Stripped & Bound - The Warnum Bailiff Series, #3

Nick Escrow is the most eligible bachelor in the Warnum-Bailiff district. The handsome vet is suave, sexy and intelligent, and considered the ultimate gentleman. But Nick has a dark, sexual side to him that he discovers after his brother is incarcerated for supposed sex crimes. In an attempt to understand his brother and the girls Jamie had been found with, Nick discovers a depravity of his own. Guilt over Jamie's conviction and subsequent jail term plagues Nick and creates an inner beast that demands attention.
The type that can be found at the hands of a dominatrix. Very aware that his two worlds need to be kept separate, Nick plays the role of the complete gentleman in public, maintaining a flawless persona, whilst his activity behind closed doors gives him the outlet he requires to hold all the pieces together. Creating and ideal that he tries to live by, Nick starts dating Kiera, a quiet admin assistant, who's breeding and upbringing make her the perfect partner to raise him higher in aristocratic circles.
Kiera is sweet and pretty but when Nick meets Sue, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. With a tight, toned body from years of horse riding, Sue has all the right moves in the bedroom to tame his inner beast. Sue is confused when Nick is all over her one minute and treating her like a stranger the next. Dealing with her own issues from the past, she is trying to become a better person, but Nick has a way of making her revert to her old self, where lust and need take over.
Craving his affection, Sue allows Nick to have her at will and suffers the consequences of unrequited love. Meanwhile, Nick is driven to distraction with his own feelings for Sue and finds that he needs to rethink his whole life plan. Does he want the "perfect" life, or does he want to be truly happy?Amongst conflicting emotions, and the pressure he has put on himself to be perfect, Nick has to deal with his brother, who is released into his care after serving his jail term, and everything else in his life that he has been trying to keep on a tight rein.
Sue on the other hand discovers who she truly is as she confronts her past and faces her future.