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Sex. Horror. Discomfort. In five stories and one poem, you'll find questions and answers, and you might learn something about yourself along the way. Something uncomfortable. Something dark. Come on in and join us. Lean back, open up, and let us take a look at that tickle. We're sure it's nothing serious. Just...something in your mouth.

Being forced to mate with a Darvasson male is my greatest fear. The powerful aliens already took my sister, and the thought of leaving my widowed mother all alone breaks my heart. But the Darvassons are helping ensure the survival of humankind, and they expect compensation.

Centuries ago, the town of Vistoller was nearly destroyed by dragons, until the townspeople realized that the attacks ceased once a young maiden was swept away by the creatures. Since then, every year, on the cusp of the autumn moon, a virgin is prepared for the dragon's arrival, to ensure another bountiful season without retaliation. Except this year, the creature has no idea what it's being offered when it's presented with Ilisi. Neither does Ilisi know what to expect when the creature takes her away. They’re both in for the surprise of their lives.

When Ava Payne is asked by her best friend Sarah Granger if she'll teach a class in her place, Ava happily agrees. Her best friend is pregnant with a Zoran baby after all, and after narrowly escaping the horrible Nezdek on their previous mission, this should be a welcome change of pace. Ava quickly regrets that decision when the Nezdek invade Earth, kidnap her, and strip her naked. The awful, pale aliens want to breed Sarah, but they'll settle for Ava. When their ship is attacked, the aliens dump her on a random, seemingly uninhabited planet and promise to return later.

Humanity is desperate, scattered amongst the stars at the mercy of the planets that will have us, but mostly we have nothing. No hope, no prospects, nothing. Poverty, crime, disease, we’re the running joke among the highly advanced alien species that surround us. We’re desperate, all of us, but we’re not entirely without worth… without use. Humans are still good for cheap labor and entertainment, oh and breeding. Human women are great for breeding. That’s where the Solar Breeding Agency comes in. For a hefty fee and a dowry paid to our families, an alien in need of a surrogate can buy us.

When a strange coin and a puff of pink smoke bring a seductive djinni into his life, one lonely college student and his roommate, Daniel, are granted the chance to make a single wish each. But with power like that comes a catch—they have to make each others wishes for them.

An alien criminal in hiding. An enticing female he can’t ignore. But can he protect her from his violent past? With her birthday just around the corner, Mina Walker has found herself reflecting on her life. Thirty and still stuck in her tiny hometown. Thirty and still clinging to the ghosts of people she lost years ago. Thirty and still alone. Still a virgin. She refuses to spend this birthday by herself. So when chance brings her face to face with the town’s mysterious newcomer, she knows exactly who she wants to celebrate with.

Lumerian Knight Torrin Llahsab has spent months as a prisoner of the evil Vilitos with one goal, a single purpose...survive, escape, track an ancient artifact before it can be used to destroy more of his people. When an opportunity comes at last, he is moments from stealing an enemy ship and making his escape when he sees a beautiful human woman, bound and gagged, being tormented by the evil guards. Weak and injured, he risks everything to save the female. He is a protector. A defender. It’s what he is to his core and he cannot simply walk away.

Chief Drokal’s fearsome strength and iron will have allowed him to dominate his rivals, but now he seeks the one thing he can’t conquer in battle: a mate. Cleo is too busy putting her skills with technology to use in human territory to worry about being sold to a savage war chief, but when her auction day arrives, she has no choice but to step up to the block. And that’s when one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: Chief Drokal can’t take his eyes off her. He’s going to bid whatever it takes to claim her.

Amrevet Days is the Atlantean equivalent of a honeymoon, but taken approximately eight months after the wedding. By custom, the newlyweds must escape to a secret location to enjoy each other. Now that Gwen is the Imperatris, married to the stunningly handsome Imperator of the most powerful nation on Atlantis, they have the entire planet at their disposal.

When I snuck out of the house on my twenty-first birthday, I didn't expect to be struck by a bolt of lightning... or to wake up in a strange land and be saved from freezing to death by a dragon. Then the beast shifted before my eyes into a man more regal than any king and hotter than dragon fire. A man who didn't hesitate to bare and spank me for daring to resist his rescue. I knew in that moment not just that I would be his one day but that I was his already.

From the dark, haunted cave comes a man's plea. He’s a stuck climber in a hidden chamber inside the mountain. But as we travel to his rescue, things continue to deteriorate. Sick, hurt, and now deep underground, my worst nightmare is finally here. I’m trapped, with the dead lurking everywhere. Who can save me from ghosts? Who can heal my broken body? Who can make me never be defenseless again? Something in the dark can. Something inhuman. Something that wants to live in me, corrupting who I am. And if I want to survive, I have to let this monster live in my body.

When Logan Greenwood is transported to another world, he thinks he's died and gone to heaven. Beautiful elves, nymphs, and other magical beings are drawn to him, and he feels the stirrings of a mysterious power within himself as well.

The aliens who have been raising us humans for hundreds of generations love to focus on developing and accentuating all the traits that Homo sapiens can express. And the man I’ve been locked in a cage with is an example of selective tampering at its most extreme.

Jess Ballantine is the most kick-ass agent of A.S.S.E.T. – Advanced Special Strategies and Emergency Techniques. She knows how to handle herself in a fight and deal with the most extreme situations. But Jess’s training never covered trying to survive lustful zombies! She and her best friend Casey have to fight their way through the undead. Only problem – something is making them horny as hell. It’s a little hard to fight zombies when all Jess and Casey can think about is having sex with everything in sight.

After being left for dead by her people, Aliena wakes up under the care of alien pirates. She escapes, only to be captured by a creature straight from her darkest nightmares, bent on the destruction of everything she holds dear. An Eok warrior turned outlaw, Kamal is one to be reckoned with. He is on a mission for the Eok nation, and his only goal is to find and save the humans before he can return to his old life. He has no intention of allowing a headstrong human female to get in his way.

hey say I’m a duchess--an omega who rejected my mates. It’s a title that lends me wealth and power. A perfect life. Yet danger closes in, nameless and faceless: I'm hunted by a ghost from my missing past. Nothing I do is enough. Today, I do what I swore I never would--I search for a pack to protect me. I know the risk--that anyone I match will carry this threat too--but I’m alone, terrified, and no longer safe in my own home. I make the desperate choice and pay to match with The Institute’s most outstanding packs. Blessedly, one scent is undeniable. Irresistible. A match for life.

They captured her. They punished her. Now they will master her. First the Vakarrans took my home. Then they took my sister. Now, they have taken me. As a prisoner of four of their fiercest warriors, I know what fate awaits me. Humans who dare to fight back the way I did are not just punished, they are taught their place in ways so shameful I shudder to think about them.

Running Mate: Senator Jason Devlin guards his secret closely, allowing no outsiders to penetrate his intimate circle. Kelsey Harper is a reporter itching for an interview with the elusive senator. When a case of mistaken identity lands her in his bed, she gets much more than an interview. Mountain Moonlight: Conner Devlin has traveled to the Romania to review a request for funding of a wildlife preserve. There, he meets Katya, an enigmatic beauty whose lupine sexuality captures him in more ways than one. Also contains Legend's Passion.

My life has been in a downward spiral, and after my mother's passing, the only thing left for me was to bring her ashes back to our home. However, things didn't go as planned. Within days, everything changed—including myself. I don't know what I am anymore, but one thing is clear: I am no longer human.