Caught and Collared: Book One of the Larkspur Series

Aden Brand, a quiet, self-contained Russian literature professor, returns home to deal with the death of his estranged father, Gale. Gale, a groundskeeper, worked for and lived on the grounds of the wealthy Bellamy family, raising his only son on the fringes of opulence. Aden returns to the Bellamy estate to deal with his father's belongings, and to a home he hasn't seen since his father disowned him at 18.

Now unwillingly thrust in the middle of the Bellamy family's lives again, Aden soon crosses paths with Kristoffer Rask. Husband of heiress Celia Bellamy, Kristoffer has been keeping secrets since the summer Aden was sent away, and secrets Aden hasn't told anyone else since. The secret? Aden is a submissive: his only sense of emotional safety comes from being dominated, collared, and owned. And Kristoffer is the only person to ever meet those needs for Aden, despite the pain their brief affair has carried for 17 years.

Unable to get free from the hold Kristoffer has on him, Aden is drawn back into Kristoffer's orbit. Together they must now face their shared past, regardless of what it may cost them.