Wilder pulls out all the stops for this spellbinding novel of identity, passion, and fear... Once readers fall into X s story, they ll be desperate for the next installments. "Publishers Weekly"(starred review) From the "New York Times"bestselling author of "Alpha.".. "My name is Madame X." "I m the best at what I do..." Hired to transform the uncultured, inept sons of the wealthy and powerful into decisive, confident men, Madame X wields culture and wit like a knife. But behind her sophisticated facade X is a woman adrift, trapped between a dangerous past she can t remember and the protection of a seductive man who claims her body and her soul. Undone time and again by his exquisite dominance, X craves and fears his desire in equal measure. And while she longs for the safety of her tower penthouse, she also yearns to escape. But X has never known anything or anyone else until "he" came along "