This novella is a standalone that is part of The Club series. To learn more about The Club, visitwww.theclub.website or www.facebook.com/theclubseries Bettina Francis has a secret. Well, two secrets. Her first secret is something she has a proclivity for. Her second is something she wants to escape from. Knowing that her life in Houston is over, she flees to Karim to pick up the pieces of her shattered existence with her best friend’s help. When her best friend takes her to The Club, she meets Adam Hunter and Brock Jordan, two men who desire her and fulfil her every fantasy. However, Houston is not that far from Karim. Just when things are going well, Adam has to leave, and the very reason she left the big city comes knocking at Karim’s door. Houston became inhospitable the moment the people Bettina thought she knew shunned her once they learned of her secret. Would Karim be the same? Content warning: This book contains adult situations including adult language, and m/f/m interaction. This story is intended for 18+ ONLY **

Karim, Texas sweltered in the heat and it wasn't what I was used to. I came from a place where rain was incessant, where people experienced the four seasons in one day. Where my eyes were opened to a whole new way of living as a submissive. Problem was, I got burned. My master wasn't the Dom who sought my pleasure at the same time as his own. He only sought his own, convincing me I would find bliss when he came inside me even when I screamed my safe word. Sure, he got reported and banned. I received the help to face the demons he had placed inside my mind.But the damage had been done.I left England for a change of scenery. Even the surrounding nations that comprised the United Kingdom were not big enough for me to get lost and find myself. I needed to move to somewhere unfamiliar and maybe then, I'd find some semblance of peace.I never thought that I'd find peace with the very person I ran away from.A Dom. This is my story. **