The Glass Anchor

A Dark Sapphic Romance (The Architect & The Artist Trilogy Book 1)

By: Raven Desire

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She needed silence. She found a master.

Maryn Cross is the darling of the London art scene, but inside her head, she is screaming. Crippled by a creative block that feels like a crowded room, she is months past her deadline and on the verge of a public collapse. Traditional therapy has failed. Meditation is a joke. She doesn’t need to talk about her feelings; she needs someone to cut the wire.

Enter Severine Ford.

Severine doesn't do "therapy." She is an architect of the mind, a cold, clinically precise hypnotherapist who treats high-functioning executives like broken machines. Her methods are absolute, her control is terrifying, and her price is total surrender.

When Maryn steps into Severine’s sterile white office, she begs for silence. Severine gives her the "Anchor"—a psychological trigger that instantly deletes the noise and turns Maryn into a blank slate. It works perfectly. Maryn paints like a god, effortlessly flowing into the trance.

But the silence is addictive. And the woman holding the remote is dangerous.

As the sessions deepen, the professional lines blur into a dark, intoxicating power exchange. Maryn finds herself craving the trance not just for the art, but for the safety of Severine’s cage. But Severine has her own ghosts, and her need for control might just shatter the very thing she’s trying to fix.

In a battle between the chaos of creation and the order of control, Maryn must decide: Does she want to be the painter, or does she want to be the canvas?

The Glass Anchor is a high-heat, dark sapphic romance novella featuring clinical hypnosis, intense power dynamics, and a guaranteed HEA.

TROPES:

• ❄️ Ice Queen / Rigid Controller
• 🎨 Chaotic Artist / Submissive
• 🌀 Clinical Hypnosis / Mind Control
• 🔥 High-Competence Porn
• 🏢 Workplace / Doctor-Patient Dynamic