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Pleasure of a Dark Prince
Part #9 of "Immortals After Dark" series by Kresley Cole
Paranormal Romance / Young Adult / Contemporary
A Dangerous Beauty Lucia the Huntress: as mysterious as she is exquisite, she harbors secrets that threaten to destroy her—and those she loves. An Uncontrolled Need Garreth MacRieve, Prince of the Lykae: the brutal Highland warrior who burns to finally claim this maddeningly sensual creature as his own. That lead to a pleasure so wicked. . . From the shadows, Garreth has long watched over Lucia. Now, the only way to keep the proud huntress safe from harm is to convince her to accept him as her guardian. To do this, Garreth will ruthlessly exploit Lucia's greatest weakness—her wanton desire for him.
The Darkest Pleasure
Part #3 of "Lords of the Underworld" series by Gena Showalter
Romance / Paranormal / Young Adult
Reyes is a man possessed. Bound by the demon of Pain, he is forbidden to know pleasure. Yet he craves a mortal woman, Danika Ford, more than breath and will do anything to claim her--even defy the gods. Danika is on the run. For months she's eluded the Lords of the Underworld, immortal warriors who won't rest until she and her family have been destroyed. But her dreams are haunted by Reyes, the warrior whose searing touch she can't forget. Yet a future together could mean death to all they both hold dear. . . .
Dangerous Pleasure
Part #12 of "Bound Hearts" series by Lora Leigh
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
Abram Mustafa faces the test of his life and his heart when his terrorist father kidnaps Paige Galbraithe, the one woman who has always been able to touch Abram’s soul. With Paige’s life now in danger, Abram knows that his plans for escape from the only home he has ever known have suddenly become more imperative than ever. Paige has always wondered if the dark, cool and mysterious Abram el Hamid Mustafa is hiding a wicked side. . . . a wicked side that will allow her to explore the kind of pleasure she has dreamed of. But when she is kidnapped by his father, she finds that she must trust Abram with more than her fantasies. Paige must trust him with her life…and her heart. Secret, dangerous desires will bind Abram and Paige together as the forces surrounding them try to tear them apart.
Wicked Pleasure
Part #9 of "Bound Hearts" series by Lora Leigh
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
Jaci Wright has been running from the Falladay twins, Chase and Cam, for seven years now. Fears of the desires they arouse in her, and the knowledge of the relationship they wanted with her, spurred her to run, to find a life that kept her traveling the globe and out of their reach. But now life has come full circle. A new job has placed Jaci in the Sinclair mansion with Chase and Cam. And they're tired of waiting. It's hard enough to face accepting a relationship with two men rather than just one, but gossip and the tattered tales of juicy secrets fill the society she now moves within. Can Jaci face the world knowing she's a lover to both men, or will her hesitancy and her fears destroy her chance of happiness forver?
Forbidden Pleasure
Part #8 of "Bound Hearts" series by Lora Leigh
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
People have heard fleeting rumors about The Club. But only its members—many of them Washington insiders—know the truth: That it’s a place where men can share their women with a carefully selected male partner. Former FBI John “Mac” McCoy resigned his Club membership when he married Keiley Hardin. Tempting and innocent, sweet and sexy, she would never accept Mac’s desire to share her with another man. Still, Mac’s fantasies of sharing Keiley haunt his dreams. And his passions… Unable to wait any longer, Mac invites his best friend, Jethro Riggs, to his home with the intention of drawing Keiley into the pleasures that only be achieved when two men love the same woman. But there’s more going on in Mac’s neck of the woods than he could have possibly imagined. A past case involving a stalker who likes to play games has turned up again—and this time, Keiley is the target. Passion, pleasure, and fear combine as the forbidden becomes an addiction—and none of them can escape…
Guilty Pleasure
Part #11 of "Bound Hearts" series by Lora Leigh
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
Marty Mathews had always known about the secret, forbidden pleasures that the women she had grown up with enjoyed. Women whose husbands or lovers were members of the exclusive “Club,” where they took a selected “third” into their beds. And there is one man—a dangerous, forbidden man—who is part of this world and who has haunted Marty’s dreams for years. But she had been the FBI agent assigned to shadow him, making him completely off limits. . . That is until Khalid is cleared and Marty is released from her assignment. Now, all bets are off. . . The beautiful, fierce Marty Mathews is the one woman Khalid hungers for like no other and is the one woman he dare not let himself have. His past dogs his every step and danger lurks around every corner. If he wants to keep her safe, he must stay away from her. But the power of their desire is something they cannot deny—and once Marty is his, Khalid will do whatever it takes to keep her in his bed and in his arms.
Only Pleasure
Part #10 of "Bound Hearts" series by Lora Leigh
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
ince Chase Falladay came to her rescue two years ago, Kia Stanton has never been able to forget the powerful man or the kind of life he leads. So two years later when she runs into Chase and his friend, Khalid, and leaves with them that night, she knows exactly where it is all heading. However, little prepares her for what it is like to be in Chase’s arms, and in his bed. After years of holding back, Kia is finally able to be the woman she’s always dreamed of being in his arms. Kia is a dream Chase has not allowed himself to entertain. Now that he has her, it’s her heart he’s after and he’s determined to win it, no matter the cost. And even though they both agreed that it would only be for pleasure, somewhere along the way it becomes and all-consuming love. Only Pleasure is a sizzling hot, sexy, erotic romance novel from bestselling author Lora Leigh.
