Clive Barker's iconic masterpiece The Hellbound Heart, the novella adapted into the film Hellraiser, unleashed a new mythology of horror, brilliantly conceived and born of the darkest imagination. Now, enter this visionary world -- the merciless realm of the demonic Cenobites -- in this collection of stories inspired by The Hellbound Heart. Featured here is the graphic work "Wordsworth," from bestselling author Neil Gaiman and artist Dave McKean, who unlock an explicit way to violate innocence -- one torturous puzzle at a time.... New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong logs on to a disturbing website for gamers, where the challenge is agonizing, and the solution beyond painful. When his father disappears, an Oxford student returns to his family's mansion, where a strange mechanism in the cellar holds a curious power, in a haunting illustrated work by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola. Views: 61
An authoritative study of New Orleans's distinctive vernacular architecture that makes a compelling case for preserving and rebuilding these cultural treasures. Views: 61
The bigger they are, the harder they fallin love. Rough Riders, Book 7 Soldier Cameron McKay has found his niche, and it ain t ropin steers and wearin spurs. His deputy sheriff job, plus battle injuries that ended his military career, keep him right where he wants to be: Off the ranch and away from his family s pity. His darkest war memories are on lockdown, leaving him skeptical he ll ever find a woman who wants a man who s less than whole. Domini Katzinski has had to control every aspect of her life since age eleven, when she was orphaned in the Ukraine. Watching others relationships crumble has convinced her to focus on the short-term and find a take-charge man to whom she can relinquish total sexual control. Cam fits the bill: gorgeous, with a brooding vulnerability no one else seems to see. Plus, he has his own handcuffs. Once Cam gets over his surprise that sweet, shy Domini wants to be dominated, he is back to issuing orders. Their passion is as hot as a rocket-propelled grenadeand if Domini has her way, it s a one-shot deal. Cam wants more, and launches a full-out sensual assault until tragedy strikes, forcing him to change tactics as he tries to keep past demons from blowing their future together all to hell Warning: this book contains down and dirty games of good cop/bad cop, salty language, sweet n hot lovin , menage a trois, and hooah! a hero packin serious heat. Views: 61
BDSM Erotica. After a routine trans-Atlantic flight to Vienna, the young and pretty Shelby Ryan is suddenly arrested in customs and hauled off for a humiliating interrogation and strip-search. Although Shelby knows nothing about the mysterious package the guards find in her bag, the unidentified disk is enough to have her sent to a detention center in Eastern Europe. For the trip, she's forced into a cruel crotch piece fitted with electrically charged dildos, the devices intended to ensure that Shelby behaves herself en route. At the detention facility there is more interrogation from Col. Jessup, an American intelligence specialist. This sadist's job is to break females with any means of torture, as long as the merchandize is not permanently damaged. Shelby faces a nightmare from which there is no escape. She's beaten, pierced and is gangbanged by ruthless guards. When alone in her cell, she is kept in a drugged stupor, during which her mind meanders back ten years before, when just nineteen, her domineering employer turned her into his sex slave. Her world revolved around the controlling sadist, and now those masochistic desires he unearthed have flamed in her again, as she's forced back into a world of submission she once fled. Although as Jessup continues the torture, she remembers all too well the decadent pleasures to be derived from such abuse. Shelby is later moved from the detention center to Madame Pavlenco's high-class brothel, where her fate will ultimately be determined. Although she longs for rescue and the strong arms of her boyfriend, the Irish carpenter Padraig Finnian, she fears that she'll continue to be just a sexual puppet, dancing on another man's strings. Unexpected turns around every corner highlight this fast-paced and thrilling S&M novel. Graphic sexual content. Views: 61
V has won millions from her divorce settlement with Rodger. Now she and her young son are set for the future. But after 10 years of marriage, V is single again. Is she ready to enter the world of dating? Views: 61
Despite Rives and Skye's attempt to destroy Nil, the island remains. And back in this world, Nil won't let Skye go. Haunted by a darkness she can't ignore, Skye wrestles with Nil nightmares that worsen by the day and threaten to tear her apart. As the island grows in power, Skye fights to keep her mind intact. Soon Skye realizes that to break free of Nil, she must end Nil's vicious cycle once and for all—and she can't do it alone.Who are Nil's new arrivals? Who will return to the island? And who will survive in the end? In this thrilling final installment of the Nil series, the stakes have never been higher.Losing isn't an option, but winning will cost Skye everything. Views: 61
Caliban, born to a great sorceress, grew up on an island. Having escaped to live amongst kingdoms and courtiers, he now finds himself returning with his young charge Chiara, a girl who has a power within her that no one suspected. This magical adventure takes over where Shakespeare's The Tempest left off, picking up the tale of politics, thwarted love, and the struggle for power between humans and the magical world. Views: 61
"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?" Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice What would happen if Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was set in the twenty-first century? When Mrs Bennet inherits enough money to move to the kind of village she has always dreamed of, her daughters find themselves swept up in a glamourous life of partying and countryside pursuits. But Lizzie and her sisters soon discover that, beneath the very smart surface, lurks a web of intrigue and rivalries. Views: 61
