Born with the ability to read emotions, Emma Coolidge leads a life of self-imposed seclusion. Until she is saved by Gideon Keel and Jesse Madding, who befriend her and introduce her to people who can help her create a normal life. Everything is great but for one small problem. Emma longs to be more than friends with Gideon and Jesse, and wants to be part of their darker games involving bondage and sadism, but believes her desire can be nothing but a private fantasy.<br><br>Gideon adores Jesse and wants nothing more than to give him everything he wants. When Gideon realizes Jesse wants Emma, as well, he decides to invite Emma into their games. But first Jesse and Gideon are forced to investigate a string of grave desecrations. They must unravel the mystery of who is stealing Black John's power, why, and how to reverse it before they can devote their time and energy to their mutual desire for a third in their bed.

Mosaic Moon

Thinking about touching Ethan led her stray thoughts to her earlier fight with Jess. Jess and his anger about Emma accidentally reading him. Once upon a time, he wouldn’t have minded, had seemed to try and encourage Emma to not be afraid of touching him for fear of feeling too much. But something in the past couple months had changed, and she was afraid that maybe he was inadvertently picking up on her crush for him. He had Gideon. He didn’t need—or want—her attention, too.


“I’m glad you were free,” she said softly. “I didn’t spend nearly as much time at the office as I thought I was going to. Tonight would’ve been really boring if you hadn’t come around.”


“I’m glad you called. Tonight would have been really boring if you hadn’t.” He paused for a long time before asking, “Did something happen this afternoon? You seemed a bit unhappy earlier.”


Chapter 19