Shay appears to have the perfect marriage to Gideon Wells, Boston's most popular news anchor. But their lives are ripped apart when she is attacked outside the soup kitchen where she volunteers. Depressed and struggling to remember who assaulted her, Shay hires a new maid to help her around the house while she recovers from her injuries. But this new maid is not what she seems, and things go from bad to worse, causing Shay to revisit a painful

I own you now.

Desperate and alone, I strike a bargain with a mafia boss.

I make myself available to him, he pays my bills.

I'm his beck-and-call-girl. He's my sugar daddy.

Bobby Manghini owns me–that's our arrangement.

Giving myself to him is easy.

He may be older, but he's sinfully sexy. Skillful in bed.

It's a win-win for both of us, so long as I remember one thing:

In the depths of emotion, a story unfolds,

Of a love so profound, its tale is told,

A love that's tumultuous, wild, and free,

A ruination of hearts, an intense decree.

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Step into the world of tempestuous hearts and tumultuous desire as you embark on a journey through the pages of "Leather and Lark," a captivating and evocative poem that weaves a tale of love's fierce grip.

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