What happens when you fall in love.... illegally? Do you avoid it, or continue with it? Avery Winters is facing that hard question, and doesn't know how to answer it. When she starts school, she believes it's going to be a good year. But when she meets the new English teacher at school, she begins to feel a spark between them. She finds it hard to stay away from him... but it's not just her. What happens when both of them can't keep away from one another? Do they fight it, or give in to their need for each other?

They were not meant to be together. But when James Halter and young, vulnerable Allison Rousseau meet one night, on a balcony underneath a starlit sky, that's exactly what happens. Completely unaware of the trap they're falling into, Allison and James spend the night together - and it only gets worse when he turns up as her high school art teacher the following week. Secret Torture is the story of the dark, troubled relationship between two people who simply should never have met.

What if one night you fell in love? What if you finally found 'the one?' What if he was the most perfect guy there could ever be? What if you realised you couldn't be together because of one tiny little thing? He's your new teacher. Can love really conquer all?