I've built my life on control.
Loyalty to my oldest friend. A business empire clawed from nothing in this flat, endless Midwest nowhere.
Women who come and go like summer storms, leaving nothing behind.
Until her.
His little sister.
Wide-eyed. Untouched. A trembling secret wrapped in sundresses and porch swings, her purity mocking every scar I've hidden.
I tell myself it's nothing.
That shared glance across the dinner table, her flush when my knee brushes hers under the checkered cloth.
Lies.
She's the ache I've starved for years, soul-deep surrender I crave but can't afford.
One night in the starlit fields, her whisper pulls me under.
Hands tangle in cornstalks. Lips crash like judgment day.
I devour her light, and it tastes like my own damnation.
The old cabin becomes our altar.
Windows shudder with our ragged breaths.
Lanterns flicker over sweat-glistened skin as I unravel her.
Teach her the bite of teeth on untouched thighs.
The arch of her back when I claim what's forbidden.
She quivers, defiant, begging for more ruin.
Her awakening feeds my beast.
Paradox: corrupting her feels like salvation, her innocence stripping me bare.
But the cost looms.
One wrong move, and he learns how I've ravaged his sanctuary.
Friendship shreds. Empire fractures under whispers and stares.
My leash snaps, unleashing the monster she alone tames.
She's my redemption or my end.
Can a man like me possess purity without it consuming us both?
A full-length contemporary forbidden erotic romance featuring a jaded dominant and his best friend's innocent virgin.
