Alexi Steele is determined, relentless, and driven to protect the innocent. She's a top agent of the NSA's clandestine Recovery Enforcement Division, specializing in human trafficking and sex crimes. Her current mission: To infiltrate the inner circle of Boston's exclusive S and u0026M clubs in order to save young women who are about to be auctioned off to the highest bidders. But Lexi's only way in is under the control of her new partner in crime, Nick Donovan.Nick will do whatever it takes to bring down the billionaire sex-ring mastermind who's kidnapped his sister. But the games he must play as Lexi's dominant are burning away his icy control, and blurring the lines between partners. Meanwhile, their enemies are closing in as they enter a devastating race against time...bringing them dangerously close to a ruthless end.Originally published February 2009 as THE FIRST SIN, A Lexi Steele Novel Book 1, in trade paperback by St. Martin's Paperbacks - this edition has been slightly revised.