{"product_id":"2940045003353","title":"By His Design (Billionaire SF BDSM Erotica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLydia Esterhaus desperately needs work, and Gerard Eastham needs a personal secretary to manage his sprawling financial empire. There's only one problem: Lydia's an illegal android... Or was the entire project, interview, job placement, and all, done by his design?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy His Design is a 5,300 word story of need, desire, and unusual acts. For adult readers only, it features strong BDSM themes, explicit sexual situations, and a wealthy man who knows how to please a woman... even when she's a machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excerpt:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe stood up; sliding whatever he had collected into his pocket, where I couldn't see. He lingered near the window for a moment, before saying aloud to his computer, \"Wooster, tint level five, please.\" The world outside faded, the neon lights of the distant skyline turning into a dim tracery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe turned to me then. He stepped forwards, pausing two paces or so from me, looking at me in silence. I felt my face heat up again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen he touched me, his fingers feeling rough despite their gentleness of touch - like thin leather, almost, running over the soft skin of my face. I closed my eyes then, shivering as he brushed a lock of my raven hair back behind my ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You're nervous, aren't you? You're afraid what I'm going to do with you,\" he stated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Yes,\" I confessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe leaned in closer; I could smell his cologne again as he pressed his lips to my forehead. He breathed in deeply, and then straightened. \"Stand up,\" he said, and his tone had grown stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI rose, eyes lowered downwards, only to be met with a fingertip moving under my chin. Gerard pressed me up, and while I could have resisted, I didn't - much, at least. My eyes met his, even as they tried to flick away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dana Bowman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077970477296,"sku":"2940045003353","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045003353_p0.jpg?v=1763968142","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045003353","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}