Description Every passion has its price .
Journalist Sophie Ryder has been following Emery Lockwood's story since she was a little girl.
There has always been something in his haunted eyes that she couldn't resist and now, when she's certain he holds the key to solving a string of kidnappings, she'll do anything to speak to him.
Even if it means venturing deep into the seductive world of the Gilded Cuff, a luxurious BDSM club on Long Island's Gold Coast and Emery's personal playground.
From the moment Sophie enters his shadowy, sensual domain, Emery Lockwood knows this tantalizing new little sub was meant to belong to him.
However, Sophie wants more from Emery than just pleasure .
she wants his past.
And that is something he isn't willing to give-no matter who is asking.
But every moment he spends with Sophie, Emery feels his control slipping and he knows it's only a matter of time before he surrenders to her heart, body, and soul.
Tormented by their pasts, yet enthralled by nights of the most decadent pleasure neither of them has ever experienced before, will Sophie and Emery be able to find the release that only surrender can bring? Book 1 in the Surrender series A dramatic, sexy, and suspenseful romance.
-- Harlequin Junkie About the Author USA Today bestselling author Lauren Smith is an Oklahoma attorney by day, author by night, who pens adventurous and edgy romance stories by the light of her smartphone flashlight app.
She knew she was destined to be a romance writer when she attempted to re-write the entire Titanic movie just to save Jack from drowning.
Connecting with readers by writing emotionally moving, realistic, and sexy romances no matter what time period is her passion.
She's won multiple awards in several romance subgenres including: New England Reader's Choice Awards, Greater Detroit Bookseller's Best Awards, and a Semi-Finalist award for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award.
She was a 2018 RITA (R) Finalist in the Romance Writers of America.
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