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A DEVASTATING ILLNESS BRINGS KIM AND KIT CLOSER
Streetwise Kim Crosley doesn't know what to make of Kit Laurence's attitude. Half the time the ex-soccer champ acts like a Pygmalion, trying to turn the sow's ear who's a rent boy into a silk purse...then, occasionally, he allows true affection to show through his puzzling attitude. Kim is determined to break down the walls and force the real Kit to emerge. In the meantime, he's fighting chauffeur Devlin's prejudice by trying to show he loves the man and not his money. A devastating illness offers Kim a chance to prove once and for all how he feels … if Kit survives.
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Presenting ten tales with elements of mystery, horror, whimsy, fantasy, touches of romance, and some technology run amuck. From the story of a young newlywed couple targeted by a ghost in their chimney, a club of six where one member goes beyond just discussing how to commit a simple murder in a complicated way, a pair of virtual reality goggles that give the wearer a rather deadly experience, a privately owned library where you aren’t just fined when a book is overdue, to a mystery man who leads a young woman into a dangerous situation, each story stretches reality beyond the norm. And a few of these tales will leave you with that shivering feeling that the story isn’t quite over.
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A Cautionary Tale About the Consequences of Environmental Pollution
They are part of our daily lives. We watch them from our kitchen windows and backyard decks as they scurry over the branches of our tall oak trees. We laugh at their antics as they furiously bury and unbury their precious acorns. Yes, they are part of our lives and, though, sometimes a nuisance, we generally enjoy and tolerate them.
But what happens when something goes wrong?
What happens if some outside force causes their DNA to explode, creating a whole new species? What happens when that species begins to distrust and fear humans?
Brooke Davis, her daughter, Tessa, and their intrepid dog, Petey, are about to find out.
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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO BE HEALTHY…
When his doctor mistakenly types the wrong code into his electronic medical record, Myron Moskowitz—Mike, to the entire world except his mother Celia—finds life, or at least the one he's grown used to, suddenly turned tush-over-teakettle. With that single dodgy digital diagnosis, a chain reaction is set in motion leading Mike to lose his job, accidentally get all trace of himself wiped off of every computer in the known universe, and seriously contemplate buying a Harley. And Mike isn't exactly what you'd call a motorcycle kind of Moskowitz.
Somehow Mike must find a way to get back on the grid and get his old job back, all without his wife finding out about any of it.
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STARTLING BUT TRUE ARE THE MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA THAT EXIST SOMEWHERE … BEYOND THE STRANGE!
In this bestselling book compiled by the editors of Fate magazine you will listen to amazing true accounts of the mysteries of ESP, dreams, ghosts, the occult, UFOs, strange science, witchcraft, and other fascinating phenomena in the world of the supernatural and the unexplained.
You'll discover the secrets of these curious events and the remarkable stories of the unusual people who experienced them in this gripping record of happenings that lie … beyond the strange!
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African-American computer security expert, Alayna Alexander, will do anything to have a family, including marry a man she doesn't love.
But confusion in the form of tall, dark Khavon Brighton, a former computer hacker, slips into Alayna's life when she is assigned to work with him on a top-level security project. Sparks fly as the two race to thwart a desperate cyberthief who has a personal vendetta against Khavon.
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Kim Crosley is a rent boy with too much curiosity. He wants to know who owns the Chrysler touring car stopping at his street corner every night. Hitching a ride and sneaking into the gent's house seems the best way to find out, but he gets caught. .
Kit Laurence is an ex-soccer champ, a near-recluse since a sports injury ended his career. Discovering a young man going through his belongings brings an intriguing disruption to both his evening and his life, as well as a relationship he isn't certain he wants. Kit is glad to help Kim leave his street life behind, but the young hustler wants more. It's a battle of wills and attraction, with each man's personal demons getting in the way.
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From the Margins tracks the lives of people on the edge of society who find the strength to bind together and break free. These stories provide a bird's eye view of the inner lives of prostitutes, crazies, alcoholics, and oddballs, probe their humanity, and celebrate the redemption they find in each other and their own souls.
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It is the Year of Our Lord 1685 and fourteen-year-old Maude Prichard finds herself at a crossroads in life. A chance meeting with a strange woman, who never ages, sets the young Puritan maid on a path littered with fear, superstition, and witchcraft. A boy whose love is forbidden and an old man, drenched in darkness and depravity, will catapult Maude out of her well-ordered world into a life fraught with danger.
Travel with her as she journeys from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the wilds of Maine where she will finally take her place among The Witches of Storm Island!
The Witches of Storm Island is the first installment in a prequel series to the modern-day Kate Pomeroy Mysteries.
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A REAL-LIFE JOURNEY INSIDE THE BDSM SCENE Dorothy Freed has been involved in the BDSM scene since the 1970s. In this memoir she writes openly, nostalgically, and lyrically about exploring her sexuality, including her experiences as a submissive and a Domme in a decades-long committed D/s relationship. This collection of interlinked vignettes gives the reader a front row seat to her diverse kinky adventures, providing sexually charged anecdotes that shed light on BDSM and her observations and reflections about the lifestyle. It is laced with humor, warmth, and rich descriptions of San Francisco and The Scene as it progressed over many years. It’s a celebration that proves that you’re never too old for passion.
Even if you are pureof heart, you may find yourself saying your prayers at night, when the wolfbaneblooms and the autumn moon is bright … after you listen to these sworn accountsof lycanthropy and shapeshifting.
True Werewolves of History uses archival chronicles and new research tobring to life the stories of 100 werewolves. This unique tour-de-force focuseson real tales of werewolves (not to mention "werebears,” “werejaguars” andothers) from throughout the world and across the centuries. You'll find themall in this volume for your delectation and enlightenment.
AMONG THE MORE FAMOUS LYCANTHROPES CHRONICLED:
St. Ronan
John Lackland
Roland Bertin
Gilles Garnier
Pierre Burgot
Michel Verdun
Jacques Roulet
Jean Grenier
Peter Andersen
Ivan Of Shiganska
Ivan Baranoff
Joana of Tarcouca
Stubbe Peeter
Sergeant Bertrand
AMONG THE MOST WELL-KNOWN CASES OF LYCANTHROPY:
The wolves with human hands and feet
Pope Leo and the witches
The werewolf of Auvergne
The werewolves at Christmas
The shepherd Petronius
The werewolves who were burned at the stake
The werewolf in the museum
Mere Maxim
The mare-woman
The Wild Beast of Geaudan
Wolf Hollow
The Vargamor
The Werewolves of the Harz Mountains
Le Meneur Des Loups
The Isawiyya
Abbot Gilbert and the Werewolf
Revenge of the Were-Jaguars
The Werewolf Burgomaster
The Werewolf Flower of Transylvania
OTHER KINDS OF CREATURES PEOPLE ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO:
Were-Tigers
Leopard-Men
Were-Jackals
Lion-Men
Were-Equines
Were-Hippos
Fox-Women
Were-Bears
Were-Panthers
Were-Hyenas
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WHEN AN INNOCENT SEWING CLUB BECOMES DEADLY
Piper makes a gruesome discovery while remodeling the old farmhouse. The second location of their bakery must open in a month or risk losing all of their new customers. Can she solve this mystery in time?
Meanwhile, Lanie is the victim of a serious "accident" in the woods. She's certain it wasn't an accident at all and is determined to find the perpetrators. Will she realize they're right under her nose before it's too late?
When these two mysteries collide, Lanie and Piper will have to make difficult choices and risk losing the people they love.
Don't miss this exciting fifth book in the Piney Falls series!
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EROTIC TALES OF THE HEATHER GROVE WEREWOLF CLAN
Here is a ferociously hot werewolf romance like no other ― packed with sex ... and fur and teeth! Romance can be complicated, but thrilling, when you are a member of a lycanthrope clan. Full Moon Rising is the first installment of an enthralling series that chronicles turning points in the lives and loves of two of the McShaw's of Heather Grove. Megan McShaw falls for another lycanthrope, Derek Lee, and soon the two are hiding in a cabin in the woods from a rogue werewolf who is out to get Derek after a bar fight reveals he is a lycanthrope but not from the local pack. Meanwhile, female reporter, Jac Hamilton, comes to Heather Grove to investigate a “werewolf” rumor. When she meets Ray McShaw, Jac can sense the energy between them. She doesn't dream Ray is a werewolf, and that as the local pack leader he is responsible for concealing the truth from her. Ray winds up trying to protect Jac when a female pack member goes rogue and attacks her, and realizes that he has feelings for her ̶ and that even though Jac is human she is also his mate.
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A BABY IS BORN AND PLACED IN HIS DEAD MOTHER’S ARMS…
When the funeral shroud is cast over her, his father names his son Pall. It will soon become a name that strikes a shiver of fear into the hearts of those who hear it in combat.
A lone survivor on a battlefield many years later, Pall dazedly recovers from the wounds of war. Despite the dead cast about him, everything he looks upon is unfamiliar to him. Wandering away from this scene of carnage, he encounters John Savage, a giant of a man who puts Pall within the sight of Savage’s seven-foot, nocked longbow.
What ensues from this deadly encounter is an elusive journey for truth. Yet, while it is haunted by a ravening demon that is out to destroy Pall and John, the vision and prayers of a startlingly beautiful young woman protect them from afar.
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BEHIND THE SCENES DURING THE BUILDING OF THE PANAMA CANAL
Undaunted by a mysterious disease killing workers, Teddy Roosevelt stakes his presidency on building the Panama Canal.
The day Teddy Roosevelt learned McKinley had died and he was now president of the United States, he made up his mind he would cut a canal through the Isthmus of Panama. No small task. The French had tried and failed with more than twenty thousand dead. Roosevelt wasn’t alone in wanting to see a canal. The Wall Street financier, J. P. Morgan, wanted it too, and so did revolutionaries in Panama. Morgan wanted a shorter route for his ships and was willing to secretly finance the insurrection against Colombia, who owned the territory of Panama. Not everyone was wild about America in Panama. A radical young patriot with ancestral roots going back 400 years would do anything to stop the Yankees, including murder. There was another more insidious obstacle, a mysterious disease killing workers.
The president sends Colonel Goethals to Panama to direct construction. Goethals thinks he knows how to avoid the terrible landslides that ruined the French. He also sends Major William Gorgas, the epidemiologist that rid Cuba of yellow fever during the Spanish American war. Gorgas requests the support of Captain Garrett Hay, the Secretary of State’s nephew, who served in Cuba as a doctor. Gorgas also wants to send a civilian scientist, Hiram Walker, who is married to Emma, Garrett’s former much younger lover, who deserted him years earlier without a word. They meet again aboard the Athena on their way to Panama. Neither is quite sure whether their love affair is over.
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HANGING FEVER WITH SMOKE WADE’S NECK SLATED FOR THE NOOSE
Dakota Territory: 1885. A violent band of Civil War veterans who roamed the Badlands were roused from their restless inertia by the murder of the Colonel they idolized. The towns simmered and hatreds flared up anew and every stranger became suspect.
Since Smoke Wade was a stranger, when he stepped out of the hotel a dozen tough and sullen men were waiting for him. They followed him down the dusty street like a pack of hungry dogs stalking a young deer. Someone in their midst spoke the word. "Murderer." The word became a chant, a chant that seemed to sweep through the town. Hanging fever had come to the Dakota Territory!
Before long Smoke Wade paced a jail cell . . . listening to the angry rumbling of the mob outside. He had suspected it before, but now he was sure—someone was heating up that mob, trying to make sure he didn't leave his cell alive.
He remembered how he had ridden into this boomtown, a stranger with an itch to follow the wild wind, a simple cowboy with too much nerve and a ready gun. He had tried to help a man in a fight, and the next thing he knew he was in a cell, with a hangman's noose awaiting him.
Why? For the murder of a man he had never even heard of, a murder that had occurred two days before Smoke Wade had come to town!
As he listened to the bloodthirsty cries outside, his anger grew, He vowed to get out of there, clear his name and pin the guilt where it belonged.
Up to then, there had never been a horse Smoke Wade couldn't ride or a man he couldn't lick — but this time he’d have to fight a whole damn town!
He was a rough and tumble cowpoke who never came across a fight or a bet he was afraid to take on, and was thought by most to be just another pistolero for hire. But he always seemed to be on the side of justice when the powdersmoke settled.
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A STORY ABOUT THE POWER OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
From multi-award-winning author, Linda Watkins, comes a story of two women from different walks of life and the one dog who loved them both.
A feature writer for the Boston Globe, Sarah Palmer had it all – a beautiful apartment, a great job, and a family she adored. A thousand miles away, Mindy Sue Watson didn’t have it so good. Trapped in a marriage to an abusive alcoholic, her only pleasure was in tossing a ball to a skinny dog she’d adopted from the local shelter.
Sarah & Zoey is the tale of these two women and the one remarkable dog who saved them both. It is a story of the power of unconditional love.
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THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURES IN SPACE: FORGET STAR WARS! STAR TREK, HO HUM!
This Planets of Adventure audiobook includes two complete book-length novels of space adventure from the supreme exemplar of highly-charged, vividly-colored space opera, the legendary pulp Planet Stories. Fasten your seatbelts for atomic-powered thrills, alien landscapes, daring heroes, intrepid heroines, and fiendish villainesses.
HERE FROM THE 1940s:
The Sword of Fire: A Novel of an Enslaved World by Emmett McDowell. He was a plain, ordinary Jones, so his spaceman father named him Jupiter, hoping it would help him stand out. But he remained a plain, ordinary Jones―until the space warp cast him, naked and helpless into the slime of that vile world. Then Jupiter Jones cursed the fate that had marooned him among the planet's groveling mutants. He only wanted to escape. But the mutant's rising excited whispers proclaimed him a knight in shining armor who alone could save them. And the strange sword he'd found was, they said, the one weapon that could prevail against the vicious octopoids who enslaved them.
The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears: A Novel of Peril on Alien Worlds by Keith Bennett. Their fighting song was known from Terra's hinterlands to Ganymede's glittering domes. "Oh, the Rocketeers have shaggy ears. They're dirty sons of space!" Someday there will be a legend like this. Someday, from Steamy Venus or Arid Mars, the shaking, awe-struck words will come whispering back to us, building the picture of a glory so great that our throats will choke with pride. Pride in the Rocketeers of Terra.
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A SUPERNATURAL MURDER MYSTERY AND CRIME THRILLER
Joel Marcus, a young, successful Manhattan DA, stuck in a loveless marriage, is with his beautiful DA girlfriend when he rescues an elderly Haitian woman from muggers. She rewards him with a voodoo ceremony. Now when he dies, his spirit will survive and pass into the one nearest him. When he is, in fact, soon murdered, his spirit does pass into the one nearest him: the black hitman who murdered him. While trying to convince loved ones he's still alive, he's being sought by the police as the prime suspect in his own murder. At the same time, he's in a unique position to learn who the real murderer is—the one who paid for the hit. He's also in a unique position to learn, as a white man, what it's like to be a black man in today's America.
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CAN A KINKY BICOASTAL ROMANCE SURVIVE?
Her heart belonged to master and so did her body! What starts out as a friendly and kinky online chat explodes into an intense lust-at-first-sight hookup after Kay and Jon get together when she travels from California to New York on business. Over the course of six age-play novelettes, now combined into this wonderfully erotic novel, their relationship develops via racy video chats, emails, phone calls, and texts, plus visits to the San Francisco Bay Area by Jon. Despite fully embracing her submissiveness to the dominant Jon, Kay has a little domme in her, which she indulges with local male and female playmates, and even on occasion with Jon. Theirs is a flexible D/s relationship that in no way resembles strict lifestyle BDSM, though equally kinky―heavy into erotic pleasure-pain sex.
Includes:
- "The Master's Little Girl"
- "The Master's Little Miss"
- "The Master's Little Toy"
- "The Master's Little Mess"
- "The Master's Little Jewel"
- "The Master's Little Angel"
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A BIZARRE MURDER DISRUPTS DETECTIVE BARRETT’S VACATION
George Barrett is a detective in the Sioux Bend Police Department. For the first time in six years, George and his family are going on vacation to the most exclusive resort in the west—Moonlight Cove Resort in Wild River, Wyoming.
The first morning there, George and his daughter, Karen, go for a run. Near the end of the trail, Karen hears music. When she follows the sound, she discovers two young people tied to pine trees, with arrows in their stomachs. One victim was the son of the Lakota County sheriff and the other was the daughter of the executive director of Moonlight Cove.