Stolen: Business or Pleasure
Part #2 of "Stolen" series by Holly Rayner
From Amazon best-selling author Holly RaynerAfter finally achieving her life-long goal and obsession - winning back her father\'s company, and her birthright - Adele Morgan finds herself immersed in the worlds of business and romance, as she and her new lover Seth get back to work.The honeymoon period can\'t last for long, however; with the threat of a hostile takeover on the horizon, and Seth being preyed upon by a predatory ex in an unlikely position of power, can Adele and her billionaire boyfriend weather the storm?
Rules of the Game
Nora Roberts
Fiction / Suspense / Fantasy
She had vowed never to mix business with pleasure. But one look into the mesmerizing eyes of Parks Jones was all it took for Brooke Gordon. He was utterly desirable and completely off-limits - so Parks was going to have to break a few rules to convince her that love wasn\'t just a game to him, it meant forever...
Awaken To Pleasure
Nalini Singh
Paranormal Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
"WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO MARRYING ME?" The proposal was as unexpected as her feelings for the man whose dark good looks rivaled an even darker past. Painful experience screamed that Taylor Reid should run far and fast from Jackson Santorini. But keeping custody of her brother meant becoming her former boss's bride. And giving Jackson a baby. Despite his powerful size and presence, Jackson had been wounded. . . deeply. . . by a woman. Yet he'd protected her at a personal cost, if his restrained ardor in deference to her virginal apprehension was one indication. Suddenly, for Jackson's sake, Taylor wanted to replace pain with pleasure. Only, she'd never imagined what sensations--and secrets--she would awaken. . . .
For Her Pleasure
Maya Banks
Romance / Erotic Romance / Fiction
A delicious twist on erotic romance, and the debut collection from a hot new author. Three novellas. Two interlocking stories. One sizzling read.Nice set up: one spirited woman in Kit Townsend, and two hot buddies, Ryder and Mac, who take turns giving Kit what she needs. It\'s the perfect no-strings triangle and while it doesn\'t exactly follow the rules, neither does Kit. But when love unexpectedly throws these three friends for a loop, can they still have a happy ending?And then there\'s Mia Malone, a sweet Dallas girl who had big dreams for the future when she first met Texas Ranger Logan Kincaid. That fairy tale was a lifetime ago. Today, framed for drug possession, she\'s forced to work undercover at a strip joint where several working girls have disappeared. Then in walks Logan-her protector, savior, and lover.
Duke of Pleasure
Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance
IN THE ARMS OF DANGER
Bold. Brave. Brutally handsome. Hugh Fitzroy, the Duke of Kyle, is the king's secret weapon. Sent to defeat the notorious Lords of Chaos, he is ambushed in a London alley—and rescued by an unlikely ally: a masked stranger with the unmistakable curves of a woman.
IN THE HEAT OF DESIRE
Cocky. Clever. Courageously independent. Alf has survived on the perilous streets of St. Giles by disguising her sex. By day she is a boy, dealing in information and secrets. By night she's the notorious Ghost of St. Giles, a masked vigilante. But as she saves Hugh from assassins, she finds herself succumbing to temptation.
ONE KISS WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOREVER
When Hugh hires Alf to investigate the Lords of Chaos, her worlds collide. Once Hugh realizes that the boy and the Ghost are the same, will Alf find the courage to become the woman she needs to be—before the Lords of Chaos destroy them both?
Beyond the Pleasure Principle and Other Writings
Sigmund Freud
Psychology / Psychoanalysis / Neurology
A collection of some of Freud's most famous essays, including ON THE INTRODUCTION OF NARCISSISM; REMEMBERING, REPEATING AND WORKING THROUGH; BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE; THE EGO AND THE ID and INHIBITION, SYMPTOM AND FEAR.
Pleasure
Jacquelyn Frank
Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Comics & Graphic Novels
Beyond our world lies a land where darkness reigns - the land of the virile, sensual Shadowdwellers. Yet their mysterious abilities are no match for the power of desire...
Double Your Pleasure...
Discipline...
Penance...
Order...
A Sanctuary priest's life revolves around such things. But when Sagan is taken captive and thrust into the Alaskan wilderness, he encounters a woman who challenges his faith and his self-control. Valera is a natural born witch who almost lost herself to the lure of dark magic. By rights, Sagan should shun her, but convention will count for nothing in the face of a passion that could change the world of the Shadowdwellers forever....
As Chancellor of the Shadowdwellers, Malaya's first duty is to her people. Her bodyguard, Guin, knows this only too well. For tradition's sake, Malaya must marry, and the thought of this lush, vibrant, woman in a loveless union is impossible for him to bear. Guin loves Malaya - not as a subject loves his queen but as a man craves a woman. And even if he cannot keep her, he'll show her everything she stands to lose...
Hostage to Pleasure
Part #5 of "Psy-Changeling" series by Nalini Singh
Paranormal Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically gifted race, Ashaya Aleine is the perfect Psy--cool, calm, emotionless. . . at least on the surface. Inside, she's fighting a desperate battle to save her son and escape the vicious cold of the PsyNet. Yet when escape comes, it leads not to safety, but to the lethal danger of a sniper's embrace. DarkRiver sniper Dorian Christensen lost his sister to a Psy killer. Though he lacks the changeling ability to shift into animal form, his leopard lives within. And that leopard's rage at the brutal loss is a clawing darkness that hungers for vengeance. Falling for a Psy has never been on Dorian's agenda. But charged with protecting Ashaya and her son, he discovers that passion has a way of changing the rules. . .
Taste of Pleasure
Lisa Renee Jones
Romance / Suspense / Mystery
Eight years ago, Sarah Michaels locked eyes with Ryan White at a sinful sex club. His dominant presence exuded erotic promises and aroused part of Sarah that she didn't recognize. But Ryan was her family's chief rival in the candy business, the very definition of forbidden fruit.
