Power & Pleasure: Book 2
B. B. Hartwich
Power & Pleasure – Book 2
Max Henson never asked for the empire. But when seventy-two billion dollars and the keys to a global defense-tech juggernaut land in his hands, the world refuses to let him stay quiet.
From a cramped Portland walk-up to the glittering heights of a Manhattan penthouse, Max has built something rare: a chosen family bound by loyalty, not obligation. The women who stand with him... strategists, guardians, confidantes... have rewritten their own futures to be part of his. And the young boy who looks to him as a father figure has become the heart of it all.
Power attracts predators. When a former executive’s rage erupts into violence, Max finds himself back in a Lower Manhattan courtroom... stitches fresh, shoulder bleeding, refusing to stay silent. Every word he speaks, every truth he defends, draws the line deeper: some things cannot be bought, cannot be broken, cannot be killed.
Loyalty. Family. Love.
In a world where billions can buy silence but not devotion, Max Henson must decide how far he will go to protect what matters most... even if the cost is another scar, another courtroom, another night fighting to open his eyes.
Because when the empire strikes back, he doesn’t run. He stands. And the family he has chosen stands with him.
A story of found family, consensual polyamory, defiant wealth, and the quiet, unbreakable choice to protect instead of possess.
Power & Pleasure – Book 2
The empire is his. So is the fight to keep what’s his safe.
