Silently

Just two simple rules: No talking. No kissing.

Award-winning novelist Quinn Layborn hasn't wanted anything since her husband died. Not this awful event her agent arranged. Not the wineglass she holds so no one will try to hug her. Not her career—stratospheric literary success from her old life, before grief and guilt shattered her world.

But there's something about Jonathan and the way he looks at her—with empathy rather than pity, or opportunity—that makes her want.
 

What kind of widow?
 

Reality travel show host Jonathan Jaines watches Quinn move through her beachfront living room like a ghost, and a sudden, fierce ache of protectiveness stirs. When she comes close and leans up to whisper in his ear, he is sure he heard wrong. But the expression in her eyes… he realizes he caught every word.
 

"I sent your driver away."
 

What else could that mean?
 

He's sworn off any kind of relationship until he can figure out why he made the mistakes that ended his marriage. Until he can be a man who deserves to be trusted. But a night with this woman?

He cannot say no.
 

What kind of man tries to redeem himself like this?

Pleasure and grounding sensation, control and total surrender. From a Long Island mansion through the doorway of a Manhattan dungeon, a wordless encounter transforms into a life-changing awakening. And a role Jonathan might not be willing to play.

Desire isn't bound by simple rules.

Silently is a tender, steamy, and emotional open-door romance for mature readers about trust and forgiveness, coping with loss, and the surprising people and places that help us begin to heal.

As Book 1 of the Transformation series, Silently ends with a "happy-for-now." Quinn and Jonathan's story continues in Secretly (Book 2) and Entirely (Book 3). The series should be read in order.

Note: Silently includes themes of grief and loss, past infidelity (not between the main characters), and open-door grownup scenes described in detail. For adult readers.