Since that night, Sarah has tried to deny that she wants what Ryan offers, that she actually wants to be dominated. Yet she can't stop fantasizing about him. When Ryan invites her to his elite club where power and pleasure go hand-in-hand, the temptation to explore her suppressed desires is too strong to resist. Is she ready to give up control to Ryan--a man who might never give it back?
Book one of The Masters series.
The Pleasure Slave
Part #2 of "Imperia" series by Gena Showalter
Romance / Paranormal / Young Adult
When Santa Fe antique dealer Julie Anderson was curiously drawn to purchase a battered jewelry box, she never expected it to contain her own personal love slave. Especially not tall, dark and sinfully handsome Tristan-a man hard to resist, and determined to fulfill her every desire.
Though Tristan was a rogue of the battlefield and the boudoir, making love with Julia was like nothing he'd ever known. Yet revealing his true heart would break the centuries-old spell and separate them forever. And Tristan would do anything to go on loving Julia. . .even remain a slave through all eternity. . .
Ensnare: The Passenger's Pleasure Box Set
Mac Flynn
Romance / Paranormal / Fantasy
Leslie Faulkner spends her days dreaming of romance and seduction, and her nights working at the college library to support her schooling. She longs for a love that would consume her body and soul, a romance that would take her away from the endless drudgery of her dull existence. Her fathomless boredom among the dusty tomes changes when a book is dropped into the library return slot. She has no idea who it belongs to, but several encounters with its terrifyingly delightful powers leaves her breathless and longing for more of its unique skills.
Leslie takes drastic measures to ensure the book doesn’t slip through her fingers, and her actions start her down a road of danger and pleasure.
Ensnare: The Librarian’s Lover #1 is 9,000 words of monster/tentacle erotica. It is the first entry in the Ensnare - Librarian series out of a total of three planned. The series contains strong sexual themes and erotic romance, and is not intended for readers under the age of 18.
A Pirate's Pleasure
Part #2 of "North American Woman" series by Heather Graham
Mystery & Thrillers / Romance / Historical Fiction
She was his deffiant captive.
With her flame gold-hair and azure eyes, Skye Kinsdale was a prize beyond compare. Betrothed to a lord she'd never met, she set sail for America sworn to reject him on sight until the infamous pirate Silver Hawk seized her ship and banished all other men from her life. Burning with rage and passion, she was determined to destroy the arrogant buccaneer, to be free at any cost...
He Was Her Keeper...And Her Slave
The black prince of the seas, he was feared by pirate and privateer alike. Silver Hawk vowed he would have the vixen, make her crave his savage embrace. She was his—by law of the sea. The man who commanded a Caribbean kingdom swore he would teach his wild temptress to love, to surrender to the lawless thrill of...A Pirates Pleasure.
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Ensnare: The Passenger’s Pleasure #1 (Demon Paranormal Romance)
Mac Flynn
Romance / Paranormal / Fantasy
Jane Johnson is Plain Jane to everyone in her life, even herself. She longs for some excitement to penetrate her life with the full thrust of change. Her wish is granted when she wins a contest she doesn’t remember entering and finds herself aboard a fashionable cruise liner with a rich, handsome neighbor in the next suite.Jane Johnson is Plain Jane to everyone in her life, even herself. She longs for some excitement to penetrate her life with the full thrust of change. Her wish is granted when she wins a contest she doesn’t remember entering and finds herself aboard a fashionable cruise liner with a rich, handsome neighbor in the next suite. He’s in possession of a most unusual book that fills her with a deep, sensual longing she can’t overcome. A desire that threatens to swallow her in sweet, sensual dreams.** The Passenger’s Pleasure series is an episodic serial with cliffhangers and sensual fun. **
The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure
Storm Constantine
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Horror / Gay and Lesbian
Hailed as "a literary fantasist of outstanding power and originality" by Michael Moorcock, Storm Constantine is one of the most exciting and innovative fantasy writers of her generation. The author of many acclaimed works of science fiction and fantasy, she is best known for her daring, stylish and provocative Wraeththu trilogy (The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, The Bewitchments of Love and Hate, The Fulfilments of Fate and Desire). The series, which chronicled the rise of a new race of seductive androgynous beings with awesome powers, was hailed as a modern fantasy masterpiece, winning an avid international following of devoted readers.
Now, with The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure, Storm Constantine returns once again to the saga of the Wraeththu with a new epic that reveals previously unknown truths about the origins of these remarkable beings.
Long before the Wraeththu assumed total mastery of the Earth and dominion over the dwindling remnants of the human race, they were a wild and passionate people, living in scattered tribes, worshiping strange gods, increasing their numbers by transmuting humans into their own kind. But all that changed on a festival night that surpassed all others, a night when the world changed forever and the Wraeththu began to realize their awesome potential.
It was a time when the archmage Thiede wove the strands of Wraeththu destiny. When two young Wraeththu hara came together to produce a miraculous new life. When Pellaz, a brash and reckless young leader, rose from destruction to take his place in Wraeththu history. And a child called Lileem found a path of passion and power that led to unknown worlds of mystery.
A tale of intrigue and betrayal, bloodshed and pleasure, dark and dangerous supernatural forces, ardent and consuming passions, The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure is a thrilling new chapter in a compelling fantasy epic.
The Pleasure Series: Complete Box Set
M. S. Parker
Romance / Contemporary
SALE! For the first time ever, you can get USA Today Bestselling Pleasure Series in a complete Box Set. Over 1000 pages of dark erotic romance.
Every night, when I go to sleep, I wonder if I'm going to see them, hear them, feel them. For thirteen years, my life was hell and now I'm just trying to keep all the broken pieces together so I can have a somewhat normal life. Then I had to meet him and everything changed.
