At twenty-two, moving back home was never part of my plan. Neither was the suffocating, heavy tension that fills the house every time he walks into the room.
Marcus. My step-dad.
He’s forty-five, a rugged, broad-shouldered contractor who demands order and builds things to last. He looks at me with eyes that see right through my defenses, tracking my every move. He's supposed to be entirely off-limits. But the proximity is slowly driving me out of my mind.
What starts as shared early mornings in the garage gym and strict, assigned tasks on the house chore chart slowly shifts into something else. Something darker. Hotter. He inspects my work. He praises me when I do well. And God help me, I crave his discipline just as much as he demands my submission.
But when the boundaries finally break and the lines blur, the secret we're keeping could demolish the foundation of our entire family.
Step-Dad's Secret is a scorching, high-angst MM romance featuring a 22/45 age gap, close proximity, praise, power-exchange dynamics, and a guaranteed HEA.