From the author that brought you The Distorted Windows Trilogy comes the erotic, fast-paced, action packed stand alone in the Vanderbrooke series. His Shy Sphinx is a mafia related romance with forced proximity. 18+ This is an erotic romance! It is a standalone spinoff from the Distorted Windows Trilogy. Lexie Vanderbrooke is a shy, reserved, polite young woman who has a condition known as heterochromia. One vibrant emerald, green eye, one steel blue eye. She has spent her entire life trying to avoid attention, always wanting to blend into the background. Marco Caporali AKA The Enforcer works for a well-known mafia family, the Moretti's. Marco is an enigma of a man, angry and tattoo riddled. He hardly speaks and despises physical contact. He carries a traumatic past with him everywhere that he goes. After a chance meeting with the unique woman when she was 17, he hasn't been able to forget her. When Lexie and her best friend's lives are threatened 5 years later, Marco has no choice but to go to extreme measures to keep her safe. Lexie and Marco will be forced to spend every minute together. Add in a quirky and vibrant best friend and a sexual deviant of a mob boss and these four are about to have an adventure filled with excitement and suspense. (This is a MF book only) This book contains subject matters which some readers could find distressing. There is detailed sexual content recommended 18+, blood and gore on page, child abuse flashbacks (there are warnings for this so you can skip it), sexual acts involving a knife, detailed torture of the antagonist as well as vulgar humor that involves creative names for body anatomy. You do not have to read the rest of the series to read this one but it is highly recommended! You will get the most out of it, if you read them in this 1 - The Devil's Looking Glass 2 - Angel's Silhouette 3 - Double Reflection 4 - The Rise of Raven 5 - Lusting After Lucifer 6 - His Shy Sphinx 7 - Ace's Secret Addiction 8 - The Desires of Diablo