Twenty-two year-old Jenna Lang is one of the best computer techs in Colorado, if not the country. Known for her eccentric appearance as much as for her intelligence, she keeps all of her secrets closely guarded, never letting anyone close. And no one has ever really tried. Not until twenty-eight year-old billionaire Rylan Archer decides to test the walls Jenna's put up, forcing her to wonder if maybe it's time to let someone in.
By the Hour
Part #2 of "Pleasure Principle" series by Roni Loren
Romance / Erotica / Contemporary
From the New York Times bestselling author of Off the Clock comes a story of love, hate, and the fire that ignites when the two collide...
Dr. Elle McCray has a plan. Work hard. Be the best. And do it alone. After her ex-husband’s betrayal, she’s learned being feared is a hell of a lot easier than being humiliated. So when trouble personified, Lane Cannon, dares to flirt with her, she shuts him down cold. Too gorgeous. Too cocky. And his job as The Grove’s sexual surrogate is to sleep with patients. No, thank you.
Former escort Lane Cannon has spent enough years with people looking down on him. Stupid. Trailer trash. Rent boy. He’s heard it all. He’s worked too hard to shed his past to let some haughty doctor cut him down. But something about Elle’s ice queen act has his dominant instincts perking up and his body taking notice. He can’t walk away.
After an evening of verbal sparring turns into a night of steamy hate sex, Lane’s ready for round two. But Elle proposes a business deal. How better to keep things strictly physical than to pay him for his services?
Lane wants her, not her money. But he’ll play along in exchange for one thing—all the control. It’s only supposed to be a dirty little fling between colleagues, but these two are about to learn a lesson in love…by the hour.
Gears of War: It Was A Pleasure
Yasmany Gomez
Conclusion of Nevil Estrom and Paul Dury at Azura.The conclusion to Issue 24 of Gears of War Comics. Follow the concluding path of Nevil Estrom and Paul Dury as they attempt to escape to the bottom of Azura to re-plan and design the Lambent Countermeasure. (FanBoy edition - Not apart of Novel Series)
A Dance of Folly and Pleasure: Stories
O. Henry
Short Stories / Humor / Mystery & Thrillers
Step into the boarding houses and furnished rooms of New York City, or take a stroll around the park. Observe the tumult and glitter of Broadway on a Saturday night, and browse the silken stockings in Manhattan's most exclusive store. Hop onto the Coney Island ferry to join the lovesick shop-girl, the drunken down-and-out and the secret millionaire in the city's dance of folly and pleasure. Bringing to life the glamour and squalor of the 1900s, O. Henry's unmistakable tales are by turns hilarious or tragic, but always deeply poignant.
Pleasure With Purpose
Lisa Renee Jones
Romance / Suspense / Mystery
Product Description
This is a 12,000 word short story. This means you don't have a deep plot or heavy character development -- just a fun, light read that is a gift to my readers to say 'thank you' for your support. This is a contemporary story and it's medium heat so that it can be enjoyable to a broader range of reader. It is intentionally not as hot as my Spice Briefs, my self published novella HOT VAMPIRE KISS, or even my Zodius series with LEGEND OF MICHAEL, where I often venture into super erotic and edgy. Those of you who have read me know that my contemporary stories tend to be light and fun and my paranormal stories are dark and edgy like HOT VAMPIRE KISS. PLEASURE WITH PURPOSE is a light, fun, sexy read.
Heather and Brad have been close family friends for ten years but both have secretly pined for each other, secretly fantasized about one sultry hot night together. So when fate delivers them a chance at that night -- will they take it -- and risk a lifetime of friendship being destroyed? Or will they convince themselves they can really wake up tomorrow and pretend it never happened?
AGAIN -- This is a 12,000 word short, sexy story. It is a free gift to
my readers. I hope you enjoy!
Shadow Keepers 02 - When Pleasure Rules
J. K. Beck
Seven innocents have been brutally murdered in Los Angeles, yet the Shadow Alliance has no suspects and no leads. As the body count mounts, the age-old feud between vampires and werewolves threatens to explode. Lissa Monroe—a strong-willed, ravishing succubus who entices men to surrender their souls—agrees to go undercover for the Alliance. Her mission: infiltrate the mind of werewolf leader Vincent Rand, a ferociously alluring enemy who exerts a powerful hold over her. As the City of Angels teeters on the brink of apocalypse, these two adversaries must join together in order to survive an even more lethal enemy hidden in plain sight.Review“Exciting paranormal romance with a sharp, suspenseful edge.” —New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian About the AuthorJ. K. Beck spent more than ten years as a litigator in Southern California and central Texas, using her rare free time to indulge her passion for writing. Now she uses her legal background as inspiration for her paranormal romantic suspense series the Shadow Keepers, set in and around a secret judicial system hidden within and mirroring our own. California-born, J. K. Beck lives and writes in Texas, where she hangs out with her husband and daughters and drinks far too much coffee.
