Her Release (The Chambers Series)

Jude Carver doesn't do boundaries. She doesn't do careful. And she doesn't think about the legal aid solicitor with the brown eyes and the quiet voice — except when she can't sleep, which is every night since they met.

Maeve O'Brien is everything Jude shouldn't want. Principled. Guarded. The kind of woman who builds a case the way other people build walls — and hasn't let anyone past hers in three years.

A desperate case forces them together. The rules are simple: professional distance, nothing personal, keep your hands to yourself.

They last three weeks.

Because the closer Jude gets to Maeve, the harder it is to stay professional. Late nights in a cramped office. Arguments that end six inches apart. A voice on the phone that Maeve wasn't supposed to hear — low, commanding, the kind that makes her forget every rule she's ever set.

The first time Jude touches her, it's a hand on her thigh in a taxi. The second time, it's a kitchen counter at midnight. The third time involves a belt, and Maeve stops pretending she wants her to stop.

But Jude has never chosen a woman over a story. And when she publishes without warning, everything between them detonates.

Now Maeve's career is burning, the woman who lit the match is standing at her door at midnight, and Maeve has to decide what's more terrifying — letting Jude back in, or finding out what her life looks like without her.

Her Release is a steamy sapphic romance featuring a legal aid solicitor, an investigative journalist, slow-burn tension, light BDSM, power dynamics, found family, and a guaranteed HEA. The Chambers Series, Book Three. Can be read as a standalone.