'She would never be married...But she remembered the cravings of her body for this man... She felt them still as he touched her, awakening within her feelings that she must forever suppress if she were to be in control of her life. Should she submit to this one weakness, this one night? One night in which to indulge herself, to explore herself, before closing down that side of her forever...'It is the year 1213 and Lady Angelique Gresham is a wealthy widow who is determined to remain free of the cruelty and control of marriage. Angelique has arranged to buy her freedom from the King and is awaiting his envoy to pay the last installment when her first and only love returns, wanting to marry her.Sir Guy, a noble but impoverished knight, wants three things: land, peace and Angelique. But it's Angelique he wants the most. She refuses to marry him but he tempts her with a night of passion in which she can realize her fantasies for the first and last time before she leaves for a remote northern castle. But is one night enough for Angelique to find the strength to trust not only Guy, but her own heart?Passion, hot enough to scorch the icy flints of a medieval castle, contained within.Awakening his Lady was previously published as Awakening, book 3 in the Gresham Chronicles.

After her father's death, Lady Rowena Gresham wants nothing more than to be left alone to run her estates and live a life free from the destructive passion that had ruined her mother's life. But the year is 1207 and her father bequeaths the estates to a distant relative.Sir Saher de Bohun fought alongside her father for the King and has been rewarded with the wealthy Gresham estates, and the feisty Lady Rowena. But he will not take her by force and is determined to woo her into his bed.But will Saher's courtship be enough to allay her fears, enough to stop her from putting into action a plan, the discovery of which would incur both his displeasure and the King's wrath?Passion, hot enough to melt the heart of the iciest maiden, contained within.Claiming his Lady was previously published as 'Claiming', book 1 in the Gresham Chronicles.

Two men have walked in to Monica Evans’ life, and it isn’t ever going to be the same. Owen Clifford and his lover, Alec Stroud, are investigating fraud at Monica’s place of work, a luxurious London hotel. From the moment they meet, the chemistry between the three of them is off the scale. But Monica has a secret, and it isn’t anything to do with fraud. Like her sisters, Monica is a psychic. In Monica’s case the gift is psychometry—when she touches objects or people she can experience their sexual history. Can she ever truly share that with a lover, let alone two bisexual lovers? Something about Owen and Alec captures her though, literally. Willingly bound and seduced, Monica opens up to them, physically, emotionally, and psychically. Owen and Alec have been looking for their third, and they believe Monica might be the one to complete their lives. But Monica’s secret isn’t the only barrier these two have to break down in order to win their woman. Fraud, duplicity, and mysterious threats add to their complications. For Owen and Alec, the challenges are stacking up and the race is on.About the AuthorAward winning British author Saskia Walker first dreamed of writing her own stories when she discovered a handful of romance novels stashed away in her school library. An avid reader, she lapped up the fun, the adventures, and the life-affirming emotion of these stories, but always felt dismay when the bedroom door closed the reader out. She vowed that if she ever had the chance to pursue her dream, all the passion would be right there on the page. Saskia finally began writing seriously in the late 1990s. By that time she'd traveled the world, got herself a BA in Art History, a Masters in Literature and the Visual Arts, and she'd worked in all manner of diverse careers—but the stories in her head simply had to be written. Her first erotic short story was signed in '97 and since then she has had several single title novel and novella publications, and her work has appeared in over fifty anthologies including Best Women’s Erotica, The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, and the Black lace Wicked Words series. She writes across genres, but always with the passion right there on the page! Her novel, DOUBLE DARE, received the Passionate Plume award for the Best Contemporary Erotic Romance of 2006. Saskia lives in the north of England—close to the beautiful, windswept landscape of the Yorkshire moors—with her real life hero, Mark. Mark supports her work through all its ups and downs, and somehow manages to keep her sane and grounded when fiction threatens to take over.

