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The spring of 1824 is a challenging one for the inhabitants of Paradise N.Y. when a flood devastates the village. But for Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner, it’s also a time of reunion as their children return from far-off places: Lily and her husband from Italy, and Martha Kirby, the Bonners’ ward, from Manhattan. Although Lily is nursing her own grief, it is Martha, fleeing a crushing humiliation, who brings with her trouble that will reverberate in all their lives.

We all dream of the forbidden, but some of us make those dreams come true....With the same mystery, menace, and intensity as her Vampire books, Anne Rice's Exit to Eden explores the forbidden by taking us to The Club, a vacation paradise where no aspect of sexual pleasure is taboo.

From the first time to the wildest time, from bedroom bouts to public performances, from torrid threesomes to lesbian liaisons, from wedding nights to sinful trysts, men (and sometimes women!) everywhere meet their match in wives, bachelorettes, and the girls next door who shamelessly ride the first tremor of desire to an explosion that rocks their world.

A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races, an organization created to police the supernatural races, and protect humans from their depredations. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, a.k.a. assassin, Riley is merely an office worker, until her brother goes missing on one of his missions. The timing couldn't be worse.

Born and raised to be an emotionless killing machine, Nathan is one of the most lethal Breed vampires in existence. A key member of the Order—an elite group of warriors charged with protecting both mortals and vampires—Nathan executes each mission with flawless precision and a total lack of mercy. Now he must pursue a powerful, hidden enemy. But Nathan’s hard discipline and training are no match for the fierce pull he feels toward a young woman he has no right to desire—a woman of wealth and high social standing who has long been promised to another Breed male.

You may know me best as Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie. Or perhaps as Merry Gentry, Los Angeles private eye. In the fey and mortal realms alike, my life is the stuff of royal intrigue and celebrity drama. Among my own, I have confronted horrendous enemies, endured my noble kin’s treachery and malevolence, and honored my duty to conceive a royal heir—all for the right to claim the throne. But I turned my back on court and crown, choosing exile in the human world—and in the arms of my beloved Frost and Darkness.

From the pages of Penthouse Variations - for over two decades America's boldest explorer of the most adventurous frontiers of the sexual revolution - come 28 sometimes shocking, always exciting stories by people who dare to be different. They range from risque role players to sexy bi-sirens, from casual encounters to the delights of domination. And they just might inspire you to walk on your own wild side.

Twenty years after the terror of First Dawn - when mankind learned that vampires lived secretly among them - the threat of violence reigns as the two species struggle to coexist. The only group preserving the fragile harmony is the Order, an elite cadre of Breed warriors dedicated to protecting humans and vampires alike. And in this precarious world of torn loyalties and shattered trust, Mira, a fiery squad captain, finds that every fight bears an intensely personal cost. Raised among the Order, Mira has always believed in the warrior’s code of swift - and even lethal - justice.

As a low-level enforcer in Los Angeles, Ken Swift knows danger, but nowhere does he feel it more than in his tangled romances. Divorced from one woman, in love with another, and wrestling with a strong desire to get to know a third, his life is far from perfect, and it becomes all the more complicated when his troubled daughter resurfaces on the same day as a major job.

Dani Quinn walked into her high school reunion with dread and anticipation. She knew Logan Webster would be there, and she had no idea how she would react the first time she saw him. She had left both Logan and the small Texas town years before. Her departure had been abrupt, painful, and not of her choosing. She'd never had the chance to tell Logan the truth. Handsome, charming, and dangerously charismatic, Logan has grown into a man who exudes all the power and confidence of self-made success.

They call themselves the Blackbirds. Kwanzaa Browne, Indigo Abdulrahaman, Destiny Jones, and Ericka Stockwell are four best friends who are closer than sisters, and will go to the ends of the earth for one another. Yet even their deep bond can’t heal all wounds from their individual pasts, as the collegiate and post-collegiate women struggle with their own demons, drama, and desires.