Pirate's Pleasure
Lisa Kessler
Romance / Short Stories / Science Fiction & Fantasy
John Smyth has survived mutinous pirate crews, wars, and the passage of centuries by keeping his life as he did his ships, organized and well stocked. But when his crew is tasked with stealing Pandora's Box for the government, it opens a door to destruction, and her name is Harmony Andrews.A risk-taking investment broker by day, and a thief by night, Harmony is a member of the underground Digi Robins crew. Stealing relics to sell on the dark web, they donate the money to people without insurance who need life-saving medical treatments. What she doesn't realize is the box she just stole is the very one her boss is looking for––the boss who just happens to be an immortal pirate. And as their adventure heads into the danger zone, she doesn't know what's more dangerous: the risk to her life or the risk to her heart.Each book in the Sentinels of Savannah series is STANDALONE:* Magnolia Mystic* Pirate's Passion* Pirate's Pleasure
Pleasure Workers
Annette Mori
Alex Cortez is accomplished at two things, fixing broken equipment and pleasuring women. She is happily doing both at the Ranch in Nevada until she involves herself in a domestic dispute between one of her clients and her abusive husband. Now Alex finds herself on the run...again. Danna Nichols, newly widowed, feels lost and alone. When her good friend Lindy invites her to check out the newly established Trophy Wives Club, it awakens dormant feelings and desires. Danna challenges herself to find out who she really is and what she wants in life and love. The first time she sees Alex, there is an attraction she can’t define, wants to explore, and can’t resist. The two form a bond under unlikely circumstances. Will the challenges of their social status tear them apart before they can enjoy the pleasures of their new love?
Pleasure and Spice
Fiona Zedde
Mayson and Renée are best friends. Two women who've known each other for a lifetime and are as different as they are close. Mayson is a free-spirited and out lesbian, and very much desired in her Southern California queer community. Renée, straight and sheltered, is just getting out of a difficult divorce and searching for an escape from her pain. While Mayson slips in and out of affairs, taking pleasure where it bites the sweetest, Renée steps into a dangerous game of anonymous sex-by-dark that transports her to places she'd never dreamed. But the worlds of these two friends are heading for a dramatic collision. At the end of it all, will they or their friendship survive? *** Number 6 in the How Sweet It Is series by the Lambda Literary Award finalist author of Bliss and Every Dark Desire. Start with A Taste of Sin, Hungry for It, Return to Me (a short sequel to Hungry for It), Insatiable Appetites, then go on to...
The King's Pleasure
Norah Lofts
Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
Released for the first time in decades, this international bestseller powerfully tells of the life of Katharine of Aragon, from her childhood in Spain to her reign and downfall in England as the first wife of Henry VII. A princess by birth and a queen by marriage, Katharine always held the highest aspirations for her life, never doubting a vision both she and her mother, Isabella of Spain, had of her becoming one of the great rulers of Europe.
The Pleasure
Thomas M. McDade
During a lunch of mushroom soup, ham sandwiches and chocolate ice cream, a family discusses a woman in a family way, a barroom and a race track.This is the third poem in the series of "Dreams As I..." The "Dream" series provides the reader the opportunity to dream those secret dreams with the writer, and discover what can lie just up ahead in life.
a Pleasure Rites, #1
Ines Johnson
What starts as a simple ritual soon turns carnal when a monk falls for a betrothed woman under his tutelage. Growing up in a world where men outnumber women ten to one, I escape a lonely existence and become a Pleasure Monk. When one of our precious, rare women chooses the men who will be her protectors and bondmates, I instruct them in the art of feminine pleasure. Though I can never find a love of my own, at least I have a purpose in teaching others to cater to a woman's every sexual need. Or I had a purpose. My services were sought after by many bonded females. Until the day I screwed up. Literally. Now I have a final chance to redeem myself. If I fail again, the entire Order of Pleasure Monks is in jeopardy. However, when I meet my new charge, all my plans crumble into dust. Lady Chanyn is pure perfection, a blessing from the Goddess, who awakens my heart and my loins. I will risk anything to have her—my...
Courage of the Empress
Part #12 of "Princess to Pleasure Slave Chronicles" series by Amanda Clover
Adult Fiction / Erotica
Sixty Positions with Pleasure
Sahlan Diver
Charlie Gibbs' new job comes with these perks: mountain scenery, sunshine, and sex with an older woman. And murder. (Set in Ireland in the future, the year 2050)
Price And Pleasure
Michael Allender
Health, Mind & Body / Religion & Spirituality
Join Abbie and Bendigo Joules as they explore beyond their own east Texas farm, uncovering a hidden wonder in the neighbors living next door. Price and Pleasure Walker fascinate and beguile the youngsters with sculpture, hospitality and family history, enriching their lives and opening their eyes to a world they've never known.The fifth in a series of fourteen short stories by Abbie Joules, as she chronicles the lives of herself and her deceased brother, Bendigo, growing up on their family farm in east Texas during the 1940's and 1950's. Abbie and Ben set off on a short canoe trip down their local creek, seeing adventure. What they find is a new appreciation for their neighbors, Price and Pleasure Walker, an old black couple who open their eyes to a hidden world on their doorstep. Price's gift of sculptural art fascinates them, and the old couple's personal history introduces them to a world they've never known. Abbie and Ben can never look on their neighbors the same old way again.
Pleasure for Pleasure
Eloisa James
Romance
The conclusion of New York Times *bestselling author Eloisa James's Essex Sisters series! *
Fueled by the knowledge that notoriety is better than failure, witty, unconventional Josie does what no proper young lady should—she challenges fate. She discards her corset and flirts outrageously. She attends the horse races and allows an arrogant rakehell to whisk her behind the stables for a surreptitious kiss . . . and is caught!
She doesn't want to marry the young hellion—but who's to help? Her chaperone keeps disappearing for mysterious appointments; her guardian is on his wedding trip; and his friend the Earl of Mayne is too busy staring into the eyes of his exquisite French fiancÉe.
Can a marriage forced by stuffy convention and unwilling desire become the match of the season?
