by Melody Anne
First published 2014
Jewell Weston has lost everything. At twenty-four, she's homeless after her mother's cancer treatment drained the family savings and the state took custody of her fourteen-year-old brother. When a well-dressed woman hands her a card for Relinquish Control, an exclusive escort service in Seattle, Jewell sees her only chance to earn enough money to get her brother back from his foster home. Blake Knight receives a membership to the same service as a prank from his younger brother, who wants to shake up Blake's rigid exterior. The world knows Blake as cold and calculating, but this mask hides deep trauma. When Blake was eight, he and his two brothers watched their parents get murdered, an experience that left all three men unable to trust anyone outside their family circle. As Jewell and Blake's paths cross through Relinquish Control, both must confront whether they can overcome their desperate circumstances and emotional walls to find something real together.
Genres: romance, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance, new-adult
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
Setting: Seattle
Period: 21st-century
484 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: abuse