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A downloadable audiobook edition of the modern classic Perfume read by Sean Barrett. Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more...

Dans ces mémoires audacieuses, une femme britannique prend la plume et, à la première personne, raconte ses exploits de fouetteuse. Entre aveu et provocation, elle dévoile l’art de la correction, les jeux de pouvoir et l’attrait de l’interdit, derrière les portes closes d’une société obsédée par les convenances.

Rex Timberlake, purplish poet, raconteur, and industrial menace, has captured the world with his libidinous poetry, even as the Timberlake Factory's unorthodox publishing methods quietly triggered an ecological disaster of staggering proportions. One evening in Timberlake's enigmatic island estate, deep in the Pacific, four privileged socialites find their fates entwined as a violent storm gathers—secrets surface as sexual desires fracture alliances. A new societal order threatens to rise from this wreckage.

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.

Lizzy is a young woman of modest means and social standing working as governess to the Darcy cousins, Richard and Fitzwilliam. She spies where she should not, and the Darcy men show her the error of her ways via her sweet submission. Will Lizzy capture and hold the attention of these two high-born gentlemen, or is her passionate nature going to lead her to ruin?

When 18-year-old Eliza Cross agrees to visit her school friend, Lady Celia, at her home for the summer, it's immediately clear how out of place she is at Caerdon Abbey. Eliza, orphan and charity student, can't help feeling different from the aristocracy who are living their lives in luxury. But when Celia's brother, Alan, the handsome Duke of Caerdon, comes home from France, Eliza finds herself irresistibly attracted to him - especially after he disciplines her on the very first morning after they meet.

When her home situation becomes unlivable, Lydia hopes to escape through a marriage and her qualifications for her new husband are not long. Unfortunately she's a too-old bluestocking with nothing to tempt a man into wedding her, but desperate times call for desperate measures. The Duke of Manchester has been tricked and trapped into marriage with the quietly stunning Miss Lydia Stafford - he just doesn't know why. She's not a fortune hunter, she's not a social-climber, and she's still a virgin.

After eight years on the stage with The Company of Fiends, the glow of the spotlight is starting to wear thin for Hazel Nix. The theater is perfect for a girl like her—one with a secret she keeps even from her more monstrous peers—but playing pretend is only exciting for so long. After so many lovers, on stage and otherwise, Hazel has yet to make a lasting connection with anyone and considers taking her last bow at the company.

Au XVIIIe siècle, dans le Paris de Louis XV, le marquis de Puycarné écrit à la duchesse de Laurencin pour la rencontrer et l'informer que son mari est l'amant de sa femme. Fou de rage, le marquis propose à la duchesse de venger leur double affront en devenant, à leur tour, amant et maîtresse. Née d'un besoin de vengeance, leur relation devient passionnelle, chacun des amants voulant explorer toujours plus loin les domaines du plaisir.

Raised to be the perfect leader, Alexander always did as he was told often at the expense of his own wants and desires. That is until his sexy best friend shows him exactly what he's been missing and suddenly he's ready to do whatever it takes to keep him.

Fire and ice. Powerful forces on their own. Combined? Invincible passion. When mighty Thorburn MacDougall, commander of the Lord of Argyll’s warriors, overpowers the canniest Norwegian he’s ever battled, he rips off the man’s helm to savor the look of horror right before delivering the killing blow.

Sometimes the best revenge is to thrive… When Ross MacDougall, fearless warrior, frequenter of brothels, and seducer of other men’s wives, receives word that the Lord of Argyll wishes to reward him for their latest campaign, he’s skeptical. His liege’s gifts are often dubious blessings. Oftentimes, more like curses. Turns out he’s right to be leery. The reward is an Irish lass who looks like a grubby boy meant to work in the stables. And she's not intended to be Ross’s slave. She’s meant to be his wife. Men turn away from Elise O’Cleirigh because of the accursed red stain on her right cheek.

In the few weeks that Nora, a young Irish girl, has been in service to Dr. Damian Thatch as a housemaid, he has been most pleased with her performance of her duties, but has not yet made an attempt to seduce her into submission. Not wanting to appear to be considering her as anything other than a house servant, he had kept communications between them appropriate for her position. Surely, he reasoned, that a scenario might arise naturally where he would have the opportunity to pursue his more prurient interests in her.