Since the sheriff’s office didn’t have any active detectives, George’s vacation is cancelled, and he is tasked with solving the murders. While executing a search warrant, George and his partner discover a room filled with pictures of Tristan Collins, the resort director’s daughter, and the other victim. They soon learn that the apartment’s occupant, Dennis Gibson, wasn’t the one who took the pictures, but he wouldn’t tell them who did.
Who took those pictures and plastered them all over the walls? If it wasn’t Gibson, who was he protecting? Can George find out who killed the young couple?
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BARKER'S BACK SOLVING CRIME WITH HIS PACK OF ADORABLE CANINES!
Barker, the mysterious homeless detective with no memory of his past, returns in the wild, third installment of the Barker Mysteries. Sequestered in a thrown-together shack beneath the soggy planks of California’s Old Fisherman’s Wharf, Barker and his gaggle of street dogs have kept largely to themselves since the events of Monterey Pulp. When three teenagers go missing in Carmel-by-the-Sea, and an incriminating note is left on the beach below his barnacle-covered home, Barker is thrust into pulse-pounding action. From the sinister friar of the historic Carmel Mission to an encounter with crime boss Sleepy Redbone in the sweltering red rocks of Sedona, Arizona, our reluctant hero faces his greatest threats and learns a secret to his past he thought lost to him: his first name.
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HOLLY’S JOURNEY TO EXOTIC DANCING HEADLINER
After Holly tires of the erotic film industry grind in Los Angeles, she heads to San Francisco in hopes of parlaying her modest fame into an exotic dancing career. A chance conversation with a waitress at Big Al’s results in the break she needs and leads to exciting friends-with-benefits naughtiness.
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A NOIR BLEND OF CRIME AND HORROR
It’s 1993—a year of optimism, change, and killer music—when Kees VanSpyker, a penniless Gulf War veteran and would-be guitar hero, takes a job with the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) to infiltrate a Wisconsin mink ranch and find out what happened to the last guy they sent there who subsequently vanished. Kees just wants to earn enough cash to take his guitar and follow the stampede to Seattle, but finding out what happened proves hairier than he bargained for. Sinister doings and suspects abound on the ranch, in Madison, and among the ALF members themselves. Kees can’t tell whom to trust as he risks his own skin delving into the grisly business of fur farming and double-crosses in this novel described as The Monkey Wrench Gang meets Psycho.
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Think all the great vampire tales from the shudder pulps—"Weird Tales," "Strange Tales," "Horror Stories," "Unknown," etc.—have been republished? And you've heard them all?
Think again! We have unearthed from their yellowing pulp pages coffins, six stories that you have probably never heard, and combined them with two indisputable classics for one of the best and freshest anthologies of undead doings you are likely to listen to for a long time to come.
For instance, have you heard "After Sunset" by Philip Hazleton? "Mortmain" by Seabury Quinn? "The Shadow of Nirvana" by Earl Peirce, Jr.? "The Undead Die" by Everett Evans and Ray Bradbury? "Spawn of Darkness" by Kirk Shaw? Or, "Vampire Girl" by Bryce Walton?
If you have listened to only a few or none…this is the anthology for you!
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SERENDIPITY BRINGS FORMER LOVERS BACK TOGETHER
Driving back to her home town for her parent’s anniversary, Cassie Meadows, speeds through town. Suddenly a cop car pulls behind her in hot pursuit. To her humiliation, the man in blue is an Adonis in uniform, her ex-boyfriend, Steve Tanner. Steve is still in love with Cassie and wants a chance to explain why he broke her heart years ago. Cassie is attracted to Steve as well. She may not be ready to forgive him; but she can’t quite say “no” either. So, Steve sets out in a hot pursuit of Cassie neither of them will ever forget! A sizzling romance from the best-selling author of Full Moon Rising!
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GRIPPING TALES OF CRIME AND HORROR ON THE HOMEFRONT
Blood ties. The family we’ve been given, the friends we make, the loves we keep, and those we lost. The 26 stories in Family and Other Ailments teeter on the brink, hover at the periphery, or even the possibility, of crime. Under a soft light and at an angle, they're all love stories.
The collection opens with “Spy Head,” a tale of friendship after a crushing trauma. In “Texas Two-Step,” brotherhood leads to a wicked double-cross. “Razorbills” shows a young woman seeking freedom from the prison-like caring of her sibling. “Black and Tan” slips into domestic horror, as does “Mutti,” with a hint of the fantastic. “Hour of the Bat” and “Bag Limit” are deep-woods Texas noir, while “A Head for Numbers” and “No Recoil” go west, to the stark unforgiving beauty of the desert.
M. E. Proctor draws characters with a tender touch. She catches them at an inflection point in their lives, a moment of choice. We feel what they feel, see what they see, and their voices linger for a long time in our memory.
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THE STRUGGLES OF A WAR HERO RECOVERING FROM PTSD
Thomas “Hatch” Hatchfield is an artist derailed by the Vietnam War. Beginning with crayons as a child, he honed his love for drawing as an art major in college and during a semester of study in Rome. Twenty-seven years after discharge, with a gut injury and a Purple Heart, Hatch still wanders Seattle’s Pioneer Square. With an air of snarky hostility, he drinks away his talent, having long ago traded his paint brushes and pens for Ripple and Thunderbird.
At least he has his invisible dog, Bud, always trotting beside him, always willing to listen, even willing to talk
. Hatch faces a DUI and attends court-ordered AA meetings. One night he stops at a nearby Seattle diner owned by Rosa, a Puerto Rican earth mother who hires him as a kitchen prep. Rosa inspires Hatch to renew his love of drawing.
As he claws his way to sobriety one brushstroke at a time, Hatch must come to terms with ghosts from the war, a fellow ex-marine’s failings, and the truth about his dog.
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DELICIOUSLY NAUGHTY SEXUAL TEASE AND DENIAL STORIES
Ralph Greco, Jr. leads the reader through stories of sexual denial where mind games, chastity devices, and relationship dynamics push the characters to their limits both physically and mentally. Whether by friends, neighbors, lovers or strict mistresses, the men and women in Denied will be challenged in the most delicious ways. From lesbian couples dabbling in mutual denial to heterosexual partners embracing new roles, and dirty little secrets being revealed, these stories are sure to have you on the edge of your seat.
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Meet Cocoa and Cream, the amazing twin ponies with wild, untamed manes!
They are anything but ordinary. Cocoa and Cream have a big dream: to teach little kids how to ride, and help them discover their incredible potential.
Join Cocoa and Cream, and discover the countless ways these special ponies help kids like you reach their goals!
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A Perilous Civil War Era Tale of Destiny, Magic, and Power
From the misty mountains and shadowy hollows of West Virginia, a new legend arises. It’s 1863 in the Civil War-torn southern Hardy County. Beloved school teacher George Voorhees becomes the unlikely hero shortly after he joins the local Union Militia known as the Swamp Dragons, at his brother’s insistence. When he’s mortally wounded in an ambush by Luther Boggs, a vicious leader of a gang of Confederate bushwackers, Abigail—his friend, local midwife, and witch—turns him into a real swamp dragon in order to save his life.
Overnight, his simple life is shattered, and he’s thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only Abigail’s advice for guidance and the continued support of Sarah, the girl he loves, George must navigate the dangerous terrain of a suddenly unfamiliar world in a quest to end the reign of terror by a man whose evil knows no bounds.
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WHILE TRYING TO CATCH THIEVES, JOURNALIST HARRY HORNE FINDS CATCHING A BULLET OR A BLOND IS MORE LIKELY!
One frightened blonde, eight chorus girls, a singer and three strippers…
Hundreds of rancorous Reenactors itching to fight the Civil War all over again…
Harry Horne hot on the trail of a stolen million somewhere on the battlefield…
A dozen big city mobsters with .45s in Civil War regalia hot on Harry’s trail…
It’s a recipe for excitement, sex and lots of action.
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TEN DELICIOUSLY NAUGHTY SPANKING STORIES
Here is a diverse assortment of vignettes featuring women spanking women. Vicariously experience friends, lovers, roommates, newbies, life-stylers, and kinky aficionados indulging in spanking scenarios ranging from penance, eavesdropping, OTK, edging, and pleasure-pain tomotivation, first-time, rekindled love, corporal punishment, climax denial, and more.
CLICKLINK FOR YOUR OWN COPYAN EPIC TALE OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND REVENGE
Rita Collins, a reporter and writer for a local Washington DC television station, faces apparently unexplained rejection by her husband, who has suffered amputation of both legs during the Iraq War. He refuses both her affection and any attempts at rehabilitation.
At the same time, Rita is investigating a radical political cell on an elite college campus. With the help of her husband’s psychiatrist, she discovers that her marriage was doomed from the start because of its intricate ties to the career of her politically corrupt father-in-law, aPennsylvania state senator, and his manipulative political advisor.
Once her initial grief gives way to anger, Rita uses her contacts within the news media to exact revenge on her father-in-law. On the same night she successfully covers a major campus riot, the revenge she fashions proves more destructive than she could have imagined.
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Here is a keystone work in the development of the modern horror novel first published in the early 1960s. When Ambrose Sampsondies, everyone in the family considered him the next-best thing to a saint,including his college-grad nephew, Hal. So Hal is outraged when a strangerknocks at the door and tries to strong-arm his way into the house, demanding awork supposedly written by his uncle titled "The Book of Ambrose" andhinting at his uncle's involvement in something dark and sinister. But Hal'soutrage turns to horror when he answers the phone and hears a ghostly butfamiliar voice say, "Hello, Hal. This is your uncle Ambrose." Hal'shorror deepens when he learns his beloved uncle was a practitioner of Satanismand had pledged Hal's sister, Lisa, to the mighty Prince of Darkness. However,Ambrose has repented and begs Hal to help him oppose the forces of darkness heunleashed. Only then can he rest in peace and not in agony! Hal agrees, notknowing that he will face temptations and dangers rarely experienced by mortalmen: For in his future lie the perils of the House by the Devil's Bend, thePlace of Pain, and the Goddess of Dark Waters, along with the unholytemptations of Caress Dillon and Amora Cartwright. And if he survives those,Hal will still have to face the combined forces of a Satanic cult and theawesome power of the Prince of Darkness himself.
Here is a keystone work in the development of themodern horror novel first published in the early 1960s. When Ambrose Sampsondies, everyone in the family considered him the next-best thing to a saint,including his college-grad nephew, Hal. So Hal is outraged when a strangerknocks at the door and tries to strong-arm his way into the house, demanding awork supposedly written by his uncle titled "The Book of Ambrose" andhinting at his uncle's involvement in something dark and sinister. But Hal'soutrage turns to horror when he answers the phone and hears a ghostly butfamiliar voice say, "Hello, Hal. This is your uncle Ambrose." Hal'shorror deepens when he learns his beloved uncle was a practitioner of Satanismand had pledged Hal's sister, Lisa, to the mighty Prince of Darkness. However,Ambrose has repented and begs Hal to help him oppose the forces of darkness heunleashed. Only then can he rest in peace and not in agony! Hal agrees, notknowing that he will face temptations and dangers rarely experienced by mortalmen: For in his future lie the perils of the House by the Devil's Bend, thePlace of Pain, and the Goddess of Dark Waters, along with the unholytemptations of Caress Dillon and Amora Cartwright. And if he survives those,Hal will still have to face the combined forces of a Satanic cult and theawesome power of the Prince of Darkness himself.
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In the fourth book of the Piney Falls Mysteries Series,the wedding event of the decade is about to take place in Piney Falls. From thedecorations to the cake and music, every single citizen has contributed in someway to make this day perfect. Until Cosmo and Lanie begin their lives together,everyone is on their best behavior, trying to assure no mystery disrupts theone thing they’ve all worked in unison to achieve.
When a stranger shows up at Cosmic Cakes and Antiquerywith some shocking news, the perfectly constructed event begins to fall apart.Even more concerning, Cosmo and Lanie’s future together may be in jeopardy. Thestranger’s message means Lanie must face the one thing she’s been avoiding herentire adult life: her mother.
The twisted family mystery that begins to unravel beforeher will change everything Lanie thought she knew about herself.
Don’t miss the fourth installment of this excitingcozy mystery series with a dash of humor, history, and of course, a goodmystery!
A SIZZLING HOT ROMANCE BY MAGGIE CARPENTER
"She's been a very bad girl. Now she needs to be punished.
Steph Grady had to be taught a lesson.
She needed to learn the hard way that bad girls who spy on men like me don't just get spanked. They get taken roughly and shamefully, with every climax more overwhelming than the one before.
When I'm finished with her, she won't just be begging for mercy and for more at the same time.
She'll be mine.
She needs to be.
There's no one else able to keep her safe."
Tired of being told there’s no name or treatment for your illness? That it’s 'all in your head' or that your pain can’t be real because you’re too young/old/pretty/bright/healthy/normal to have a chronic disorder?
What if instead, there was someone who knew what you were going through and could teach you strategies for coping with rare chronic illness?
This is not a false hope. You can turn pain into possibility with this life-changing book that can help everyone with elusive hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) – from those newly diagnosed to those who have suffered in silence for decades. Wherever you are on your journey navigating the complexities of chronic illness, you're not alone.
Christie Cox explores not only the physical effects of hEDS but its emotional impact as well. As a fellow patient and medical rarity, known to doctors as zebras, she’s experienced her body’s betrayal and suffered through the myriad complications stemming from this disease. But she’s also found a way out from the depths of this life-altering disorder with wisdom you can turn into hope.
As a self-advocacy guide, she offers practical, no-nonsense advice about living with chronic illness and the concrete steps you can take to achieve a new normal. In her book, you’ll discover…
· A healing prescription for the miracle of the modern mindset
· A look at the latest scientific research on the edge of answers
· Q&A interviews with expert doctors and advocacy groups
· Guidance for how to help loved ones better understand hEDS
· Christie’s own inspiring story of how she came to live her best life
· Lessons, questions and quotes to inspire your search for answers
"This book gives you the tools and resources you need to get back to living the life you want."
Historical accounts of the undead who returned from the grave to drink human blood!
From the cobblestone streets of medieval Europe, across the vastness of Asia and the jungles of Africa, to the haunted forests of New England in the 20th century, the author brings his researches to life in over fifty narratives and case histories.
Have you ever wondered whether or not vampires actually exist? Whether they are merely folk tales or real creatures that walk the same world we do? Donald F. Glut's classic survey of the historical record provides food for thought and fascinating insights into the sanguinary world of True Vampires of History.
Donald F. Glut is a world-recognized authority on monsters. His books The Dinosaur Dictionary and Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia were included by the American Library Association in their lists of best reference books of the year. And his The Dracula Book and The Frankenstein Catalog were both recipients of the annual Ann Radcliffe Award from the Count Dracula Society. In addition to hundreds of articles on monsters real and fictive, Glut’s other books include Classic Movie Monsters, Jurassic Classics: A Collection of Saurian Essays and Mesozoic Musings, The Frankenstein Legend, True Vampires of History, and True Werewolves of History.
He has also written three vampire novels, directed and executive-produced three feature-length movies featuring Dracula and regularly writes stories for Vampiress Carmilla magazine. He is probably best known for his novelization of the movie The Empire Strikes Back.
MOROCCO JONES VS. MAFIA, MURDERS, MOLLS, AND MAYHEM
The wheels on the Syndicate's deadliest racket – taking over unions to leverage the old protection racket on whole industries – have begun to steam-roll over the shipping business in the quiet California town of Pacific Port. They send an S.O.S. for the one-man army – P.I. and ex-spy, Morocco Jones.
His name is whispered in secret, and in awe – from Budapest to Bangkok, from Copenhagen to Cairo to Kansas City, Mo.
He's the toughest, smartest operator ever to work and survive the roughest racket of them all – overseas counterespionage.
He's the guy who rocked the Mafia on its heels in Chicago, the guy who took Border City's underworld apart with his bare hands.
The man who's come to take the Cosa Nostra by the throat and end it once and for all.
If he survives the baited, one-woman death trap called "the Syndicate's Golden Angel."
The final book in the classic series that took the war to the Mafia a decade before the debut of Mack Bolan, The Executioner.
A geek, a nerd and two tough-as-nails ranch women fight rubber rustlers during WWII – when rubber was worth big money!
A masterpiece of screwball romcom from Clarence Budington Kelland, the man who invented the genre, set against the background of the Homefront during the Second World War. Archibald the Great is filled with his trademark delirious, pixilated battle-of-the-sexes dialogue. Archibald Cloyd was an ubergeek and as pedantic as it is possible to be. He looked like Napoleon, he strutted like Napoleon, so naturally, he made himself the world's greatest expert on the Little Corsican. Naturally, Hollywood hired him at thousands of dollars a week as the technical director on a movie about Napoleon.
