She needs pain...she needs punishment...she needs him. Jase Ralston gets hot under his very blue collar just thinking about his friend and neighbor, Miranda Carlucci. Yet she can't possibly be interested-not when she could have champagne, caviar and her pick of Vegas high rollers. The bruises change everything. She denies she's in an abusive relationship, but his cop instincts won't let him rest until he finds out the truth. When he follows her to a BDSM club and finds her writhing under a flogger's stinging kiss, his Dom instincts kick in. Jase takes command of the scene-and Miranda-at Club Creed. This is what she's always wanted. Pleasure, pain...and rough-around-the-edges Jase. Yet after his domination transports her to a level of subspace she's never known, he leaves her-unwilling to continue the scene. Confusion gives way to hurt...then anger. He's claimed her and Miranda wants more. Even if it means confronting Jase and making demands of her own. Warning: This submissive woman has the right to be silent. Anything she says could result in being tied up, flogged, and spanked. Law enforcement has never been hotter.