Sometimes love is the sweetest when you go in blind…folded. Well-meaning friends can either lead to disaster or another chance at happiness. Nolan and Mia have suffered through their own tragedies. Nolan dove into work, taking over his grandfather’s company, and Mia focused on being a single parent and her growing catering business. Individually they come to the understanding that it’s time to find a balance between grieving and living again. Meddling friends and a blind date photoshoot lead to a weekend getaway, reigniting a passion neither Nolan or Mia ever expected to feel again. Join Mia in trying to find freedom in his ropes and surrender under his belt; while Nolan finds the peace he’s been searching for by being the nurturing dominant she needs. But Mia has more than just herself to consider, and she can’t bear the thought of putting her family through another heartbreak. If Daddy has his way about it, though, the presents won’t be the only thing wrapped up under the tree this Christmas…

Independence isn’t a choice. It’s her only hope of survival… As far as her friends and family are concerned, Lexi McDonald has spent the last decade healing from the devastating events that ripped her idyllic, perfect life to shreds. Little do they know, it’s all for show. Even after two incredible years with Noah, the gorgeous man who commands her submission, who rules her body with an iron fist and grants her the most exquisite pleasure she’s ever known, she refuses to let him see how broken she really is beneath her sassy, bratty exterior. Because no matter what pretty promises he makes, she knows forever doesn’t really exist. Not for her. If he were to catch even a glimpse of the guilt and desperation she carries in her heart, she's certain he’d run as far and fast as he could in the opposite direction. But Noah refuses to give up on her, no matter how hard she tries to push him away. And it’s only a matter of time before she’ll be forced to face the truth of what happened to her all those years ago… Or find out what it really means to be completely on her own. For good. Authors Note: Please read the author's content note and mind your triggers.