The numbers don't lie... The most seductive secrets are written in blood... And surrender... is both exquisite and deadly. In the sultry, shadowed heart of Eagle Lake, where secrets whisper through the oak trees, two strangers are drawn together by a web of financial deceit and a shared passion for numbers-and pain. Colton Stone, a stern, brooding investigator with Shadow Surveillance, finds his world upended when he collides with Antonia Kendall, a seductive, intellectual woman with a submissive streak that stirs his dominant nature. Their connection is instant, their chemistry undeniable, and their shared curiosity about a series of suspicious local transactions sets them on a dangerous path. As they peel back the layers of a sinister money laundering scheme, Colton and Antonia grapple with their growing desire for one another and the escalating peril that threatens to consume them. The dimly lit corridors of the exclusive BDSM club, Avalon, echo with their whispered confessions and the crackle of leather against flesh. Meanwhile, the humid air of Eagle Lake is thick with tension as the pair unravels a tangled network of corruption that runs deeper and darker than they ever imagined. Concealed enemies lurk in the shadows, and alliances shift like sand beneath their feet as Colton and Antonia struggle to distinguish friend from foe. As the case reaches its fever pitch and their bond intensifies, they find solace and strength in each other's arms-even as they brace for the storm that threatens to engulf them both. Sensual and suspenseful, this slow-burning tale of power, passion, and peril invites you to succumb to the tantalizing allure of intrigue and surrender to the hidden desires that bind us all. Dare to turn the page and enter a world where passion and terror collide.