Spencer James was no hero - cheating on his wife and all - but until recently, Spencer hadn't seen what he did at Esoteric, the private BDSM club where he was a member, as cheating. What he did there - dominate women sexually - he did to protect Izzy, not to hurt her. Two very different sides to the same coin, each as vital to his survival as the other; Spencer needed the club like most people needed air. But falling in love with his submissive was never part of the plan. And now that she'd disappeared, he'd stop at nothing to find her. A lifetime of physical abuse is what led Ashlan to Esoteric. She knew if her husband ever found out about the club, she'd die a slow, painful death. But even that hadn't been enough to keep her away. In a life of hell, Esoteric was the only place she'd ever found peace...until she accidentally let it slip to Master Spence that she was being abused. Now she had no choice but to run.