Serving Him: A High-Heat Gay Dark Romance

by L.M. Somerton

SPECIAL EDITION

A houseboy with a tender heart. A Dominant scarred by success. One month to change everything.

A submissive searching for purpose. A Dominant learning to live again. When Rowan Stanton lands his coveted role as a houseboy at The Retreat—an elite BDSM sanctuary hidden in the New Forest—he believes he’s finally found the place where his need to serve will be understood. But nothing prepares him for Lorcan Wilder, the magnetic, self-made Dominant whose four-week stay is meant to be an escape, not a seduction.

Lorcan has spent a decade chained to success, only to discover freedom in the last place he in the quiet strength of the inexperienced submissive assigned to him. As Rowan learns what it truly means to submit, Lorcan rediscovers desire, control, and a spark of life he thought he’d lost forever.

But healing isn’t linear, and the shadows of Lorcan’s past refuse to stay buried. When his time at The Retreat ends, letting Rowan go seems like the only responsible choice—until the thought of life without him becomes impossible. To claim their future, Lorcan must confront his fears…and Rowan must believe he’s worthy of a forever that doesn’t end at checkout.

Includes exclusive KU bonus scenes not in the original release.

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✨ Tropes You’ll
BD$M club setting
Service submission
Hurt/comfort
Power exchange
Healing Dominant
First-time exploration
High-heat power exchange
Instant attraction
Found-family community

236 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 13, 2026

About the author

Lucinda lives in a small village in the English countryside, surrounded by rolling hills, cows and sheep. She started writing to fill time between jobs and is now firmly and unashamedly addicted.

She loves the English weather, especially the rain, and adores a thunderstorm. She loves good food, warm company and a crackling fire. She's fascinated by the psychology of relationships, especially between men, and her stories contain some subtle (and some not so subtle) leanings towards BDSM.