She crossed the line. He made sure she never found her way back. Elena is twenty-two. Smart. Determined. A little reckless. And completely unprepared for what happens when she seduces her college advisor — the one man who should know better. Julian Cross is a professor, a mentor, and a man who lives by control. Until her. Now, he's teaching her things she didn't know she needed to learn. About rules. About restraint. About surrender. What starts as an illicit obsession spirals into a dark, possessive power game where one wrong move could ruin them both. She wants him to take everything. He's ready to teach her how much that really means.