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Tess is een fraaie acrobate die zowel door haar acrobatiek als haar levendige, flamboyante charme het publiek weet te betoveren. Op tournee met haar circus komt ze Noah tegen, een plaatselijke illusionist die haar al bij de eerste ontmoeting fascineert. Vervolgens stelt ze verbaasd vast hoe ze zich probeert voor te stellen wat voor vonken de vakkundige aanraking van een goochelaar en de soepelheid van een acrobate zouden kunnen voortbrengen.

Beauty tames the beast when a marriage of convenience becomes anything but convenient for a duke with dark secrets. Haunted by a dark secret, Dorian, the Duke of Rath , is consumed by wrath and guilt. The powerful lord will endure any torture to atone for his sins, even marry a perfect stranger—his victim's little sister—to save her family from ruin. He vows not to touch her and to protect the innocent girl from his depraved sensual pleasures. But she must stay for one year and follow his strict rules.

Ruby Butterfly reveals more than the glamorous career highlights of the world's most notorious actress. It delves deeply into the macabre nature of her soul. During her erotica question-and-answer session with Ms. Consuelo Lovely of Porn Beat Television, Marty's thoughts and voices vividly recapture her most recent murders.

Chelsea Fergusson, daughter of the impoverished Earl of Dumfries, is a desperate young lady with an indecent plan to get out of an unwanted marriage to an old lecher by losing her virginity to London's most infamous libertine, Sinjin St. John, Duke of Seth, “the Saint.” Sinjin, sworn bachelor, sexy rogue and bedder of beautiful women, was sure nothing could surprise him.

Edgar Hunton Smythe, Duke of Lovell, has spent six seasons sidestepping the marital trap with a carefully curated air of gruff detachment, general roguishness... and one humiliating secret. Though society whispers refer to him as a stallion in more ways than one, Edgar has never once been able to make those whispers a reality. His solution? Enlist his dearest friend, Giselle, as a faux mistress to preserve his reputation and buy time. But when Giselle offhandedly suggests his desires might lie not with women—but with his golden-haired, ever-watchful valet—Edgar begins to wonder…

When dreams and expectations clash in a flurry of sparks, an actress and an aristocrat find themselves searching for common ground. Lady Victoria Penchant has had enough scandal for one lifetime, and she’s sworn off drama for good. But when she makes an unexpected return to her family’s castle during high tourist season, drama is exactly what she finds—in the form of a Hollywood film crew and their sharp-tongued, stunning star, Sophia LeBlanc.

Kate Collier is still recovering from the trauma of her rape and trying to make a success of her dress shop when Jason Randall and Anthony Richards return to London from the Continent, intent on winning her. She's known them for years, ever since they served with her late husband in the Peninsula against Napoleon. She'd been in love with them for almost that long. To discover they feel the same is a shock, but Kate isn't ready to turn her life back over to any man.

Nadia non lo sa nemmeno, cos'è la dolcezza. Ha sedici anni, è bellissima, e cresce in un mondo - siamo in una povera campagna a nord di Bucarest - dove le parole servono per dare ordini o per ferire. Da quel momento per lei inizia un'inesorabile discesa agli inferi: prima viene venduta come promessa sposa, poi viene ceduta a "protettori" brutali e feroci. Giorno dopo giorno scopre la terra di nessuno delle periferie, della crudeltà, della lotta spietata degli ultimi per la conquista di un letto, di un bagno, di una tazza di latte.

A past scandal and a broken heart have left Lady Caroline Kilbride hiding away from the world, in the safety of her brother’s home. But when a devilishly handsome newcomer arrives for the summer, she finds herself surprisingly drawn to him. Rob Marlow, a man determined to carve his own path in life, never expected to be intrigued by his brother-in-law’s dependent sister. Yet in Caro he sees courage, intelligence and a spark of the woman she once was.

For Lord Henry Marlow, the future Earl of Barrington, life is for living. No wager is too risky or challenge too dangerous – until a racing injury forces the Barrington heir to return home and fulfil his duty. But the one thing Henry will not do is bow to his parents’ wishes and propose to his childhood friend and neighbour, beautiful Alethea Forth. And he’ll not put up with her disapproving sister, Susan, either, no matter how much he enjoys their verbal sparring...