Wilson Page, Cloyd's secretary, was a nerd. He didn’t fit in anywhere, and when the Air Force turned him down due to a childhood heart problem, Wilson gave up on life. He figured he didn't deserve anything better than being nursemaid to a strutting egomaniac like Archibald Cloyd. He looked down on himself and Cloyd in equal measure.
But when Archibald fell for a gangster’s moll, the gangster took exception to the relationship, and the pompous little geek proved too stuck-up to back down even when faced with torture. Wilson Page discovered he had developed affection for the pigmy popinjay and swore to extract Cloyd from the situation.
Then the movie company moved to Arizona to shoot desert scenes about Napoleon's Egyptian venture, and with Archibald now thousands of miles away from the hot-tempered gangster, Wilson Page breathed a sigh of relief.
But his relief didn't last long. In the desert Page discovered a complication he had never dreamed of, when they encountered the Widow Hammer, an outsized woman with an outsized voice that could call the cattle home from a range beyond the mountains in a different state, who took a shine to Archibald because, as she said, ""He talks beautiful. He don't always make sense a body can understand, but the sound of it is lovely."
And matters became even more complicated for Wilson Page when he fell for the irritating Miss Jemima Ward, a young woman who was used to running her own ranch, which she had inherited from her father, and looked down on soft men who earned their keep at soft jobs sitting in chairs, like secretaries to academic pedants, and looked down even further on young men who were not enlisted and off fighting in defense of their country against the fascist regimes of Italy and Germany.
Just when it looked like things couldn't get more complicated, Page and Jemma discovered an old abandoned mine filled with a fortune in stolen rubber tires, one of the homefront's least obtainable and most valuable commodities. And who did it belong to? The same hot-tempered gangster who had sworn to do the dirty to Archibald the first chance he got.
Smoke Wade was riding to save a friend from hanging...and he was riding straight into a pack of blood-hungry outlaws!
Stampede Canyon held all the natural beauty of the West…and all of its dangers. Sheer cliffs studded with silver rose straight to the sky on three sides, and the fourth was pitted with traps.
Smoke Wade rode into the town at its heart to attend the wedding of his friend, Chaz Borman. But he stayed to save Borman's neck from a noose.
Borman had been accused of helping outlaws raid silver from the canyon, and the riled miners were dead-set for a necktie party.
Wade's only hope was to track the real outlaws to their den and fight it out with lead. But Wade was riding alone, and he was facing some of the deadliest killers the West had ever known. Smoke Wade was a rough-and-tumble cowpoke who never came across a fight or a bet he was afraid to take on. He was thought by most to be just another pistolero for hire, but he always seemed to be on the side of justice when the powdersmoke settled.
Equine veterinary technician Walter Watson was working in a prestigious practice in Colts Neck, New Jersey when he makes a terrible discovery. His boss, famed equine surgeon Dr. John Hansen, is involved with a group of men committing a multimillion-dollar fraud killing racehorses in order to collect insurance money. Just before Walter can expose the scam, he is murdered. However, he is reincarnated as a thoroughbred racehorse colt.
A memory thrashes its way to the surface, torturing him, refusing to let him rest—the knowledge that he once was a man. He knows he must expose the crimes that haunt him as he enters training and racing in pursuit of men’s fortunes. He will not be alone in his quest. Merlin, a black barn cat who was once a homicide detective will see to that. He is also assisted by famous animal psychic Sally Andrews and her private investigator friend Chris Mackenzie.
Buried Pirate Treasure and a Wisecracking Heroine Lead to Romance, Adventure and Murder in Prohibition-Era Long Island!
Wisecracking Jane Teach had pirate blood, a take-charge attitude and a penchant for sticking her nose in the wrong places. Sober-minded Bill Popple was from one of Long Island's first families, a conservative-minded young man who walked the straight and narrow. When they met it was loathing at first sight, definitely not a match made in heaven. But with six people trying to kill them over a dead bootlegger's lost fortune and a pirate's treasure secretly buried three hundred years ago, they both needed each other.
First Bill Popple, the muscular serious-minded research student, unearths information which makes the odds high in favor of pirate gold being hidden long ago on what is now Hartman's property. Then Jane Teach, the streamlined girl of ready wit, who seems to know more than Bill does about almost everything, suggests that there may be not one treasure but two, the first one part of her Ancestor's lost loot, the second a bootlegger's ill-gotten gains. Next Jane and Bill discover a corpse lying on a beach near Oxbow Bay with gold pieces sunk into its eye sockets.
Soon the pair find themselves up to their necks in mystery and dark doings involving the heterogeneous group of strangers who have appeared suddenly in town to wait and watch for …what? From then on Jane and Bill never experience a dull moment.
How they extricate themselves, and at the same time solve two deep mysteries, adds up to an absorbing novel of skullduggery and sudden death in which excitement and romance mount to an increasingly high pitch and culminate in a wholly satisfying climax.
A BEAUTIFUL WINERY WITH A DEADLY PAST!
In a historic mansion outside of Piney Falls, dark rumors have swirled for over a century. Strange occupants, mysterious disappearances and unexplained deaths have frightened the locals away from Naybor Manor.
Modern day Naybor Manor has transitioned into the Sassy Lasses Vineyard, a winery struggling to remove the scourge of its past. Word of Lanie's sleuthing skills has reached the owner. She wants Lanie to uncover the truth of Naybor Manor and end the rumors once and for all.
When more bodies are discovered, Lanie realizes she might be in over her head. What she uncovers will link the tales of Naybor Manor to their present world in a way no one saw coming.
This is the third book in the Piney Fall Series by award-winning author, Joann Keder.
If she builds it, will they come?
Technically brilliant and thoroughly wanton, Gillian Smith has found her vocation: designing innovative erotic devices for the Toymakers Guild. Lust is a lubricant to creativity at Randerley Hall. But what happens when two Toymakers fall in love?
The Guild’s tribe of talented, uninhibited engineers has embraced Gillian as one of their own. Edward Thorne, the perverse genius who founded the Guild, undertakes to train her in the skills she’ll need as a journeyman, from practical mind-reading to transcendental orgasms.
As Gillian labors to impress the charismatic Master, her enigmatic fellow journeyman Rafe both entices and frustrates her. Their passion seems to go beyond mere appetite, but in Randerley’s promiscuous and permissive environment, does love make any sense?
When the Toymakers receive a commission to equip London’s most exclusive brothel with the latest sexual technology, Gillian has the chance to demonstrate her formidable abilities as well as to help Rafe exorcise the demons of his past. She doesn’t realize she’ll be forced to choose between Rafe and her future in the Guild.
CLICKLINK FOR YOUR OWN COPYA DARK AND TWISTED MYSTERY THRILLER
Following the death of his estranged brother Tim, Riley Greenham returns to his hometown of Maddenand learns that Tim died as a result of a severe heart condition. However,local cop Carl Morris is convinced that Tim was involved with a recent murderand that his death may not have been from natural causes. He knows that Timbelieved his parent’s fatal car crash, more than fifteen years earlier, was notan accident but deliberate. The paths of two families are tragically entwined,and Riley’s present and future life will rely on his wits and Carl’s doggeddetermination to find the truth.
A SIMPLE HOLLYWOOD BLACKMAIL SCHEME TURNS DEADLY
Morocco Jones figured this assignment would be a breeze. After all, sending a guy whospecialized in busting up crime syndicates and international spy rings to LosAngeles to track down some two-bit blackmailer seemed like using a cannon tokill a mosquito. To Morocco, it seemed like a good excuse for a nice littleHollywood vacation—catch a bit of sun, bed a few starlets, and relax poolsidewith a large snifter of brandy.
But Moroccocouldn't have been more wrong! Because this was no two-bit blackmail scheme.The half a billion-dollar payoff—for whoever was behind the plot—was moneyworth killing for. From the moment Morocco Jones hit fabulous movieland, thingsbegan to explode in some very strange and terrifying directions.
First, there wasthe reception committee of musclemen who waylaid Morocco in the dark rightoutside his client's fancy Spanish villa. Next was the ex-hood who had becomehigh-priest of a powerful and sinister religious cult that didn't draw the lineeven at murder when it came to keeping its secrets secret. Then, there was thescandal sheet that raked in the do-re-mi from the studios—for the trulyscandalous stories it didn't print about Screenland's kings and queens. Add ina crooked cop named Doheny who didn't like Morocco's lip, and the unsolveddouble murder of a famous screen beauty and her husband that tied into it allsomehow. Nor could Morocco overlook the incendiary blond starlet in the oh-sorevealing dress who seemed to have slept with half his suspects and was alwaysone step ahead of him, wherever he went.
There were a lot ofangles to figure, even for an operative like Morocco Jones—and his only hope ofsolving it was a lush out cold from a 10-day bender and a raw cub reporter wholooked more destined to end up being written about in the Obits than gettinghis by-line on the story of the year—when and if it broke. This was a case withthe distinct odor of an organized blackmail ring with syndicate tie-ups.
AN ODD INHERITANCE IS LIFE-CHANGING FOR REBECKA
There were manythings Rebecka Skylar thought she’d experience in her lifetime. Inheriting abrothel wasn't one of them. Now, this media specialist turned madam mustnavigate the unfamiliar-to-her pay for play landscape. Toss in a darkly sexy,mysterious land developer, who happens to be her new neighbor and…her worldthoroughly turns upside down.
Long after HAL andFebruary The Fifth, the Gregorian Royal Family gene pool has degenerated sobadly that the next Supreme Potentate of Gloth is destined to be a boy idiot,whose father died racing him to the Palace garden. His father won the race by jumpingfrom the Palace roof screaming, 'I win! I win!' just before meeting his deathon a brick pathway alongside a beautiful bed of roses. The death, however,finally provides Septimity and his six brothers the chance to enact Ichor.Planned for aeons, their dream is to return a pure blood Glothian to theposition of Supreme Potentate and rid Gloth of all the embarrassing Erdeanmonkey genes that had infected their planet for almost ever. However, as is theway with plans, not everything goes as it was envisaged and as Septimitydiscovers, the very best way to handle major plan problems is to leave them alluntil tomorrow and get on with enjoying breakfast. Join Septimity in this thirdand final Glothic Tale and have a fun-filled giggle around the galaxy.
Equine veterinary technician Walter Watson was workingin a prestigious practice in Colts Neck, New Jersey when he makes a terriblediscovery. His boss, famed equine surgeon Dr. John Hansen, is involved with agroup of men committing a multimillion-dollar fraud killing racehorses in orderto collect insurance money. Just before Walter can expose the scam, he ismurdered. However, he is reincarnated as a thoroughbred racehorse colt.
A memory thrashes its way to the surface, torturing him, refusing to let him rest—the knowledge thathe once was a man. He knows he must expose the crimes that haunt him as heenters training and racing in pursuit of men’s fortunes. He will not be alonein his quest. Merlin, a black barn cat who was once a homicide detective willsee to that. He is also assisted by famous animal psychic Sally Andrews and herprivate investigator friend Chris Mackenzie.
A CLASSIC ROMANTIC MYSTERY BY CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND
What happens when a Korean War vet recovering from serious injuries wins a ghost town in a contest, meets a hard-riding, gun-toting cowgirl, and is threatened by three dangerous people all within a few days? Answer: Cock-eyed characters, pixilated dialogue, zany romance and heart-stopping suspense. In short, everything Kelland fans love about his novels. Based in part on real events – and set in a real ghost town that was actually given away (by The Saturday Evening Post) in a real contest, a place you can still visit today.
Waldo Emerson Whitelaw was pleasantly surprised when he won a supposedly worthless Arizona ghost town named Sidewinder Gulch in a "write a jingle" contest. He was less pleasantly surprised when the glowering Hugo Pung offered him six thousand dollars for the deed – and threatened his life if he refused. Was Sidewinder Gulch somehow more valuable than Whitelaw believed? So, he took laconic, plain-spoken New Englanders Habakkuk Ware and his wife Melinna, who had raised him after his parent's death, and set off for Arizona. When they arrived, he met the rear end of a cow backing toward him in a clear state of hysteria, with ranch woman Gwendolin Carver attached to a rope at its head. "You underfed, skinny-legged dude," she said to Whitelaw, "Grab hold of this rope and help!" Everything he said and did after that only seemed to irritate her more. That night, self-styled land-speculator Miles Winter, and his seductive gal-friend, Mona Avery, showed up and made him an even bigger offer for the deed to Sidewinder Gulch. A few hours later a shot rang out.
Thus begins one of Clarence Budington Kelland's finest, and rarest novels, previously only published as a seven-part serial in the legendary and bestselling magazine of its era, The Saturday Evening Post.
MURDER AND SKULLDUGGERY ABOUND BEHIND THE SCENES IN EARLY TV
In one of the first crime novels ever set behind the scenes of big-time television, Clarence Budington Kelland has plotted a thrilling adventure of danger and death which climaxes in a series of fast-moving surprises. Peter Mortain, one of the youngest directors in this very young medium, was beleaguered enough, directing the first episode of the most expensive variety show ever produced. He had a cast whose first appearance on television made them skittish, a thousand technical details to handle, and a star…who was also his boss!
The blonde soprano was smooth, sultry. She was also mysteriously hired at the last minute and was taking the best songs and skits away from the other cast members and claiming them as her own—and the producer refused to stop her. From the first moment she joined the Tod Arundel Show, at least one member of the cast suspected her presence meant big-time trouble. That suspicion became a certainty when a corpse called on the young director.
Peter directed the next rehearsal of his coast-to-coast television revue, knowing that somehow the glamorous soprano had picked up some nasty acquaintances. He worried that his back was the target for the next knife. Peter found out too fast why the sensational blonde was hired, and why their boss was paying her particular attention...and why she took a certain non-professional interest in Peter—for a price that added up to his own life. Unwittingly, he had become the key man in a in a nightmare intrigue.
Murder and the Key Man shows one of the master storytellers of all time at his exciting best, populated with Kelland’s vivid, memorable characters, with the signature brilliant, strong-minded heroine, eccentric romance, and showstopper of a grandmother, who solves most of the case herself.
THE STORY OF A VERY REAL WARTIME SPY
Louis is a gripping story of the life of a professional wartime spy. From his boyhood education in Egypt in the early 1900s, he was being prepared to serve in the newly formed British Secret Service Bureau on the orders of Abbas II Hilmi, the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, as part of a secret arrangement with the British government to supply young operatives for the newly formed bureau.
In his early teens, he is separated from his foster mother to make the dangerous journey to England, in the middle of the First World War, to complete his education and training as a British wartime spy.
From Dulwich College through to Oxford University, he is meticulously prepared for his life as a British undercover war operative. From his first dangerous mission in Port Said through to his last in South Africa in the 1960s, Louis is the story of a professional chameleon who survived wars and conflicts on his instincts, cunning, and ruthlessness.
Louis was a quiet, heroic man who lived an extraordinary life―a life of service that should never be forgotten.
SHY AND SERIOUS BY DAY — INSATIABLE BY NIGHT
During the day, Miranda Cahill works diligently on her doctoral thesis. At night, she has sex with strangers.
Public coupling, multiple partners, age play, spankings, bondage, lesbian lust—each salacious adventure exposes new dimensions of her depravity. Her secret life explodes when she realizes her masked partner at a kink club and the charismatic colleague courting her are in fact the same man.
Dickens scholar Mark Anderson seems like an affable, uncomplicated Midwesterner, but he has hidden depths, myriad talents, and an unlimited appetite for erotic variety. With Mark as her guide, Miranda comes to accept the intricacy of her own desires, as well as to trust her heart.
A SEARCH FOR A RUNAWAY HEIRESS TURNS DEADLY
Bright lights but a dark city! Book 3 in the Gloria Morris Mystery series.
Gloria Morris is a scholarly, vehement, and hard-boiled private detective, a force of nature who doesn’t suffer fools. She’s also a lover, and her inamorata understands her swagger and quest for justice. Gloria must locate the runaway heiress to an industrial empire, a volatile young woman who is happy being on the lam in San Francisco, free of her family’s dark secrets and business responsibilities. She feels she can protect herself, and perhaps she can, but people connected to her are dying, and someone is pulling the strings. Gloria navigates through The City, dealing with musicians, gutter punks, business people, and the sexually audacious. Narcissistic lawyers, underground doctors, and hired killers enter the fray, and Gloria deals with them as only she can. But the runaway has a soft spot she was flabbergasted to discover in herself. How will it change her life, and will Gloria back her up?
