When Phoebe ducks into a hotel room to escape yet another of her father's boring political fundraisers, she runs smack-dab into the party's poster boy, Jack Richmond. There's just something about the clean-cut conservative politician that intrigues Phoebe. She can't quite put her finger on it but suspects he's a bad, bad boy behind closed doors. Even so, Phoebe is shocked when Jack makes his move. The much older congressman is going to earn her vote one sinfully delicious kiss, lick and nibble at a time!

When Phoebe runs into hotshot politician Jack Richmond at the party's convention, she tries to play it cool. Though Phoebe and Jack have been carrying on an illicit relationship since that night he seduced her at her father's fundraiser, she's chosen to fade into the background at the convention and keep her distance rather than risk hurting him in the polls. But Jack isn't easily swayed. He's used to getting what he wants—and he wants Phoebe by his side, in public and out of the shadows. Convincing her that she can trust him won't be easy. Phoebe quickly realizes a man like Jack doesn't reach the heights of power without perfecting his skills of negotiation and persuasion. When he offers to indulge her wickedest fantasy, Phoebe finds she can't say no. \This tale contains a deliciously dirty threesome featuring Jack and his best girlfriend rocking Phoebe's world.\

Gathering her courage and the four thousand dollars she has in savings, college co-ed Cassie bravely enters the bar where Hagen, Houston's most feared loan shark, operates his criminal empire. Her brother, Ronnie, is in deep trouble and she's his last hope. She just prays her payment will be enough to keep the knee-breakers at bay for a little while longer. Hagen shatters her hope when he informs her Ronnie owes far, far more than the four grand she's scraped together. Feeling rather generous, Hagen presents her with an offer Cassie knows she can't refuse: her body to settle the debt. Though she expects a degrading, miserable experience, Cassie is shocked by Hagen's seduction. Left breathless with pleasure after their encounter, Cassie discovers she can't walk away from Hagen. But she's flirting with danger now—and someone is bound to get hurt.

When Cassie exchanged her body for her brother's life, she never expected to fall in love with the loan shark who made the demand. Alpha to the core, Hagen provides the stability and security she craves, but his instincts to always protect her put Cassie in serious danger. With her life hanging in the balance, she begins to wonder just how far Hagen will go to defend her. Because Cassie's big, soft heart leaves her vulnerable, and if Hagen decides to walk away, she isn't sure she's strong enough to survive the threat to her life.