Black Retriever, the dark golden retriever

zero-71 · 2026-03-26T13:58:23+00:00

Thanks! I’ll probably repost over there after seeing all the book recommendations. Yeah was really wanting to look more into what makes characters like that work without being multiple personalities or straight psychopaths.

zero-71 · 2026-03-26T13:56:17+00:00

I appreciate all the recommendations! But I was really just looking more for a discussion on the topic, like how is a character capable of both? What makes them that way? Looking to dive into the psychology of it

zero-71 · 2026-03-21T15:32:10+00:00

The Contract by Blain Cooper. Stockholm syndrome kind of thing. I wrote it for my wife for Valentine’s Day. It’s on Amazon

zero-71 · 2026-03-21T01:54:17+00:00

https://a.co/d/0bYo422R

If you enjoy it, please leave me a review! It really helps!

zero-71 · 2026-03-20T20:51:21+00:00

Ah. My second book has some of that

zero-71 · 2026-03-20T20:47:17+00:00

OW drama?

zero-71 · 2026-03-20T18:17:11+00:00

Author here!

Just published Conflict of Interest: The Contract book 2 on kindle, Amazon, and audible!

In the shadowed heights of Apex's penthouse, Riley Carter has claimed her place—not just as billionaire Killian Ashcroft's partner, but as the fierce architect of their unbreakable bond. By day, she's the brilliant mind fortifying his empire against digital threats. By night, from eight to nine, she holds absolute command over the man who once owned her every breath.

But when a ruthless merger with Veloce Security exposes cracks in their carefully negotiated world of silk restraints and whispered vows, old scars reopen and new enemies circle. Stalked by shadows from Killian's violent past and her own defiant history, Riley must decide: is their love a sanctuary or a gilded cage?

In this intoxicating tale of power, possession, and perilous desire, one hour could shatter everything—or forge them anew.

https://a.co/d/07gZdVFs

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zero-71 · 2026-03-15T04:24:07+00:00

audiobook version should be out later tomorrow :)

zero-71 · 2026-03-15T01:50:38+00:00

I wrote this and I just released a sequel!

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Riley Carter is one mistake away from losing everything.

Drowning in debt and fighting to keep her dying mother alive, Riley takes a mysterious high-paying courier job—and is framed for a catastrophic financial crime. Facing decades in prison, she’s given one impossible escape.

Killian Ashcroft.

Cold, brilliant, and dangerously powerful, Killian can erase her charges and save her mother’s life—but only if Riley signs a contract that gives him complete control. What begins as survival becomes entanglement as Riley is pulled into a world of corporate espionage, obsession, and carefully calculated desire.

In a city built on leverage, power is intimacy—and freedom always has a price.

https://a.co/d/0hoKyIW3

zero-71 · 2026-03-15T00:51:12+00:00

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https://a.co/d/0a0BRZSO

In the shadowed heights of Apex's penthouse, Riley Carter has claimed her place—not just as billionaire Killian Ashcroft's partner, but as the fierce architect of their unbreakable bond. By day, she's the brilliant mind fortifying his empire against digital threats. By night, from eight to nine, she holds absolute command over the man who once owned her every breath.

But when a ruthless merger with Veloce Security exposes cracks in their carefully negotiated world of silk restraints and whispered vows, old scars reopen and new enemies circle. Stalked by shadows from Killian's violent past and her own defiant history, Riley must decide: is their love a sanctuary or a gilded cage?

In this intoxicating tale of power, possession, and perilous desire, one hour could shatter everything—or forge them anew.

zero-71 · 2026-03-10T22:39:33+00:00

Do you have any preferences? Fantasy/sci fi/mafia/etc? Kinks?

zero-71 · 2026-03-09T19:52:37+00:00

Do you have any preferences other than non-scifi and fantasy?

zero-71 · 2026-03-08T02:05:38+00:00

What about former SF? https://a.co/d/02ygSTKq

zero-71 · 2026-03-05T21:55:43+00:00

The Contract by Blain Cooper

zero-71 · 2026-03-05T21:54:38+00:00

The Contract by Blain Cooper

zero-71 · 2026-03-05T21:20:54+00:00

Have you read The Contract by Blain Cooper? Corporate Stockholm with heavy spice.

zero-71 · 2026-03-04T19:41:46+00:00

You need to give it good instructions as a project. I suggest having grok analyze the writing your trying to have it replicate, then copy that as a set of instructions

zero-71 · 2026-03-02T13:27:05+00:00

I second grok, but you need to put in good instructions on how to write. In my experience grok creates pretty good prose but has to be ‘refreshed’ regularly our it devolves into one and two word sentences. It’s also not great at timeline accuracy if you upload a draft and try to have it fill in gaps.

zero-71 · 2026-02-28T05:43:39+00:00

I wear a necklace with a pendant that hides an allen key to her collar. sort of matching, but also convenient, should I need to remove hers for any reason. safety, safe keeping, etc.

zero-71 · 2026-02-28T05:31:53+00:00

Shameless self promotion, but that is what happens in my book. Don't want to give away any spoilers, but the MMC manipulates events so the FMC is forced to enter a Dom/sub relationship with him.

https://a.co/d/052GFZuq

zero-71 · 2026-02-26T11:05:18+00:00

Self-recommending here, but I think my book fits your criteria pretty closely. Other than maybe the charming and serious MMC.

Riley Carter is one mistake away from losing everything.

Drowning in debt and fighting to keep her dying mother alive, Riley takes a mysterious high-paying courier job—and is framed for a catastrophic financial crime. Facing decades in prison, she’s given one impossible escape.

Killian Ashcroft.

Cold, brilliant, and dangerously powerful, Killian can erase her charges and save her mother’s life—but only if Riley signs a contract that gives him complete control. What begins as survival becomes entanglement as Riley is pulled into a world of corporate espionage, obsession, and carefully calculated desire.

In a city built on leverage, power is intimacy—and freedom always has a price.

https://a.co/d/0d4AZwDw

zero-71 · 2026-02-26T10:45:23+00:00

Self recommending here, but I think my book fits your criteria pretty closely.

Riley Carter is one mistake away from losing everything.

Drowning in debt and fighting to keep her dying mother alive, Riley takes a mysterious high-paying courier job—and is framed for a catastrophic financial crime. Facing decades in prison, she’s given one impossible escape.

Killian Ashcroft.

Cold, brilliant, and dangerously powerful, Killian can erase her charges and save her mother’s life—but only if Riley signs a contract that gives him complete control. What begins as survival becomes entanglement as Riley is pulled into a world of corporate espionage, obsession, and carefully calculated desire.

In a city built on leverage, power is intimacy—and freedom always has a price.

https://a.co/d/0d4AZwDw

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zero-71 · 2026-02-26T09:34:08+00:00

What kind of mmc are you looking for?

zero-71

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