The Contention Series by Asha Everly

When associate attorney Kara Hayes wakes up in a hospital bed on Saturday night, the last thing she wants to hear from detectives is that she’s possibly a victim of assault. That, and they think she's a prostitute. All Kara knows is that she's not a victim. She pushes the very notion away into a mental box with all her other bad memories that she doesn’t care to entertain.Only, this dark memory that she doesn’t recall won’t let her be... moreWhen associate attorney Kara Hayes wakes up in a hospital bed on Saturday night, the last thing she wants to hear from detectives is that she’s possibly a victim of assault. That, and they think she's a prostitute. All Kara knows is that she's not a victim. She pushes the very notion away into a mental box with all her other bad memories that she doesn’t care to entertain.Only, this dark memory that she doesn’t recall won’t let her be.When she’s put on a high-profile case with one of the named partners at her firm, their opposing counsel throws her life off-balance. He looks at Kara like he knows a dirty secret and she doesn’t understand why.That is, until he corners her in a bar alone later that night and tries to buy her silence with a smirk on his perfect face.This is not a love story. Kara doesn’t believe in love and a man like Nicholas Havenwood-Calais is the worst sort of self-harm she can imagine. What he wants is far worse.**WARNING: This book is for sale to ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It contains sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive to some readers. There are extremely dark themes inside of this work of fiction, including, but not limited to: mentions of suicide, past abuse, issues with mental health, themes of dubious consent, and nonconsent fantasies. Do not read if any of the above are triggering. less

Still reeling from the uncomfortable revelation that Nicholas Havenwood-Calais is hiding far more secrets than imagined, Kara finds herself struggling to stay away from the man who has been nothing but trouble for her since he so rudely and indecently entered her life.Not only that; she’s slowly being drawn to his rival, Dietrich Bittinger, whose legal interests she now represents... moreStill reeling from the uncomfortable revelation that Nicholas Havenwood-Calais is hiding far more secrets than imagined, Kara finds herself struggling to stay away from the man who has been nothing but trouble for her since he so rudely and indecently entered her life.Not only that; she’s slowly being drawn to his rival, Dietrich Bittinger, whose legal interests she now represents.The investigation into The Room of Horror continues…and Kara finds her client under dangerous scrutiny in the process.Trapped between two men with decades of ugly secrets, Kara struggles to keep her morality intact. The question is…how far down the rabbit hole will she go in her quest for the truth? Will she come out on the other side a better person, or will she become a new monster entirely?In the end, Kara may find her very life at stake.**TRIGGER This book is for sale to ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It contains sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive to some readers. There are extremely dark themes inside of this work of fiction, including, but not limited mentions of suicide, past childhood abuse, issues with mental health, themes of dubious consent, rough sex, and nonconsent fantasies. Do not read if any of the above are triggering. less