Piper has lived her entire childhood on the run. She's about to uncover the deadly reason why…
In the second book of the Piney Falls Mysteries series, Piper Moonlight is tired of constantly looking over her shoulder, afraid of the remaining Fallen Branch cult members. She decides the best place to land is in Piney Falls, Oregon, where the cult originated. At least everyone there knows her story and she'll be safe.
When she arrives, she finds employment under the watchful eye of Cosmo Hill, also a former Fallen Branch member, at his bakery. Cosmo doesn't trust Piper or her story. He enlists the help of his fiancée, marketing wonder and super sleuth Lanie Anders, to uncover the truth of Piper's past.
Lanie and Cosmo soon discover there are still shocking secrets buried within the layers of the former cult. As those secrets come to light, those who keep them will stop at nothing to stay hidden. The ugly truth of Fallen Branch will force Lanie, Cosmo, and Piper to make unthinkable choices to save themselves and the life they know in Piney Falls.
“SET EASY AND KEEP YOUR HANDS FROM THEM GUNS . . .”
On a dusty trail above Elkhorn, three men sat motionless in their saddles. Two of the men were together—Bristol and Trugeon, and they nervously eyed the guns in the saddlebag of Smoke Wade. Bristol had spoken—and Wade knew by the hard set of his butt-like jaw he meant it.
Smoke felt his body tense, his every sense alert for trouble. His horse pawed the ground nervously, reacting to the hair-trigger tension of the puncher’s body. One wrong move on the part of man or horse could ruin a plan for desperate action—a showdown on which depended the lives and homes of many people Wade had never seen . . . His lightning hands whipped to his guns—and made the first move . . .
Long before Smoke Wade rode into the drought-stricken valley his reputation as a feared gunslinger had been known. The ranchers knew him as a pistolero whose cool eyes and lightning hands were just what was needed to stop the Bristol gang. Even as he rode in, Smoke could sense the trigger-taut atmosphere of thirsty men and cattlemen who were itching to get at the bushwhackers whose guns controlled the water-holes. Tempers were getting shorter and guns were being loaded. It was to be a race between the madness of thirst or lead poisoning, Colt style — and the owlhoots asked themselves if even banded together they dared answer the challenge of Smoke Wade.
“Roaring Six-Guns, Thudding Fists and Thrills Aplenty Fill This Story . . .” -Boston Post
About Smoke Wade” A rough and tumble cowpoke who never came across a fight or a bet he was afraid to take on, Smoke Wade is thought by most to be just another pistolero for hire. But he always seems on the side of justice when the powder smoke settles.
Mossad Agents, Israeli Engineers, Revolutionary Guards.
The Ayatollah Returns. The Iranian Revolution.
This exciting 20th-century historical thriller inspired by real events is the story of a Jewish hero. A group of Israeli engineers are trapped in central Iran when the world about them explodes in chaos. Imagine their plight when they discover the Shah has been deposed and Ayatollah Khomeini has returned from exile.
How can they escape with their lives? What should they do? Can our hero Guy Hart rescue the attractive Emma Levine and his colleagues from capture by the Revolutionary Guards?
The result is an intense action-packed thriller full of danger, death, and fear with some romance, as well as surprising twists and turns.
Granville Cash served 14 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. After finally being exonerated, he is awarded a great deal of money for his wrongful conviction. With more time and money than he knows what to do with, he decides to help a friend from prison find his missing daughter, who may have the same deadly disease as his other child. Trouble is, no one has seen or heard from the woman in years. Cash begins combing the streets of Atlanta, tracking down her last known associates, primarily whores, pimps, junkies, and drug dealers, but the path leads, surprisingly, to some of the city's most respected business people, as well as a few individuals far more unsavory than the street hustlers. As bullets fly and bodies drop, Cash persists, only to find that what he’s looking for, and why, are not exactly what he’d imagined when he started.
Jack Lewis had been in prison for fifteen years, but today was the day he got out on parole. After the bus dropped him off, he was met by his best friend, Charlie Walker, now a deputy sheriff. Charlie offered Jack a ride. When he asked, “Where to?” Jack’s reply stunned him: “Gull Cove.”
Upon entering his house, Jack discovered a girl named Tamika asleep on the couch. The next day he learned that his sister was the mother of the teen. While the two siblings got reacquainted, Tamika played pool, but the balls kept getting stuck. This prompted Jack to reach his hand into the ball return, where he discovered a blood-stained glove. Detective Delores Parker was called in to investigate, and together she and Jack began trying to identify the real killer.
Somebody in Gull Cove didn’t want the truth to come out. Jack began receiving threatening phone calls, followed by painted warning messages left on his cars and house. The harassment escalated to exploding cars and even Jack’s boathouse. On a cold and rainy night Jack came home to discover someone waiting for him…with a baseball bat. He woke up tied to a chair in his basement watching the real killer pour kerosene around the room. Can Jack survive? Will help arrive in time?
This canny reporter's next headline was likely to be his own execution!
Mike Lanson was the ace crime reporter for the Gazette, so it was natural that he heard about the kookie wino who had reported eavesdropping on two men plotting a murder. So, it was also natural that he got on the case after one of the two plotters was found dead. Mike, like all reporters, was looking for an answer. But when he filled in the five W's on the next victim, he came up with this: Who: Mike Lanson. What: His own murder. When: As soon as that fire reached the explosives. Where: In a deserted storehouse. Why: Because he knew too much. It looked a lot like the end of this story would be his own end. It was a strange dilemma for a reporter—how do you blow a case wide open when you're about to be blown apart yourself?
In this classic 1950s noir mystery, you will meet:
Mike Lanson: The Gazette's A reporter. He was always hungry for a good headline, but he was shocked when he found he was going to be in tomorrow's headline—as a victim!
Freddie the Grape: This wino was a highly-scented character, and like the grape he was so fond of, he was about to be squashed.
Corrine Nimes: A luscious doll who loved her husband, but discovered she couldn't live with him—and when he was murdered, she found she couldn't live without him.
Addison Sharp: Like most lawyers, he knew other people's secrets—and then he learned one too many.
Lieutenant Guffy: He liked to catch criminals and lock them up, but he always kept a cell open for nosey newspaper reporters who got in his way.
Josh McCabe is a man hunter with one thing on his mind: to bring in Abe Lawton, the last and most vicious member of a gang who killed his wife and son. Now that time has arrived, but what Josh doesn’t count on is a smart-mouthed kid out for revenge and a girl in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the showdown comes, it’s quick but far from decisive and leaves all three facing a new more dangerous future.
AN EXCITING AND ROMANTIC WWII MYSTERY
Only a few months earlier, the young woman now known as Jane Smith had lived a life of luxury and privilege as the ruler of a small Balkan kingdom. She lived a life of glittering balls, the finest furnishings, the most handsome men, the most exquisite of foods. Her only friends were four bearded old men who served as her cabinet, and worshiped the ground she walked on.
Then the Germans had marched in, and she and her four councilors barely escaped with their lives. When at last Jane Smith shepherded her elderly charges down the gangplank and into Manhattan, they had only a few hundred dollars left and, used to every luxury, found themselves living in a shabby old brownstone. Jane had solved many problems and survived many dangers to reach the land of liberty. But her troubles were only beginning.
An unprecedented new challenge faced her. They were safe…but how would they earn their way in this bustling new land? And if they did find a way, Jane knew she would have to take charge, remaking herself and her companions. For the qualities that had made her friends with the leading statesmen in Europe in no way qualified them for jobs in New York’s melting pot.
What was she to do and how would she do it? And most importantly, who was she in the absence of royal power and prestige? How would she house and feed herself, let alone the four whose lives and welfare were in her hands? She needed to find work she could do, earn their living and prove herself as worthy a citizen as any other American. But nothing in her previous life or training had prepared her for such a challenge.
Amazon Best Seller in Historical Middle Eastern Fiction, Middle Eastern Literature, and Jewish Literature
For fans of Khaled Hosseini, Anita Diamant, and Isabelle Allende comes a sweeping story of love, loss, and the power of loyalty in the face of conflicting ideologies and religious beliefs.
The story begins in 1940s Palestine, where twins Rasheed and Rasheeda Dinar work in the family’s inn. When Rasheed falls in love with Natalia, a Jewish woman, he applies what he learned from the Jesuit priest who mentored him to his budding relationship, but by then relations between Arabs and Jews have become tense. And when those tensions come to a breaking point, Natalia mysteriously disappears, and Rasheed and Rasheeda are chased out of Palestine forced to flee to Beirut, Lebanon.
As the years pass and the Dinar family expands and enters the 1970s, their convictions are tested. Until the family reunites and proves that the thin line separating people because of their differences is powerless against the strength of family, love, and loyalty.
Her Brother Went To War To Fight For His Country - She Stayed
Home To Fight For His Business - She Was Her Brother's Keeper
When Maggie McTigg's brother Michael McTigg went off to fight in World War II, he left his taxicab company in her hands, as the only member of the family with a lick of business sense, he asked her to keep it running while he was gone.
Maggie took it as a sacred trust, her own contribution to the war efforts, and resolved that it would still be operating when the conflict was over, he was finally demobbed and returned home – no matter what it took and what she had to do.
Since most men were off fighting, she hired women drivers to fill their slots, and when she found out how the drunken men they picked up after hours acted, Maggie hired the toughest women she could find to drive – and that settled the late-night male passengers down more than a bit.
When the rival cab company, run by mobsters, started sabotaging her brother's taxies, Maggie fought fire with fire, and the rival's cabs were out of commission for days.
But when a man was gunned down just outside her office over "more than five and less than ten millions," Maggie wonders if at last she might be getting in over her head – just how far will a woman go to keep her soldier brother's heritage alive for him until a war is over?
Meet Maggie McTigg, an outspoken, zany, endearing and fearless woman, and a classic Kelland heroine.
And a typical cast of offbeat Kelland characters:
Dougall Maibe, who kept turning up at Maggie's with sandwiches and coffee, after every disturbing event; but was he there because he caused the events, was trying to stop them – or was just fascinated by Maggie?
Toots, Maggie's best friend and self-elected bodyguard of pugilistic ambitions, who could lift a filled steamer trunk with one arm and yearned to change the fact that through throughout history "menfolks had hogged all the slugging."
Sime McCarthy, hoodlum on the rise, had an interest in every illicit activity in town and an eye on taking over the mob, and wasn't beneath solving his problems with guns – not even when the problem was a woman.
The mysterious passenger, identity unknown who left behind a brief case containing a Gideon Bible, a clipping from a New York newspaper, a photograph of a scantily dressed woman, a 32-caliber automatic – and a clue to the location of loot worth "more than five and less than ten million" dollars.
Anton Marsayrik, a leader of men, the many refugee Carpathian glass blowers who had come to work a local factory – he knew a kindness when he saw it.
Paddy the Mop, leader of the town's large Irish population, who believed "a little honest graft from pavin' streets or erectin' the county buildin' does small harm" – but considered Sime McCarthy and killing beyond the pale.
Eugene, he thought of himself as his boss' trained snake, and his gun as the fangs, he dreamed of putting a bullet into Maggie – he'd never seen Toots wield a steamer trunk.
Powell Lee Coffin, high-class criminal, who fell genuinely in love with Maggie, she knew he was sincere when he asked her to sail around the world with him as "a kind of high-class hussy."
Another suspenseful, pixilated, classic romantic Kelland thriller from the pages of the legendary Saturday Evening Post, never before reprinted – first time in book form!
From the Ruins of Stonehenge to the Starships of Vallon he sought the secret of a trace of memory. When the man named Legion signed on as a soldier of fortune he did not expect to end up as the master of a private island nor to cower in ancient druid pits nor fight for his life in the great hall of Okk-Hamiloth, on a planet galaxies away. Keith Laumer, the master storyteller of interstellar adventure, sweeps you through time and space in this epic novel of retribution.
Thrill to the adventures of John Thunstone, straight from the pages of the world's greatest horror magazine—the legendary Weird Tales. You've never met a ghost hunter or demon slayer like John Thunstone. Defying the naysayers' vision of a pale, basement-dwelling hobbyist, Thunstone is tall, broad shouldered, athletic, and handsome. He likes to spend his evenings in nightclubs, holding court and charming women. But does he lack focus? No! Thunstone is also a serious scholar, deeply studied in the occult and dark arts, and carries a blade of silver inscribed with the motto, Sic pereant omnes inimici tui (thus perish all your enemies), forged by Saint Dunstan, patron saint of silversmiths, and one of the few men the Devil himself feared.
Thunstone's battles with the darkest forces haunting our world are the greatest creation of Edgar-, World Fantasy-, and British Fantasy Award-winner Manly Wade Wellman (also the only dark fantasy author nominated for the Pulitzer Prize).
You'll accompany our imposing hero on four of his most chilling adventures in this, the first volume of this series, reprinting all 15 of his original, classic adventures from the pages of the 1940s Weird Tales. In "The Third Cry to Legba," a voodoo chant sung in a New York nightclub opens the way for dark gods that even Thunstone knows not how to stop—until he reads a book by the great Guggenheim fellow and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston.
"The Golden Goblins" seek revenge when a racist professor desecrates a sacred relic; and the only man who can prevent it is Thunstone's friend, a university honors recipient and Phi Beta Kappa member John Long Spear.
In "Hoofs" Thunstone encounters Rowley Thorne, a black magician and lord of evil, and fights to save Countess Monteseco from a fiendish plot to switch one soul into the body of another and win a fortune.
Finally, in the title story, Rowley Thorn unearths the most powerful tome in the history of the black arts and directs its fury on Thunstone himself, as the two men match wits in a sorcerous fight to a fiery finish.
A SPELLBINDING DARK FANTASY CLASSIC FROM WEIRD TALES
Here are the final two adventures of multi-award-winning author of dark fantasy Manly Wade Wellman's Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant in his battles against occult forces of darkness. The penultimate story describes the terrifying consequences when someone violates the terms of a treaty his township signed with Native-Americans, a clause that was intended to protect the settlers from their own heedlessness. In the second Eldritch tale, Judge Pursuivant comes to the aid of a man who asks him, "How would you feel if something followed you all around your new home — something cold and sneaky, that wasn't even there when you turned your head?"
These are followed by a pair of very important Wellman stories. Sin’s Doorway features a younger, guitarless Silver John, although he is not named. Its nameless protagonist moves into a remote cabin he has inherited, only to discover to his horror it is not truly a house, but something far different. The second is in a way a sequel to the first Judge Pursuivant adventure The Hairy Ones Shall Dance, where he fought a desperate battle against darkest evil in a pine forest called "The Devil's Croft" by locals. In the Pineys, The Devil's Croft is revealed as the legendary land of the Shonokins. Among Wellman's most popular creations – the Shonokins appear frequently in his John Thunstone stories and the Silver John tales – the Shonokins (or pine-people) are a race of humanoid-like creatures who inhabited the U.S. before the first homo sapiens crossed the land bridge into the Americas – and they are still enraged by the intrusion. In this story a group of people find themselves at the end of a road deep in the Devil's Croft and have a deadly confrontation with the Shonokins and the King of the Pine People – in a denouement clearly inspired by a world-famous fantasy story of the era.
Logan Chambers and the Twelve Dead Men
In the 1800s thirteen-year-old Logan Chambers watched as twelve men tortured and killed his parents on their farm. He’s shipped off to live with his uncle’s family, where he secretly swears to avenge his parents’ death.
The day after he turns eighteen, he alters his name to Changes and returns to fulfill that oath. After arriving in town, he’s befriended by Abraham Mitchell. He invites Logan home for dinner, and soon he’s working for Abe.
Over the next few years Logan kills most of the men one by one. During this time he falls in love and marries the rancher’s oldest daughter, Susan.
For a while life is good, but then Forrest Hastings, the man who killed Logan’s parents, finds out what Logan has done and makes his own plan for revenge. He lures Logan away from home and sends two men to torture and gut his wife. Logan discovers the plot and rushes home to find her dying. In the battle that ensues, both Abe and Logan are shot and injured. While he’s recovering, Logan falls for his dead wife’s sister. Does she fall for him, too?
There’s only one last man on his list, and he must travel to Texas to find him. When they meet, only one man survives. Who will it be?
BOTH POWER AND LOVE CAN LEAD TO MADNESS
Nineteen-year-old Kyle sees visions of disasters, visions that tear his world apart. Everyone assumes he is schizophrenic, but Rob, the cop who picks him up off the street, knows better.
