He wasn't a billionaire with a dungeon full of toys; he was the Dom she'd always wanted.
She wasn't a wide-eyed young innocent; she was the submissive he'd always needed.

For everyone who thinks they're not young enough, rich enough, or thin enough to have a hot, sexy, BDSM romance--here's a story of D/s in the real world.

At 42, John Mackenzie finds himself starting over. He lost his beloved wife to cancer. His mentor, and partner in their architectural firm, suffers a stroke and dies soon after. Jacqueline Deane, the not-so-grieving widow, makes no secret she has designs on John. Needing exit strategy from this sticky situation, he opens a private office in the guest cottage at his home. With new business coming in faster than he ever imagined, John soon decides to hire an assistant.

Laura Benson is an empty-nester, her only child in college halfway across the country. Happily divorced, she's looking for a more fulfilling job and dreaming of the kind of passion she's known only in the romance novels she reads. When a mutual friend puts her in contact with John, she jumps at the opportunity for change.

During the interview, each feels a spark and John hires Laura on the spot. After fighting their growing attraction to each other as long as they can, they begin to explore building a Dom/sub relationship that works for them.

There's only one problem distracting the couple from the euphoria of their new love. Someone in the Deane & Mackenzie office is altering John's job orders and substituting dangerously substandard materials. Before disaster strikes, John begins his search for the culprit whose adeptly forging his name on change orders and pocketing the cash savings. Laura, in the meantime, must deal with both the predatory platinum blonde shark--Jacqueline--and her self-infliected anxiety regarding John's late wife. Phantoms and ghosts threaten to derail the couple, but giving up is not in their vocabulary. 

This collection contains all three of the serial episodes--Orientation, Probation Period, and Permanent Position PLUS the holiday-themed short story "Christmas Bonus"