A Dark Contemporary Romance
A Cape Town dominatrix. A tech CEO with autism. A connection that shatters every boundary.
Miranda de Vos commands her Cape Town playroom with ironclad rules and practiced precision. She’s seen every type of client, until Dax Klein walks through her door. Young, wealthy, and carrying secrets deeper than she expects, he’s not her usual fare. When an accidental touch during their session triggers a violent reaction, Miranda glimpses the raw pain beneath his controlled exterior.
Dax Klein built a cybersecurity empire by mastering the art of masking his autism. By day, he’s the composed CEO. By night, he seeks release through structured BDSM: pain on his terms, sensation he can control. But Miranda sees what others miss: the scars from a mother who tried to beat him “normal,” and a soul starving for someone who accepts him wholly, unmasked.
As professional boundaries blur into something raw and real, their connection deepens beyond the playroom. But when a massive merger pushes Dax past his limits, culminating in a near-fatal crisis, both must confront whether their bond can survive the chaos of the real world. Then his mother’s death reveals a explosive secret: a half-brother he never knew existed, lost somewhere in the world’s conflict zones.
Set against Cape Town’s dramatic seaboard and wild mountains, this is a story of two fractured souls forging something unbreakable: a love built on radical acceptance, and a family crafted from the wreckage of their pasts.
Content note: Explicit sexual content, BDSM scenes, depictions of child abuse and trauma, autism-related challenges (meltdowns, sensory overload, masking), substance use, medical emergencies, and brief violence. Intended for adult readers 18+.
