Sanctum

Some contracts are made to be broken...

A contract broken…
Ryan Church and Jill Paxon enjoyed their life as Master and submissive until the day Ryan's entire world crumbled. No longer able to fulfill his end of the contract, Ryan did what he thought was best for Jill. He let her go. 

An unexpected reunion…
Eighteen months later, Ryan is working for Ian Taggart as the Dom in Residence at the elite BDSM club Sanctum when his former submissive walks through the door looking for a job. Jill has changed, but his desire for her is still insatiable. Jill, shattered by his past rejection, can't trust Ryan, but she needs the job. Back in the community where she once felt safe and secure, she longs for the life she lost and the man she loved.

A last chance for love…
Ryan is presented with an opportunity to restore his wealth and name, but it could cost him his last chance at rebuilding a life with the woman he loves. When the secrets Jill has carefully hidden from Ryan are exposed, a terrible twist of fate might take her out of his life forever.

Main characters:

Ryan Church

Jillian Paxon

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• Sanctum was an original novella for a bookselling site called All Romance E-books. I was excited to be invited to anything at that point and was not at all daunted by the 25K word count limit. I do not think I could do this today. I write way too long now. Even my novellas these days are novels. This is a second chance romance where the guy seriously screwed up. It wasn't supposed to have a suspense plot but I still managed for someone to get shot.