He dominates her in the shadows.
She controls him in the boardroom.
Only one of them knows the truth… and neither is safe.

At twenty-four, Ethan Cross is a rising star at NexTech, a ruthless analyst with a sculpted body, a secret taste for control, and a mask he wears both in and out of the boardroom. But when he crosses paths at an exclusive Manhattan domination club with a woman he recognizes, Victoria Hale, the icy, untouchable CFO of the very company he works for, he seizes the opportunity to dominate her… without ever revealing who he is.

Bound, breathless, and masked beneath crimson lace, Victoria gives herself over to a stranger in the dark. What she doesn’t know is that the man who commands her body with silk ropes and punishing skill by night is the same man submitting to her sharp tongue and ruthless deadlines by day.

Their parallel lives spiral into a tangled game of power and seduction, where whispered names are replaced with moans, and every encounter blurs the lines between who owns who. But when a billion-dollar AI algorithm is stolen and Ethan is framed, the truth shatters their fragile roles. Desperate to clear his name, he turns the tables, blackmailing the woman who unknowingly kneels for him after hours.

As their sexual obsession explodes across high-stakes boardrooms, shadowy hotel suites, and the mirrored dungeon rooms of The Black Veil, a darker threat begins to rise: a sadistic figure from Victoria’s past who knows her secret identity as Sabine Arlow, and wants her back under his leash.

Now Ethan and Victoria must navigate lies, lust, betrayal, and the secrets they’ve both buried, before passion turns into punishment… and trust becomes a weapon.

Explosive, graphic, and drenched in domination, this is Book One of a searing erotic thriller series where submission is never simple, and love may be the deadliest game of all.