When Caton’s sleazy boss offers her a position as his wife’s personal assistant, she accepts the job with reservations, certain Jack Halston has ulterior motives.After meeting Jack’s wife Amelia, though, it’s Caton’s motivations that begin to unravel. As vicious as she is beautiful, Amelia threatens Caton’s position and her sense of decorum.As the attraction between the two women spirals into a torrid affair, Caton is drawn deeper into Jack and Amelia’s world of privilege and prestige, where everything is at stake and nothing is what it seems.Behind the Green Curtain is a gritty erotic romance with numerous descriptive sex scenes.Approx. Word Count: 117,000 Views: 18
How long is the shadow of a battle, an explosion, a revolution? What stories arise in the wake of devastation? This issue explores the complicated aftermath and legacy of conflict. Lindsey Hilsum returns to Rwanda two decades after witnessing the beginning of genocide. Patrick French writes of a great-uncle whose heroism in World War I left behind a 'saturating cult of remembrance'. From air-raid drills in Paul Auster's America to a calf with a broken foot in Herta Müller's Rumania, this is how we live after the war. With new writing by Aminatta Forna, Romesh Gunesekera, A.L. Kennedy, Hari Kunzru, Yiyun Li, Thomas McGuane, poetry by Jean-Paul de Dadelsen, Ange Mlinko and Rowan Ricardo Phillips and photography by Dave Heath and Justin Jin. Views: 18
Ah, Gaëlle, what a woman! Attractive, intelligent, sexy and, of course, French. In recounting her past adventures to her best friend, she has come to accept and welcome the realization that she is ready to resume and extend her sexual experiences. A chance encounter has re-awakened her burning urge to explore the farthest reaches of her sexuality and her mind is buzzing with possibilities that many women never dream of, let alone put into practice. Gaëlle has no need for a millionaire to show her the way. This is the story of a woman profoundly passionate about seeking out and finding erotic ecstasy for herself. For Gaëlle, there are few limits and she is wide open to exploring in many different ways. Part four is the continuation of a process begun in Gaëlle and Jérôme and continued in La Suite part one, although it can, like a fine Champagne, be enjoyed as a stand-alone. Views: 18
Marriage, like danger, could come when least expected… For despite Lady Annica Sayles's determination to remain a spinster — the better to avenge wronged women, the better to guard her heart — her passionate response to Tristan Sinclair, the elusive Earl of Auberville, swept her into a web of intrigue and desire beyond her wildest imaginings…! Lord Auberville wanted a manageable wife who asked no questions. What he got was an independent woman with secrets of her own. But Annica Sayles, this most unsuitable of brides, suited Views: 18
This is a collection of all four, complete episodes (previously published separately): Episode 1--Seduced by the AngelClaire Sawyer's life is about to change in a way that she never could have imagined. Blind since a terrible childhood accident, she dies for the second time in her relatively short life only to find herself in the arms of an angelic being. Is he her guardian angel, or the monster responsible for the deaths of her parents so many years ago? Claire will search for her answers as she is swept up into events involving the divine and their relation to the vampires and werewolves that she encounters in her incredible journey to discover the truth.Episode 2--Taken by the VampireClaire awakens in a hospital room to find a man sitting quietly, waiting for her. Except that he is no ordinary man, adorned as he is with dark wings and burning in black flames. Is it the angel of death, come to take her away at last? Or is he the lord of all vampires, come to steal the prize from his adversary, the Messenger, the being who has healed Claire's blindness?Flying high above the city lights in his cold arms, Claire shall find herself brought to a lonely fortress where blood drinkers await her and werewolves roam the darkness, all of them waiting for the ravishment to come. Episode 3--Claimed by the WolfFrom certain death at the hands of vampires, Claire Sawyer finds herself surrounded by hundreds of wolves. Are they her saviors, or the culmination of the doom that follows her at every turn? Cursed or no, Claire must fight for her survival, even if that means becoming one of them, wolves in heat with just one thing in mind.Episode 4--Redeemed by the ConquerorIn the stunning conclusion to the four part series, Divine Fornication, Claire Sawyer finds herself caught between vampires, werewolves and angels. Three races of beings willing to battle for the one thing they value most--Claire's eternal soul. Will Claire's guardian angel return at last, in her final moments? Or, will she be lost forever to eternal damnation? Views: 18
The orphaned son of an infamous outlaw is chosen to inherit a wealthy ranch, but not if the ranch owner's jealous brother exposes the boy's true heritage!Black Jack Hollis was a daring outlaw before he was shot down. In the wake of his death, it's discovered that Hollis left behind an infant son. Elizabeth Cornish, co-owner of the Cornish Ranch alongside her brother, Vance, takes it upon herself to raise the child as her own.Elizabeth names the boy Terry Colby and gives Terry a fictitious aristocratic background, believing the way the boy is raised will determine the man he will become. But Vance is convinced that Terry is destined to become an outlaw himself, and that it will be impossible to overcome the lawlessness that runs in his blood.Vance only cares for the finer things in life, and he believes that his sister will leave the prosperous ranch to him when she dies. However, Elizabeth informs her brother that on Terry's twenty-fifth birthday, he will... Views: 18
Please understand that I’ve never done this kind of thing before and never will again. I’m not a prostitute. I’m safe. I don’t do drugs. I’m not drunk. I find you very attractive and I want to spend the night with you. If you are married or otherwise attached, rip this up and throw away the key. If you aren’t married or otherwise, and you’re interested, please come to room 1208. If you don’t show up within a half hour, I will leave. Thank you for considering this offer. It’s not given lightly, but with the full appreciation that life is too short and every moment is meant to be savored.[This book is intended for mature audiences] Views: 18
Russell Todaro, a young American translator, moves to Paris to take stock of his life and goals only to lose himself in the surprising twists fate has in store for him. One night, two men waving guns and knives break and enter their Paris hotel room, terrorizing Russell and his much older companion, a famous American poet named Edward Cannon. The intruders, not finding what they seemingly expected, leave without further incident but the baffling, traumatic events overwhelm Cannon who dies in his sleep later that night. Now Russell is left to ponder the meaning of the attack, what to do with the poet's unfinished, problematic memoir and, perhaps most importantly, how to reconstruct and move forward with his own life. Hearing of the disturbing circumstances of Cannon's death, an Italian writer, Marina Vezzoli, invites Russell to recuperate at her villa in Tuscany. But what a first seems like a generous invitation slowly reveals itself to be a calculated offer. As Russell's stay... Views: 18
Book three in the Commissario Ricciardi series. Naples 1931. Together with his indefatigable partner, Brigadier Maione, Ricciardi, a man driven into solitude by his paranormal “gift” of seeing the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths—a talent that also makes him a highly effective investigator—is conducting an investigation into the death of the beautiful and mysterious Duchess of Camparino, whose connections to Neapolitan privileged social circles and the local fascist elite make the case a powder keg waiting to blow.** Views: 18
It was meant to be like coming home... All her life, Safi's parents have dreamed of returning to Grandpa's native village in Crimea. But exchanging their sunny Uzbekistan house for a squalid camp is more like a nightmare. Will the return to a country where no one welcomes them tear Safi's family apart, or can this strange land ever become home? A compelling story about the Crimean Tatars' struggle to reclaim the land from which they were exiled in the Second World War. Views: 18
