The Terms

The Terms An Evelyn Locke Erotic Suspense Novel Clara Wynn is forty-one, divorced, and tired of being useful. A late gas bill, a teenage daughter, and a body no one has properly looked at in years. Then the contract arrives. Private archival assistant. Temporary. Discretion essential. And one clause that changes everything: no concealment, no distortion, no lying. Julian Vale is a high-net-worth divorce barrister who deals in sealed documents, ruined marriages, and silence that costs. When Clara walks into his house late, rain-soaked, and wearing a thin white blouse that has become transparent, he does not look away. He does not pretend. He lets her see exactly what her body has done to him. What begins as employment under strict terms becomes something far more dangerous. Truthfulness is no longer just a clause — it is the rule that strips every polite lie from the room. Exposure. Control. Filthy, deliberate obedience. A man who does not take what is not offered… and a woman who finally stops hiding what she wants to give. High-heat. Explicit. Psychologically charged. For readers who want their erotic suspense dirty, controlled, and completely unapologetic. Content Warning Explicit sexual content, intense power exchange, verbal degradation, anal, oral, face-sitting, watersports, and themes of coercive control and psychological suspense. Adult readers only.