Newton Briggs.

Asexual, old women magnet, and convicted killer.

The youngest Briggs brother has been sent to prison over the ‘accidental' death of Jeffery Sharpe. He doesn't feel guilty for his crime. He did it for his brothers. All of them.

But he is scared.

Newt's strategy to survive prison: Be himself.

He quickly learns that might not be enough.

The top dog, Shaw, wants him dead.

Thomas, a previous patient of Stone's, wants to spank him.

And Leo…well, Leo just wants to keep him safe.

Unbeknownst to Newt, Stone planned ahead and hired him a bodyguard behind bars.

Sure, it's the same guy that almost choked Newt to death in the back of the bakery, but after Newt quite publicly throws up on him in front of the whole wing, Leo considers them even.

With Leo at his side, Newt integrates himself into E-wing and accepts his place in prison.

Newt did not expect to make friends who feel more like family.

He didn't expect to grow strong feelings for his bodyguard/cellmate to the point he wants to kiss him.

And he definitely didn't expect to be serenaded in the shower by a man tattooed head to toe as a snake.

Being behind bars is not at all what Newt imagined, but one thing is for sure, life won't be the same when it's all over…

Nate Mathews is a murderer. Alfie doesn't know the details of his crime, and he doesn't want to. All he knows is Nate Mathews is evil, and his colleagues at Larkwood prison shudder at his name.

But Alfie has caught Nate's eyes, and they start flirting in the early hours. It's forbidden, terrifying, but arousing too. One whisper of ‘Freshman' from Nate, and Alfie's stomach flutters, and his pulse increases. Alfie knows if he reads Nate's file his attraction to the criminal will turn to disgust, but he can't bring himself to do it. He likes Nate. Nate makes him feel wanted, and that's a first for Alfie.

Is Nate genuine? Or is Alfie destined for heartbreak?

This is an updated and re-edited version of The Freshman previously published.

No two criminals are alike, and Quinn knows this more than most. After months of stress and pleading, his study has been approved. His participants all reside under one roof: Greenwood Prison.

The men sitting opposite him have done awful things, but Quinn's not there to judge; he's there to work through a psychopath checklist

He needs psychopaths for his study, and one participant fills him with more unease than the others.

Zane Black wears many faces, and Quinn has a hard time finding the real man behind the masks. He flirts, he manipulates, and boasts. He's clever and takes control of their sessions. With all Quinn knows about psychopaths, he can't stop his heart being seduced by this one.

When the study finishes, will Zane let Quinn go and move on, or will he leave Quinn with more questions?

He may be weeks from death, but Vincent still pulls an unwilling Chad into his game. If he agrees to meet with Vincent, he will cooperate in the search for the remains of Harriet Hastings, his missing victim.

Chad is skeptical from the beginning, and believes Vincent is setting him up to fail with the eyes of the country watching.

But Chad's not alone in Vincent's game. He has recruited two other players, Lucinda Hastings, Harriet's sister, and retired Detective Inspector James Poole who Chad learns had a relationship with the missing girl.

The clock is ticking on Vincent's time, and he tells Chad a secret.

He's holding on to four words.

Four words he's saving until the end.

Four words that will bring about Chad's downfall…

Rory's not like the other inmates.

In fact, he's not an inmate at all.

He's undercover, tasked with gathering information on Sebastian Claw.

Sebastian is planning something for his upcoming release, and Rory needs to find out what.

Rory doesn't like the Sebastian of the past—the murderer, or the Sebastian of the future—the plotter.

He does like the Sebastian of the present.

The one he shares his cell, his body, and possibly his heart with.

The line between what's right and wrong, what's good and bad, start to blur.

But if Sebastian finds out who Rory is, he's a dead man …