Fascynujący świat kobiet, dla których seks stanowił istotę życia i bodziec do działania, świat wybujałej erotyki panującej na dworach Francji, Szkocji, królestwa Neapolu, w Wersalu czy… na Kremlu. Znajdują się tu barwne portrety Wielkie nimfomanki, Pauliny Borghese, Emmy Hamilton, Marii Stuart, Izabeli Bawarskiej, George Sand, Wieroczki Dawidowej, Galiny Breżniewej – istot ulegających chorobliwym skłonnościom seksualnym. Narrację książki ubarwiają odważne, naturalistyczne opisy scen erotycznych.

Graeme Gunn ist ein Krieger durch und durch und hat die letzten Jahre damit verbracht, sich als Söldner zu verdingen. Doch als sein Bruder stirbt, kehrt er zurück, um den Titel als Clanführer anzunehmen. Womit er nicht gerechnet hat, ist, dass die junge Witwe seines Bruders, Annella Mackay, wenig begeistert von seiner Rückkehr ist. Annella war jahrelang auf sich gestellt bei der Führung des Clans, weil ihr Ehemann sie im Stich gelassen hatte. Sie hat ihre eigenen Pläne, und dabei kann sie den ungehobelten, aber leider unverschämt attraktiven Graeme gar nicht gebrauchen.

Women, in both mind and body, were the all consuming object of Walter's interest. From early youth through to old age his quest for erotic discovery and adventure with them was never diminished. Unlike contemporary 19th century erotic texts, such as The Pearl, whose sole object was to titillate, Walter's interest in his subjects did not end with the extinguishing of the carnal flame. His hunger to understand the circumstances and minds of the women he encountered is never upstaged by the sex.

After losing the love of her life, Lady Rosina Preston had no intentions of looking for love. Fortunately, for Rosina, love isn’t always part of the equation when it comes to indulging her desires. But all that changes one night at a country house party, where Rosina finds herself in the middle of a scandalous arrangement with James, the Duke of St. Albans. Soon, Rosina finds herself falling for James and his charming, steadfast heart. But is she able to forget the pains of the past and begin again? Or will she lose love a second time?

Inghilterra, 1770. Marcus Ashford, conte di Westfield nonché agente della Corona, è sopravvissuto a numerosi duelli all'arma bianca, due sparatorie e persino al fuoco di un cannone. Una vita nient'affatto noiosa, anzi piuttosto eccitante... ma non quanto la sua irresistibile ex fidanzata, Elizabeth. Lei lo ha respinto per sposare il più giovane e affascinante lord Hawthorne, ritrovandosi però presto vedova e al centro di un misterioso intrigo.

While working in the Chester household as a governess, the innocent Clara becomes sexually involved with Herbert Chester, her employer. Then, when the beautiful Catherine, Herbert's sister-in-law and secret lover, comes to stay at the house, Catherine introduces Clara into the pleasures of being with a woman. On learning how the women are enjoying each other, Herbert encourages them into a threesome with him. This spurs jealousy in Catherine, however, and Clara is dismissed.

A mysterious highwaywoman emerges out of the evening mist to inflict her special brand of retribution on Lord Nano for his debauched behaviour in the brothels of eighteenth-century Leeds. A flesh and blood female avenger or a ghostly phantom? Whoever she is, by the end of the evening he will be stripped, cruelly tormented and wickedly humiliated. Has Lord Nano finally met his Nemesis?

In this historical erotic story, when a couple of farm labourers knock off for the day, they decide to take a cooling dip in the local pond. There, they begin to appreciate each other’s naked majesty, delving into experiences new to the both of them. When two young wenches also decide to strip off their clothes and go for a swim, things get really interesting.

Since the invention of photography people have been obsessed with both taking and looking at erotic images. The Nude Shots series visits five snapshots from this illustrious history, including a dirty postcard studio in Edwardian Paris, making stag movies in 1930s Coney Island, a beach photographer in the Blackpool of the 1960s, a glamour film coming back to haunt a respectable vicar's wife in 90s middle England and a sexy photoshoot for an internet porn site in present day New York.

