Karen Ross gets more than she bargained for when she storms out of her house in Skipton after a row with her mother, Caitlyn. Seeking help from an old boyfriend, she is tricked into signing a Contract which puts her into the power of the town’s criminal underworld, and even worse, when Caitlyn tries to retrieve her, she is captured, too. Assessed as being prime slave material, the two women are despatched, with an escort of mercenaries, in a caravan bound for the markets in the north. Their fate takes a different turn, however, when they and their escort fall into the power of the dungeon of Malham and its enigmatic avatar. Inducted into the dungeon’s Sisterhood of Pleasure and Pain, the two women learn that disobeying their new master’s instructions leads swiftly to punishment, starting with a humiliating bare-bottomed spanking, but that his touch can also ignite a fire of desire in their bodies which they are helpless to resist. At the same time, Karen finds she has an unexpected Talent emerging, one which will increase her value, but make her vulnerable and a target for the unscrupulous. Sent by the avatar for training to both please him better and master her Talent, Karen begins to learn that maybe fate has brought her to the one place where she can find safety, security and fulfilment. This book contains scenes of domination, submission, sex and corporal punishment, as well as harem relationships in a fantasy context. If such material offends you, don’t buy this book.