Dove is one of Amanda’s strangest successes.
Men look at Dove and see something fragile.

With her copper hair, enormous pale eyes and delicate beauty, she was made for one of Amanda Claridge’s most requested fantasies: the beautiful little bird behind a locked door, dressed according to someone else’s wishes, following his rules until he decides to let her out. What her clients never understand is that Dove enjoys the psychology far more than the submission. They may pay for the cage, but she has always been the one holding the key.

Craig Foster is different from the moment he walks into The Labyrinth. He doesn’t ask Amanda what she has available or request a photograph. He asks for Dove. During their first evening he is controlled, attentive and almost unnervingly good at giving her exactly the fantasy she sells, yet something about him refuses to fit neatly inside the rules. He knows which coffee she drinks, which perfume makes her turn away, and little habits she has never shown a client.

Dove has spent years letting men pretend they know her. Craig may be the first one who actually does, and when she discovers that his fascination with her began long before he ever paid Amanda for an introduction, the locked room suddenly feels very different. Because the most dangerous part isn’t realizing that Craig has been watching her.

It’s realizing she might want him to keep looking.

Releases October 7, 2026