My dark, surrendered world was filled with his dominance, and a fine edge of pain.

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

I’m going to hurt you. I’m going to make you very uncomfortable tonight, but you’re going to be safe. Do you trust me?

W had never asked what I liked. He just grabbed and forced and took, and gave me soul-crushing orgasms.

Maybe...Maybe this was one of those moments in life, one of those karmic incidents you had to embrace. Maybe the universe had put this man in my path for a reason. Maybe it wasn't coincidence that he'd been there to unlock the dressing room door.

I was ridiculously picky about my submissives, for a good reason. When I played, I liked to play hard.

They stopped and bowed their heads close together as the revelers ate and danced and celebrated around the glow of the fire. Darkness was falling over Lilyvale, the pink horizon a glorious and unusual marvel.Lily and James hardly noticed, lost as they were in the preciousness of the moment. "Lily mine," James whispered. "We're finally home.

His whole life had become those naked hours, her warm, soft body beneath him and beside him. Her kisses, her touches.Her sighs.

He and Harmony had been wed a week now, and still the briefest glance at his wife awakened the savage in him. The smallest movement or casual touch made him want to rip off her clothes and press her back on the table and rut on her wildly. His mother would not have approved.

I'm going to hurt you. I'm going to make you very uncomfortable tonight, but you're going to be safe. Do you trust me?