This edition is out of print. Bound When young college student and working phenom, Annie Teasman, shows up again at the distribution center to pitch a consulting proposal to management in hopes of sealing the deal, she never suspects when their eyes lock that the gorgeous, blue-eyed, ripped Gray Dearsley will change her life forever. Will the bright, funny, and unassuming coed from an upper class background be able to bind her heart to that of the cocky, carefree Southern playboy? As she tries to manage an impossible school load while working full-time, will her drug use jeopardize their relationship? While Gray wrestles with his desire to lead a carefree and uncommitted lifestyle, Annie must grow up as she struggles to meet her goals and decide for herself what she needs from a relationship to be happy. Will she choose a relationship where she is bound by passionate love, or will she choose the gentle love and security of a man whose background more closely matches her own? Set in a Southern town where the cultural divide is wide and the generation gap is even more pronounced, the book is contemporary in its approach to the issue of drugs at colleges where the demands on time for success-oriented students frequently surpass their physical capabilities. Passionate, sensual, and erotic, Bound by Love explores some of life’s most difficult questions about love & happiness. This is not a fairytale romance; it’s the story of two people desperate to love each other through drugs, infidelity, and painful truths. Not all love is guaranteed a happy ending. Freed Annie finally found the strength to break free from the destructive bonds that tied her to Gray. He will forever hold a piece of her heart, but she let him go when he was poised to marry for the second time to another woman. Brett Ryann has shown her love, devotion, and the security she desperately desires. It may not be the soul shattering passion she shared with Gray, but it's comforting, rocking chair love that will carry her through life. With the help of Brett, she has picked up the pieces of her shattered life and has found the security and unconditional love she’s always wanted. But unforeseen circumstances arise, and Annie is once again forced to choose between the security of the life she’s created or reclaiming the missing piece of her soul. Living with the pain of losing everything she never knew she had. Gray has never been able to give Annie the commitment and stability she wants. Foolishly believing she would always be waiting, he’s made choices that make it very difficult to come back into her life. Gray knows his weaknesses and knows he hurt Annie time and again, but in his mind she will always be his. Have his wandering eyes, lack of commitment, and continuous need for freedom finally released her from the force that bound them together? Just when he realizes exactly what he’s lost and what he’s willing to do to get it back, he discovers it may be too late to prove to her that he can be the man she needs him to be. Freed is the conclusion of Bound by Love. It is a steamy, heart-wrenching, beautiful love story. What happens to relationships and past lovers when marriages, infidelity, children, and maturity collide with the present? *Warning – This book contains sexual content & language that is not appropriate for audiences under eighteen years of age.