A broken woman. An old-fashioned man. The love of a lifetime — if he isn't too stubborn to accept it.Discovering a bruised and battered cult refugee in the lobby of his club isn't exactly how Ryan Wood expects to find the woman of his dreams.Carrie is everything Ryan has always wanted — sweet, submissive, eager to please. She's also way too young for him, and even though the stories from her childhood make his skin crawl, she's still far too sheltered and innocent for a man like him. A man who demands complete obedience and who won't hesitate to mete out discipline as he sees fit.But there's a spine of steel hidden beneath Carrie's wounds, and she isn't backing down from what she wants without a fight. When she makes a shocking public claim, Ryan's refusal to bend doesn't just threaten their happily ever after... it threatens the very existence of Club Apocalypse itself.