'ruin' paperback

Sometimes the very essence of desires live in the space between two people who are too afraid to close the distance.

Summer Kennedy has spent years in that space, standing right next to David Hall. He's her best friend. Her right hand in business. The man who sees her more clearly than anyone else ever has. He's also openly and unapologetically bisexual, and Summer has quietly let that become the wall she hides behind. Not because she doesn't want him but because wanting him terrifies her.

David sees through every excuse she's built. He always has. But he made a choice a long time ago: Summer in his life, even at arm's length, is better than losing her entirely. So he holds back. He stays close. He waits.

Then Michael walks back into David's world.

Smooth, deliberate, and carrying a rage that's been simmering for over a decade, Michael has unfinished business with David, the kind that doesn't end with a conversation. When he turns his eyes on Summer, he doesn't see a woman tangled in desire and doubt. He sees leverage. He sees a way in, a way through, and a way to ruin everything David holds dear to the ground.

Michael knows exactly what Summer craves. And he's more than willing to give it to her. Every heated, reckless, intoxicating piece of it. On his terms. For his reasons. The desire is real. The fire between them is real. But underneath all of it, something cold and calculated is simmering, and Summer is exactly where Michael needs her to be.

She just doesn't know it yet.

Too bad for Summer, she realizes too late that some games don't end until everything worth having is already ruined.

**ruin was originally published as Bi-Satisfied in 2015. This fully revised and expanded edition reframes the story for readers ready to meet Summer, David, and Michael at full depth.