She’s my forbidden obsession. My student. A blank slate begging to be used. Dr. Evans My cruel reputation precedes me. With tenure in my grasp, no student is foolish enough to think that I would put their success before my own. But that does not stop Mara Slate from challenging me. Mara sparks my curiosity. She’s strong. Determined. Passionate. With the secret desire to obey… She says she is interested in submission, but there is still so much she does not know. There are lessons I want to teach her. It is against the rules. We could lose everything. But I cannot resist. I must make her mine. Mara I’m young for a graduate student but still as capable as my peers. To prove it, I need Dr. Evans’s commitment to be my partner in the contest. Dr. Evans is a billionaire. Powerful. Esteemed. Influential. He’s also an arrogant asshole. Yet he’s teaching me more than I thought possible. About myself. About desire. All I’ve ever wanted is to be respected for who I am and what I know. But what if achieving that means becoming my teacher’s pet? Author’s His Pet is a full-length standalone book in the dark romance series, The Afterglow. It is a slow burn dominant and submissive forbidden romance, and contains themes of age gap, pain, and restraints. Reader discretion is advised.