This novel contains explicit sexual scenes including bondage and voyeurism. Max Wells is a ball-busting, ass-kicking testament to female empowerment, who's yet to meet the person who can push her down. Until she meets a man she only knows as Sir. Shamelessly deviant, Hayato knows exactly what Max thinks of Dominants like him. So ready to dismiss his lifestyle, she's the type to assume she knows everything about it and him after one cursory glance from the outside in. But, looking at Max-at her intelligence and passion-he can see more in her than the misconceptions she's deliberately blinding herself with. And, determined, he plans to show her more. Max and Hayato engage in a dance of wit, will, and seduction as they negotiate roles, rewrite rules, and learn the true meaning of empowerment. But, just as their game heats up, it gets used against them. Seeking to punish them with their play, someone threatens to drag their private lives out into the public spotlight. With high stakes and bitter scandal looming over their heads, Max and her Sir will have to work together to show that what the world thinks they are does not define who they are.