncover the secrets behind his stormy eyes. But to do that, she has to tear down his defenses and make him give her everything.

Rory has grown up in a small North Carolina town. In high school, he was the popular football player. When he graduated, he saw himself running the general store his father started. Maybe eventually getting married to one of the pretty cheerleaders who liked him in school, having kids. His siblings can live big lives in big cities. He's not that complicated.Then an accident puts him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. And Daralyn, a neighbor with a horrific past, comes to live with his family. Everything is suddenly a lot less simple. Because the way Rory wants her is keeping him up at night. He wants her to belong to him. He wants to command her, protect her. Hell, he can barely say it to himself. He wants to dominate her. The craving is a primal drumbeat in the center of his soul.How does he deal with that? Especially when her need to trust is so desperate, and her eyes are so full of hunger for what love should be. But he'll figure it out. He's going to make sure Daralyn finds everything she needs in his arms.