Rob's own experience has taught him that psychic powers are real and potentially devastating. Since his telepathic sister's brutal murder, Rob wants nothing to do with "gifted" individuals like Kyle. Yet he can't deny his attraction to the beautiful, tortured young man…an attraction which appears to be mutual.
When a brilliant, sadistic practitioner of the black arts lures Kyle into his clutches, Rob faces the possibility that once again he may lose the person he loves most to the forces of darkness.
LANIE HAS NO IDEA WHAT AWAITS HER IN PINEY FALLS...
Lanie Anders has a perfectly ordered life. From her half-foam morning latte to her high-powered executive job—she controls every outcome. But when her house burns to the ground in mysterious circumstances, her life is thrown into confusion.
Searching for some kind of purpose, she stumbles across a century-old mystery and flees to Piney Falls, Oregon, an oceanside hamlet with a curious past. But something isn’t quite right in the picturesque town. Her neighbor speaks in riddles, the death rate is alarmingly high, and the impossibly handsome town baker is hiding something.
With each clue she unearths in the present and the past, she becomes more convinced that the townspeople are in imminent danger.
Will Lanie be able to solve both mysteries without putting her own life in jeopardy?
A DROLL ADULT FAIRY TALE ABOUT SELF-DISCOVERY AND MORE
Waking Up to Being is a fairy tale about self-discovery and getting to the core of our being. It is a dream-like story that combines magical realism with folklore, mysticism, mythology, Eastern spirituality, humor, and childish naivete.
A life-changing event has brought Yana back to the archaic primordial essence of her being. This mental retreat has dulled Yana’s former understanding of the world, and now she has to relearn everything from the very beginning. The world appears to her as simultaneously familiar (Yana’s feminine grown-up nature) yet also fresh, bizarre, ironic, and often completely illogical (Yana’s new child-like, back-to-the-core nature). The path of her rediscovery follows an evolution-like logic. It starts at the plant kingdom, goes through the animal kingdom, then to the world of the “half-humans,” the world of the humans, and ends in the world of the gods. While passing through these worlds and adapting to their oddness, Yana experiences a range of peculiar occurrences such as entering and exiting time, realizing the inner and outer poisons, identifying the Purpose and finding the Path. On this journey of rediscovering the world Yana will also meet the person who will ultimately lead her to the deepest part of herself and help her grasp the most sacred truth about her existence.
AN ERRANT HUSBAND DISCOVERS THAT PAYBACK IS A BITCH!
“Find someone else to satisfy your needs.”
When her husband complains about her constant sexual demands, MILF Lauren Gordon is shocked and hurt – and determined to act on his instructions.
Lauren has never strayed outside the bounds of her marriage, but now that she has permission, she unleashes her voracious libido on her gorgeous girlfriend next door, the UPS delivery man, and anyone else who strikes her fancy.
Her husband called her a slut in order to shame her. Lauren wears the title with pride. When he comes home to find her gang banging her son’s buddies from the college wrestling team, he realizes he’s made a huge mistake. He wants his slutty wife back. But once you’ve freed the genie, you can’t put it back in the bottle.
If you love wild adventures of wanton women, you'll love The Slut Strikes Back.
AN HISTORICAL MYSTERY BY CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND
The Cardiff Giant Affair is set in 1869 Syracuse and features a happy mélange of medicine shows, con games, "brawling canawlers", high society, and murder, with two highly spirited women and incidental glimpses of P. T. Barnum. All this is interwoven with the splendid true story of the Cardiff Giant hoax. The two plots, fictional and real, illuminate each other and the author's thesis that "folks jest naturally crave to be gulled."
First came the discovery of a petrified, life-like giant, complete with skin pores and reproductive anatomy, buried on a farm in nearby Cardiff, New York. Lossie, always fascinated by the new and out-of-the-ordinary, persuaded Orrin to drive her there in his family carriage the very day the giant was uncovered.
The second event was the arrival of Orrin and Lossie’s new neighbor, the mysterious and glamorous Madam Cissy Janeway, who moved in directly across the street. Almost at once, they began to notice strange comings and goings around Madam Janeway’s house at night. As for Madam Janeway, she quickly became the subject of gossip around town. She seemed to have admission to the highest levels of society, yet it was whispered she was a “protégée” of multimillionaire Wall St. financier Daniel Drew. She lived the life of a woman of utmost refinement and unlimited means, yet to Orrin and Lossie’s consternation her butler looked and talked like a stevedore and treated her like his servant.
Third was the murdered man whose body Orrin discovered in the family stable by their carriage. The man had been strangled by someone very strong, and no one in Syracuse would admit to ever having seen him before. As the discoverer of the body, Orrin became the chief suspect and he and Lossie knew they would have to get to the bottom of it all to clear his name.
Orrin knew there was a meaningful connection between all three events - but what was it?
IT’S NO PICNIC WHEN YOUR MOTHER IS MAYOR … AND A DOMME
Domina Brookes was never going to have a normal life. Given a dominant’s title for her legal name by a man-hating domme (who happens to be both the mayor and mommy dearest), fate just seemed to be against her. All her life she’s been groomed as heir apparent, but Domina has always rejected her mother’s world. First, she tried to ignore it and then, when she couldn’t turn away, she tried to hide. Locking herself up tight in the house her mother gave her, Domina hasn’t stepped outside in years. That, of course, doesn’t sit well with Domina’s mother. With an election year looming and storm clouds on the horizon, Mayor Brookes can no longer tolerate an agoraphobic anti-kink daughter who could potentially turn into a PR nightmare. So, she’s made it her mission to drag Domina out of her shell, kicking and screaming if necessary.
As her mother comes crashing down on Domina’s safe, secluded life, all hope seems lost until a light appears in the form of Tyler, the only fan of Domina’s one outlet, her blog. A romantic, empathetic stranger whose courage grows as her mother’s pressure mounts, he quickly becomes Domina’s knight in blue jeans. Domina’s defenses slowly lower as this charming young man provides a respite from her mother’s storm, but danger lurks around every corner. Can Domina let Tyler into her refuge without her mother finding out? Can the young woman’s fears be overcome? And who exactly is this man who would risk everything to court the mayor's only daughter?
THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURES IN SPACE: FORGET STAR WARS! STAR TREK, HO HUM!
This Planets of Adventure audiobook includes two complete book-length novels of space adventure from the supreme exemplar of highly-charged, vividly-colored space opera, the legendary pulp Planet Stories. Fasten your seatbelts for atomic-powered thrills, alien landscapes, daring heroes, intrepid heroines, and fiendish villainesses.
HERE FROM THE 1940s:
The Sword of Fire: A Novel of an Enslaved World by Emmett McDowell. He was a plain, ordinary Jones, so his spaceman father named him Jupiter, hoping it would help him stand out. But he remained a plain, ordinary Jones―until the space warp cast him, naked and helpless into the slime of that vile world. Then Jupiter Jones cursed the fate that had marooned him among the planet's groveling mutants. He only wanted to escape. But the mutant's rising excited whispers proclaimed him a knight in shining armor who alone could save them. And the strange sword he'd found was, they said, the one weapon that could prevail against the vicious octopoids who enslaved them.
The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears: A Novel of Peril on Alien Worlds by Keith Bennett. Their fighting song was known from Terra's hinterlands to Ganymede's glittering domes. "Oh, the Rocketeers have shaggy ears. They're dirty sons of space!" Someday there will be a legend like this. Someday, from Steamy Venus or Arid Mars, the shaking, awe-struck words will come whispering back to us, building the picture of a glory so great that our throats will choke with pride. Pride in the Rocketeers of Terra.
"What if I don’t want to play"?
"Then your friends die one by one until you do."
After surviving a series of traumatic events, Maggie O’Bannen is at last starting to heal and the scars of the past are fading. Not to mention that things with her close friend Doc John Simpkins could be about to get interesting.
However, the depiction of her exploits in a series of dime novels mean her reputation reaches far and wide and when a couple of down on their luck gunmen believe what they read, they hatch a plan to make Maggie their quarry in a deadly hunt.
A bungled bank robbery, a kidnapping, and the arrival of an old friend bearing bad news are only the beginning as Maggie is drawn into a fight for her life. Armed with a short temper, outlaw Frank O’Bannen’s Schofield and the resolve to use both, she refuses to let anyone stand in her way.
Outnumbered and outgunned, she might be. What her enemies don’t realize, is that her biggest weakness is also her greatest strength and when there’s nowhere to run, they’ll be the ones looking for a place to hide.
THE MYSTERIOUS SLEUTH OF CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST RETURNS IN A NEW EPISODE OF THE BARKER MYSTERIES
Following hot on the heels of his rescue of Carmel's mayor from the ship Wicked Joe in “Monterey Noir,” Barker once again finds himself in a hot mess of danger and intrigue. Seeking escape from his newfound popularity, the handsome man with no memory of his past travels deep into the Carmel Highlands ― only to find adventure has followed him there. From an encounter with the disturbing Easter Bunny Man at Pacific Grove's famous Lover's Point to a diabolical plot by the homeless denizens of Deadrent Kingdom, trouble is never very far from Barker and his collection of loyal canines. And mystery has a way of following this strange man who deliberately chooses to live in the margins of society. Barker can make anywhere a home; he is as resourceful as the pack of dogs that are his devoted companions.
WHEREVER HE WENT TROUBLE FOLLOWED!
When Matt Bartlett rode into Sun Dog, the last thing he was lookin' for was a new mess of trouble. Matter of fact, he was aimin' to get himself a small spread and set to forgetting the brutal Lincoln County fracas he'd finally gotten away from. But a stranger in Sun Dog didn't stand much chance of keeping peaceably to himself. Not with a pair of trigger-happy gunmen running the town, using their bullets to protect a vicious rustling racket. Especially when they had been looking for a newcomer to take the blame for it all. And as far as these gun-toting varmints were concerned Matt filled the bill perfectly.
Seemed as if things started going wrong places just as Matt drifted in. Some folks even called him a "jinx." This time it was Sun Dog and Matt'd landed in a hornet's nest of trouble. Way Matt figured it he only had one choice, find out who was really behind the dirty work or do his own ranching in the graveyard. Either way, like everywhere else Matt had been, there was gonna be gunsmoke at Sun Dog.
In this powerful western classic, by a man who had been a ranchhand and was published by the same publishers as his contemporary Louis L'Amour, you will meet:
MATT BARTLETT: He discovered finding his enemy was easy — proving him behind Sun Dog's chicanery nearly impossible.
ADA SIMMONS: She headed West and wore men's clothes, to hide her woman's heart.
KANSAS TANNER: He judged men quickly — but not always correctly.
HARVEY ROGERS: Sunset Ranch was his life line — and his death warrant.
DUNCAN FELL: Sun Dog's easygoing banker, everybody liked him, but nobody knew him well.
FARO HILLBERG: This gunslinger could be hired — but not fired.
COSMO BENDER: His shooting was straighter than his thinking.
A NEWBIE DOMME FINDS HER SOULMATE
Here is a treat for fans of brilliantly written erotica! It is a story of kismet in a femdom setting. Through different paths, two people discover their affinity for BDSM and set out to find a compatible partner. Femdom Kismet follows the journey of Samantha and Matt from the twists of fate that enable them to acknowledge their true sexual nature through their star-crossed romance. This erotic romance includes realistic characters, sizzling sex scenes and a smattering of humor.
FATE INTERFERED WITH LUKE’S GOOD INTENTIONS
After being released from prison Luke Barcley intended to build a new life for himself, but fate interfered with his plans. He got drawn back to his old haunts when his family ran afoul of the shady owners of the C-Bar-M. Luke managed to survive attempts to kill him and the members of his family, yet was once again slung in jail. After making a dramatic escape he is forced to go on the run, with the forces of law and order intent on tracking him down. Ultimately Luke joins forces with White Feather, an outlawed Indian, and the formidable duo wade through blood and bullets, leaving a gory trail of mayhem as they battle their numerous enemies.
LUCAS' MOTIVE FOR VENGEANCE WAS … COMPLICATED!
Rosarita was a sleepy little Texas border town until Lucas Brennan gunned down saloon owner Race Jago one morning. Because he refuses to give a motive or defend himself, the judge has no choice but to find him guilty of murder.
While Brennan awaits execution, Kip Wakefield tries to discover a motive for the killing and finally convinces the prisoner to tell why he shot Jago in cold blood. In the last hours before his sentence is carried out, Brennan reluctantly tells the young deputy his story. His tale is that of a man's love for his wife, a father's love for his son, and a hatred destroying two lives and affecting others. It is also the story of a man believing that once he's had his vengeance, there is nothing left for him but to die, only discovering almost too late there is always something to live for.
Kidnapped at the age of 16, Maggie survived the fickle temper of notorious outlaw Mad Dog Frank O’Bannen for seven years. Now, he is dead, and she is about to find out that there are worse ways to live and die than as the wife of a wanted man.
Frank had prepared her as best he could for what would follow, and when she leaves her prison in the hills, she has the blood of three men on her hands and knows the feel of hot lead. Soon, her hard-won freedom is in doubt and she finds herself pursued by Frank’s old partner, a man with a vicious reputation and more than one score to settle.
Maggie has Frank’s gun, her keen wits, and new friends to help her, but will they be enough to save her from the brutality of a maniac bent on revenge?
DON GLUT'S PULP THRILLOGY
An Unforgettable Science-Horror Classic by the Author of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Bugged! begins at a college reunion in a moldering mansion in the midst of an isolated swamp. Howard Barks, accompanied by his daughter Karen, is looking forward to seeing his old college chums when his car stops dead. After he gets out to see what the trouble is, hundreds of insects swarm over him and strip the flesh from his bones. Ronald Reid, owner of the mansion, begins to grow concerned for the Banks when hours pass and they fail to arrive, so he sends his butler to look for them. The butler soon discovers their car and Howard’s skeleton beside the road, with a terrified Karen locked inside the vehicle. Thinking what has happened is a freak occurrence, the rest of the alums don’t realize that the horrors are just beginning until other members are attacked by swarms of insects and eaten alive.
"Frank O’Bannen wanted $5,000 to let you go. I offered him $10,000 to kill you."
Kidnapped at 16, Maggie O’Bannen returns home after seven years to be reunited with her father. No longer the idealistic girl she once was, her return is meant to help put her demons to rest. Instead, it sets in motion a series of events that will put her on a collision course with trouble, and this time, Maggie has no qualms about speeding toward it.
Discovering who was behind her abduction is just the beginning. Murder with no apparent motive and no suspect soon brings her under the scrutiny of the local sheriff. As the body count rises, Maggie fights for her life against a foe who will stop at nothing to win.
As events escalate, Maggie will need to rely on her friends more than ever before if she is to survive. But at what cost?
AN OUTSTANDING GOLDEN AGE MYSTERY CLASSIC AND ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS ABOUT THE WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II!
Heart on Her Sleeve is the story of a patriotic American college girl who steps up to run her father’s war plant when he is hospitalized by saboteurs. Not long after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and US entry into the Second World War, the government realized the draft would seriously deplete the country’s entire workforce, including entry-level labor, skilled trades, office staff, and management. The only possible replacement was to be found in the ranks of the nation’s women. But for women to join the workforce, major changes would have to occur.
Traditionally characterized as an emotional and care-giving labor force—homemakers, mothers, nurses, teachers and the like—women would have to adopt a whole new view of themselves and their capacities (as would men), and quickly. In a world without TV or internet, a radical re-envisioning of women’s capabilities would have to be promulgated via radio, newspapers, and magazines.
So the US government called together leading writers and journalists, asking them to help by printing and broadcasting stories, novels, and factual reports supporting the heretical notion that women could make great factory and office workers—and even run those factories and offices—without losing their “natural” urge to be homemakers, mothers, and wives.
This campaign began in the May 29, 1943 Saturday Evening Post with a two-part kick-off: Exploding from the cover, Norman Rockwell’s overpowering, goddess-proportioned painting of Rosie the Riveter in overalls, with a touch of lipstick and blush, a rivet gun balanced across her thighs, a look of unflappable nonchalance, the Stars and Stripes unfurled behind her, and a copy of Mein Kampf crushed beneath her feet. And, to her left, boxed text beckoned readers to discover the initial installment of a new Kelland serial—Heart on Her Sleeve.
SOMETIMES, LIFE IS COMPLETELY UNFAIR.
Spoiled teenager Jenny Halpen's parents were against her going on a cruise, but her doting uncle didn't see it that way. He thought it a fine graduation gift for his favorite (and only) niece.
Unfortunately, before Jenny has a chance to enjoy the voyage, the Cassandra collides with a meteor shower, and her escape pod is separated from the others.
