Ben and Conner…they popped up fully formed and passionate about one another in the first Bound & Controlled book. However, they’ve always been quiet about their relationship and had a tendency to flirt and change the subject whenever I poked at them. It wasn’t until Conner became friends with Finley (Beautiful Shame: Finely & Jared), that he opened up about how his relationship with Ben started. The answer is with lots of passion, snark, and ridiculousness. If you’ve read some of the books they’ve shown up in as side characters, you’ll remember that the only thing we really knew about the start of their relationship was that Conner used to work his stress out as a cage dancer in a […]

Since they first popped up in the Bound & Controlled series, I’ve been asked about Ben and Conner. As the owners of the club, they’ve shown up in a variety of books, but they didn’t talk much about themselves. Last fall, I was talking with a friend about what I wanted to write this year, and I kept coming back to Ben and Conner. I just wasn’t sure what I wanted to write…their pasts…stories about what they’ve seen in the club…what they’re doing now. There were too many options, but my brain finally settled on their past. So that led to Becoming The Owners…this is a novella about their feisty and passionate beginning. I’m just going to say Ben is […]

When I first started writing, I was a teacher with a long, painfully boring commute through the middle of nowhere. So I would spend the drive back and forth dreaming about stories and planning what I would write. My writing time was in short bits normally early in the morning, so I could get in a few hundred words before I had to get my kids up for the day. Since there was very little time to dawdle when I sat down to write, I planned things out in my head as I drove. I knew I wanted to do a series, but I wasn’t sure what it should look like or who they would be until one morning on […]

The Bound and Controlled club is one of my favorite parts of my world, but I haven’t managed to take too many characters back there lately. So when I was trying to decide what I wanted to write this year, I knew it was time to change that. In Something About Loren, you met a few of the guys who are going to be part of a new series, Tender Control. The first book is Bound with You and will be out on March 19. Book two is Bound to You and will be out on April 23. Both books are up for preorder now because lately, I’ve done nothing but write. (FYI once the world opens up, I’m planning […]

Bryce, Oliver, and Troy…I was unsure how the book would look when I started writing it. I had a few specific things in my mind that needed to be included, but a lot of the story was vague so I took a step back. I decided I needed to see how everything started for them before I could write anything else. So I began playing with the club scene where the three men took the steps that changed their relationship. Writing the prequel was fun, and it helped me see who the characters were. Exploring the dynamics in a relationship with three people was interesting, and I know they won’t be my only ménage book. When I’d originally started planning […]

Chapter 1 Bryce He knew he should stay away, but he couldn’t. Something about the couple had called to him from the first moment he’d seen them. He’d tried to leave them alone and find someone else that attracted him, but it wasn’t possible. Watching as Troy carefully wrapped a still-shaking Oliver in a soft blanket, he told his feet they needed to walk away from the intimate moment in front of him, but the traitors kept taking him closer. Inch by inch he worked his way toward the darkness. The sounding scene had been for the audience at Bound & Controlled as well as the men, but now that it was over, the aftercare was only for the two […]