Kirjahaku

Master of Restraint and sadist, Dexter Hayes has always used the following adage as a form of self-preservation: never ask questions when you aren't prepared to hear the answers. Dexter turned a blind eye on Ma tre du Jeu's activities, only doing as he was told without question. His sole focus for the past few years had been on his girlfriend, Monica James, and their housemate, Tobias Kline. When the riots began at Restraint, the two halves of Dexter's world collided, putting everyone at risk. Adelaide Whittenhower published the Mistress & Master of Restraint, exposing the secrets of Dominion's underground. The book drew the public to Restraint, and it has been spiraling out of control. Dexter tried to maintain his stance of never knowing too much, but he was swept into the fray. He had lost control of Monica, allowing her insecurities to ruin her from the inside out. Tobias flexed his newfound independence by no longer following Dexter's instruction. The members of Restraint were running rampant, forgetting their training and doing whatever they wished. Dexter felt he knew the people in his life, but as the questions he never asked were being answered, he learned they were always complete strangers. As the battle lines were drawn, Dexter learned a valuable lesson- pleading ignorance may have been his greatest downfall yet.

Foster brothers, Kaden Marx and Brennan Kennedy, are at a precipice for change. While Kaden has made a career out of higher education as a way to drag his feet from reentering the real world, Bren has been in the thick of it. Join Kaden as he learns a valuable lesson- how having four degrees isn't a measure of your true worth, nor is it a gauge for your maturity. Hyper-focused on the six-year age difference he has with Wynn, Kaden is blinded to the fact that Wynn is now a mature man ready for a stable future by his side. Will Kaden and Wynn mature together, or will Kaden continue to stunt both himself and their relationship? Over the past four years, Bren has held down a steady job, tried his hardest to please a wife who never wanted him, and raise their child in a cohesive manner. Unable to stay on this destructive path, Bren is making choices to ensure the happiness of his wife and child, not realizing he's been placing the one person he truly wants in the friend-zone- Jackson. The happy smile is a fa ade, for beneath it is a dark secret that has the ability to tear all of Rusty Knob's major families to shreds. The terrifying past collides with the present, taking Brennan's future down a dark spiral, where the truth is finally revealed and deep betrayals are felt. Kaden Marx and Brennan Kennedy move back to Rusty Knob, attracting change in their wake... but whether it's for the greater good remains to be seen.

They call me Mrs. Whittenhower... Readers have experienced the present through the points-of-view of Katya Waters, Dexter Hayes, and Dalton Fontaine. Now it's time to experience the events that took place during those installments through a different pair of eyes- Queen's. Checkmate parallels Restraint, Unleashed, Dexter, and Dalton. Questions will be answered through Regina Regal's perspective, and motives will sharpen into clarity. Events aren't always as they may seem. Regina uses self-restraint, when she'd rather go on an enraged rampage across Dominion, New York. She must choose self-preservation, where she surrenders to Ma tre du Jeu's extortion, rather than get even. Learning her enemy, while doing as they bid, Regina protects all she calls hers, at the cost of her pride and self-respect.