Detained for Pleasure

He’s an iron-willed detective bound by rules. I’m a chaotic bartender who thrives on breaking them. But when a deadly criminal network puts a target on my back, the safest place for me is pinned against his wall.

Marcus
For two years, a cold case has eaten me alive. I’ve kept my walls high, my life spartan, and my desires locked behind iron discipline. Then Jamie Rossi walked into my interrogation room. He is pure magnetic chaos—loud, defiant, and entirely unvarnished. He’s also the only material witness to a dangerous operation, and someone wants him silenced. Moving him into my apartment under off-the-books protective custody was an operational necessity. Touching him was a professional violation. But under the intense pressure of forced proximity, the iron will I pride myself on is starting to fracture.

Jamie
I survived an abusive ex who spent years trying to shrink my personality, make me quiet, and convince me I was too much. I swore I'd never let anyone control me again. But Detective Marcus Hale doesn't want to cage me—he wants to protect me, and his fierce, dominant authority makes my pulse race in ways I can't hide. Locked in his nine-hundred-square-foot fortress, a quiet, structured heat is building between us that neither of us can resist.

When the corruption inside his own department strips Marcus of his badge and weapon, the perimeter breaches. The danger has followed us into the light, and a cold-blooded killer is pulling out all the stops to keep us quiet. Now, Marcus isn't fighting for a case—he's fighting for me. And I'm realizing that surrendering to his protection might be the only way we both walk away alive.

Detained for Pleasure is a high-stakes, high-intensity MM romantic suspense novel featuring a grumpy/sunshine dynamic, intense forced proximity, a fiercely protective detective with a hidden dominant streak, and a beautifully negotiated D/s dynamic built on mutual trust. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed Happily Ever After.