Nights Pleasure
Part #4 of "Children of The Night" series by Amanda Ashley
Romance / Paranormal / Fantasy
Desire Casts A Dark Spell. . .Savanah Gentry\'s life was so much simpler when she was a reporter for the local newspaper. That was before her father\'s sudden death drew her into a mysterious new world she was just beginning to understand. A Vampire hunter by birth, Savanah has been entrusted with a legacy that puts everyone she cares for in danger--including the seductive, sensual Vampire who unleashes her most primal desires. . .Rane Cordova has always been alone, half hating himself for his dark gift even as he relishes its extraordinary power. But one look at Savanah fills him with the need to take everything she has to give and carry her to heights of unimagined ecstasy. And though he never intended their relationship to go this far, now Savanah is in more danger than she knows--and facing a relentless enemy determined to eliminate Rane and all his kind. . .
Pain Pleasure and Paradox in Poetry: A Verse Compendium
Manu Mangattu
Poetry often seems to use a language that relies heavily on oxymora, paradoxes and contradictions. Phrases like “the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence”, “dazzling obscurity”, “whispering silence”, “teeming desert” or “undivided division and differentiated unity” are not uncommon in poetry. This verse compendium is an attempt at anthologizing this puzzling chemistry between poetry and paradox.It has often been observed that in the realm of poetry painful situations yield pleasure; pity and fear can transmute into a delightful and immensely enjoyable emotional state. Poetry seems to enjoy this unusual ability to liberate emotional states from their bondage with our ego so that these emotional states, however tragic and disconcerting they may be, turn out to be pleasurable. These experiences thrive largely on a harmonization of opposites, a state in which contradictions are not only juxtaposed but also interpenetrated. Far from being a perplexing and exasperating experience, as can be the case with contradictions encountered in real life, this harmonization is felt as a blissful condition, one that yields inner peace and fulfilment. Likewise, there is an obvious connection between the language of poetry and contradiction. Poetry often seems to use a language that relies heavily on oxymora, paradoxes and contradictions. Phrases like “the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence”, “dazzling obscurity”, “whispering silence”, “teeming desert” or “undivided division and differentiated unity” are not uncommon in poetry. This verse compendium is an attempt at anthologizing this puzzling chemistry between poetry and paradox. The thrust of this collection is on bringing to the fore the contradictory and paradoxical nature of poetic language and experiences. It showcases thirty-three distinctive poems on the theme penned by contemporary poets from different parts of the world. Akachukwu Christoper Lekwauwa, Anzelyne Shideshe, Ari Alsio, Bharati Nayak, Bri Edwards, David Kush, Douglas Scotney, Dr Antony Theodore, Dr Fabrizio Frosini, Dr Sima Farshid, Edward Kofi Louis, Elizaveta Sudina, Ernest Gift Makuakua, Francis Duggan, Jesus James Llorico, John Chizoba Vincent, John Westlake, Kassem Oude, Khalida Bano Ali, Leloudia Migdali, Lopamudra Mishra, Lyn Paul, Manu Mangattu, Margaret O'Driscoll, Nassy Fesharaki, Nivedita Dubey, Nosheen Irfan, Patti Masterman, Pranayee Gupta Rachamalla, Ric S. Bastasa, Sophy Chen, Tatjana Loncarec and Waheeda Khan are the chief contributors to this anthology.
Off the Clock
Part #1 of "Pleasure Principle" series by Roni Loren
Romance / Erotica / Contemporary
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LOVING ON THE EDGE NOVELS, THE FIRST IN A SENSUAL NEW SERIES
Overtime has never felt so good…
Marin Rush loves studying sex. Doing it? That’s another story. In the research lab, Marin’s lack of practical knowledge didn’t matter, but now that she’s landed a job at The Grove, a high-end, experimental sex therapy institute, she can’t ignore the fact that the person most in need of sexual healing may be her.
Dr. Donovan West, her new hotshot colleague, couldn’t agree more. Donovan knows that Marin’s clients are going to eat her alive unless she gets some hands-on experience. And if she fails at the job, he can say goodbye to a promotion, so he assigns her a list of R-rated tasks to prepare her for the wild clientele of The Grove’s X-wing.
But some of those tasks are built for two, and when he finds Marin searching for a candidate to help her check off her list, Donovan decides there’s only one man for the job—him. As long as they keep their erotic, off-the-clock activities strictly confidential and without strings, no one will get fired—or worse, get attached…
Exclusive to this edition only—a bonus short story
Pleasure in His Kiss
Part #1 of "Love in the Hamptons" series by Pamela Yaye
They're living their most passionate dream... But will her scandalous secret cost her his love? Beauty blogger and owner of the Hamptons' hottest salon, Karma Sullivan has been swept off her feet by judge Morrison Drake. But she knows their passion-filled nights must end. She can't let her family secret derail Morrison's ambitious career plan. Even if it means giving up the man she loves...
Pleasure at Midnight ; His Pick for Passion
Pamela Yaye
PLEASURE AT MIDNIGHTSent to Madrid to talk his firm's top client out of canceling her tour, Roderick Drake quickly realizes pop star Genevieve Harris isn't the diva he pictured. In fact, she's irresistible. Genevieve wants a life away from the paparazzi—shared with the gorgeous lawyer who fulfills her in every way. Faced with devastating betrayal, can she trust her emotions and the sensual music they make together?HIS PICK FOR PASSIONOn and off the court, professional basketball player Will Hampton scores easily. Then he's dared to seduce his sister's best friend—the only woman who's never fallen for his game. Marketing exec Erin Fry has transformed from tomboy to stunning beauty, but she doubts Will can change his ways. One mind-blowing night puts their hearts in play, but can Erin let her guard down—and let love in?
