DoveHarperAuthor
**Rating:** Mature (18+) | Explicit Sexual
Sydney Evans thought she had the perfect arrangement: explosive nights with firefighter Dwayne where he owned every inch of her body, and zero strings to complicate things. He gave her exactly what she craved-the filthy words, the complete surrender, the freedom to be the submissive she could never be in the courtroom. No dates. No feelings. No risk.
But when Dwayne says he wants more than just her body in the dark, Sydney's carefully controlled world starts to crumble.
She's been down this road before. She's watched passion die under the weight of domesticity. She's felt the shame of a man who loved her in theory but couldn't handle her needs in practice. And she's spent years building walls so high that no one could ever make her feel broken again.
Now Dwayne is asking her to tear those walls down. To trust that he can dominate her in the bedroom and hold her hand in public. To believe that the man who calls her his "good girl" and his "filthy slut" while making her scream his name can also be the man who meets her mother and cooks her dinner.
Sydney wants to believe him. God, she wants it so badly it terrifies her.
But every time they get close to something real, her fear takes over. She sabotages. She runs. She pushes him away before he can hurt her the way she's been hurt before.
**Can she overcome the trauma of her past and let Dwayne love all of her-the ruthless lawyer, the vulnerable woman, and the submissive who needs to be owned? Or will her fear destroy the one man who sees her completely and loves every broken, beautiful piece?
This story contains explicit sexual content including BDSM dynamics, dominance/submission, rough sex, and intense dirty talk. It also explores themes of past emotional trauma, fear of intimacy, and self-sabotage in relationships.
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**Read Dirty Talk (Book 1) first for the full experience of Sydney and Dwayne's explosive beginning.**