Brand New from Saskia Sarginson'Please, I need your help. You're the only person I can turn to. The only person who can pretend to be me...'When Alice gets a desperate message from her estranged identical twin sister Cecily, she can't help herself. She has to say yes. Pushing down the memories of the terrible childhood that ultimately tore them apart, she arrives at her sister's house.Cecily has left instructions: how to work the oven, what to cook for supper, what to say to her husband.She says she'll only be gone a week. She just needs to contact a lawyer, sort her head out, and work out how to get away from her marriage safely.Alice barely knows why she's agreed. But as she puts the key in the door, she wonders if – in coming to help her sister – she might be putting herself in the most terrible danger.Because when Cecily stops replying to messages, and the words 'die, die, die'...

Faye Evans is a woman on a mission. Both her older sisters have had ménage à trois relationships and now Faye too harbours a desire to sample the pleasures of two men, if only for a single wild weekend. The opportunity arises when architect Garth Connor calls her in to investigate the ghostly presence in his business premises. Both Garth and his business partner, Jai Nilson, are gorgeous hunks, and Faye can't help being attracted to them. Garth and Jai are friends and colleagues but their relationship is competitive. When the mischievous ghost medium walks into their life and shows interests in them both, the edge between them sharpens. While Jai often walks on the wild side, Garth has never shared a woman before, but his desire for Faye makes him rise to the challenge. Especially when Jai quickly picks up on Faye's secret wishes and pushes things along, orchestrating their interactions until the simmering eroticism between them demands hardcore action. But Faye's fling isn't as straightforward as she'd anticipated. She soon worries that she's endangered Garth and Jai's friendship by getting involved, and even more so when the shadow of a secret, long held grudge between the two men falls over their threesome and their growing affection. To top it all, dealing with the resident ghost only adds to the emotional entanglement, making Faye feel she wants to end it and run. But are Garth and Jai about to let her get away?About the AuthorAward winning British author Saskia Walker first dreamed of writing her own stories when she discovered a handful of romance novels stashed away in her school library. An avid reader, she lapped up the fun, the adventures, and the life-affirming emotion of these stories, but always felt dismay when the bedroom door closed the reader out. She vowed that if she ever had the chance to pursue her dream, all the passion would be right there on the page. Saskia finally began writing seriously in the late 1990s. By that time she'd traveled the world, got herself a BA in Art History, a Masters in Literature and the Visual Arts, and she'd worked in all manner of diverse careers—but the stories in her head simply had to be written. Her first erotic short story was signed in '97 and since then she has had several single title novel and novella publications, and her work has appeared in over fifty anthologies including Best Women’s Erotica, The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, and the Black lace Wicked Words series. She writes across genres, but always with the passion right there on the page! Her novel, DOUBLE DARE, received the Passionate Plume award for the Best Contemporary Erotic Romance of 2006. Saskia lives in the north of England—close to the beautiful, windswept landscape of the Yorkshire moors—with her real life hero, Mark. Mark supports her work through all its ups and downs, and somehow manages to keep her sane and grounded when fiction threatens to take over.

Sometimes, the truth lies in fictionIt's hard to be an American girl in 1957. Especially when your dad's job means you have to move four thousand miles from home. Especially if you'd rather play baseball than wear a dress. Especially if you see your mom fraying a little more from anxiety each day. And especially if being five minutes older means you have to protect your fragile twin brother.Still, Hedy Delaney loves her family, and she's trying to make the best of her new life on a U.S. airbase in England. After all, her dad's a war hero, her mother's a beauty, and her brother's a brainiac who writes moving stories about space travel. Then one tragic day, the unforeseen occurs and all three are ripped away, leaving Hedy alone with countless questions. What really happened on the airbase? What went on behind military closed doors? What were the secrets that could never be told? And how could any of it have led to her family's destruction?In her...

You've survived cancer - now what? This book is your spiritual companion on your post-cancer journey.This unique and empowering companion looks beyond surviving cancer treatment to help you begin to heal spiritually and emotionally, and embrace your new future.The Cancer Misfit is a book to help survivors navigate life after treatment. It is a life raft to carry and support when doctors, friends and family have gone 'back to normal' and assumed the survivor can do the same. It is a declaration that your best life and most beautiful self was not the person you were before the diagnosis, but the person you are today; that you have become even more powerful because of the hell you went through, and that the greatest chapter of your life is yet to come.After the initial diagnosis, the focus is wholly on cancer. Then the treatment stops and some survivors struggle to move on, feeling like they've been left in limbo; stuck in a no man's land between who...

