Ben OCallahan, the sharp-edged lawyer of K&A Associates, is the last unattached member of the five man executive team. The other four, all Masters, have found love with the submissive of their dreams. Thats fine. Ben knows hes the most hardcore of all of them, with extreme tastes as a Master that he satisfies through experienced club submissives. They fulfill him physically, and he tells himself he doesnt really need anything more than that, no matter how isolated it makes him feel, seeing the love grow and deepen among the other four couples. Marcie has loved Ben since she was sixteen years old. He's never behaved toward her as anything more than a protective big brother, a family friend. But now shes twenty-three, graduated from college, and starting her career as a corporate investigator. She may be a blood-and-bone deep submissive, but shes determined to prove to him that she can be the submissive of his hearts desire. With a Master as tough as Ben, shell have to take whatever aggressive measures are neededeven if her deepest desire isnt a hostile takeover of his heart and soul, but an unconditional surrender to it.