Some secrets are kept in the dark. Others are buried in the fire.
Tory Steel is used to being invisible. As an HVAC night intern, she moves through the campus like a ghost, doing the grueling chores of survival while hiding from a system stacked against her. She never expected to stick out. And she certainly never expected a routine work order to shatter her quiet life, leaving her with a problem that requires a permanent, lethal solution.
Deep in the subterranean maintenance wings, she seeks the only fire hot enough to burn her past away. Instead, she walks straight into the private sanctuary of Professor J.T.
To the university, he is a prestigious academic. To the shadows, he is a calculation of pure, predatory control. J.T. has spent twelve years hiding his true nature behind brilliant lectures, never looking for an equal, let alone a companion. Until a little lamb wheels her darkest sins right into his workspace.
Now, the door to his Sanctuary is open. Bound by an unhinged chemistry, a taste for the lurid, and a dangerous game of complicity.
Tory is about to learn exactly what happens when a beautiful, tortured soul finally surrenders to her own darkness.
Details
- Publication Date
- Jul 4, 2026
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781105095955
- Category
- Fiction
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Ashley Salazar
Specifications
- Pages
- 74
- Binding Type
- Paperback Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- Digest (5.5 x 8.5 in / 140 x 216 mm)