Enter a world of magic, desire, and danger. Introducing Raven's Landing, a sleepy Cornish harbour town, a sanctuary where witches have lived in harmony for centuries—until now. Under the watchful eye of the local witches, Sunny Chambers is about to discover her magic. Sunny Chambers loves the thatched cottage she inherited from her Grandma on the rugged Cornish coast. The only thing that would make it even better is if the man of her dreams was real. Sunny's about to discover she has the magical power to travel through time and actually meet the mystery man who walks through her dreams, save him from a fate worse than death, and a whole lot more besides. Two centuries earlier, Cullen Thaine is due to leave on a hell-bound vessel—his soul promised to the Lord of the Underworld—when Sunny finds herself in his arms, with the power to rescue him from a dark and powerful witch. She has to...

For Patrice Reynaud, danger is the ultimate aphrodisiac. So when she rescues stranded investigative reporter Benjamin O'Neil, she insists upon helping him get his story. Patrice has always had the hots for Ben when she's watched him on TV, but seeing him in action...in the flesh...turns the temperature on her ardor way, way up.For Ben, danger is his business, and he's always been up for anything to get a good story. But his deliciously sexy rescuer gives a whole new definition to "up for anything"...and Patrice just may turn out to be Ben's ultimate adventure.Thrill to Book 2 in Saskia Walker's sizzling erotic series, Loving on the Edge, about the hard-working, hard-loving O'Neil brothers.

Echo is a failing actress who prefers to lose herself in the lives of others rather than examine her own. When her father disappears in a seaside misstep, she and her mother are left grief-stricken, unsure of how to piece back together their family that, it turns out, had never been whole. But then Orly – a dominatrix – moves in across the street. And through her, Echo begins to find the pieces that will allow her to carry on. Set among the bright colours and harshly glittering lights of Los Angeles, this is a love story about people addled with dreams and expectations who turn to the erotic for answers.

When corporate executive, Tomas Flint, challenges his solicitor Alexa Wainscott to a back-to-nature sexual interlude, she envisages a hot tryst in the long grass. She's always been intrigued by Tomas, and agrees to his challenge.But Tomas has hidden depths, and Alexa soon learns that he means to set her free in the wild, then track and hunt her down in the forest, capturing her, introducing her to the untamed sexual persona that exists inside them both.Reader Advisory: This book has hot and steamy bondage, domination, chase and capture.

North Norfolk, England, 1208. All Lady Melisende Gresham wants is to become a nun at Blakesmere Priory. It's the only real home she's ever known and the only place where she can practise medicine and study. But it's been a year and her aunt, the Abbess, still insists Melisende isn't ready to take her vows.Sir Galien de Forester has spent his life avenging the death of his family. Now, with the blood of his father's killer on his hands, he arrives, wounded, at Blakesmere Priory needing help to recover, and escape the King's retribution.Melisende and Galien are as different as light is to dark and they both want very difference things from life. Yet, despite that, they are irresistibly drawn to each other. But is that attraction strong enough to allow them to forsake their long-held hopes and dreams?Passion, hot enough to banish the shadows of grief from the most vengeful knight, contained within.Seducing his Lady was previously published as 'Seducing', book 2 in the Gresham Chronicles.

A warrior without a heart, a lady without a name, forced into a marriage which will ruin them all.England, 1204...With his heart turned to stone after years of fighting, Rufus de Vere has returned from the Crusades to protect his family by marrying the daughter of their enemy. But, instead, the King forces Rufus to marry a Romani nobody knowing it will ruin his family. Everyone agrees the marriage has to be annulled and that the Romani, Kezia, must desert Rufus to secure the de Vere family’s future.What begins as a simple plan becomes more complicated when Rufus and Kezia find they cannot resist each other and Kezia discovers a home in the flat Norfolk lands that she’s always wanted. Kezia might not have a name but her forest ways soon make her invaluable as the Rufus prepares to fight for his family’s lands.But when tragedy strikes at the heart of the de Vere family, Kezia has to decide whether she loves Rufus enough to leave him…

