title: Entwined
author: Praks, Alexia / X., Alexia
description: How does it feel to be so exposed? My master and lover James Maxwell hotly whispers into my ear, which makes my nerves dance in excitement. I’m Mia Donovan, a twenty-two-year-old, small-town girl who has signed a contract with the billionaire James Maxwell in exchange for my brother’s freedom and protection. Since I’ve become his mistress, my world has changed—both for better and worse. I’m now profoundly entwined in his complex, busy life and dark and dangerous world. I find I’m falling deeper in love with him the more time I spend with him. This love, however, is unrequited, and I am torn between a confession and keeping it a secret. Furthermore, my dark past is catching up on me, and I know it isn’t long before my very life is in danger. And so our story continues…