I built my career on consequences. On making sure men like him face them.
I know how they move through the world'''untouchable, untracked, above the law they think doesn't apply to them.
I've put away killers. Dismantled empires. I don't flinch. I don't negotiate. I don't lose.
So why did I write that letter?
Because I'm exhausted from winning. Because I wanted one night where I wasn't the one holding the case file. Because somewhere beneath the briefs and the courtroom armor, there's a woman who is desperate to be outplayed.
What I got… was him.
They call him The Cleaner. He doesn't leave evidence. He doesn't leave witnesses. He doesn't leave anything at all—except silence where a problem used to be.
He showed up at my door like he already knew every room of my life. Because he did.
He knew my name before I said it. Knew my case before I described it. Knew exactly what I wanted—and exactly what it would cost me.
I should have recognized the trap. I build traps for a living.
But he looked at me like I was the only problem he'd ever wanted to keep. And I let him in, anyway.
This was supposed to be one night. No names. No trail. No consequences.
Except now my case is compromised. My judgment is compromised.
And he's telling me it doesn't matter. That I was his before I knew what that meant. That Cleaners don't leave loose ends.
And I'm starting to think he means me.
Lady and the Cleaner is a sensual romance with obsessive, possessive themes. It’s the fourth in the Submission series but can be read as a standalone.
Warning: This book contains a morally gray antihero, explicit sexual content, and profanity. Recommended for 18+.
I know how they move through the world'''untouchable, untracked, above the law they think doesn't apply to them.
I've put away killers. Dismantled empires. I don't flinch. I don't negotiate. I don't lose.
So why did I write that letter?
Because I'm exhausted from winning. Because I wanted one night where I wasn't the one holding the case file. Because somewhere beneath the briefs and the courtroom armor, there's a woman who is desperate to be outplayed.
What I got… was him.
They call him The Cleaner. He doesn't leave evidence. He doesn't leave witnesses. He doesn't leave anything at all—except silence where a problem used to be.
He showed up at my door like he already knew every room of my life. Because he did.
He knew my name before I said it. Knew my case before I described it. Knew exactly what I wanted—and exactly what it would cost me.
I should have recognized the trap. I build traps for a living.
But he looked at me like I was the only problem he'd ever wanted to keep. And I let him in, anyway.
This was supposed to be one night. No names. No trail. No consequences.
Except now my case is compromised. My judgment is compromised.
And he's telling me it doesn't matter. That I was his before I knew what that meant. That Cleaners don't leave loose ends.
And I'm starting to think he means me.
Lady and the Cleaner is a sensual romance with obsessive, possessive themes. It’s the fourth in the Submission series but can be read as a standalone.
Warning: This book contains a morally gray antihero, explicit sexual content, and profanity. Recommended for 18+.