"This is for him, ladies." Pam, the petite brunette Desire By Design saleslady whipped out a fully erect, six-inch silicone dildo and slammed the suction cup attached to the display table already covered in her merchandise. The bright pink offering vibrated from the impact, settling into a swaying wave at the women in the crowd.

I gaped, mouth open, snapping it shut when the visual of my parted lips and that particular item made a mental connection that brought a deep blush to my cheeks.

Divorced but codependent with her cheating ex, controlled by her mother and sister and lost in mediocrity at work, Michaela O'Keefe's dream to be a romance writer remains just that, buried under her repressed desires and fantasies. But when a handsome photographer's contract with her company lands him in her lap—and her in his, literally—Mick awakens to the kind of passion she's only ever written about.

Welcome to the definitive series on love, sex and the evolution of a woman.