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

She took them from Gideon when he’d gone through all six, flipping through them again more slowly, deliberately, as if she didn’t want to miss a single detail.


When she started a third rotation through the pictures, Jesse reached for them and gently pried them from her fingers, feeling suddenly uncomfortable. He pulled the top drawer of his desk open and slipped them inside. “I suppose Gideon could argue that those pictures were posed and don’t really prove anything at all,” he joked lamely.


“They prove you look hot in eyeliner,” Emma offered.


Jesse smiled self-consciously. It was the same smile he always offered when Gideon complimented him. “That’s what they used to tell me.”


“They also prove you don’t have nearly enough leather in your wardrobe.” As Gideon shifted his weight, Jesse noticed his definite bulge. “I’m going to have to fix that.”


Chapter 28