Desire

She wanted a weekend away from work.

She did not expect the lake to change everything.

Melanie Carter is restless, even if she does not want to admit it. Her boyfriend Fred is familiar, handsome, and safe. Her life has rhythm. Her choices have shape. Her desire, unfortunately, has other plans.

When Smart Company sends its staff on a mandatory office retreat in the hills, Melanie expects awkward team-building exercises, bad food, and a wasted weekend. Then she is assigned to a fishing trip with Mitt and Tristan, two coworkers who have been watching her more closely than they should.

Mitt is careful, perceptive, and far too good at seeing through her polished smile. Tristan is bold, shameless, and impossible to ignore. Alone with them near a quiet lake, Melanie discovers that temptation is easier to resist when it stays theoretical.

But the lake is only the beginning.

By the time the retreat ends, Melanie has a secret, a choice, and a version of herself she can no longer pretend not to know.

Desire is a revised and expanded adult erotic romance about temptation, secrecy, emotional tension, and the dangerous thrill of wanting more.

For adult readers only.