HER INNOCENCE IS MY NEWEST DEBT TO COLLECT. I am the Baron of Fairview, and I do not tolerate defiance. When Elizabeth Shelton was delivered to my estate to settle a debt, she brought a spirit that begged to be broken. She hides behind her Victorian modesty and her tightly laced corsets. I will strip it all away. I will be the one to teach her the true meaning of authority. My library is no longer a place of study. It is where I administer the lessons she so desperately needs. Every insolent word earns a correction. Every trembling breath belongs to me. I have cleared the path of rivals and silenced the scandals of the Ton. She has no one left to turn to but the man who holds her leash. The walls of Fairview are high, and my grip is unyielding. I will isolate her until the world outside is a distant memory. I will shatter her virtue during the height of the storm and claim what is rightfully mine. She will trade her freedom for the safety of my obsession. I will own her soul until she begs for the weight of my command.