Landing on an uninhabited world might not be so bad if Jenny's pod-mates were human, but they're not. They're poodles...all three of them...and not just your garden-variety poodles, either. They're the telepathic royal family of Canaris, and they're of the opinion that Jenny is now their servant, existing only to protect and serve them.
Robinson Crusoe had it easy!
A ZANY INNOCENTS AT LARGE MYSTERY
Columbine Pepper Drugget's background wasn't one that equipped a young woman to manage a motel worth a million dollars, or cope with rude guests, jewel thieves, an unscrupulous competitor – or even the attentions of a brassy but oddly attractive lawyer.
She had spent her life so far as an assistant to her aunt, Miss Egeria Cordwainer, at Miss Cordwainer’s School for Girls from Five to Ten. What she knew about the world was limited to the novels of Jane Austen and such bits of knowledge as the pupils possessed. None of this prepared her to assume the proprietorship of a multimillion-dollar luxury motor court in Phoenix, Arizona, left to her by her estranged father—or, indeed, for what ensued when she set off alone to claim it.
Her adventures began on the train, where she met a strange trio of passengers who, unbeknownst to Miss Drugget, would soon become more intimately involved in her life. They included a suspicious-looking clergyman known only as Martinus, Professor Artemus Thumb (who was a fanatic about his thesis, “The Place of Primitive Magic in the Development of Pastoral Peoples”), and Mrs. Roxy Thistlebun, a rich Texas oil widow. As it happens, that was also the night one of her suitcases became switched with one containing thousands of dollars in stolen jewels.
Miss Drugget’s life became even more complicated when she arrived in Phoenix to assume her new duties as the owner-operator of The Grove of Daphne Motor Court. In addition to discovering the jewels—and a very businesslike gun—in her suitcase, she needed to discover which of her employees was stealing the motel blind. She also needed to head off an attempt by a local real estate magnate, Lucius Quentin, to acquire ownership of her motel. Then there was the junior partner in her late father’s law firm, Sam Green, whom she found herself relying upon for assistance far more often than she liked—due to his disturbing effect on her. What perturbed Miss Drugget most, however, was that somehow she seemed to have become a magnet for murder…
Here is a true-to-form, zany Kelland tale featuring a strong and brilliant (if thoroughly unprepared) heroine, fast-paced adventure, humor and homicide—and even a touch of romance.
Tsinia, a magical world on the brink of destruction.
Nobody expects to stare death in the face only to find out your entire life is a lie. Rescued by Salco, marketing executive Becky finds herself in an unknown magical world filled with happy people that try to forget the threat that looms over them. Becky will soon learn none of this was an accident, and the council of Tsinia are certain her union with Darthorn's son, Kovon, will create peace. And although her future has been planned out, she gives her heart to another.
MOROCCO JONES CHALLENGES THE MAFIA IN A KILL OR BE KILLED NOVEL OF MURDER, MOLLS AND MAYHEM
The Syndicate made a big mistake when they murdered Chris Shane because Shane was the man who had saved Morocco from torture and death at the hand of a despot's most savage secret agent back in Eastern Europe during the war — his best friend and the man to whom he owed his life. No bunch of gun-happy gorillas could scare a guy like Morocco. Five years of slugging it out with tyrants, Nazis and Commies in the savage slums of Europe's underworld had fashioned him into six feet of human dynamite — a powerful friend, a ruthless enemy. Morocco was going after Shane's killers even if it meant taking the Syndicate apart with his bare hands.
In one swift motion Morocco hooked his steely fingers into the collar of the man nearest him. There was a sickening thud as the man's head struck the bar. The second hood whirled, but Morocco's powerful arms snaked out and caught him with a smashing blow across the throat. The third man was still clawing for his gun when Morocco grabbed his wrists and flung him against a booth. Morocco's green eyes were burning like a tiger's. "I've got a message for your boss. Tell him the honeymoon is over. Tell him to find a cyclone cellar to hide in. Tell him Morocco Jones is in town."
Another no-holds-barred suspense-packed 1960s classic adventure of the man whose mind is as sharp as the edge of lightning and whose fists are as deadly as a forty-five — for fans of Mack Bolan, the Executioner, Elvis Cole and Jack Reacher.
A CRIME REPORTER INVESTIGATES THE CASE OF THE DEADLY DO-GOODER!
While Mike Lanson, reporter for the Gazette, was checking up on Clarence Proost, director of the Anti-Vice League, Proost was slain. There was a strip-tease dancer named Luzy who thought that "maybe" she murdered him. The police thought so too, but Mike didn't so he helped her hide out, hoping for the bigger story to break.
All the gangsters in town didn't care who killed whom, all they wanted were the blackmail files Luzy had in hiding with her. With everyone on the merry-go-round of murder, Mike knew the odds were high against the real kingpin of crime showing his head—but he was willing to risk his own as well as Luzy's to headline that story!
"Corruption in a small town, with only a hard-boiled town newspaper reporter interested enough to nose around and find out who’s behind it. The police handicapped by either a lack of will or a lack of evidence, and probably both. Dead is an anti-vice crusader who the owner of the newspaper believes is not beyond profiting from a little bit of shakedown on the side himself. A good-looking girl and strip-tease dancer named Luzy McGuire — not only involved, but as Lanson also soon begins to learn, the key to his entire investigation. I needn’t tell you more." —Mystery File
In this classic noir thriller you will meet:
Mike Lanson, crime reporter for the Gazette — a journalistic bulldog who never lets go once he sinks his teeth into a story.
Lucrezia, also known as Mabel (Luzy) McGuire — a strip-tease artist whose career could soon be interrupted by death.
Clarence Proost, a professional do-gooder — who finds do-gooding often leads to death.
Mr. and Mrs. Manton Arkwright, a wealthy, middle-aged couple — active in the Proost's Citizens Anti-Vice League.
Brick Lorchetto, operator of the swank Hilltop gambling casino, whose extra-curricular activities could make him a target of blackmail, or murder — or even a killer.
Jim Bomo, Lorchetto's henchman and bodyguard — he'd do anything for his boss, even commit murder or multiple murders.
Ramcaster, county prosecutor — who knows everything going on in town but for some reason is reluctant to act.
THE RANCHER WHO BATTLED SHADOW-RIDERS FROM THE PAST!
Miles North's father, the rugged old ruler of the Hammer ranch, had suddenly saddled up and ridden away without trace or explanation. At the same time, just as young Miles found himself in a showdown fight to hold the mighty range, a group of ornery strangers rode into the land, lined themselves up alongside Hammer's foes, and started to close in. But Miles was no quitter. He knew that even though the odds against him had doubled, there was at least one way to save his hide and his father's holdings. It would involve taking a backtrail into the distant past—one that would lead either to utter disgrace or to the kind of discovery that would bring all The Guns of Hammer into thundering action! But if he took that path Miles North would face a greater danger than he had ever known – because he had forgotten the rangeland adage: old bandits never die. And a bullet blizzard lay directly ahead!
In this exciting rangeland thriller you will meet:
MILES NORTH – The sins of his father were visited upon him.
COBINA KEDNER – The man this doctor's daughter wanted to minister to was sworn to marry another.
MAJOR BARROW – He learned the hard way that a little greed can bring a man a fortune—in grief.
WYETH BRAND – His motives were obscure, but his deeds were deadly.
RED SHANER – His life embodied the saying that the only good gunslinger is a dead gunslinger.
BEN GAINES – As a murderous gunman for hire he seemed destined for a shallow grave.
KATE BARROW – She pledged herself to Miles—but her heart to another.
To walk the shadow trail means to lead a life of pain and sorrow, to be alone forever.
Many men came to America to escape their old lives. Baron Karl Augustus Dietrich Wilhelm von Brandt was no different, though he fled his father's crimes and not his own.
Easily swindled into buying a Nebraska ranch that's little more than a sand dune, the European tenderfoot is befriended by half-Pawnee Johnny Moon, a ne'er-do-well usually one step ahead of the marshal. Soon Johnny has Will looking and sounding like a Nebraskan. Working together, the impoverished nobleman and the half-breed cowboy transform the ruin into a thriving ranch. Through tough times and good Johnny Moon is there for Will, closer than a friend, trusted like a brother.
Then Will marries Silent Summer Woman, the headstrong daughter of a Pawnee chief, and the first wedge of mistrust is driven between the two men, for Johnny Moon is harboring a secret, and if Will discovers it, not only will it destroy their friendship but also their lives.
THE TRAVAILS OF WINGED DESTINIES CONTINUE
Having survived the best efforts of the Dark Angels to kill him, Marley Fox is conscripted into the British army along with his companion, James Finnigan. The two are sent to South Africa to fight in the war against the Boers, the brutality of which swallows them up as they are thrown into battle after battle. In the midst of the war, the Dark Angels send supernatural forces against them, and old enemies from England suddenly appear and do their best to finish off the pair. As enemies old and new close in on them, their survival is very much in doubt. Only their courage and fighting skills against seemingly insurmountable odds keeps the two comrades going. Will they manage to stay alive as the attacks on them increase in intensity?
A Failed Interracial Affair, a Parish Scandal and Two Murders … Oh My!
This is the much-awaited sequel to Woodward’s riveting There is Something You Should Know. The book opens with Jim Bonz picking up the pieces of his interracial affair with Jade Wilson and the parish scandal he uncovered in St. Louis.
No sooner does Bonz settle into an executive position in a huge church than he loses his professional mentor and finds himself a potential suspect in the murder of a prostitute. While the trauma readies him for an even more challenging event, the murders of two people close to him, it does not help him resolve his feelings for Jade.
This realistic first-rate page-turner vibrates with the gritty realities of a major city―life and death, the saints, the sinners, the good and the evil.
Woodward puts the reader in the head of Jim, and he keeps surprising us with twists and turns in this incredible story.
TYING THE KNOT — WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED!
Who can resist love at first sight? The minute Ted saw Annie shedding her clothes on stage at The Fox’s Den, he fell head over heels for the petite, busty redhead. She had to make the first move, though, dragging him into an impromptu orgy in the Den’s VIP suite, along with technically-virgin bride Francesca, secret slut Laura, and hot black mama Chantal.
Now Annie and Ted are getting married, and they’ve invited all their friends from that wild Amateur Night to the party. Taking over a vintage eighties motel with a courtyard and pool for their private function, the bride and groom expect a certain amount of carnal excess. Still, nobody’s prepared for the sexual free-for-all that breaks loose, involving not only the gals from the Den but also Annie’s rock star brother, Ted’s MILF mother, Chantal’s new slave girl, a lascivious hippie couple, a susceptible priest, the butch hotel manager, and an entire Scottish rugby team. As the wedding guests act out their secret fantasies, they push the limits of both lust and love. Finally arriving at the altar, after an exhausting, arousing 24 hours, Annie and Ted realize that tying the knot doesn’t have to mean tying themselves down.
ANOTHER HILARIOUS HARRY HORNE MISADVENTURE
Kathryn Cain's occupation was Celebrity. She had become famous by having affairs with numerous celebrities. To the headline writers, she'd been "Kitten" for years, and to newspaper readers her appearance was approximately as well-known as the Washington Monument, although her proportions were somewhat different. Now Kathryn wanted to write a Kiss and Tell autobiography, but she needed Harry Horne to collaborate with her.
She also wanted Harry, who had a reputation as a kind of tough guy, for her bodyguard. As she told it, some people out of her past were trying to keep the book from getting finished. Harry agreed to protect her, but in truth, he was a fearless journalist … only when there was nothing to fear! What Kathryn neglected to tell him was that some of her old flames were determined enough to silence her that they were already using bullets. And if Harry kept his promise, he would be standing between Kathryn and all that lead! It was enough to make any man think twice. But when Harry was looking at Kathryn, he couldn't think at all!
A Homeless Hero with the Crime-Solving Skills of Sherlock Holmes
Not every hero lives in a mansion or works from a smoky, hard-boiled office. Enter Barker, a mysterious man with no memory of his past. Ferociously handsome and acutely observant, Barker makes his home under the soggy planks of Old Fisherman's Wharf along California's foggy Central Coast. His closest friends are an assortment of stray dogs, ranging from a large Rottweiler to a tiny Shih-Tzu, who live with him. Adventure and intrigue have an uncanny knack for crossing Barker's path.
In this first entry of the series; Bernie, Barker’s sole human friend, bestows his makeshift home upon the man and his dogs just before dropping dead. It’s up to Barker to honor Bernie’s last wish, to atone for his sins, which doesn’t prove to be an easy task. Meanwhile, forces are at work in other parts of the fog-swept city, which will lead the homeless detective and his dogs to a deadly confrontation in the heart of Monterey Bay itself.
A TWISTED TALE OF VENGEANCE
When a spate of sudden deaths occurs amongst the elderly in Ellie's home town, the South Australian ambulance officer grows concerned. After a man purporting to be the relative of one of the deceased who clearly is not moves into the old man’s house, she becomes suspicious. She alerts a local cop, Nick, who takes her concerns seriously.
Nick’s estranged brother, Nam, has a successful security software company in Sydney, as well as other thriving enterprises. The idea of hastening the demise of the elderly and, in turn, freeing up real estate for refugee families in need is Nam’s. But it is far from a pragmatic scheme with a benevolent intent.
Nam’s devoted assistant, Lawrence, oversees Angus and Jarrod, employed to carry out humane euthanasia (quiet end) on the old people who are selected because they have no family members. But Jarrod is a sadist, and not all of the deaths are peaceful. Evidence of this arouses the suspicion of Ellie when she visits some of the post-mortem scenes.
It is no accident that Nam has chosen to begin this sordid enterprise in the area where his brother lives and works. Nam’s hatred of Nick runs deep because of a horrific event during their teenage years, and he is hell-bent on revenge. Nam’s all-consuming spite is about to be tested, and he may realize there are more important things in life than vengeance.
ONE OF THE MORE BIZARRE TALES OUT OF THE OLD WEST
Arizona Red Ghost is based on a true story reported in 1883 by the Mohave County Miner, a weekly newspaper of Kingman, Arizona. Joe Crane runs a freight business using camels to carry goods through the brutal Arizona desert. He is attacked by three vicious outlaws looking for a gold shipment. When they find nothing, they play the cruel trick of tying the seriously wounded Crane to one of the camels to die in the desert. They don't take into consideration the fact that his son, Joshua, and ex-slave partner, Moses, are soon on their trail … or the vindictiveness of camels.
THE CLASSIC OF ALTERNATE EARTHS!
Ancient, encrusted with legend, supposedly empty, the old mansion on Spindrift Key stood like a dark and lowering wraith. In this classic science fiction novel the New York Times called "a fast-moving adventure, told with engaging humor," reporter Elspeth Marriner's nose for news leads her into a world of trouble. Make that, in worlds of trouble.
When she and photographer Mack Fraser, the man she loves to hate, are sent to investigate the old mansion in the Hatteras, they never dream that once inside their lives will never be the same. For the house is a gateway to alternate Earths, watched over by a mysterious group called the Workers, who guard against more advanced civilizations crossing the dimensional barriers to conquer defenseless neighbors.
From the Workers, Elspeth learns that her and Mack's presence at the house is no accident. They have been personally selected by the Workers for a dangerous assignment. Their unique combination of talents and knowledge are needed to counter a threat that could plunge the entire world into war.
If Elspeth accepted the assignment, she would have to cross to another world, aided only by her native ingenuity, then surmount a succession of plots and counterplots, with death the price of failure. Worse, she would have to work more closely than ever with the detested Mark Fraser.
A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, CLEVER AND FUNNY TAKE ON POLITICS
Frank Barnes, a former professor and senator from West Virginia, is running for president of the United States. Tired of the corruption and illegal acts perpetrated by the current president, he’s determined to make a difference.
Behind in the polls, Frank hasn’t a ghost of a chance of winning, until a real ghost - the ghost of Theodore Roosevelt makes a startling appearance. A book bought for Frank’s birthday, Alice in Wonderland, came from Teddy’s personal library and his ghost is attached to that book.
When the book is stolen by a rival candidate, Teddy must go to extreme lengths to get it back into Frank's hands. With Teddy’s help, Frank’s numbers begin rise in the polls, but not without hilarious and disastrous consequences.
SOFT-BOILED PI'S DEADLIEST CASE
"Deft tales of murder, complicity and downright evil, gripping narratives which appeal to the lover of good action-packed mystery thrillers. Highly Recommended." (Molly's Reviews)
Freelance reporter and sometime private detective Nick Bancroft is tough enough when he has to be. But he can be soft for the ladies. That's how he ends up at an outdoor band concert with Maggie - a librarian, divorcee, and his very talented lover - and is on hand to witness the murder of the very well-connected private secretary of a very important political figure.
