A trip to Rawhide Ranch should be a dream come true for a man like Secret Service Special Agent Victor Belefonte. He is a Dom, after all. He also happens to be in love with a woman he’s not sure he can have. For three years he’s been playing the “will they/won’t they” game with gorgeous, brilliant Dr. Kayley Cruz. And their unexpected detour to Rawhide Ranch is forcing them both to face some uncomfortable truths. Like the fact that Kayley isn’t sure she can actually be the submissive he wants and needs. Or that the careers they’ve devoted their entire lives to might be what drives them apart. And when tragedy strikes, landing Vic the promotion he’s pursued for years, he’ll have to decide once and for all what’s more Protecting the most powerful man in the world… or being with the woman he loves.