Gideon McCade-weighed straight down by recollections of his previous life like a Navy SEAL and a CIA agent-has blood on his hands. He converts to his BDSM golf club, Catharsis, and Dominating submissives to get him through the daily grind of civilian life. Knowing his past is definitely too much to inflict on the wife, he retains his connections short and superficial. When his previous life comes back to haunt him, his desire for revenge pulls him back into the shadows, darkening his hopes for a future in the light.

about Conserving Sebastian: A Catharsis Novel

Temporarily sidelining his career as a tattoo artist, Sebastian Phillips works as a composite artist for the neighborhood police department. To ease the inescapable burden of a congenital condition, he immerses himself in his artwork and seeks the catharsis of submission. But with existence weighing intensely on his shoulders and darkness encroaching, he yearns for any contract with a Dominant that views past the protective barriers he’s erected to the susceptible submissive within.

When happenstance brings Gideon and Sebastian jointly, their connection is undeniable. The knowledge they are both too damaged to form long lasting bonds of like causes these to depend on an impersonal contract to fulfill their physical wants. But staying emotionally detached becomes difficult, and breaking their contract seems the only option. Will Gideon’s dependence on vengeance and Sebastian’s declining wellness destroy what’s harvested between them, or will they help each other find their way back in to the light?

Contains mature themes.