Can one man sleep his way through the alphabet? Here's the wager - it's as easy as A-B-C. Make love to 26 women across the alphabet, from "Abigail" to "Zelda." Win or lose, it will be a romp between the letters - and the sheets - that spells nothing but pleasure. From the pages of Penthouse magazine comes an erotic novel that gives an all-new meaning to the ABCs.

Er hatte keine Ahnung, dass sein Leben schön sein könnte. Aber selbst wenn er es gewusst hätte, es wäre ihm egal gewesen. Ihm war damals alles egal, auch sein eigenes Leben. Vor ihr. Vor ihr war er leer. Vor ihr hatte er keine Ahnung von Glück oder Verständnis. Hier beginnt seine Reise zu ihr.

Rowan Cassidy likes to be in charge - especially in her personal life. As a mistress at Club Privé, the most exclusive bondage/S & M club on the West Coast, Rowan can live out her dominant fantasies safely, and with complete control - until the night Christian Thorne walks in. Self-confident and sophisticated, he’s a natural dominant if Rowan’s ever seen one. Yet she can’t stop thinking about him and imagining his touch.

Belinda is the ultimate fantasy. A golden-haired object of desire, fresh and uninhibited. But to Jeremy Walker, a handsome and famous 44-year-old illustrator of children's books, Belinda is a forbidden passion. She's sweet 16, and the most seductive woman he's ever known. Bewitching, beguiling....

Is it any wonder that the world's top writers of erotic fiction have found a home in the world's number-one magazine of erotic entertainment? Now, from the pages of Penthouse, come 36 torrid tales that give new meaning to the words "bedtime stories."

Moralische Grauzonen, verbotene Fantasien und unanständig viel Spice: Band 2 der Tabu-Romance-Reihe von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Bianca Mov! Modedesign-Studentin Ramona liebt ihr neues Leben an der Uni – endlich kann sie frei sein und tun, was sie will. So landet sie nachts auf Partys und bei illegalen Straßenrennen – und sie genießt den Nervenkitzel. Diese Welt reizt sie auch, weil sie dort auf Zane trifft, den besten Freund ihres Bruders. Die beiden konnten sich nie leiden, doch seit dem Sommer ist da ein flirtender Unterton in ihren Sticheleien.

Moralische Grauzonen, verbotene Fantasien und unanständig viel Spice: Band 3 der Tabu-Romance-Reihe von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Bianca Mov! Blair glaubt, ihre kriminelle Vergangenheit als Mitglied eines berüchtigten Hacker-Rings hinter sich gelassen zu haben, bis eine anonyme Nachricht ihr neues Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Der Absender kennt ihre dunkelsten Geheimnisse und spielt ein gefährliches Katz-und-Maus-Spiel mit ihr. Sie will unbedingt herausfinden, wer der Stalker ist. Doch schon bald muss sie sich eingestehen, dass er sie fasziniert.

Moralische Grauzonen, verbotene Fantasien und unanständig viel Spice: Die Romance-Trilogie von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Bianca Mov bricht alle Tabus! Die 23-jährige Sienna hat ein Geheimnis: Um Geld zu verdienen, schreibt sie spicy Romane. Ihre Inspiration: Der mysteriöse Milliardär und Spirituosenmogul Nikolai Hale. Er ist 20 Jahre älter als sie – und der beste Freund ihres Vaters. Auf einer unfreiwilligen gemeinsamen Reise kommen sich die beiden plötzlich auch im wahren Leben näher.

Nach Mareis vögelfreiem Jahr ohne Tabus und Regeln kommt nun ihre Nichte Lulu zum Zug: Ein Jahr Auszeit und nichts als Sex. Ihren prüden Ex hat sie abserviert und einen Traumjob in den Südtiroler Bergen ergattert. Als Mädchen für alles soll sie einem freizügigen Galeristenpaar zur Hand gehen. Sie steht Model, trainiert die Hausherrin und assistiert bei der einen oder anderen Orgie. Und hat nebenbei Sex en masse. Das wird der Sommer ihres Lebens, und er wird heiß und feucht.