Her needs, his limits. White-hot chemistry and anguished desire. The promises and costs of a shared future

Award-winning novelist Quinn Layborn lost her muse the day her husband died. Still mourning more than a year on, the last thing she wants is a second chance. At writing or romance.

Tonight, as dinner guests gossip in her breezy beach house—her agent's well-meaning intervention—she arms herself with a full glass of red wine: Don't come close.

Until a raw and undeniable craving shatters her isolation.

Cable network travel-show host Jonathan Jaines still struggles with the terrible mistake that ruined his marriage. Tonight, he watches Quinn move among the guests like a ghost. His heart aches for her. The vivacious woman he knew from the movie set a few years ago? Gone, replaced with a grieving widow.

When she stuns him with the words she whispers in his ear, he cannot—can not—say no.

One brazen move. Two simple rules.

From an eastern Long Island hamlet to a posh Manhattan dungeon, Quinn and Jonathan push boundaries: between pleasure and pain, control and surrender, trust and forgiveness. But as feelings and the risk of heartbreak grow, as their pasts and potential future collide, just how far will they go?

Fast-paced and intense, Silently is a story about devastating loss, primal need, and the unexpected bonds that help us heal.

Told in dual points of view, the story features a beta hero and characters over 40, mature themes, past cheating, strong language, and super-steamy bedroom scenes.

• Alternating hero-heroine points of view
• Main characters in their 40s
• High emotional intensity, low melodrama
• Super-steamy first in series

Silently launches the Transformation Series. The books should be read in order.