Freed by His Controlby Emma L. RowanThree years after losing the love of her life, Elena has become an expert at staying in control.At conferences and boardrooms, she's the cool, composed director of strategy with the sharp questions and flawless slide decks. At home, she keeps grief neatly boxed behind routines and to-do lists. Desire is something she remembers, not something she risks. It's safer that way...until a business trip to San Francisco and a man with a steady gaze and a quiet command start to shake the walls she's built.Daniel doesn't just see Elena's polished surface. He sees the exhaustion in her smile, the way she flinches from her own wants, the way relief softens her shoulders when someone else takes charge for once. He lives his life with intention, structure, and a gentle dominance he keeps carefully leashed. The last thing he expects is to find a woman who feels safest when she lets him hold the reins.What begins as banter over bad conference coffee turns into late-night calls, handwritten rules, and a slow, seductive unraveling of Elena's defenses. In Daniel's hands, "being in control" stops being a burden and becomes something she can finally set down. Submitting to him doesn't make her smaller-it makes her feel more herself than she has in years.But loving again after loss is its own kind of risk. As their connection deepens, Elena has to face the guilt and fear that come with wanting more than survival. Can she honor the man she lost while surrendering to the one who makes her feel alive again? And when Daniel reveals there are parts of his world she hasn't seen yet, will she be brave enough to step through the next door?Freed by His Control is an emotional, slow-burn contemporary romance with: a grief-marked, strong-on-the-outside heroinea calm, protective, quietly dominant herointense emotional and sensual tension behind closed doorsa healing journey from white-knuckled control to chosen surrenderPerfect for readers who love deep feelings, soft but firm dominance, and closed-door romance that still sizzles.