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This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. Through the variety and nuance in all these objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history – teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating.

It’s the case that could make DS Alex Morrow’s career. A suburban home invaded in the dead of night and a vulnerable old man taken hostage. It’s a black and white case and it shouldn’t be hard to solve… The two strangers who forced their way into the house demanded millions the family didn’t have and shouted for a man nobody had heard of. It had to be a mistake, and a bad one at that. But Alex Morrow can’t be depended on and the bosses know it.

Maureen O'Donnell is a psychiatric patient, stuck in an affair with Douglas, a shady therapist. She’s about to end it with him when she wakes up one morning to find him in her living room with his throat slit. Viewed by the police as both a suspect and a witness, even Maureen’s family suspects her. Panic-stricken, she retraces Douglas' last days, finding a trail of rape and deception at a psychiatric hospital where she’d been an inmate. The patients won't talk and staff are afraid. Then a second brutalised corpse is discovered and Maureen realises that her life is in danger.

Glasgow, 1990. Paddy Meehan's relaxed Saturday in front of the TV is shattered when the police knock on her door. Terry Patterson has been found naked in a ditch, executed with a shot through his temple. He was her first love and her hero - the sort of journalist she'd always aspired to be.

Paddy Meehan has just started work on the Scottish Daily News when a toddler is abducted. Two eleven-year-old boys are arrested for his murder and Paddy is shocked to discover that one of them is her fiance's cousin, Callum. When the boy's name is reported in the media, Paddy's family believe that she is to blame. Shunned by those closest to her, she finds herself dangerously alone.

Paddy Meehan is trawling the city for a story that will get her off the terrible night shift to which she's been consigned by her male colleagues. And then a woman, bleeding from a vicious head wound, offers her £50 to leave her alone. The very next morning the woman is found dead. Only Paddy cares enough about what's really happened to pursue a dark and brutal truth that could make her career, or kill her.

Maureen O'Donnell is facing the darkest episode in her life. She owes more than she makes in a year in back taxes; Angus Farrell, the psychologist who murdered her boyfriend, is up for trial; and her abusive father has arrived back in Glasgow. On top of it all, she has become embroiled in someone else's family feud. Ella McGee, an elderly stallholder at the fleamarket where Maureen is selling illegally imported cigarettes, is bringing a case against her son in the small claims court.

The last time that Maureen O'Donnell saw Ann Harris she was nursing a couple of broken ribs and reeking of alcohol at the women's shelter. Now Ann has turned up dead hundreds of miles away, in London. Eager to escape some family difficulties of her own, Maureen travels to London to determine the circumstances of Ann's brutal death. In the seedy underworld of criminal exiles and dangerous drug lords, Maureen tries to piece together the horror of Ann's last days - and to save herself from a similarly ugly fate.

Here is a collection of erotic short stories, offering a fresh focus on erotic writing for women.

Whatever your pleasure, you'll love what you hear. Hot sex and fabulous fantasies await your delectation

A collection of erotic short stories, offering a fresh focus on erotic writing for women. Whatever your pleasure, you'll love what you find between the covers of Xcite books. Hot sex and fabulous fantasies await your delectation!

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes, including 'Neighbourhood Watch' by Stephen Albrow: What was going on in that house across the street? Rachel had been watching the endless stream of men coming and going for days. Now it was time to find out what lay behind the closed door.

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes. 'Call Girl' by Landon Dixon: Welcome to the high-pressure world of the call centre. Little cubicles full of stress and way too much work for way too little pay. Of course there are some perks to the job, and when sexy young Vicky starts on the night shift,it’s soon more than just the customers who are getting excellent hands-on service.

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes. 'Personal Shopper' by Izzy French: Picture the scene: a man in a lingerie shop on a mission to buy some sexy underwear for his wife or girlfriend. Of course, he doesn't have much idea of her size. So far, so normal, but what if you were the shop assistant and you were asked to be a stand in?

A collection of erotic short stories, offering a fresh focus on erotic writing for women. Whatever your pleasure, you'll love what you find between the covers of Xcite books. Hot sex and fabulous fantasies await your delectation! The Guardian Angel – she missed her husband, but when she was...

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes, including 'Fantasy X': Long time married, Dee and Kyle know how to keep the passion between them alive. Every so often, they have a fantasy night, and this time it's a fantasy of Dee’s....

Includes: 'Begging for It' by Emily Dubberley: When she meets Jake in a Japanese language class he wants to take advantage of her, but he has unwittingly met his match.... 'The Fitting Room' by Roger Frank SelbyLaetitia, a lingerie saleslady, wonders if her last boyfriend was right when he called her "frigid." 'My Immortal' by Sally Quilford: Vicky is a young widow who can't stop grieving for her husband James, who died too soon.

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes. 'Mistress to Slave' by Morwenna DrakeThey knew how to treat a lady in Imperial Rome, and Quintus the slave lives to obey. But tonight is Saturnalia, when the masters and servants exchange roles for the night, and his mistress, Atia, loves the old traditions.'Three’s A Cloud' by Roger Frank SelbyWhen the new girl tries to tell the boss how to run his business, his first reaction is fury and scorn. What does she know about the exercise bike business?

A collection of four erotic stories with mixed spanking themes, including 'Bottoms Up' by Kristina Wright: It was Shelley and Ethan’s fourth date. In her mind it was the sex date, and she had it all planned out. Dressing to kill and looking to skip dessert. But Ethan has other ideas and thinks she needs to be punished for thinking he would be so easily seduced. 'The Guardian Angel' by Carole Archer: Struggling to get over the loss of her husband, Sarah contemplates quickening her path to join him. Who will ever manage to complete her as he had with his firm hand?

A collection of four erotic stories with varied spanking themes includes 'Adult Education' by Elizabeth Coldwell: A life-long good girl, Amanda finally decides to rebel when she struggles with an adult maths class. Behaving in a way to make even the most rebellious teenager blush, it’s only a matter of time before her teacher, Andy, has to take measures to discipline her.

Poetry (nature) about whales in the sky. People were watching the whales swimming in the sky...until they truly understand its meaning.