<i>A standalone novel in the Denial series...</i> <b>I'm just waiting for the inevitable.</b> Three years ago, I broke my submissive's spirit completely. After she fled, I swore I'd never call myself a Dominant again. No one who screwed up as badly as I did is worthy of that title. Then Alexandra Ashford signed up for my personal training sessions-smart, confident, yet perfectly willing to follow my every order. The kind of submissive every Dom dreams about, even if she doesn't know it. <b>I knew I had to keep my distance.</b> My intentions were good, but she seduced me anyway. I'd stayed away from women for three years, yet it took her three days to get past my defences. Now I can't make myself let her go. She's more than I deserve; everything I want. <b>But keeping vanilla? That's gonna be hell.</b> All I can do is hope she never begs me to tie her up and hurt her, though my Dom side craves it. If we cross that line, I have to leave her. I can't break another submissive. <b>I can't be her damn Dom.</b>