Jolene Taylor has ever only wanted one thing: to find someone who’ll treat her with the respect she’s due. But there are those in the world who tell her she’s too naïve, too young. On the cusp of womanhood, she rages against those who would force her submission. But when she’s thrust into Scott Ulrich’s arms, this broken, older man has her fighting something else entirely: the allure of the forbidden. Scott’s lost everything and everyone he loved in a single day, a shattered man hiding from a life no longer worth living. But with Jolene, the temptation to succumb to taboo pleasures is a siren’s call offering forgotten desires long unfulfilled. But there are dark forces who would keep them apart, deny them their growing love. And neither will go down without a fight. Instead, they’ll go to war against those who would try to stop them. And should the world burn? So be it.