Her naiveté and his intensity fuse into a time bomb of sex and secrets. Can a young feminist and a Dominant with secrets make it work?\"The first year is the most traumatic.\" Leda's medical school advisor's words seemed like the words of a retiring blowhard, until she met Xander. What starts as a tutorial in anatomy quickly evolves into Xander's desire to possess Leda. While she is drawn to him, wants to give in and experience sharp passion unlike any she has ever known, she has reservations. Can a feminist, a modern independent woman truly be a sexual submissive? Why is he holding back? What is the dark past that Xander is hiding from her? And ultimately, can she trust him-with her body and her heart?Xander wasn't looking for a submissive, but his attraction to Leda is undeniable. He tries to follow caution, but ultimately he has to take her, subdue her, at her insistence. The more he opens himself up to her, though, the more his past comes back to haunt him, with nearly catastrophic events when his former lover shows up at their door on New Year's Eve. How can he keep and protect Leda from all the risks of his kink, when he knows he is the biggest threat to her wellbeing? | The Blackened Window by Corrine a Silver, Paperback | Indigo Chapters