Mercy — Shelly Bell

The first sexy installment in Shelly Bell's four-part serialized erotic thriller about a young law student who must go undercover at a sex club to prove her client is not guilty of murder.

Driven by ambition ...Third-year law student Kate Martin outran her tragic past to become an intern for her idol and secret crush, the powerful attorney Nicholas Trenton. She is thrilled when Nick assigns her to represent his best friend and client, millionaire Jaxon Deveroux ... the prime suspect in his submissive wife Alyssa's murder.

Seduced by desire ...Kate knows they have only a few days to find the real killer, and since signs point to a member of the BDSM community, she volunteers to go undercover as Jaxon's submissive at Benediction--the private sex club where he is a member--to covertly investigate Alyssa's last few months. For years, Kate has kept her dark fantasies a secret ... but a chance to explore them with sexy, dominant Jaxon is just too tempting to pass up.