Bound and Determined

He's chaos and I'm control. Resistance has always been futile.

Carter

I've built my whole life around being careful.
I don't date. I don't take chances. And I definitely don't fall for cocky, chaos-wielding bounty hunters who flirt like it's their job and make my insides ache with want.

But Axel Thorne doesn't do boundaries. He flirts, he teases, he pushes. And the worst part? Some twisted part of me likes it when he does.

He's relentless, a little reckless—and at least a decade older than me.

He thinks I'm just shy. That he can coax me out of my shell with his signature smirk and his firm hand.
He doesn't know the truth. I can never date a man. I don't deserve it.

Axel is everything I've tried to avoid: bold, relentless, impossible to ignore.
And he might be the only man who's ever made me want to stop running.

Axel

I don't chase people.
I chase fugitives.

But Carter Bennett, with his soft voice and breakable heart, has had me on the hunt since the first time he looked at me like I was dangerous.

He keeps his distance. I test every boundary.
He says he's not interested. I can feel the way his breath catches when I corner him.
And when I finally get my hands on him, he'll see exactly how much he needs someone to take control.

He's scared of what we could be—but I've got rope, discipline, and all the time in the world to teach him how good it can feel to let go.

Bound and Determined is a tender, spicy MM romance about grief, healing, and letting go—featuring a closeted EMT with a heartbreaking past, a flirtatious bounty hunter who plays dirty, and all the patience, trust, and slow-burning heat it takes to finally fall in love.

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