A deliciously potent tale of one woman&#8217;s quest for self-discovery.<br><br>Rowan Cassidy likes to be in charge&#8212;especially in her personal life. As a mistress at Club Priv&#233;, the most exclusive bondage/S &amp; M club on the West Coast, Rowan can live out her dominant fantasies safely, and with complete control&#8212;until the night Christian Thorne walks in. Self-confident and sophisticated, he&#8217;s a natural dominant if Rowan&#8217;s ever seen one. Yet she can&#8217;t stop thinking about him and imagining his touch.<br><br>Christian has returned home, hoping to break free from his dissatisfaction and malaise&#8212;and discovers the cure in Rowan. He&#8217;s dying to get his skilled hands on her and watch her surrender, to unlock the mystery of her that captivates him. Determined to be her master, he makes Rowan a daring proposition: give herself over to him for thirty days.<br><br>Rowan finds Christian&#8217;s offer terrifying&#8212;and impossible to resist. But abandoning herself to Christian&#8217;s power might be more than she can handle&#8230;. Or it might be the realization of her true nature and the dark garden within her. There will be only one way to find out. And once the game has begun, there&#8217;s no turning back.