Eleanor Eastwick is out of tricks. This alleged wallflower is hiding a secret, beyond the fact that her family is skint broke. If she wants to ensure the survival of her aged grandmother and younger siblings, she'll need to leverage the only thing they have left—their good name—and land herself a rich husband. There's only one problem: she has no bloody idea what she's doing. Enlisting the help of the wickedly rakish Marquis of Basingstone, Eleanor embarks on a crash course in how to attract the monstrous Gentry, high society courtship, and lessons in lovemaking . . . academically, of course.

Henry’s heart has long been devoted to Olivia, his sister's dearest friend, and Olivia has always loved Henry–like a brother. Olivia Danville witnessed a passionate seduction at a formative age, and her unexpected education stirs wanton desires which would make her treasured friend, the handsome and valiant Henry, despise her. With her father called to duty against Napoleon, Olivia’s mother asks Mr. Seldon, the new vicar with the face of an angel, to counsel the young debutante in preparation for matrimony.

Penniless and with no prospects for marriage, twenty-one-year-old orphan Jemima Cooper has no choice but to take any work she can find, no matter how shameful. When she is sent by her employer to serve the Duke of Hillcrest, however, Jemima is surprised to discover that the handsome, eccentric nobleman intends to make her not merely his concubine but also his pet.

Husband and wife both kept their secrets closely guarded, but it all suddenly changed when Jacob catches his cheating wife red-handed in the arms of another man!

"Mannen slet av sig hjälmen och skakade ut sitt midjelånga, gyllenbruna hårsvall. Solen la sig tillrätta bland de yviga lockarna, som om den ville flytta in där och aldrig lämna. Först då insåg Jennifer att mannen var en kvinna. En kvinna?" Jennifer hittar boken övergiven på ett bord på café Ofvandahl. Nyfiket börjar hon bläddra i den, och när hon kommer fram till en bild av en Gladiator som slåss för sitt liv mot ett vildsint lejon tycker hon sig känna hettan från den antika solen och höra folkets vrål från läktarna.

Welcome to Saturnalia, the Roman festival renowned for wild displays of sensuality and vice. Servants become masters and masters become servants as rich and poor alike revel in the thrill of role-reversal and the joy of debauchery. A rich Roman woman allows two of her lovesick servants a night of pleasure with each other, as long as she can indulge her secret desire for shame by watching them.

The English Manor House has long been a world apart where landed gentry freely indulge in their passions, not only for outdoor sports, but the indoor variety as well. Lascivious activities are enthusiastically, pursued by lusty men and sensual women behind large and imposing stone walls, hidden from prying eyes. In that bygone era – the 1920s, relations between men and women were not as progressive as they are today. Hopefully, modern listeners won’t be too terribly offended by the less-than-sensitive treatment young Philippa Gresham-Cantwell is made to endure.

What is an independent woman to do in a world where marrying means losing everything? Pregnant, widowed and rejected by her family, Helena Andrews moves to Redway Acres, where she raises her daughter and trains horses. She befriends an old widower in a ramshackle cottage, the family from the grand estate of Eastease, and their friend Colonel Nathaniel Ackley, second son of the Earl of Aysthill.

Craig and Monika shouldn't have had to worry about money. The married couple enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle living their quiet life in 1950s Chicago. The beautiful wife was afforded a monthly allowance from her generous and faithful husband. Dreams of luxury and a more lavish lifestyle captured the sexy wife’s thoughts and she would get carried away by opening more and more credit lines with department stores. Options were running low and the once-patient husband was starting to run out of ideas until one day he gave his wife an ultimatum.

An epic tale sweeping across two lifetimes, Finding Mary Jane bridges the gap between the erotic haze of Brisbane’s nineteen seventies to the city's wild alternate punk scene a decade later - and takes us on a journey far beyond. Our story begins with Mary Jane - a naive nursing student who finds herself in an unspeakable situation. Then we meet Annie - a troubled young woman whose story is based in more modern times as she searches for her birth mother and, in turn, the truth of her own identity.

Unwilling to be sold as brood mare in an arranged marriage, Lady Juliana Sinclair decides her own future, and runs. But disaster strikes, leaving her at the mercy of the first man that finds her. Leonard Notley is tortured by his past and living in hiding with a young ward that he knows is better off without him. While hunting in the woods, he comes across a lost woman and feels compelled to help her.