Nineteen-year-old Olympic hopeful Avery Chen has one goal: make the national gymnastics team. Her coach, forty-one-year-old former champion Jake Morrison, has dedicated himself to getting her there. But when mandatory private training sessions blur the line between professional and personal, they both discover that some victories come at a cost neither expected to pay.
PROLOGUE
I'm nineteen years old, and I've spent the last fifteen years of my life working toward one goal: the Olympics.
Everything I am, everything I do, is in service of that dream. The training, the diet, the sacrificeit's all been worth it because I'm close. So close I can taste it.
But there's a problem.
His name is Jake Morrison. Forty-one years old. Former Olympic gold medalist. My coach for the last three years. And the man I think about every night when I'm alone in my bed, my hand between my thighs, imagining things I absolutely shouldn't be imagining.
He's my coach. He's responsible for my career. He's more than twice my age. And he's the only thing standing between me and my Olympic dreams.
I should hate that I want him.
Instead, I just want him more.
"Your technique is sloppy."
Jake's voice cut through the empty gym, sharp and unforgiving. I'd just finished my f...
Dr. Scarlett Vaughn has spent over two decades as a psychology professor specializing in human sexuality, teaching courses on desire, taboo, and the forbidden. Her academic research into what draws people to transgressive fantasies led her to write the stories her students whispered about but rarely saw represented with depth and nuance. Writing from her Boston brownstone near the university, Scarlett explores the psychological complexity of forbidden attraction—age gaps, authority dynamics, and step-family scenarios—always with an emphasis on consent, emotional truth, and the healing power of accepting your desires without shame.
