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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.

Aurora Lane isn’t just any woman—she carries the power of a glowing crystal that warps her through bodies, times, and desires. Each warp leads to a new life… and a new forbidden temptation. When Aurora awakens in wartime London, she inhabits the body of a married woman whose stockings and secrets stir the longing of her weary neighbor, Margaret. With husbands away at war and ration books leaving love cold, Aurora discovers that stockings can ignite more than envy—they can unlock hidden hunger.

Eleonora of Somerset Hall: A Victorian Romance of Love, Betrayal, and Freedom In Victorian England, Lady Eleonora Somerset is trapped in a gilded cage where her beauty is a commodity and her future a transaction. But beneath her exquisite gowns beats a heart yearning for a fierce, untamed freedom. A loveless marriage teaches her that to survive, she must take control. Her rebellion begins with a stolen, forbidden book, awakening a desire that will change everything. Her quest for freedom leads her from a passionate affair with a charismatic officer to the ruthless salons of Paris.

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.

Set in Victorian England, this erotic BDSM novel features a courtship between a young woman and a dashing rake. Gabriel, Earl of Cranborne, is in need of a wife - preferably a sweet, submissive, well-trained wife who could run his household during the day and obey him in the bedroom at night. When he meets Miss Vivian Stafford at a friend's wedding, he finds himself drawn in by the exact traits he was looking for in his own wife and immediately moves to make her his own. Once the betrothal papers are signed, he arranges for her to attend Mrs. Cunningham's Finishing School.

The dark, erotic duet by Victoria Vale, now in one audiobook bundle! "Dark, gothic, and sizzling hot, The Villain is Jane Eyre meets Fifty Shades" (NYT best-selling author Anna Zaires) Book One: The Villain - Lady Daphne Fairchild braves the journey from London to the wilds of Scotland alone with one purpose in mind: confront the man who purposely and methodically set out to ruin the men of her family. But what he demands in exchange for answers will thrust Daphne into a world of mystery, hatred, and lust.

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...

Miss Mary Marlow had been warned away from Lord Andrew Framlington. Drew had a reputation that could not be ignored: he was a rogue of the highest order. But attraction between two people cannot be ignored. Despite all of the warnings from her family, Mary’s heart was ruling her head. Would Mary live to regret her involvement with Drew? Could he ever be trusted?

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.

Elizabeth Petre—Daughter of the Prime Minister and Wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer—seeks to seduce her coldly indifferent husband. Ramiel Devington—Bastard Son of a wealthy English Countess and a Powerful Arabic Sheikh —agrees to be her tutor. The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui , an ancient Arabic treatise on Erotic Love, is their textbook.

This classic Victorian tale of a nubile girl's awakenings is a captivating, lighthearted and often humorous romp that explores her ever growing sexual desires. Innocence meets experience in this lusty narrative as she learns to shed her inhibitions with both men and women. A stimulating look at the breathless pursuits of young adulthood, My Grandmother's Tale is an outrageously unrestrained memoir that details the passions of a young woman learning the forbidden pleasures of the body.

Clamorosi successi commerciali, questi romanzi-scandalo per eccellenza del Novecento vedono come protagonista la selvatica Claudine, fanciulla e poi giovane donna di spregiudicata sensualità, impegnata a districarsi tra amori saffici e uomini viziosi. Al di là delle presunte scabrosità cui pure devono la fama, contribuirono a diffondere l'immagine di una femminilità nuova, aperta al piacere e non sottomessa al volere maschile né alle convenzioni della società borghese.

How could Caro love and hate the same man? How could she be foolish enough to harbour that love for years; to hide herself away from the world because of her embarrassment over her failure to be loved in return? Because she is a fool...Yet Rob Marlow sees not that but courage in her, and this beautiful young man, who gives her back the strength she’s lost, is someone she longs to cling to for the physical comfort she has missed since the end of her marriage.

Doctor Damian Thatch is a London physician whose unique version of clitoral massage immediately cures his patients of their hysteria. The masochistic Lady Bridgette, however, desires more. But, a proper Victorian lady may not have any interest in sex, and even thinking about an orgasm would be completely unacceptable. Her solution is to convince her trusted physician to "become the administrator of her immorality".

This collection features four erotic reimagining for ODC. Mr. Darcy, in moonlight, entices Lizzy in one story. In another, they have a midnight liaison in the library that leads to much more than reading. Lizzy celebrates her first night as Darcy’s bride in the third tale, and the last story is all about Lizzy’s desires.

Lydia's Penance: Lydia is desperate to escape her stepfather's household, so when she hears the Duke of Manchester say that he doesn't care who he weds, she decides his reputation for being an honorable man and his indifference to who his wife will be makes him the perfect husband. Unfortunately, the Duke is not pleased to be trapped into a marriage with a woman who is keeping secrets from him. Can love still find a way?

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.

The widowed Duchess of Sailer has desires that are hard to fill in polite society. To that effect, she visits a brothel to have her bottom reddened. If word got out, her reputation would be ruined. So, when a member of society is murdered, and her name turns up in the books he is using to blackmail people, the metropolitan police show up on her doorstep. Olivia does the only thing she can to keep her name from being dragged through the mud: she agrees to take the investigator into her life so she can help him find a killer. Inspector Rupert McKinley expects to get in and out, and figure out who killed Lord Ethan. He doesn't care about Olivia's desires...until he starts to spend time with her, and realizes she's more interesting than he ever expected her to be. When their business relationship turns into a personal one, Rupert is determined to find the murderer before someone else - like Olivia - is killed.

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.

Victorian England is not kind to those born without privilege, and yet Lillian Lancaster has made a home for herself and a scrawny feral cat. Lilly is happiest working in the gardens, knowing she can never match their beauty. She is one of the flower-girls on the streets selling the bouquets she makes with love for mere pennies.