Book three of the award-winning and bestselling Saskia Brandt series. Includes a preview of the next Saskia Brandt book, Looking Glass.First three books now available in The Saskia Brandt Series Omnibus EditionIt is the night of September 5th, 1907, and the Moscow train is approaching St Petersburg. Traveling first class appears to be a young Russian princess and her fiancé. They are impostors. In the luggage carriage are the spoils of the Yerevan Square Expropriation, the greatest bank heist in history. The money is intended for Finland, and the hands of a man known to the Tsarist authorities as The Mountain Eagle--Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.Amazon Reviews'It is easy to see the ongoing maturing of Hocking's writing skills. ...Recommended.''It is a cracking, hard to-put-down read with nice unpredictable plot twists. ...Mr. Hocking's work has always been good and I honestly cannot wait for the next 'Saskia'.''Very much looking forward to the next book in the series.''The writing is superb, and the plot is brilliant.''I read and thoroughly enjoyed the book.''These books have terrific characters and a strong narrative and for me lots of questions about the nature of personality and what it is to be human. I would recommend this series to anyone who doesn't mind putting a bit of thought into their reading...and i cant wait for the next outing for Saskia Brandt!''I couldn't put it down until the end, leaving me panting for more.'Review'I had a hard time putting it down. ... I would recommend this book for anyone looking for a consuming, techno-induced tale of adventure, terrorism, counter-espionage and the human condition..' -- Bookend Chronicles

In 1947 a Santiago-bound plane crashes into the Andes minutes after confirming its landing time. In 2003 a passenger plane nosedives into the Bavarian National Forest during a routine flight. Although separated by more than 50 years, these tragedies are linked by seven letters: S, T, E, N, D, E, C. On board Flight DFU323 in 2003 is Saskia Brandt—a woman who holds the answers to the many puzzles of the two flights and who knows she must survive in order to prevent a catastrophic chain of events stretching well into the future. But Saskia is not the only one to know this. She is being followed and her life is in danger—inside and outside of the plane. Filled with twists and turns as it trips skilfully through time, Flashback is a gripping technothriller that reaches more than fifty years into our past—and one hundred years into our future—to solve the enigmas of the doomed Star Dust and Flight DFU323. But is it enough to solve the enigma that is Saskia Brandt?

1984 - Suffolk, England. When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone presumes that she drowned. Her parents' relationship is falling apart, undermined by guilt and grief. But her younger sister, Faith, refuses to consider a life without Eva; she's determined to find her sister and bring her home alive. Close to the shore looms the shape of an island — out of bounds, mysterious, and dotted with windowless concrete huts. What nobody knows is that inside one of the huts Eva is being held captive. That she is fighting to survive — and return home...

They were inseparable until an innocent mistake tore them apart.Growing up, Viola and Issy clung to each other in the wake of their mother's eccentricity, as she dragged them from a commune to a tiny Welsh village. They thought the three of them would be together forever.But an innocent mistake one summer set them on drastically different paths. Now in their twenties, Issy is trying to hold together a life as a magazine art director, while Viola is slowly destroying herself, consumed with guilt over the events they unknowingly set into motion as children.When it seems that Viola might never recover, Issy returns to the town they haven't seen in a decade, to face her own demons and see what answers, if any, she can find.

Four tales of love, lust, and destiny, set in fantasy worlds. Heart of the Daedalus: A steampunk erotic romance. The Tender Trap: A dark and sensual green man tale. The True Folly of Icarus: An erotic re-imagining of Icarus's fatal flight. Where The Heart Is: A gothic horror erotic romance. Explicit adult content. Around 16,000 words in total.

He was a confident man, subtly commanding, too. Would he be like that as a lover? Yes, I just knew he'd be masterful.Jennifer hoped she'd meet someone during her six-month stay in Paris, but she didn't expect to find a captivating man like her neighbor Armand Lazare on her very first day. From their initial encounter in their building's antique elevator, he makes her feel wanton, excited and unexpectedly aroused by the way he takes control. But as much as this new desire unnerves Jennifer, she's even more eager to explore it—with Armand as her master....

