Danton by Linzi Basset

How do you come back from a black hole that sucked you under and like a maniac on the loose, consumed you?

“Until you’re ready to release the woman inside you yearning to come out and play.”
Danton Hill knew despair. He’d once sunk into the same mire that now threatened to devour his soul once more. He’d risen above it then … and he’d be damned if he didn’t do so again.
He had to … It was time to act on the attraction he’d been fighting for too long, and in the process make right a wrong … if only he could remember what he’d done to the soft-spoken, yet fiery Vera Thorne while held in the claws of the darkness that had consumed him. Whatever it had been, he would make it up to her while exalting in the submissive he had yet to completely unlock within her.

“No one is going to come out and play, do I make myself clear, Danton Hill?”
Vera Thorne couldn’t forget that one night with the hulk of a man, and even though he’d scared the daylights out of her, she couldn’t fight the chemistry between them when he arrived at her door. Once again, he set her passions alight with no more than a brooding look.
Worse, his dominance toggled loose the natural submissive inside her that the one night with him had triggered … she, a revered surgeon, kneeling in front of a man … it was unheard of!

Meanwhile, SPEONUS had crossed the line too many times to count and having been on the receiving end of their cruelty, the beast inside Danton raged free. His fury knew no bounds. It was kill or be killed, and this time, Danton had too much to live for to die.
Then again, life—and death—were unpredictable …