The Price of Pleasure
Part #2 of "Sutherland Brothers" series by Kresley Cole
Paranormal Romance / Young Adult / Contemporary
**Kresley Cole returns with a breathtaking romantic saga of love, honor, and passion unbound—as a man of duty faces his greatest trial, and a young castaway discovers her greatest desire...**
A man noted for his courage and integrity, Captain Grant Sutherland journeys to Oceania to find Victoria Dearbourne, an English girl lost at sea a decade before. He's given her ailing grandfather his word—as a gentleman—to find and protect her. But one look at a grown Victoria, and Grant has never felt less like one.
Tori relishes freedom, untamed passion, and spontaneity above stifling order. Even more so when a proud, cold British captain arrives to rescue her, though she has no wish to be. As Grant tries to convince her to leave her island home, she begins to see in him a man hungering for more. A man who once laughed. A man who desires her but won't take what she offers.
Giving In/Tied Up and Twisted/Cuffing Kate/Under His Hand/What She Needs/For Your Pleasure/Tie Me Up
Lauren Hawkeye
Romance / Paranormal / Contemporary
Like Alice down the rabbit hole, seven women follow romance and desire beyond all limits...and discover a world they never imagined...Ellis' dream of a relaxing villa escape is shattered when she spies best friend Sasha in a compromising position. After being invited to join the other guests' intense games...Ellis musters up the courage.Hadley has changed since breaking up with her ex, Guy. She used to be Dom to his sub, but she's been fantasising about having someone control her for once. When Guy invites her to his studio, she finds the perfect candidate...When Kate's roommate ditches Jules for asking her to do something 'kinky', Kate's eager to know what he wants and to try and convince him that she's his perfect bed mate...Tess's Navy SEAL boyfriend, Drew, returned from his latest mission changed — filled with raw need and the desire to possess her...at whatever the cost.A nameless woman met a stranger in a...
Pleasure's Spear
Shannon Cook
Young Mandy tries her hardest to hide her sexuality from her homophobic father, Lee. One day, Lee finds out about the secret his daughter Mandy had been hiding from him and he is not happy with her! Lee does everything in his power to try to make his daughter Mandy straight. Mandy does everything in her power to try and fight off her father's attempts to make her who she is not! WIll Mandy stay true to herself? Or will she give into her father's fear? Will Lee ever come to accept his daughter for who she truly is? Or will he hate her for the rest of his life?
Return to Pleasure Island
Cory Doctorow
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Nonfiction
Return to Pleasure Island By Cory Doctorow
The Science of Pleasure
Jacquelyn Frank
Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Comics & Graphic Novels
In the Name of Science
Dr. Jenesis DeBruehl once hoped that her scientific research would have positive ramifications for humanity, only to have her work twisted by the evil Dr. Eric Paulson and used to torture innocents.
Seven years later she finally has her own lab again, despite her checkered past. Kincaid “Kin” Gregory is a Morphate, one of the people mutated by Paulson. Now running the lab that Jenesis is joining, Kin is surprised by the lust he feels for the human woman. While Jenesis struggles with her guilt over the role she played in Kincaid’s mutation, he encourages her to use him as her personal test subject. No limitations. With Kin’s body all hers, Jenesis is about to make a whole new kind of discovery . . .
Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit
K. J. Parker
In K.J. Parker's Tor.com Original, "Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit," a talented bookbinder is tasked with creating a copy of a text so inflammatory it threatens to alter the very existence of Truth itself.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Southern Seduction ; Pleasure in His Arms
Carolyn Hector
Contemporary / Romance
SOUTHERN SEDUCTIONBefore he takes over as president of Southern Style Glitz Beauty Pageants, Caden Archibald needs to refresh the company image. The PR job can eventually build Maggie Swayne's media profile, though it means working for the commitmentphobe who walked out on her years before. When their history threatens the company's reputation, Caden declares that they're engaged. The fake proposal might save his career...but will the consummate bachelor finally lose his heart?PLEASURE IN HIS ARMSThe video about her one-night stand with Hamptons bad boy Chase Crawford could make YouTube sensation Demi Harris an even bigger social media star. The catch? The beauty-and-lifestyle expert must pretend they're a couple to promote Chase's new dating app. But business becomes pleasure when desire reignites. Will past heartbreak and an ex with an agenda shatter their dreams of a real-life love affair?
At the Pleasure of the President
Part #9 of "The Perfect Gentleman" series by Shayla Black
Romance / Contemporary / Suspense
The thrilling conclusion of the twisting, page-turning Perfect Gentlemen series... Decades ago, ambitious Zack Hayes set his sights on the White House. He's worked his whole life to become the leader of the free world—attending the right schools, marrying the perfect bride—all to aid his campaign. He didn't realize someone behind the scenes has been pulling the strings to manipulate Zack and the country he loves into a dangerous position—one he will risk his life to wrench free from. The one thing he can't risk is Elizabeth Matthews. From the moment she met Zack Hayes, Liz felt the connection. Serving as his campaign manager and then his press secretary, she accepted that her love for him would remain unrequited. Still, she'd thought they were friends, so when he pushed her aside, she felt the stab in her heart. And when she realizes he's done it to protect her, nothing will stop Liz from standing by his side—not even...
Home Coming
Part #1 of "Pain and Pleasure" series by Elizabeth Noble
By day, Ian Groden runs a business. People answer to him, he’s in charge. However, Ian has a secret, dark side and he isn’t really in charge of anything. His life, his body, and mind are not his own, but belong to Taren Murdock, the man who is Ian’s husband and, more importantly, Master. Ian's only purpose is serving his Master’s every desire. The more Ian’s servitude hurts, the better it is.
