Just a Friend Trilogy · Book 2
Just a Kink
The bet is over. Lana’s game is only getting started.
Jess is determined to believe that what happened in Just a Friend can still be contained. Lana has no such intention. With Mark increasingly within reach and Jess struggling to make sense of her own responses, Lana begins tightening her hold on both of them while preparing to turn flirtation into something far more deliberate.
- Series
- Just a Friend Trilogy
- Book
- 2 of 3
- Format
- Ebook
- Type
- Contemporary fiction
Denial deepens. The game evolves.
About the book
Jess wants to believe she can regain control. She can explain away what happened, redefine it as a kink and convince herself that the boundaries of her relationship are still hers to set. Lana is already several steps ahead.
As Lana draws Mark closer and Sophie prepares to intensify the distraction, the second book turns the original bet into something much more dangerous. Lana’s game now has momentum, Jess’ denial is becoming harder to sustain, and the possibility of simply walking away is beginning to disappear.
Character, pressure and choice
The tension at the centre
Lana now has a plan. She knows which buttons to press, when to ease off and when to let Jess convince herself that she is still in control.
Jess’ problem is no longer simply Lana. It is the growing gap between what Jess tells herself and what she is willing to permit. Every concession strengthens Lana’s position, and every attempt to rationalise it makes the next one easier.
At the centre
Three forces in the game
Control and intent
Lana
Lana is no longer testing possibilities. Her game is in motion, her objective is clear and she is waiting for the right moment to tighten her grip on Mark and Jess.
Denial and descent
Jess
Jess is determined to believe she can still pull out of the tailspin. The deeper she goes, the more fiercely she tries to redefine what is happening as temporary, manageable and somehow still under her control.
Heat and distraction
Sophie
Sexy, uninhibited and perfectly suited to Lana’s plans, Sophie turns up the heat whenever Jess or Mark might otherwise have room to think. She is the ultimate distraction, and Lana knows exactly how to use her.
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Why read Just a Kink?
Jess’ denial gives Lana room to tighten her hold.
Continue the trilogy as Lana’s hold strengthens, Jess’ attempts to rationalise what is happening become increasingly fragile and her relationship with Mark moves into genuine danger. Just a Kink is where the game stops feeling theoretical and starts becoming much harder to escape.
The reading sequence
Continue the trilogy
Previous · Book 1 of 3
Just a Friend
A trivial bet gives Lana the opening she needs to enter Jess and Mark’s lives and invent a game only she seems to understand.
View BookNext · Book 3 of 3
Just a Key
Lana’s endgame arrives as Jess fights to save her relationship while confronting just how completely the game has changed her.
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Desire. Decision. Consequence.
They agreed to play Lana’s game.
Only Lana gets to decide when it ends.
Just a Friend Trilogy · Book 2