Part of New Camelot
First published 2019
Ryan Belvedere travels to a decaying English manor house on a simple errand for a friend. The former presidential aide has been lost in grief since his president's assassination, going through the motions of life without purpose. He's supposed to collect a rare book and leave. Instead he encounters Sidney Blount, who has come to evaluate the estate's art collection. Sidney is controlled, refined, and sees exactly what Ryan needs before Ryan himself understands it. The sophisticated Dominant recognizes Ryan's pain and his desire to surrender control. Sidney wants to give Ryan precisely what he craves. Their meeting transforms a routine favor into something far more intense. Ryan must decide whether to accept what Sidney offers or continue drifting in his grief.
Genres: literary-fiction, adult-fiction, psychological-thriller, erotica, dark-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotionally-intense, intimate, introspective, melancholic, sensual
Tropes: dominant-submissive, emotional-healing, power-exchange, strangers-to-lovers
Setting: English manor house
Period: contemporary
56 pages · paperback · Sierra Simone
Content warnings: death, explicit-sexual-content