Showing results for "awakenings" in Literature & Fiction

For Lord Edmund, marriage to Lady Annabel is nothing but a strategic move—a flawless arrangement to further his political ambitions. Innocent, obedient, and schooled in rigid propriety, she is the perfect façade. But the moment he sees not just fear, but quiet curiosity in her eyes, cold calculation begins to give way to something far more dangerous.

Ajaih Jeffries is a 42-year-old Air Force veteran with battle scars you can't always see. After years of unraveling generational pain and rediscovering her voice, she's found refuge and pleasure in the arms of a loving, affirming polycule. But when a deeply buried trauma resurfaces, Ajaih finds herself in the emergency room, breathless and spiraling… until she locks eyes with the nurse who helps steady her world with nothing more than a quiet touch and a look that lingers.

Serena Graham is looking forward to the vacation of a lifetime - a week at Paradise Resort, a Caribbean hideaway where she'll be able to indulge her every sexual fantasy with complete abandon and total anonymity. For the next week, she's Sexy Siren Serena, and she'll do whatever she wants - with whomever she wants. Michael Donovan planned a week at Paradise Resort to research his next erotic crime novel, as well as indulge in some hot sex with his fashion model girlfriend. But when he finds his now ex-girlfriend has other plans, he's resigned to research without recreation.

You awaken to complete darkness. You’re blindfolded, gagged, tied to a chair, arms bound tightly behind you. Completely naked - and completely helpless. You have no idea how you got here or where “here” is. This is just a dream, you decide.

In this gripping sapphic dark romance, dominant Victoria Fraser never planned on creating a poly family with her passionate submissive Abby and former lover Alison. But as their BDSM dynamic deepens, healing old wounds and discovering new pleasures, Victoria dares to hope they've found something rare and beautiful. Until her past decisions come back to haunt them all.

Jezebel is a solitary woman with a haunted past. Running a business in a small coastal town, she clings to the predictability of her days, seeking refuge in the silence. When an enigmatic new client comes into her life, she is drawn to him, unaware of the link she holds to his own tangled history.

River Rock, Vermont, 2011: This is the story of Claire Ryan and Evan Lang. Thirty-five-year-old Claire joins a local book club for romance readers in order to get over the breakdown of her 10-year relationship. There she meets book shop owner Evan, a dominant man who has never recovered from the sudden death of his submissive wife. As their relationship develops and they embark on the path of Claire’s submission, it becomes harder and harder for Evan to keep his emotional distance. Claire is open and responsive and he wants her badly, but refuses to let himself go.

When Ivy Leavold is left destitute by her brother's death, she is taken in by her cousin's brooding, tortured widower—Julian Markham. Handsome and possessive, it's not long before Ivy falls for him. But Mr. Markham has dark secrets, secrets that may put Ivy in danger...

In this second straight to gay mm instalove, we continue with Timothy and his well-muscled boyfriends. The two weightlifters want to take it to the next level. They invite Timothy to their sumptuous apartment. With the expected results. Timothy is just a little dismayed at how he is treated—roughly—and seeks solace in the gym shower. In the back of his mind, he recalls a hot young twink from his volleyball team. Will the twink be in the shower today to help him forget the rough treatment he got from the weight-lifting duo?

Timothy's bisexual awakening came during his first week in college. Without thinking about what he is doing Timothy flirts with an older guy at the university gym. It all started in fun, but quickly got much more serious. Paul—a graduate student—flirts back with Timothy. When Paul brings his steady lover to the gym the next day, Timothy can't help but flirt with the two sexy men. Timothy tries to understand himself; What's come over me?' He wonders as he lays awake at night in his dormitory room. 'I've never thought like this before.'

Ryan awakens from his transformation as Annabelle tries to figure out how to protect him from Ulric. With her options narrowing she realizes that if they are going to live there is only one choice, the hunter must become the hunted.

My new erotic poetry book will reel your senses. This is a poetry book made for everyone who enjoys hot and sensual love and sex to open up the mind, body, and spirit.

Rae came from a conservative, religious family and lived that life until her husband Frank was sent to Afghanistan for nine months. Looking for something to pass that time, she signed up for a yoga class offered through the base recreation center. Meeting another military wife who was also looking for a yoga class, Rae began her walk into a whole new lifestyle and the realization that marriage, children, and adult responsibilities didn't equal death or being old.

Two years ago, Rae had a chance to bring joy and adventure into her life. After her husband’s death in Afghanistan, her friend, Andrea became a light for her, until fear took over and Rae ended any hopes of a relationship with Andrea

Anna Blake was in a rut. Her days had become lonely and tedious, with her kids away at college and her husband fixated on the family business. Only long hours at the local gym broke up the monotony. All that changed with a short holiday weekend visit from her children and Tyrone Williams, her son's Black, football-playing college roommate. Something inside Anna awakened, something that had lain dormant for a long time. Maybe it was having a new, undeniably uber-masculine man in her home. Or maybe it was how she felt naked under his intense gaze.

Two years ago, Rae had a chance to bring joy and adventure into her life. After her husband’s death in Afghanistan, her friend, Andrea became a light for her, until fear took over and Rae ended any hopes of a relationship with Andrea. With her son, Mark getting ready to graduate from high school, she is awakening to the realization that she might have made a mistake by letting Andrea go. Rae tried to stay busy helping other military spouses who had lost their loved ones in the war, but it only went so far.

Waking up in Hell is the least of Felicia's problems… she thinks. Without a single memory of anything before that moment, she finds herself already claimed by a horrific devil. Lucky for her, she’s saved by a ragtag crew of rogue demons: A streetwise pervert, A titan of a woman, A gun-toting jarhead, A sleek, foxlike ninja, And their dark, mysterious leader.

"The Awakening Retreat" is an intoxicating journey of desire, self-discovery, and forbidden passion. Set at an exclusive couples' retreat, two women, Emily and Lila, find themselves at the crossroads of their marriages, feeling neglected, uninspired, and yearning for something more. The retreat, designed to reignite love, quickly transforms into a playground of dark fantasies and hidden desires.

Not even Death can keep us apart. Dying was supposed to be permanent, but Death had a different plan for me. I was told to awaken and take back my power. But since I came back to life with only a few faint scars to show for it, I didn’t feel so powerful. Though everyone around me believed I was.

Lizbeth’s first novel is an erotic story in the tradition of The Story Of O—a tale of sexual awakening as a young woman, Alexandra, comes to terms with the often crude sexual fantasies that have haunted her for years.