Willfully Yours Series by Eden James

Deacon. I’ve built empires out of control, but nothing has ever felt like the moment she looks up at me, eyes wide and pleading, begging me to take it all—her fear, her pain, her trust, her body, her soul. I want everything. Every gasp, every tear, every shudder when she realizes she’s finally safe because she’s mine. I want her collared, trembling and ruined for anyone else. I want Lexi York to give me the one thing no contract has ever... moreDeacon. I’ve built empires out of control, but nothing has ever felt like the moment she looks up at me, eyes wide and pleading, begging me to take it all—her fear, her pain, her trust, her body, her soul. I want everything. Every gasp, every tear, every shudder when she realizes she’s finally safe because she’s mine. I want her collared, trembling and ruined for anyone else. I want Lexi York to give me the one thing no contract has ever. Her heart, willingly laid at my feet beside the sapphire collar that says she belongs to me forever. Lexi. I’ve spent my whole life running, searching for the one place dark enough to swallow the noise in my head, the one man strong enough to hold me together when everything inside me wants to shatter. Tonight I’m on my knees in his playroom, collar heavy around my throat, thighs slick with need and tears on my cheeks, and I finally understand what I’ve been chasing. .. Not safety. Not escape. Surrender. Complete, terrifying, perfect surrender to Deacon Carrington, the only man I’ve ever wanted to own every broken piece of me. less

Sebastian. I’ve crossed every line I ever drew, ruined beautiful things just to watch them break prettily, but nothing prepared me for the redheaded defiant liar who looked like a librarian and begged like my darkest fantasy made flesh. One night of canes and tears and her perfect, greedy surrender, and I was already addicted, already planning how I’d keep her trembling forever. Then I found out her real name. April Carrington. My best friend’s little sister... moreSebastian. I’ve crossed every line I ever drew, ruined beautiful things just to watch them break prettily, but nothing prepared me for the redheaded defiant liar who looked like a librarian and begged like my darkest fantasy made flesh. One night of canes and tears and her perfect, greedy surrender, and I was already addicted, already planning how I’d keep her trembling forever. Then I found out her real name. April Carrington. My best friend’s little sister. The one girl I swore I’d never touch. Too late. I’m obsessed, possessed, and completely lost to the girl who played me like a master and then left me wrecked. I don’t care whose sister she is. She’s mine now, and I am not letting her go. April. I was raised behind locked doors and whispered warnings, told the world downstairs was too dark for a girl like me, but I always knew exactly what I the man whose voice made me ache in the quiet of my bedroom, whose films taught me every secret my body was starving for. Tonight I walked into his house wearing lies and a prim little cardigan, and I finally got what I came Sebastian Mortlock’s hands bruising my skin, his cane painting fire across my skin, his name torn from my throat while I came apart on the truth I never said aloud. I’ve spent my whole life sheltered, but I was never innocent. I was just waiting for the one man forbidden enough to set me free. less