The peace Beth Matthews had finally found was shattered by her new next-door neighbor. She’d been alone since her divorce and had found a strength within herself that she’d never suspected. Searching for peace, Joe Steel wanted to move from the city to the quiet town of Lakeside. He hadn’t expected to meet the woman of his dreams living right next door. Beth was everything he’d spent his life searching for and he was determined to make her his submissive. Joe’s lovemaking made her feel like a woman in ways she hadn’t in a very long time and she couldn’t resist his proposal or the chance to feel like a woman again. They’d barely begun when her car crash changed everything. Her paralysis—however temporary—terrified her. Joe understood Beth’s reasons for trying to push him away, but he loved her and had no intention of going anywhere.