A Marriage of Inconvenience

Izzy Thorton's mother is dying. Her best friend, Sebastian Leery, made Izzy's mother's dying wish come true. Now Izzy and Sebastian are getting hitched in a quickie ceremony. Among the myriad of problems for Izzy including her new husband's little black book, his workaholic tendencies, and his hidden, although not so secret love of BDSM-she's actually in love with him. Caught with the task of proving to him that his self-perceived sins hide a man only his secretly submissive best friend could accept, can she convince Bash before he pushes her away for good? Sebastian Leery's mother was murdered in front of him. To spare his best friend pain he'll renounce his playboy ways. Now he needs to be a man he never thought he was capable of becoming-for his wife. But his difficulties have only begun when his demons rise to the surface and tap dance all over his new marriage-with the potential to scare away the most important woman in his life. When Izzy insists she's in love with him, he yearns to rip off the mask of normalcy, and bare it all so she knows the monster behind the man. Torn between her vision of him and his reality, Sebastian must walk a thin line. Can he convince Izzy that she's in love with a mirage, without destroying their relationship in the process? Tied together for life, will they choose to tighten the ropes, or break their bonds for good?