Fantasy/Erotica. 71889 words long. First published in 2007, 2007

Three scintillating short stories where couples explore the kinky side of their sex life: RUNNING WILD WINNER TAKES ALL MASTERING MEG Erotica. Total word count: 37,000. Please note: This book contains sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive by some readers. These three stories have been previously published as individual ebooks.

Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her reclusive great-aunt Alessandra, who lives on the Scottish coast. It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea - and to forget, if only for a few weeks, the boring career her parents have mapped out for her. Swept immediately into the rhythm of life in a fishing community, Saskia slowly begins to realize how little she really knows about her roots. Somehow, she needs to understand the past if she is to find the direction she needs for her future - a future that may or may not include her new friend Ben. Just as the sea gives up its bounty, so too her great-aunt must reveal the secrets of the past - the terrible toll of lives lost, and the very personal tragedy that left Alessandra herself so isolated. Only then can Saskia break free...

THE DEAL the third and final part of the TRADING HEARTS series: Lucas Eaglestone wants Naomi Kildare more than anything and would pull the stars from the sky for her if she would agree to accept them. He vows to win her, but first he has to make some big changes to prove to her that their Dom/sub symbiosis is precious and worth fighting for. **

Watching Lois Perform After a tough board meeting, Jack tells Lois he knows exactly what she needs. She's an independent woman and tries to resist, but Jack's masterful ways soon take Lois into a new world of sexual discovery—at his command. Richard's Secret A committed couple are offered an eager and willing sex slave for one night only. Will their kinky time with him change things between them, or make them stronger? Sign Your Name Molly has a secret fetish, she likes to be written on. Afraid that her new lover will think her weird she reveals her secret, and finds herself written into ecstasy by a man who likes to be in charge. The Inner Vixen A submissive man senses the heroine's urge to dominate and offers himself to her. Discovering her inner vixen, she becomes a whip-wielding dominatrix with her new lover as her willing sub. The Woman in His Room Karen fantasises about Luke, the lodger, only to come home one night and discover she's invited to join in the party...

Scotland, 1715 Duggan Moore has always stirred maidservant Morag's womanly desires. Even though Duggan is in a clandestine relationship with James Grant, he wants Morag as well—and James doesn't want to deny him any pleasure. Soon, all three are exploring their mutual passion...together. But officials have come to town to hunt an accused witch...putting the threesome at risk. Can they find a way to keep their private arrangement safe?

"Saskia de Coster's We and Me is a great dark beauty, and simultaneously, a true original and a reminder of why that endangered species, the novel, remains essential: no other narrative form is so expansive, so complex, so human, and so true." —Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours"We and Me is a novel that will haunt me for a long time. Excellent and unforgettable." —Herman Koch, author of The DinnerIn this spellbinding novel, which has been compared to the work of Jonathan Franzen, Dave Eggers, and Jeffrey Eugenides, Saskia de Coster provides a uniquely European take on the tradition of "The Great American Novel." With the family unit and some of life's most pressing questions at its center, the award-winning We and Me paints a captivatingly haunting picture of bourgeois family life.Written from several different perspectives, We and Me covers the...

Product DescriptionWhich sexual fantasy is your ultimate turn-on?How is Anya Reid supposed to control her lust for her sexy coworker Warren McClure when he asks questions like that on their very first date? She has wanted Warren and to be more adventurous in bed for a long time, but she never expected him to be so director to correctly guess that a ménage is her secret desire. Soon Warren isn’t just talking about Anya’s fantasies—he’s making them come true. But does he want a true relationship, or is he only interested in their erotic games?

