Blindfolded by the Beach: A Taboo Professor and Roommates Reverse Harem Romance (Empires of Ruin & Obsession) by Alisson Bento

Three men. One scandalous pact. A summer that will shatter every rule she’s ever followed.Talia Montgomery is a prisoner of her own perfection. Crushed under her wealthy father's ruthless expectations and the relentless pressure of her senior honors thesis, she is brilliant, hyper-vigilant, and dangerously touch-starved. To escape the suffocating noise in her mind, she drafts a radical, binding contract with her two gorgeous roommates: a "Surrender Pact" where she yields absolute physical control to them behind closed doors.Shawn is the sun-baked, protective artist whose rough hands ground her to the earth.Joey is the clinical, precise audio engineer whose calculated commands quiet her racing thoughts.Together, they systematically dismantle her defenses with blindfolds, acoustic isolation, and devastating pleasure. But their secret, coastal sanctuary is threatened when a new neighbor moves into the minimalist glass cottage next door.Conrad Hastings is her brilliant, imposing, and untouchable honors thesis advisor. He holds her academic future in his hands—and he can see straight through her glass walls. When Conrad discovers the explicit rules of her surrender, he doesn't report her to the ethics board. Instead, he demands to be written into the equation.Caught between the academic ruin her father would use to leash her and the intoxicating freedom of submitting to three incredible men, Talia must decide if she’s willing to risk it all.Can she surrender to the tide without drowning, or will the crushing weight of her forbidden desires tear her world apart?Blindfolded by the Beach is a scorching hot, standalone Reverse Harem / Why Choose contemporary romance loaded with academic taboo, high-stakes angst, and intense sensory play.Tropes & Themes:Reverse Harem / Why Choose (MMMF)Roommates to LoversForbidden Professor / Student TabooTouch-Starved FMCStrict Control vs. Absolute SurrenderSensory Deprivation & Dom/Sub Undertones"Touch Her and You Die" Protective MMCsForced Proximity (Next-Door Neighbor)