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The Mentor's Mark

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At eighteen, Kimi Ainsworth has everything but the father who was never there—so she turns to Johannes Zettour, the one man trusted with her, to steel herself for a marriage she never wanted. What she finds instead is his quiet, dominant hand and a mastery of discipline that awakens a hunger she's kept buried beneath her polished surface. When the heiress who's always been good discovers how sweet it is to be bad, the only question is how far her mentor will push her before she breaks.

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MEET THE CHARACTERS

Kimi Ainsworth

At eighteen, Kimi carries the poised, polished grace of a girl raised in marble halls—but beneath the composed surface is a quiet hunger for the warmth and guidance her powerful father never had time to give. She has a delicate, porcelain beauty, with straight silver hair and wide, expressive blue eyes that betray every emotion she tries to hide. She is a 'good girl' by habit and expectation, yet there's a flicker of rebellion in her, a part of her that secretly craves the discipline and structure she's only just beginning to discover.

Johannes Zettour

Johannes Zettour, forty-eight, is a man carved from quiet authority—broad-shouldered and tall, with silver-threaded dark hair and a sharp, observant gaze that misses nothing. He moves with the patient, deliberate grace of a predator who has never needed to rush, his tailored suits always immaculate, his hands strong and steady. As Kimi's trusted mentor and her father's closest confidant, he has watched her grow from a lonely child into a beautiful young woman—and he knows exactly what she truly needs.

Alistair Ainsworth

Alistair Ainsworth is the patriarch of the Ainsworth banking dynasty—a man of immense power and cold, relentless ambition. In his mid-fifties, he is tall and silver-haired, with a stern, unreadable face that rarely softens, even for his only daughter. He loves Kimi in his own distant way, but he has always shown it through provision and protection, never through the warmth she craves.

Reid Mercury

Reid Mercury, twenty-four, is the scion of a rival banking family, handsome in a polished, aristocratic way, with black hair and a charming smile that doesn't quite reach his cold green eyes. He is everything a proper match should be—wealthy, well-mannered, and utterly devoid of passion. Kimi finds him unbearable, and he seems to view her as another acquisition in a long line of business mergers.

EXPLORE CHAPTERS

The Study's Edge

Kimi slips into Zettour's study after midnight, the house quiet except for the crackle of the fire, her silk robe thin against the chill. She finds him in a leather armchair, a glass of whiskey in han

The Desk

Johannes turns Kimi to face him, his hand firm under her chin, lifting her gaze to meet his. 'Look at me,' he says, and she obeys, her bound wrists pressing against the small of her back as he lifts h