It doesn't earn him any points with the cops that Nick is on the scene before them, and it doesn't earn him any points with certain influential politicians that he won't get off the case. Soon, someone is trying to kill Bancroft. But is it the murderer or just someone who wants to ensure certain well-kept secrets remain well-kept?
STEAMPUNK EROTICA WITH A KINKY FEMINIST BENT
She wants to build sex toys... If they'll let her.
In prudish, patriarchal Victorian England, nineteen-year-old prodigy Gillian Smith finds a secret society dedicated to the erotic arts. She’ll need both her intellect and her physical charms to earn the permanent position she craves.
Inspired by a salacious catalogue found in her deceased uncle’s library, she applies for an apprenticeship with the Toymakers Guild. The Guild fabricates bespoke sexual artifacts for the private pleasure of select clients – an occupation for which Gillian, with her technical abilities and her lascivious temperament, is eminently suited.
The other apprentices, initially skeptical about a female engineer, become enthusiastic supporters once they’ve tested her erotic aptitude. The voluptuous Governing Director, and the dashing French journeyman likewise help expand her carnal repertoire. The final decision, however, rests with the reclusive Master Toymaker, who has been missing for nearly two years.
When an unscrupulous nobleman sets up a competing enterprise, he threatens not only the livelihood of the Guild’s members but their lives as well. Gillian hatches an audacious plan to entrap the villain, save the Guild, and leave the absent Master no choice but to grant her heart’s desire.
If you like steampunk erotica with a kinky feminist bent, you'll love The Pornographer's Apprentice.
BUILDING A TIME MACHINE IS SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE. HOWEVER, TIME TRAVEL IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
In 2015 Tony Carpenter stumbled upon the plans for the Chronocar, a time machine conceived before it could be built by Dr. Simmie Johnson, genius, scientist, and son of a slave. Tony’s visit to 1919 to see the doctor and his lovely daughter Ollie turned into disaster, forcing the doctor to make a most difficult final decision.
Now the timeline has worked its way back to 2012. A new Tony Carpenter is about to be hit by a real blast from the past when he chances upon Dr. Johnson's granddaughter, who has a story he can hardly believe and evidence of a journey to the past he can't deny.
When Tony shows up in 1919 yet again, Dr. Johnson is confronted with the possibility of his invention ultimately obliterating all of creation. Can they locate and destroy all the copies of the journal with his article and any Chronocars that may exist before everything literally goes to hell?
A Science-Terror Story by the Author of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
He was trapped on a planet of deadly dinosaurs that made Jurassic Park seem like a kid's playground! For one thing, they were smarter than the average dinosaur!
The Marshall Museum sent Gene Bishop on a simple mission to the distant world of Erigon to collect dinosaur eggs for the museum’s spectacular DinoWorld park – a scrupulous recreation of the Mesozoic Era on Earth. Bishop figured it as a quick in and out – swoop down, grab some eggs and be gone. But he figured wrong.
When one of the indigenous women, Leea, who had spent her whole life fleeing from the gigantic, macabre creatures, tried to set Bishop right, he ignored her. The Terran simply could not believe what she was trying to tell him: That there was one terrifying difference between Erigon’s dinosaurs and their extinct Earth brethren – the Erigon dinos were intelligent, and horror and destruction were sure to follow if the eggs were taken back to Earth and allowed to breed. But Bishop had too much at stake ̶ both fame and fortune ̶ to want to believe her. Some people have to learn the hard way, and for Bishop what happened next was a lesson that could cost him his life and much more.
AN EPIC BATTLE AGAINST THE ANGELS OF DARKNESS
Marley Fox, orphan, foundling, and poacher, is born towards the end of the 19th century at a time when humans are under attack from the Dark Angels who harvest souls for their own nefarious aims. The youngster’s only family is Black Annie, a recluse who has occult powers. The Angels of Light are attempting to protect humans, and Marley is to play a part in the fight against those who would destroy their world.
While out poaching, Marley is shot and badly injured. During his fight for survival, Marley has to battle a vicious Ice Angel. He is thrown in prison, where he is befriended by a huge Irishman, James Finnegan. An attempt is made to kill Marley. Finnegan and Marley escape and go on the run through England. Eventually, they take refuge in Ireland. They are still not safe, and they are attacked by the Dark Forces.
It is one crisis after another as Marley and James battle to survive. The future fortunes of the world hinge on the ability of Marley and James to survive against the forces of the Angels of Darkness.
A POP DIVA WITH A KINKY FETISH … OH MY!
Mona is a pop star diva with a naughty secret―she wants to be a pony girl so badly she can taste it. So far, she has only indulged her kink by writing and performing thinly-veiled songs about her favorite fetish. But since she is already fabulously wealthy, it is becoming increasingly difficult to justify denying herself what she desires most, just to make even more money. So, she tells her manager to shut down the tours and the recording sessions and then takes a year off, during which time she anonymously enrolls in an exclusive pony girl training program and lives out her dream. Big surprise, she becomes the star pony of her class!
A HUMOROUS STEAMPUNK FEMDOM TALE
Idle dilettante Archie Duntisbourne thinks his luck has turned when he hears of an inheritance from his eccentric Great-Aunt Agatha. But the inheritance comes with bizarre and unexpected conditions. The young man must submit to the discipline of a fanatical women’s organization dedicated to the suppression of onanism and the reformation of the male gender. Archie finds himself under the control of the beautiful but despotic Miss Harper, who intends to train him to control his desires, urges and habits.
Special bonus: The audiobook edition of The Eradication of Vice includes its sequel, The Restoration of Sin. Archie Duntisbourne continues to suffer at the hands of the British Women's Association for the Eradication of Vice and its cruel regime of enforced chastity. Archie discovers that the Association has enemies...but are they his friends?
A Zany - Yet Sensible - Heroine Sleuths Her Way into Danger and Romance
Stolen Goods is mystery, comedy, and romance, and spotlights more of the signature geek characters at which Clarence Budington Kelland so thoroughly excelled - because it takes one to know one.
“Shenanigans!” - the word often chosen by loquacious Sherry Madigan, this time to describe what was going on in the Linen Department at Prothero’s, the colossal metropolitan department store where she worked. Of course, Sherry was small potatoes at Prothero’s, being only a nerdy copywriter in Advertising and not entitled to an opinion.
But Sherry put her whole self into a job and prided herself on her acute powers of observation. And she had a gift for standing on the spot where things were popping at the precise moment they popped.
Which was why she happened to be around when a body was found in the fitting room, and why she overheard the cashier in the Linen Department sobbing hysterically: “I'm next” - over and over again. And the girl was right - hers was the next body Sherry found.
At first, no one paid any attention to Sherry’s theories about the murder. But gradually, as the situation became more and more sinister, her deductions began to make more and more sense. Sherry was very much in the way.
Things started to boil over just at the moment Sherry began to look at assistant buyer Roger Newsome with interest and, being an autodidactic geek, checked out a book on relationships and romance with some eye-opening, 1955-style ideas on how to attract a man.
SWEET AND KINKY TRANSGENDER EROTICA
The poor boy's eyes were red and swollen. He looked so sad, so lost, so broken―and not in a good way. "It's okay, Robert. I know." Mistress Scarlet wiped the tears from his cheeks. "You don't need to hide. You don't need to be afraid, not any longer." It was hard to say who was surprised more when she leaned in and kissed him, but it was precisely what the moment demanded.
Before he could say anything, she stepped forward and pressed one naked finger over his mouth. The coral polish of her nails was an almost perfect match to his lips. She chose to take that as a sign. "You will never leave. You will cease to exist within this room. You may not believe it now, but this is where Robert dies, never again to be reborn."
Sissy Rachel Earns Her Collar is a story of a transsexual dominatrix who finds herself breaking all the rules to reveal the desperate sissy within a reluctant boy.
ONLY A SIX-GUN STOOD BETWEEN HIM AND BOOT HILL!
When the S.O.S. came from his pardner, Holt Spainhower knew he had to hit leather for Main City, but he hated like hell to do it. Spainhower had used his fast gun to clean up plenty of other towns, and he was tired of all the killing. But there was something even more sinister about Main City. And when Spainhower met murder on the road to that frontier town, he began to realize just how violent a job lay before him. By the time he was there just a few hours, he'd been appointed marshal of what they called "claim-jumper town." Then the boys who ran its streets and he locked horns . . . and something had to give. For by then Spainhower knew his only ally was his low-slung pistol . . . and the law of the trigger.
A dazzling blend of alternative history and detective noir … with just a dash of fairytale.
A missing child in a small Transylvanian town could spell trouble for Hungary’s new revolutionary government. Another case for Ferenc Marlowe, pioneer private detective. Soon Marlowe is on an undercover mission to the Carpathian Mountains, where he must contend with the local nobility, Jesuit intrigue, and woods that are full of wolves ... or something worse.
A run-of-the-mill exposé puts reporter Harry Horne on the hot seat!
Harry Horne was a nice guy, a good journalist writing a series on juvenile delinquency ̶ and uncovering more dirt than he bargained for. Especially on Louis Gelormino, the big-wig Mafia rackets boss who usually dropped a hint he was displeased in the form of a .45 bullet. Vince Rinaldi was the grudge-holding head of the juvie gang featured in Harry's exposé. Yet everything seemed fine on the day Harry got out of jail for refusing to name a source.
But when Harry returned to his apartment, about to get lucky with a nightclub singer he had been pursuing for months ̶ only to have a young woman step out of his shower clad in a towel ̶ things started to go downhill quickly. The nightclub singer departed in a fury, while the young woman dropped the towel, snatched up a gun, and shot Harry point-blank!
Soon, everyone was on Harry Horne's tail ̶ but "out of the frying pan into the funeral" wasn't an unusual condition for him to be in.
A hot-tempered, very neglected Mafia wife. Her 18-year-old lover in a black leather jacket with a switchblade. Her missing "Made Man" husband who had been playing fast and loose with pay-offs collected for the local Capo de Capos. A dozen juvenile delinquents who were ready to rumble and just as ready to harmonize when record producers dropped by. Two tough-as-nails cops convinced that Harry Horne was guilty of everything. And a young woman with a penchant for shedding her clothes and trying to shoot Harry.
It all adds up to one of journalist/sleuth Harry Horne's craziest cases and roller-coaster entertainment for the listener.
THE WANT AD READ: Nanny Wanted - Must have desire for excitement, adventure and danger
When Miranda Wilson is hired to care for Dominic Andrus’ triplets, she has no idea she’s about to have the adventure of a lifetime.
At first, it’s like the plot of a Gothic novel: young governess, mysterious employer, three motherless children, but there the resemblance ends, for Dominic Andrus is an interplanetary criminal, hiding his children on Earth to prevent their abduction.
As she’s thrown into a war between the Andruses and a madman sworn to destroy them, Miranda’s life becomes a wild sci-fi movie. She takes it all in stride until she meets Kit, Dominic’s younger brother, a man nursing a secret anguish.
Miranda’s ready to risk her life to save her young charges and the man she loves, even if it means she’ll never see Earth again.
Being a nanny has never been so exciting...or so deadly.
A PROGRAMMED SUBSERVIENCE FUTURE … OR WORSE?
Matty Williams’s retirement as a computer tech goes awry when he and his girlfriend Divvie discover that new social technologies are subtly affecting the minds of their users. As they delve deeper into the technological marvels revolutionizing the lives of virtually everyone on the planet, they are set on a course that leads directly back to their employer, Roydon Technologies.
Now there’s the latest gadget, augmented reality glasses known as “Augies,” that can literally recreate reality for the user, all controlled by the ruthlessly efficient global computer system with the deceptively reassuring name of NANA. Will Matty, Divvie, and their super geek friend, Howard, save humanity from a life of programmed subservience, or will their attempt to thwart NANA result in something even worse?
When Kirsten South’s once-wealthy father suddenly passed away, she found he had gone broke, leaving her nothing but a profitless ranch.
Fresh from an East-Coast finishing school, Kirsten set herself a task of fantastic difficulty - managing, quite without experience, a ranch in Arizona. It was the only asset she had left. That, and her hunger for independence, impelled her to make a go of it. Finding that her manager had let the ranch slide, Kirsten discharged him leaving a staff of her maid, a cook, four cowboys and a new arrival: a dirty, ragged, bearded derelict cowpoke named Sundown.
The endless work and monotony was broken by the call of Sam Boston, a real estate broker who glibly told Kirsten he had brought a buyer for the ranch. Kirsten told him in no uncertain terms that she would not sell - but as they were leaving, she heard them grimly declare that they would “have to put on the pressure”.
One night the hay was deliberately burned, and the next morning three of her five hands quit, leaving only Ramon and the taciturn Sundown to lighten Kirsten’s otherwise impossible workload. Ramon informed her that a stranger had offered all of them money to quit their jobs. Only he and Sundown had refused.
Kirsten set out for Phoenix at once to hire more ranch hands and see her banker. Losing her way among her vast acreage, Kirsten stumbled on a group of men rustling her cattle. Creeping nearer to see who the men were, Kirsten had no idea that she was about to be plunged into the most terrifying experience of her life. Nor did Sundown, riding the fence to check for breaks where the cattle might slip through, realize that his façade as a man who needed no one and nothing was about to be cracked. Or that he would soon be called on to exercise his legendary skill with a six-shooter - a skill he had come to despise - when he and Kirsten waged the strangest showdown the west had ever seen.
A HOOKUP MORPHS INTO MUCH MORE …
Damian was seduced by Rebecca for a hot one-night stand over at her place. Their hookup was hot and heavy, but when Rebecca's housemate came home and joined in, he turned the night around as well as Damian's life…
IT MAY SEEM CRAZY, BUT HE LOVES THAT SHE DOMINATES HIM!
My wife dominates me: She's my selfish and capricious Strict Mommy.
She keeps me in chastity; she has sex with other men ― often, openly, enthusiastically, frequently involving me in ... various roles; she manipulates and thwarts my pleasure.
This is all humiliating and yet somehow ... exhilarating.
I understand why her complete sexual freedom excites and pleases her: once you've had your inhibitions undammed, burned away the barriers, taken out all the "fuses" meant to protect you from "overload", jamming in pennies instead, what part of power and pleasure without limit would be difficult to accept?
For my part?
I don't know what's wrong with me, but ... I get off on it too.
I love her.
She loves me.
That's not credible?
It's not your marriage, not your call to make.
Well, different strokes ....
Archie’s predicament deepens as he spies for both the contending factions within the British Women’s Association for the Eradication of Vice, steals secret plans for the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation, and is subjected to the monstrous attentions of the mysterious ‘angel’ that dwells in the basement of the Association’s secret laboratory at Wiveliscombe. Still locked in a cruel brass chastity device, and subject to the lascivious whims of his attractive but debauched wife, the time has come for Archie to pick a side in the coming conflict.
A HUMOROUS FEMDOM STEAMPUNK STORY
Entrapped by a curious codicil in his great-aunt's will into a cruel regime of sexual denial, the hapless Archie Duntisbourne continues to suffer at the hands of the British Women's Association for the Eradication of Vice. Locked into chastity by cruel tormentrix Evelyn Harper and teased mercilessly by his coquettish fiance Alyssa Bucklesham, Archie finds himself an unlikely hero of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation, bitter enemies of the Association.
They Killed His Protégé ... and He Began to Tear the Town Apart With His Bare Hands, Starting From its Top Elected Officials Down!
When reporter Nick Bancroft's protégé, Bobby Scalf, is found murdered with a large spike in his head, Nick, while trying to find out who killed the boy and the reason why, discovers a conspiracy that includes the town council, the school board, the police chief and the local newspaper publisher. He survives several attempts on his life and that of his stormy lover to nail the killer and expose the town's secrets.
Xander Taluti is dead, and his brother Zane has called a halt to the feud with the Andruses.
As the two clans attempt to return to peacetime, it appears happily ever after is in store for everyone. Kit openly declares his love for Miranda; Niki and Ardala prepare for their long-wished-for wedding; and other secret romances are now revealed.
Nevertheless, Dominic's plans to transform his family into law-abiding citizens are thwarted when the Gataen police invade the House of Andrus and old nemesis Detective Ceran Synubis arrests Dom, Kit, and Niki.
In the clutches of an alien justice system where a man is guilty until proven otherwise, Miranda finds herself the prosecution's chief witness in a trial where the truth may convict the man she loves of a crime he didn't commit, and only a miracle—or a long-hidden secret—can save him.
