Claimed - Vanessa Noir

Helena Crowley built her empire on control. Of her business, her reputation, and her desires. Powerful, untouchable, and utterly dominant, she has no room for distractions. Especially not the new assistant with wide eyes and a backbone of steel.

Blake isn’t just competent, she’s dangerously curious. And Helena’s no-nonsense authority only makes her want to surrender completely.

When a forgotten journal entry reveals Blake’s deepest fantasies, everything shifts. One private dinner turns into a contract, one rule broken turns into an obsession, and one touch shatters the walls Helena swore she'd never let down.

But desire is easy. Control is comforting. Love? Love is the true risk.

Set in boardrooms, bedrooms, and a private villa overlooking Lake Como, this is a slow-burning, strap wielding, emotionally raw BDSM romance about what it means to give in and what it costs to fall apart in someone else’s hands.

High-heat. High-emotion. Power play, filthy obedience, strap-on worship, and a dominant who learns what it means to beg.

This is not a love story built on surrender, it’s built on choosing each other again and again, even when it's terrifying.