Paris is a city of lights, but for Julian Vane, it has been a city of cold shadows and empty pockets. A struggling fashion student on the brink of ruin, Julian thinks his prayers are answered when he secures an audience with Seraphina Roux. As the head of Maison Roux, Seraphina is fashion royalty-brilliant, commanding, and notoriously difficult to please.
Seraphina sees nothing in Julian's portfolio, but she sees everything in his silhouette. She doesn't hire him to design the clothes; she hires him to wear them. The Maison is in crisis, and Seraphina's vision for the 'Modern Aphrodite' requires a model with a specific, androgynous fragility that only Julian possesses.
The proposition is lucrative, but it demands a total surrender of his masculinity. To save the fashion house, Julian must become the Satin Doll.
What begins as a bizarre business arrangement quickly descends into a rabbit hole of satin, lace, and profound psychological change. Julian finds himself stripped of his body hair, locked into restrictive corsets, and trained to move with the grace of a supermodel under the sting of Seraphina's crop. He expects to feel shame. Instead, he finds a burning, addictive arousal in his own feminization.
Safe within the walls of Seraphina's penthouse and studio, a complex Domme/sub dynamic blooms. Julian is locked in chastity, denied release, and groomed to be the perfect, obedient doll for his mistress. But the outside world is not so understanding. With Fashion Week approaching and a vindictive rival circling the Maison looking for scandal, Julian and Seraphina are forced to confront the truth of their relationship. Is this just a performance for the runway, or has the transformation rewritten Julian's soul forever?
The Satin Doll is a sensual, atmospheric exploration of gender, submission, and the intersection of art and eroticism.