Who knows where one night of passion might lead? Nonnie Crawford's disastrous marriage is over. The divorce papers are signed and she's ready to begin a new life. Out celebrating with friends, she attracts the notice of a dark-eyed stranger. His smile is an invitation, a dare. She yields to her desire and when he seduces her in a back hallway of the bar, she experiences the most sensual moment of her life. She craves more of him, but he leaves without telling her his name. "Our kind will always find one another," is all he says before claiming one last kiss. Disturbed by her unexpected submission to his demands, Nonnie tries to forget the man she dubs The Businessman. Her memories prove difficult to shake and she wonders what he meant when he said "our kind." She decides to seek him out. Her search eventually takes her to a BDSM club. Nervous in the unfamiliar scene, she meets Michael Weston, a sexy charmer who is keen to sooth her apprehensions ... and to seize the reins left dangling by the absent Businessman. Nonnie wanted her life to change, and now it is changing in ways she could never have imagined. *Warning: adult material. Only purchase if it is legal for you to do so. This book contains explicit language and scenes of a sexual nature, including exhibitionism, S&M by secondary characters, and consensual domination and submission, which some readers may find objectionable.* The Businessman's Tie is book one of The Power to Please, a BDSM erotic romance. It is approximately 42,000 words, 150 print pages. ____________________________________ "The Power to Please," is a four-part series of novels chronicling Nonnie Crawford's journey into the alluring but sometimes dangerous realm of BDSM. After ending her disastrous ten-year marriage, Nonnie finds herself irresistibly drawn by desire. She yearns to submit herself, sexually, to a powerful and dominant male. Two Doms vie for Nonnie's submission, the enigmatic Businessman and the charming Playboy. Both men want to guide her sensual journey and lead her to places she never imagined she might go. Knowing who to trust is always a challenge, and the odds of Nonnie making a mistake are multiplied when she's gripped by the thrill of new passion. Her choices prove the difference between perfect bliss and utter ruin. In the end, she must answer a critical question -- in a relationship that's all about the exchange of power, who holds the ultimate power to please?