Control. Corruption. Craving. This dark sapphic standalone doesn’t play nice. Expect power plays, dangerous attraction, and lines that should never be crossed… you’ve been warned. 🫦🔥❤️. '⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ ...a stunning sizzler of a story with a punch of intrigue that kept me turning the pages!' International Bestseller, Zara Cox. She was the perfect daughter. Until she met her stepmother. Abi Taylor knows how to play her part. Smile. Obey. Survive. Because her stepfather demands nothing less. He controls everything—her money, her future… and the men she’s forced to please to keep his empire running. Then Emma arrives. His fiancée. Beautiful. Composed. Untouchable. A glance becomes a spark. A spark becomes obsession. And suddenly, Abi is questioning everything—her loyalty, her past… even who she is. But desire is dangerous in a house built on secrets. Because behind closed doors, her stepfather’s world is darker than she ever imagined—twisted deals, brutal punishments, and a game where people are nothing more than pawns. And when Abi discovers his deepest, darkest secret, she realises just how far he’ll go to keep her. Now there’s only one way out.... Run. But escaping him won’t be easy. He’s always one step ahead. And this time… he’s coming for them both. *** A note before you dive into Unshackled: This is an F/F romance featuring M/F and M/F/F scenes. It contains dark, morally grey themes, including power imbalance and coercive dynamics—please see Author’s Note.
Author
Rachael Stewart adores conjuring up stories for the readers of Harlequin Mills & Boon and Deep Desires Press, with tales varying from the heartwarmingly romantic to the wildly erotic. She's been writing since she could put pen to paper as the stacks of scrawled on A4 sheets in her loft will attest to, and the lovingly bound short stories that her father would run off at work and proudly share out with his colleagues. Thinking it was a pipe dream to be published one day, she pursued a sensible career in business but she was really play-acting, achieving the appropriate degree and spending many years in the corporate world where she never truly belonged. Always happiest when she was sat at her laptop in the quiet hours tapping out a story or two. And so here she is, a published author, her full-time pleasure, a dream come true. A Welsh lass at heart, she now lives in Yorkshire with her husband and three children, and if she's not glued to her laptop, she's wrapped up in them or enjoying the great outdoors seeking out inspiration.