Inheriting the family estate has resulted in many disruptions to Dr. Damian Thatch’s life. His unwillingness to give up his practice and become a gentleman of leisure has caused Lady Juliette to leave him, and she took Rosie with her, leaving him without his submissive house maid. Frustrated by having to be careful so as not to leave marks on the masochistic Lady Bridgette, Damian goes to Madame Q’s Nunnery to have his way with a dolly mop. While physically satisfying, however, he finds that purchasing pleasure takes away from his desire for conquest.

My Secret Life is an anonymously penned memoir written during a period from the 1840s to the 1880s by a wealthy and sex obsessed English gentleman who refers to himself simply as 'Walter'. Part confessional, part investigative erotic journalism, it meticulously documents every detail of the author's prolific sexual encounters, offering us in the process an eye and thigh opening account of life behind closed doors in the Victorian age.

My Secret Life is an anonymously penned memoir written during a period from the 1840s to the 1880s by a wealthy and sex obsessed English gentleman who refers to himself simply as 'Walter'. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Behind the glittering façade of London high society, repressed passions smolder. When recently widowed Lilly, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, receives a scandalous invitation, she's tempted to indulge her forbidden desires. But in this provocative world of illicit art and masked balls, embracing sensual freedom comes at a high price. As Lilly's wanton adventures entangle her with her dearest friend and a seductive artist, she discovers that true liberation lies not only in unbridled pleasure, but in daring to be her authentic self.

In this third tantalizing installment of the Duchess Diaries Series, the audacious Lilly, the dowager Duchess of Devonshire, and Lady Anne embark on a daring game. The stakes are as scintillating, as they are shocking. The young and innocent Lady Jane has entered the scene. Intent on saving her from the potentially harsh realities of the marriage market, Lilly and Anne devise a cunning plan. They will test the mettle of Jane's suitors in a way only they can—through seduction.

Carlo meets the famed nun, Sister Giulia di Marco, and her confessor, Father Aniello Arcieri, a few years later, while restoring an altarpiece in a church. The charismatic pair gradually draw the lonely artist into their scandalous Confraternity of Carnal Charity, whose wealthy noble acolytes believe divine glory can be achieved through sexual ecstasy. Unable to continue living a lie, Carlo confesses a big secret to Sister Giulia. The crafty nun wastes no time assigning the novitiate a prominent role within the cult, which soon captures the attention of the Holy Inquisition....

"Utan ett ord lyder han henne och öppnar de översta knapparna i skjortan innan han långsamt drar den över huvudet och låter den falla ner på fällen under dem. En muskulös bröstkorg med mörka hår syns i den svagt upplysta stugan." "Lust i epoker" består av en samling noveller som skildrar erotiska och romantiska möten och utspelar sig i en förgången tid. I en tid då gränserna mellan olika samhällsskikt var skarpa, då mannen alltid har makten. I en tid då det uppstår erotiska maktspel och spänningar.

"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.

Prästdottern Gunilla fortsätter att utforska livet i den lilla byn Ingelsta. Det skiljer sig mycket från Uppsala där hon i vanliga fall bor och studerar. När Gunilla för första gången får syn på Karin stannar hon upp. Karin är en vacker medelålders kvinna som ibland tar hand om hushållssysslorna hemma hos prästen. Gunillas sexuella aptit är omättlig och efter att ha förfört den förtjusande Karin planerar de tillsammans att även bjuda in allt-i-allon Anders i leken.

Dee and Don are two like-minded, free-spirited, dedicated hedonists who found each other and many other like-minded souls back in those thrilling, edgy days. For them, swinging wasn't merely a way of life—it was a never-ending quest.

Ingrid dricker upp sin kopp te hemma hos sin au pair-familj och beger sig till vernissagen. Hon planerar att beskåda Sams målningar av henne som en anonym besökare. Det är fullt med folk och musiken lyfter stämningen. Ingrid finner sin avklädda kropp på en enorm canvas, fullt med beundrare framför. Utställningen blir en succé, och efteråt dras Ingrid med på fest. Där börjar hon dansa med en älvliknande varelsen, och medan de njuter av varandras kroppar tittar en äldre dam på.

