Lady Miriam Rothbury has never known desire …..And Lord Maxwell Worthington, well even from afar, he’s always burned for her … After a cold and cruel Victorian marriage, Miriam rejects the foibles of her class and is determined to help London’s fallen women. A fleeting brush with a handsome stranger at the scandalous Velvet Basement creates a chance encounter to sin. Surrendering once could be forgiven, but what happens when this dangerous game promises to extend beyond one unforgettable encounter to a passion that threatens the very foundation of her world? Max, is delighted at the invitation by the veiled visitor to the decadent Velvet Basement. But the flammable seduction turns world-shaking when the veil is torn and reveals the woman who has always haunted him. Can he play a dangerous game and win the heart of the woman he wants? Or will discovering his true identity push Miriam far out of reach forever?

AN INNOCENT WOMAN DETERMINED TO WIN THE DANGEROUS MAN SHE WANTS. In her grimy, coal stained world, Olive Thompson knows one thing for certain - Mr. Edwards is the one she wants. When she’s with him, every part of her feels alive, as if a stream under her skin ripples with passion. When he looks at her, a forbidden world glows in that gaze. She wants what he threatens, what he promises…no matter the price. A WICKED MAN DESPERATE TO SAVE AN ANGEL FROM HIS PROFANE DESIRES. Intuitively a man knows when a woman can unravel him, regardless of what he tells himself. James Edwards, master of the sensual and elite art of shibari rope, has always kept Olive Thompson at a distance. For two years, he’s endured constant vigilance, denial, and endless hunger … until today. Today he will steal a taste, something to remember after he walks away forever. Because who he is and what he wants are not for someone so pure. She thinks she wants him… she has no idea. AFTER THE DARKEST NIGHT, THE SUN ALWAYS RISES - WHETHER YOU’RE READY FOR THE LIGHT OR NOT.

A WOMAN WHOSE HEART WAS AS FIERCE AS IT WAS FRAGILE….. AND THE MAN WHO BOUGHT HER TO WIN IT. The enigmatic Hurley Twins were selling her...and Miss Elspeth James had no choice but to accept. As governess to the Canvases, she prepared the girls to be sold as living art, prepared them to become legendary Painted Sisters to some of the world’s most influential and powerful men, The Collectors. She would have walkout out, left the Hurley twins, her beloved charges and the ridiculous proposal but the girls were in serious danger. There were whispers a diabolical outlawed sect, a Skinner...of secret bidding, astronomical prices for the beautiful tattooed skin minus the girl. If she accepted the deal to become his Painted Sister, the arrogant, cold and infuriatingly handsome Mr. Blackburn, she could do something to protect the girls, to protect her friends. That, was worth doing the unimaginable for. That was worth fighting the way he made her body feel even as he hated him. Mr Blackburn, a rudely wealthy self-made man, had connections at every level of society and he wanted more. Having a Painted Sister would rise him higher in the elite world of ‘The Collectors’, men who like him operated over and above the rules of society. Yet on meeting Miss James…. he wanted more. He pushed her to sign over her virtue as well as become his Painted Sister, pushed her to override her distaste for him and taste what passion felt like. The trouble was... she made him hunger for something he’d never wanted and never believed in … Could she love him? Would she ever reach out and touch him with the same need that thumped through his veins every moment of every day since the first time they met? THE HEART DOESN’T RESPOND TO THE MIND AS A MASTER TO A SERVANT, IT WALKS ITS OWN PATH….IT DEMANDS EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING A PERSON IS AND EVERYTHING THEY THOUGHT THEY’D LEFT BEHIND. NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a Beauty and the Beast story which happens to be my favorite fairytale. Being an incurable romantic I believe that the heart recognizes what the spirit needs and finds the love that will heal and enrich us. In The Painted Heart, Blackburn can't help himself but bite at Elspeth, showing her that he is totally unlovable; and at the same time pursues her ruthlessly, closing every possible exit she has to leave him. I worried that you might to love him because of his bites... I hope you do. It It is a Prequel to a new Series I am writing called The Painted Sisters; Book 1: Painted Trust is due out later in the year (2017). Sigh up to my newsletter, or follow me on FB / Amazon page to find out when it comes out. ForThe Veiled Heart: "Miriam and Lord Worthington are unconventional characters, and this sets the book apart, as they are superbly written and feel very real. Their relationship will have readers' hearts fluttering, and pining for the next book in the series." ~ RTBookReviews For The Bound Heart" "The second book in Holland's Velvet Basement series features two strong characters whose unconventional and passionate courtship will keep readers turning pages. Her incorporation of Shibari provides a unique, refreshing look at Victorian England and its interpretation of foreign cultures. This is no typical romance—readers should expect scenes involving BDSM—and Holland continues to surprise and delight."~ RTBookReviews 4 STARS SCORCHER \\All the books in The Velvet Basement Series are stand alone and can be read in any order.\\