Desire

She thought the retreat would be boring.

Melanie Carter arrives at the company retreat expecting awkward team-building games, polite smiles, and one long weekend she simply has to survive.

She has a boyfriend at home.
A life that makes sense.
A version of herself everyone understands.

Then the lake changes everything.

Assigned to spend time with two coworkers who see more than they should, Melanie finds herself caught between restraint and curiosity, loyalty and temptation, safety and the dangerous thrill of being wanted.

Mitt is careful, watchful, and far too perceptive.

Tristan is bold, teasing, and impossible to ignore.

And somewhere between the quiet water, the heat of the retreat, and the secrecy waiting beneath every glance, Melanie begins to wonder whether the life she chose is the only one she wants.

For adult readers only.

From the Author

Desire began as a story about temptation in a place where ordinary rules suddenly feel far away. I wanted to explore what happens when a woman who thinks she understands her life is placed in a setting where every glance, silence, and private choice begins to reveal something she has not admitted to herself.

This revised and expanded edition gives Melanie more emotional depth, sharper tension, and a stronger story arc. It is still sensual and naughty, but it is also about curiosity, secrecy, restlessness, and the complicated thrill of wanting more.

What to Expect from Desire

• Forbidden office retreat fantasy
• Contemporary erotic romance
• Workplace temptation
• Lakeside setting
• Emotional tension and secrecy
• Two tempting coworkers
• A restless heroine
• Adult romantic conflict
• Sensual, polished My Pouty Lips storytelling
• An open-ended temptation finish

Leave the office. Follow the lake. Discover Desire.