Buttons and Shame

The novel opens with a stark premise: a man lends out a woman who belongs to him, and she has no say in the arrangement. That situation sets the tone for the book, with its power imbalance, possessive hero and tension between the characters. Readers of dark romance will recognise the intense mood throughout. This is the fourth title in the Buttons series, so the story picks up from earlier events, but the set-up here is all this description covers.