Twenty one year old Carla Young needs cash fast to survive her last two years of college, so when she's offered a job to be the face of a new instant messaging app, she signs on as The Temptress.

There's something odd about the town's most beloved police officer, he is utterly obsessed about a girl and will go to any lengths to have her.

E F F E R U S adj. savage, cruel, barbarous I always knew that a beast lurked beneath Luca's aristocratic demeanor. He was so beautiful, he bewildered me. He was so brilliant, he intimidated me. He was so charming, he terrified me. He was too good to be true. I didn't want to stick around to find out if I was right. As time progressed I began to suffocate. His experience and power overwhelmed me. I needed liberation. I couldn't handle his demanding ways. I told him I wanted out. Silly girl. You think he'd ever allow that? Luca humors me, saying he's willing to play along. But this isn't a game to me. He gives me four years. Four years to live, to enjoy my youth, my freedom, my beauty. In four years time, he will return to collect his prize. But I'm not ready. I've gotten a taste of a life outside of Luca, and I will fight relentlessly for it. Four years of being in the light invigorated me. I am more frightened by Luca's darkness than ever. I tell myself that I'll never go back, and that Luca will let me be free. I have never been more wrong.

❝Let me treat you like a slut and I'll make you feel like a princess,❞ When love is not madness, it is not love -- as Genevieve found herself left with only three things she was absolutely positive. First, she was pining after a man at an age of ability to be her father. Second, the situation she had gotten herself into was far from nefarious. Third, she was unconditionally and irrevocably taken by him -- she loved him. THIS BOOK CONTAINS AND DEPICTS STRONG, SEXUAL CONTENT. VIEWER DISCRETION AND MATURE AUDIENCES IS ADVISED. (Number 1 in # FreeTheKinks)

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