London år 1953. Ingrid lät blicken vandra över oljemålningar med nakna modeller i konstnären Sams ateljé. Skulle hon våga? Sedan ett halvår tillbaka jobbade Ingrid som au pair i Englands huvudstad. Dessutom var hon en duktig maskinskriverska. Hon trivdes bra men ville testa något nytt, något kittlande. Annonsen i tidningen hade lett henne hit, till en ateljé ovanpå en typisk pub. Sam, som var en kvinna klädd i herrkläder, visade henne tålmodigt hur hon skulle sitta. Sedan började hon teckna.

A run-in with a mountain cat has trapper Carter Thibedaux ready to leave his adventurous career behind for safer pursuits. Arriving in his aunt and uncle’s hometown, the dark beauty Miss Deidre LaRue captures his heart. Discovering that she’s the town’s madam doesn’t change his feelings. But can a woman like Diedre fit into his new, “stable” life?

In pre-Civil War America, the small town of Graham, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, lies just north of the Mason Dixon line. There are many secrets surrounding the town’s founding, but its mission is clear: to be a haven for citizens of all races. These erotic tales explore the blossoming love of three couples, during a time of upheaval and uncertainty. Meet the men who will risk everything to protect the women they love: The Passionate Protectors.

Jilted at the altar, Lady Louisa Bennett seeks the solace of a quiet, empty chapel and instead finds Alistair de Roche, her fiancé’s best man and the subject of her fantasies from the moment she met him. Alistair knows bedding his best friend’s betrothed is well beyond the pale, but Louisa has haunted his dreams for months. Soon, Louisa and Alistair are caught up in a consuming love affair that threatens their families’ plans and their own hearts. Can they find a way to live happily, and carnally, ever after?

Anno 1500. Dem Papst werden Drillingsmädchen geboren, die sich zu echten Schönheiten entwickeln. Nach der Geburt stirbt die Mutter und eine Dame aus bestem Hause übernimmt die Erziehung. Ihr zur Seite stehen drei junge gelehrte Herren. Dem Papst gefällt das überhaupt nicht. Deswegen engagiert er eine Nonne. Doch nachdem sich eine Tochter in die Nonne verliebt und beide einen Stallburschen verführen, beginnt ein wildes Treiben im Haus. Niemand, egal ob Mann oder Frau, ist vor den wilden Schwestern sicher.

"Hon ville trycka sig mot honom, gripa tag i de axellånga hårtestarna och smaka på hans rosiga läppar. Hur skulle de kännas mot hennes? Hårda och krävande, eller mjuka och ömma? Filippa gissade på det första alternativet, eller kanske var det bara en önskan?" Filippa möter Charlie på ett fik för att hjälpa honom hitta hans försvunna flickvän Cassandra. När Charlie går iväg för att beställa lägger Filippa märke till den massiva boken som han tagit med från Miras lägenhet. Nyfiket öppnar hon den, hon bläddrar försiktigt men stannar upp vid en illustration av ett vikingaskepp.

Step into a world of secret appetites, carnal longing, and dark cravings with this erotic collection set in the Victorian era. From achingly tender to utterly taboo, these ten historical stories will stir and entice every desire . . .

Madrid, febrero de 1873. Amadeo abdica y en España se proclama por primera vez la República. Por esos días, Fernando Besora, director del diario vespertino La Iberia a quien ya conocimos en Sangre en la calle del Turco, recibe a un misterioso joven, Alonso Figueroa, que le propone investigar sobre la desaparición de dos valiosos libros de la Biblioteca Nacional. Sus pesquisas lo llevarán tras la pista de una enigmática mujer relacionada con un sujeto que ha aparecido colgado en un desván en la calle de la Luna.

Ihr jahrelanger Aufenthalt in Paris hat Emilia verändert. Das unscheinbare und zurückhaltende Mädchen ist zu einer selbstsicheren und souveränen Frau herangewachsen. Sie hat keine große Lust, länger bei ihrem Vater und seiner neuen Familie zu bleiben, in der sie sich nicht willkommen fühlt. Um Emilia auf andere Gedanken zu bringen, nimmt ihre Freundin sie mit zu einer Party. Wie sich herausstellt, handelt es sich hierbei jedoch um eine ganz spezielle Feier und Emilia trifft auf einen Mann, der ihr die Sinne raubt.