After her Dom’s death, Shay Clarke tried to follow him into the dark.
Now committed to the Meridian Institute, a facility where BDSM becomes therapy, she’s paired with Rayne Bauer; a sinfully patient Daddy Dom whose touch promises both pleasure and pain.
Rayne knows exactly how to handle a broken babygirl: firm rules, tender aftercare, and the kind of dominance that quiets her nightmares.
The Institute’s program isn’t about permanent ownership, it’s about teaching Shay to care for herself; to stand tall without a Daddy’s leash.
As their sessions ignite into something more dangerous than therapy, Shay must decide: surrender completely to the man who makes her feel alive again…or fight to own herself, even if it means walking away from the only Daddy who truly sees her.
Book 9 in The Meridian Institute
