Tied by Lust, Freed by Betrayal She dances in the dark to keep control of what the world that refuses to let her own. He watches from the shadows, wanting what he shouldn't. Melisande Ashford is a mother working two lives-model by day, pole dancer by night-trapped in a contract with a ruthless agency and a husband who's stopped seeing her. The bar pays more. The shame costs everything. When a man with eyes like sin and a voice like silk offers her a deal-dance for him alone, no questions, triple the pay-Melisande should say no. But desperation makes dangerous choices feel like hope. Lorenzo De Santos is a billionaire with secrets buried beneath the surface of his empire. He's married. He has a son. And now, he has Melisande-a woman who was never supposed to mean anything. Until she means everything. But when Melisande stumbles onto the truth behind Lorenzo's wealth- the empire he hides behind luxury and lies-she disappears without a trace. Everyone thinks she's dead. Lorenzo refuses to believe it. Because the woman he broke... is the only one who could break him back. _________________________________ Beneath Her Neon Lights is Book One of the Ashford-De Santos Duology-a haunting, generational dark romance about forbidden desire, betrayal, and redemption across decades.