Pleasure of Losing
Saadat Hasan Manto
People take pleasure in winning. But it was losing that gave him a greater thrill, especially when it came in the wake of winning.' Bombay has always been a land of opportunities—to earn money, fame and whatever else one desires. And while Seth knows how to grab each opportunity, he has always revelled in the pleasure of losing it all. In fact, he would seize opportunities only for the pleasure of squandering all that he earned. Strange as it was, it was a pattern that he was happily living by. Until one day, on his way to his favourite gambling den, he meets Gangu Bai, an old prostitute. Striking unusual deals was his habit but who would have known that a harmless little deal with Gangu Bai would prove to be the biggest decision he ever took. Manto's speciality lies in his characters that defy the norm in almost every way possible. Pleasure in Losing is an example of precisely this.
Pleasure Unbound
Larissa Ione
Romance / Fiction / Paranormal
In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life . . .
She's a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure-but fears it will always be denied her. Until Tayla Mancuso lands in a hospital run by demons in disguise, and the head doctor, Eidolon, makes her body burn with unslakable desire. But to prove her ultimate loyalty to her peers, she must betray the surgeon who saved her life.
Two lovers will dare to risk all.
Eidolon cannot resist this fiery, dangerous woman who fills him with both rage and passion. Not only is she his avowed enemy, but she could very well be the hunter who has been preying upon his people. Torn between his need for the truth and his quest to find his perfect mate before a horrific transformation claims him forever, Eidolon will dare the unthinkable-and let Tayla possess him, body and soul . . .
Pleasure After Hours
Altonya Washington
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
Working for powerhouse shipping owner Mataeo North is a dream job for Temple Grahame. The jet-setting bachelor depends on her for everything. But there's just one thing: he has no idea that Temple's been in love with him since college. Or so she thinks...until the night her studly boss takes her in his arms and uncovers her passionate secret.Mataeo doesn't make a move without consulting the savvy South Carolina beauty. Now, on the verge of closing a major deal, he needs Temple more than ever. And not just as his right-hand woman and best friend. What will it take to convince this sensual, independent woman that once they've crossed the line from friends to lovers, there's no turning back?
Pleasure Hive of the Breeders
Part #15 of "Princess to Pleasure Slave Chronicles" series by Amanda Clover
Adult Fiction / Erotica
At the CEO's Pleasure
Yahrah St. John
"What do you want from me?""I want you back."He'd broken his "no office affair" policy once and lost his best assistant. Now rich businessman Ayden Stewart needs Maya Richardson back...at any price. Taking the job, Maya tells herself the years apart have cooled their chemistry. So why are they breaking rule number one again...and again? Ayden makes her want what she can never have—real love. Will it be different this time?
Penelope’s Pleasure (A Gentleman’s Guide To Understanding Women Book 1)
Part #1 of "A Gentleman’s Guide to Understanding Women" series by Deborah Villegas
Penelope St. James’ only failure is that she does not have the necessary equipment to enter the hallowed halls of White’s. After losing a friendly wager with the infamous Lord Westfield, Duke of Burwick, she finds herself out maneuvered and engaged—by his own admission—to compromising her with a mere kiss. To make matters worse, the St. James family refuses to allow the bans to be read until after she has enjoyed her first season—or until after he has fully compromised her. Now, she just needs to stop thinking about her pseudo-fiancé, figure out how to walk in a dress, and locate her balls. Gads!
Wicked Pleasure
Taryn Leigh Taylor
She thought she was immune to a deliciously sexy playboy's charm. But this one lives up to every inch of his wicked reputation! Book three in Taryn Leigh Taylor's The Business of Pleasure series.AJ should definitely not be here. Breaking into enemy territory—especially a billionaire tech playboy's home—is foolish...and just the sort of thing hacker AJ lives for. To get the dirt on Liam Kearney, she poses as a guest at one of his lavish, decadent parties. Nothing prepared AJ for a man this gorgeous, this charming and whose devilish eyes promise oh-so-much trouble.A hot fling with her sexy enemy was never part of AJ's master plan...nor is this insatiable craving for more.This isn't just a game anymore. As the stakes get higher, so, too, does the white-hot attraction sizzling between AJ and Liam. Loyalties, reputations, careers are all on the line. But AJ is a survivor. She's always known how to walk that dangerous line and not get burned....
A Night for Her Pleasure
TERRI BRISBIN
Romance / Paranormal / Fantasy
Brittany, 1066Elise saved her family from ruin by marrying Simon, Count of Rennes. Yet this is no mere marriage of convenience—Elise has already fallen in love with her new husband. Intending to please him, Elise sets out to be the bold and seductive woman she thinks Simon desires—even though she's an inexperienced, innocent virgin.On this their wedding day, Simon is determined to skillfully arouse his new wife and initiate her into the pleasures of the bedchamber, although he fears a woman so feminine and delicate could never love a nobleman as rough as he. Once their wedding night arrives, Simon and Elise will both discover ecstasy beyond their wildest imaginings....
Pride and Pleasure
Sylvia Day
Romance / Fantasy / Historical Fiction
Wealth has its dangers...
There are disadvantages to being an heiress, as Eliza Martin knows well. Fortune hunters flock to her, acquaintances lie and pander, and lately, someone is engineering "accidents" to propel her to the altar. But Eliza will not be bullied, and she will get to the bottom of this plot. All she needs is a man to infiltrate her assemblage of suitors and find the culprit. Someone not easily noticed; a proficient dancer, quiet, and even-tempered.
...so do certain men
Thief-taker Jasper Bond is entirely too large, too handsome, and too dangerous. Who would believe that an intellectual like Eliza would be seduced by a man of action? But the combination of her stubbornness and the mystery makes the case one Jasper can't resist. Client satisfaction is a point of pride and it's his pleasure to prove he's just the man she needs after all...
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