Dr. Jillian Hart can read anybody like a book. But her counseling expertise doesn't help fix her own struggles with keeping her love life red-hot. And she's hesitant to reenter the world of kink, despite her desire to submit to the chivalrous club security guard looking for total control. CEO Ian Breckenridge loves how his persona shifts when he sheds his suit and dons his black club t-shirt. So when the Empyrean Club's owner falls off the map, he's more than happy to lend a hand as a welcome distraction from his business.Though he craves to totally dominate, it makes him ill-matched for the whip-smart woman he saved from unwanted attention. Still he hungers to teach her with his firm touch. Even though she's sure her new mentor has no explicit interest in anything serious, Jillian can't escape the tightening grip of her attraction to his strong guidance. And although Ian fears his needs are too much for anyone to truly accept, he can't hide his growing feelings when someone slips drugs into the gorgeous doctor's drink. Will his powerful leadership save her from danger and make her beg for more? is the second book in the provocative Empyrean Club erotic suspense series. If you like deep relationships, enticing instructors, and steamy scenes, then you'll adore Sappharia Mayer's lesson in discipline.