Spiral of Bliss 02 Allure (35 page)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

owe a debt of gratitude to Kelly Harms Wimmer of Word Bird Editorial, whose valuable insights have helped make Liv and Dean’s story the best it can be. I also thank Cathy Yardley, whose knowledge of story structure leaves me in awe. Thank you, Victoria Colotta of VMC Art & Design, for another incredible interior design, and Kim Killion of Hot Damn Designs for the beautiful cover. I’m very grateful to Martha Trachtenberg, Rachel Berens-VanHeest, and Arran McNicol for catching a bucketload of errors. Thank you so much, Jen Berg, for your steadfast help and support, not to mention all the funny emoticons. Michelle, Karen, and Yesi of Literati Literature Lovers, and Gitte and Jenny of Totally Booked Blog, thank you for all you’ve done on my behalf and for so many authors. I am extraordinarily grateful to all the bloggers and book-lovers out there who have taken the
Spiral of Bliss
series to heart and helped me share it with the world.

Also by Nina Lane

The #1 bestselling novel about a woman’s intense journey into submission

Submission is her only escape… and punishment takes many forms. Seeking escape from her criminal past, a desperate woman enslaves herself to a dark trio of men who own an antiquated Louisiana plantation. Known only as Lydia, she becomes controlled by three very different men—malicious Preston, inflexible Kruin, and gentle Gabriel, all of whom introduce her to a world in which the lines between pleasure, pain, and shame are irrevocably blurred.

The plantation becomes both Lydia’s haven and her prison as she surrenders to the desires of her unholy trinity. Lydia’s submission is fraught with tension and hunger, but what happens when the outside world enters her dark, anonymous sanctuary?

Liv and Dean’s passionate journey began in AROUSE,
Book One in The
Spiral of Bliss
Series

ne day I’m going to touch you in a thousand different ways and show you how to touch me,” he said.

And he did.

Struggling with a tormented past, undergraduate Olivia Winter once led a practical but isolated life. Then she met Professor Dean West, a brilliant scholar of medieval history who melted Liv’s inhibitions and taught her the meaning of both love and erotic pleasure.

But after three years of a blissful, lusty marriage, Liv and Dean now face a crisis that threatens everything they believe about each other. And when dark secrets and temptations rise to the surface, the fallout might break them apart forever.