Book three of the award-winning and bestselling Saskia Brandt series. Includes a preview of the next Saskia Brandt book, Looking Glass . First three books now available in The Saskia Brandt Series Omnibus Edition It is the night of September 5th, 1907, and the Moscow train is approaching St Petersburg. Traveling first class appears to be a young Russian princess and her fiancé. They are impostors. In the luggage carriage are the spoils of the Yerevan Square Expropriation, the greatest bank heist in history. The money is intended for Finland, and the hands of a man known to the Tsarist authorities as The Mountain Eagle—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Amazon Reviews ‘It is easy to see the ongoing maturing of Hocking’s writing skills. …Recommended.’ ‘It is a cracking, hard to-put-down read with nice unpredictable plot twists. …Mr. Hocking’s work has always been good and I honestly cannot wait for the next ‘Saskia’.’ ‘Very much looking forward to the next book in the series.’ ‘The writing is superb, and the plot is brilliant.’ ‘I read and thoroughly enjoyed the book.’ ‘These books have terrific characters and a strong narrative and for me lots of questions about the nature of personality and what it is to be human. I would recommend this series to anyone who doesn’t mind putting a bit of thought into their reading… and i cant wait for the next outing for Saskia Brandt!’ ‘I couldn’t put it down until the end, leaving me panting for more.’ Review FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem

Once ignited, a witch's carnal curiosity knows no bounds On the run from her powerful benefactor whose unscrupulous interest in her magic has forced her to flee, Margaret Taskill has never needed a hero more. So in order to gain passage from England to her homeland in Scotland, she plans to win over a rugged sea captain with the only currency she has: her virginity. Maisie submits to Captain Roderick Cameron's raw sexuality in search of protection, their initial attraction growing into unbridled desire and unleashing devastating powers within her. But the journey threatens to take a dangerous turn, forcing Maisie to keep close the secret truth about what she is, and keep the superstitious crew - unhappy at having a woman on board - at bay. With Maisie's wealthy sponsor giving chase, Roderick must stay one step ahead of the British Navy before Maisie's seductive magic causes a full-scale mutiny. He may believe he has full command of his ship, but he's about to get much more than he bargained for.

It is 2023. Scientist David Proctor is running for his life. On his trail is Saskia Brandt, a detective with the European FIB. She has questions. Questions about a bomb that exploded back in 2003. But someone is hunting her too. The clues are in the shattered memories of her previous life. Déjà Vu takes the reader on a startling journey through a possible future, though digital minds, and through the consequences of the choices we make. It is the debut novel by Ian Hocking. Literary awards: Red Adept Indie Awards winner for Science Fiction (2011)

Fantasy/Erotica. 49821 words long. First published in 2007, 2007

A legendary family estate. A mutual longing. A bargain struck. Carmen Shelby wants what's been left to her—the valuable estate that she once called home. Rex Carruthers is the heir to Burlington Manor, a ruthless playboy who enjoys playing games, and all he wants is for Carmen to surrender. There can be only one winner….

High-powered executive Imogen prides herself on being an independent woman who doesn't need a man. She only yields when she's with Giles, a younger colleague who shares her taste for domination and submission. He revels in watching her lose control, while she enjoys his powerful nature and an edge of pain to heighten her pleasure. Imogen is satisfied with their secret arrangement until Giles asks her try shibari, a form of rope bondage--the ultimate ritual in submission and display of trust. His request pushes Imogen beyond her comfort zone, forcing her to explore her boundaries and her relationship with Giles. He's already her master in the bedroom, when she allows it. But can she let herself take their bond to the next level?

His powers could save her from ruin, or guide her swiftly to it. Lennox Taskill is a dissolute rogue, a powerful witch who some say even trades his enchantments for profit when it pleases him. His only loyalty is to his coven, his disdain for humanity sealed by the searing memory of his mother burning at the stake. So when the wife of a wealthy landlord comes seeking his help, the beguiling Chloris Keavey unwittingly presents Lennox with his greatest opportunity for distraction…and retribution. By failing to produce an heir, Chloris faces a terrible threat: being turned out by her heartless husband. Now, she vows to get with child, even if it means surrendering her body - and soul - to Lennox's seductive magic. But with a witch hunt brewing, Lennox and Chloris are soon risking everything for their forbidden nights of ecstasy…and to protect the secret that could cost them their lives.