A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE LEADS TO AN INTENSE ROMANCE
Quirky modern dance savant Kenna Grey's life is spiraling out of control with alcohol and depression because she is gay and terrified of coming out. Her life suddenly changes drastically after she almost dies in a loft fire in Chelsea, rescued by a fearless firewoman who fought her way through a fiery inferno, threw Kenna over her shoulder, and carried her to safety through the smoke and fire.
In the aftermath, alone, dying inside from her denial and her sexual desires, she feels fate's finger touching her. So, she rides her bicycle to Staten Island on a journey of destiny. Once there, she invades the firefighter's life to thank her. Unexpectedly, the visit quickly morphs into a catalyst for love and intense sexual fulfillment.
SON AGAINST FATHER FOR RANGELAND JUSTICE
What son could draw against his own father? That's the question Neil Wallace had to ask himself.
Neil admired his father, King Wallace, for building up the biggest ranch in the territory and defending it with guns blazing against rustlers and robbers. But Neil knew the days of the wild west and the taking of law into one's own hands were gone. Yet he was positive his father wouldn't be restrained by any scruples.
Now his father was planning to dam the river that supplied water to all the valley ranches and charge them rates that would keep every man-jack in debt to him forever. Neil was determined to stop King even if it took bullets to do it. But first he had to tell his father why a son might have to turn against his own blood: "It's because you're trying to do something no man has a right to do. You're trying to make slaves out of free men...and you're not going to get away with it. Your scheme is going to blow sky high - and you along with it!"
And with those words, range war exploded in all its bloody fury, setting off a dynamite relay of greed, revenge, and gunpowder temper that threatened to destroy Neil and the ranchers he defended.
Can Outlaws Evade the Revenge of Battle-Hardened Ex-Soldiers?
When an outlaw gang plunder a small ranch, killing the owners and kidnapping members of the family, they unleash a fury against them and an unrelenting thirst for revenge by former Union soldier Burrell Swope when he discovers the foul acts perpetrated on his family and home. Burrell and his companion-in-arms, Jackson Barnhart, two battle-hardened ex-soldiers, set out on the trail of the gang. Despite many setbacks ― at times it seems their quest is going nowhere ― the pair track the gang to their lair in an abandoned monastery, where the bloody battle of Desierto de los Leones ensues. When the gun smoke settles, who will be left standing?
VAMPIRE EROTICA? OH MY!
One vampire and two eager young girls! One of the girls wants the vampire's blood for its special powers, the other wants to sacrifice her blood so her death won't be in vain. He seizes the opportunity to make the best of both worlds. Guess which one of the three will get their desires?
An idler no longer, Archie Duntisbourne is now married to the lascivious Alyssa Buckleshame and subject to her own cruel variant of sexual denial. But he is also a Conservative Member of Parliament with special ministerial responsibility for the Air-Navy, a fact that is not lost on the fanatical British Women’s Association for the Eradication of Vice, who seek to use his position to impose involuntary chastity on all serving aeronauts; and Archie’s anarcho-syndicalist comrades, on whom he is dependent for fleeting and unsatisfactory sexual release, want him to steal the plans for the Empire’s newest and most powerful steam-dirigible. Such divided loyalties may not be the worse of Archie’s problems, though, because there is something nasty waiting for him in the laboratory of Professor Wilhelm Reich.
THE SEQUEL TO AN ENGAGEMENT WITH CHASTITY The British Women's Association for the Eradication of Vice is riven by factional dispute as to the most effective way to repress and control male sexuality. The hapless Archie Duntisbourne finds himself caught between the faction of his cock-teasing fiance, Miss Alyssa Bucklesham, and that of his cruel tormentrix Miss Evelyn Harper, as each seeks to recruit him to spy on the plans of the other. But the women of Mrs Hennessey's anarcho-syndicalist brothel, who are dedicated enemies of the Association, have other plans for Archie.
ARCHIE DUNTISBOURNE’S STEAMPUNK JOURNEY CONTINUES
Still bruised from his rough pegging by the anarcho-syndicalist aviatrix Miss Olga Komenevna, Archie Duntisbourne is compelled to visit the family home of his new fiancee, Miss Alyssa Bucklesham, where he discovers that his mother-in-law-to-be holds even more extreme views as to the discipline required by the male sex than her daughter. There are spankings and floggings galore, and Archie is required to take an oral exam to provide that he is a suitable partner for the Bucklesham heiress.
A SERENDIPITOUS MÉNAGE À TROIS ROMANCE
Tank and Gunner worked like dogs for ten years to build Bristol Hotels into a successful business. They were supposed to enjoy a relaxing holiday stay at one of their top resorts. But it seems that Fate - or possibly Santa - has come a-calling.
Transplanted Southerner Aiden Jones was looking forward to spending Christmas in Montana with her best friend, Jenna. She almost made it - until the snowstorm hit. Now she's stuck for goodness knows how long at some expensive resort in the middle of nowhere. Looks like one sweet, sassy Southerner is headed straight to the top of their Christmas wish list.
Warning: This book packs some serious heat. Hot enough to warm your frosty toes. Snuggle up with some hot chocolate and prepare to melt for this sweet holiday ménage romance. Not responsible if the smoke alarm goes off.
Rated "Oh my goodness" for explicit language and erotica.
A BDSM MÉNAGE WITH INTRIGUE AND MIND GAMES
Following on the events of Their Wild Little Girl, Jessica's mysterious mentor is revealed to be none other than Lydia Morton, Elizabeth's aunt. Arriving out of the blue, or so Marcus believes, Lydia decides that the household needs one final test before Elizabeth's big examination at the University. She won't be testing her niece; however, she'll be testing Marcus to see if he's worthy of his girls, his home, and his position as dominant.
Secrets, deceptions, and mind games abound as Marcus confronts Lydia's challenges believing that his girls are on his side. The two engage in erotic contests that test his skill and knowledge but something doesn't feel quite right. Motives seem to change on a dime, whispered conversations are held in every corner and Marcus is left unsure of who to trust. Can his love for his girls carry him through? Is their love as genuine as it seems? Will the household survive Their Meddling Aunt?
FROM ALONE IN THE JUNGLE TO A MÉNAGE À TROIS
After stumbling upon 28-year-old Elizabeth Morton in the South American jungle, Marcus McRoberts learns that she has been surviving in the wild since her family perished in a plane crash two decades ago. Assuming he is an enemy, Elizabeth attacks him, and when reasoning with her fails, Marcus follows a sudden instinct, overpowers her, and spanks her bare bottom thoroughly. To his surprise, after her chastisement she rushes into his arms, seeking the gentle comfort he promptly provides.
Marcus brings Elizabeth home, and aided by his friend Jessica, a fellow PhD student who was a childhood friend of Elizabeth, he sets out to prepare her for life outside the jungle. In light of her response to her first spanking, Marcus and Jessica take it upon themselves to provide Elizabeth with the firm discipline and loving attention that she desperately needs, and soon she has begun to blossom as their submissive little girl.
With each passing day their feelings for Elizabeth grow deeper, and before long Marcus and Jessica are showing her all the pleasures that submission to their dominance can bring. But both lust and conflict quickly build between Marcus and Jessica and threaten to tear them apart. Can they find a way to keep their unique household together even as they strive to tame their wild little girl?
A KINKY & ENTICING FUTA FANTASY!
I hadn't known what to expect of the Queen upon my arrival in the Futa Islands, a "gift" of the Canadian government from whom her tiny nation had claimed its new homeland, but I had come to look forward to such surprises. There was still so much the world did not know about her or her kind, and I took great pride in being the first (and, so far, only) outsider to be granted secondary citizenship as a submissive of the Empire.
One night, while walking at Savannah Beach, a teenager named Tony-Paul had an encounter with three sightseeing vampires. That meeting evolved into this novel, highlighting episodes experienced by:
Marius, the elder brother. He can’t understand why the woman he loves doesn’t want to renew their affair. What does it matter if fifty years have passed since they last saw each other?
Isn’t true love eternal?
Valerius, the younger brother, running from an arranged marriage into the arms of a woman he could really love. Problem is, she’s human, all right to bite but not to marry.
What’s a lovelorn vampire to do?
Cousin Timon, who thought marrying the author of the world’s most famous vampire series was ironic but fun...until she wrote a novel proving the Undead exist. Now the leader of New Orleans’ nosferatu has to do something about that tell-all book.
Stop the presses!
Join Tony-Paul de Vissage as he relates these stories of three hapless vampires and how they found love, lost it, found it again, and fought to keep it.
A CLASSIC ACTION-PACKED WESTERN
Wyatt's life was not destined to be simple or peaceful. Raised as an orphan by an aunt, he never knew either his mother or his famous gunfighter father. When his aunt dies, Wyatt is run off by her brutal husband and eventually taken in by a rancher and his family. During his teens, he sets out to avenge the wrongs done to him and his kin, ultimately hooking up with some highway men and starting his life as a gunfighter ― the Rattlesnake Kid.
Running from the law he ends up in Mexico, where bounty hunters track him and his gang down. A snake's rattle is the only warning they receive that they are in danger and a gunfight is imminent. After narrowly escaping that ambush, he and his gang soon must deal with crooked lawmen who want his new family's land and target them to draw him out.
AN INTRIGUING POLYAMOROUS BDSM JOURNEY
Jen got her first taste of being a dominant during an intense relationship with Annabel during college, which only ended after graduation due to a misunderstanding. The women maintained a close friendship over the years while Jen concentrated on climbing the ranks in the police department and her former submissive focused on building a lucrative mail-order business. Fifteen years post university, a confluence of events reignites their kinky passions, but with an interesting twist―each of their male partners are included in the mix.
While wildly exhilarating and erotic, the couples’ path into BDSM polyamory is not without missteps and frustrations, as they struggle with getting each of their needs met, sorting out the pecking order, and finally accepting the group’s natural alpha. Come along for a wild ride in modern day London and vicariously enjoy this seldom written about lifestyle through the shared journey of Jen, Annabel, Sean, and David.
THE CONCLUSION OF AN EPIC MACHIAVELLIAN THRILLER
After escaping from the assassin that had just killed the President Elect of the United States, and her paramour Kai, Zoey Volkova must disappear. The FBI is hunting for her and so are the perpetrators. Both know that she is the key to exposing an elaborate and sinister plan for world power. The FBI wants her alive, but the assassins are determined to silence her permanently. Neither are aware of just how formidable and resourceful Zoey can be.
AN AMAZING TALE ABOUT CRIME-FIGHTING SLED DOGS
Unbeknownst to all but a select few, Jim is a federal agent whose skills and sled dogs are often pressed into service to thwart criminals and foreign agents operating in Alaska and beyond. On short notice he and his dogs must be prepared to sled or fly to hotspots to covertly perform their duty, train other handlers on a snow-covered mountaintop in Hawaii, or even provide eye-candy for an impromptu presidential publicity event.
As part of his cover, Jim teaches the art and science of dog sledding in Alaska. It is a team effort between the driver and the dogs. They must learn from each other and perform in perfect harmony. This story chronicles their actions as well as the magic between the dogs and a female veterinarian who 'talks' to them. One must always listen to the dogs, too. They know. They always know. You just have to ask them the right way.
AN ENDEARING AUDIOBOOK FOR CHILDREN
Charlie is an adorable young horse. He wants to be a famous racehorse like his dad, Charles the Great. But he doesn't like to focus on his work. He'd rather munch on flowers. Who helps him progress toward his big dream? What happens when he has trouble on the racetrack? Does he persevere? Does his dream come true?
The first in a series of short audiobooks ideal for young (5-7) auditory learners.
The Armies of Light and Darkness Faceoff in this YA Supernatural Thriller
They were an unlikely pairing—he an urchin from the back streets of Belfast, she a sickly youngster from a well-to-do background. Yet they were chosen to go against the most fearsome creature ever to threaten Earth, the terrifying Beast from the Apocalypse.
The wizard Patrick told them of the mission. The Army of Light would face the Army of Darkness. The children had to recover the Lance of Light and use it against the Beast, or the Army of Light would be defeated.
For different motives the children agreed to go. They would face giant spiders, vampire bats, and foul-mouthed knights. It was a daunting task for ones so young. They didn’t even like each other. So, how could they pull together to overcome all the dangers they would encounter?
GUN TROUBLE IN A TOWN TARGETED FOR TAKEOVER!
George Netfield, proprietor of Kirkville's leading saloon, was a calm, deliberate man ― a man who knew what he wanted. And what he wanted most was to root out the rustlers that wanted to make a ghost town out of brawling, prosperous Kirkville.
The forces he opposed were ruthless and clever ― so much so that they fooled the very ranch owner they were robbing. Even the owners' daughter Cimarron thought Netfield was in the wrong ― and he was desperately in love with her. Every step he took to protect her, drove her further away. Without even the help of the victims, Netfield had to find a way to unmask the marauders and catch them red-handed in their cattle swindle. If he succeeded, he knew Cimarron would hate him forever ― and if he failed Netfield knew there'd be wholesale slaughter in Kirkville, and that he'd be the first to get a six-gun send-off.
CHARLENE THE STAR MEETS BENTLEY THE BULLY DOG
Charlene the Star makes new friends in this adventure, and she also meets Bentley the bully dog. What happens when he meets Hattie the chicken? How does Hattie react when she sees the headline in The Gazette? Your child will be fascinated and amused by this entertaining tale and learn valuable life lessons.
A KINKY JOURNEY FROM DOMME TO SUBMISSIVE
Terms & Turns, Sex & Submission is a coin.
Heads or tails?
Book one: Wife awakens husband in the middle of the night, marches him down to the living room, and turns his life upside down. By the next morning he has become her (mostly) obedient, cock-locked "little boy".
"Mistress Mommy" does terrible (wonderful!) things to him, and he struggles to understand this new, precarious, exciting, and confusing balance of power and passion, love and fear...sex and submission.
Book two: the same couple "flips the script".
She surrenders to him; he becomes her master. He's surprised by how smoothly that 180-degree turn is accomplished.
But then, together, they engineer the surrender of her churlish sister ― which starts out well but soon goes bad. And when you break something? One way or another: you have to pay for it.
What's love got to do with it? Everything.
As they grapple with pleasure and pain, freedom and responsibility...sex and submission.
A JOURNEY INTO FEMALE DOMINATION AND CUCKOLDRY
Submission Undiminished chronicles Tom and Lisa's relationship as they meet, journey into a female-led relationship, and delve into more intense female domination and cuckoldry. Their passion, trust, and love for one another carry them through the challenges they face as they build a relationship that is powerful, romantic, and intensely erotic. This is a compilation of all three books from Shaun Putaine's Undiminished series.
BRILLIANT OTK SAPPHIC EROTICA
Erotic spanking aficionados are in for a treat with this naughty anthology that features modern-day goddesses providing hands-on discipline to their female worshipers. There are no silly or tiresome tropes to be found in these stories, just sexy scenarios played out in the real world between women who have found partners to fulfill their erotic yin-yang needs. Spanking Erotica: Goddesses and Naughty Girls’ cast of characters include a kink-curious college girl and her lesbian neighbor, a widow and her ex-daughter-in-law expanding their friendship, a woman giving her older lover a Valentine’s Day present she won’t soon forget, and recently reunited BFF college roomies with unresolved issues.
Dusty Fenton rides to his brother's wedding and encounters flaming lead from treacherous outlaws determined to seize control of the Crooked H Spread! Framed for murder, kidnapped from the safety of a Cowtown jail, mortally wounded in a shootout, hurled over the edge of a cliff by stampeding cattle, helplessly tied, tortured and left to die in a burning barn, Dusty vows not even death itself will prevent him from saving his brother's bride and a young boy abducted by a rabid pack of the range's cruelest men, in this blazing action-filled western. Behind it all, his bitterest enemy determined Dusty shall die no matter what the cost. Never has there been a non-stop tale of western peril like this one. Follow the adventures of this knight-errant of the range as he swaps bullets with dastardly hombres and braves the most desperate perils of the West for the sake of those he loves.
INTIMATE POEMS BY EROTICIST VANESSA DE SADE
Vanessa de Sade writes fiction about the forbidden side of women's sexuality and her stories and poems have appeared in a multitude of outlets ranging from feminist & literary magazines to glossy compendiums.
In this, her first collection of poems, she talks frankly about her personal sexuality and relationships and highlights many of the problems facing a woman in today's world.
Charlene the Star was known for her jumping skills and ability to win in horse shows. But in this adventure, she wants something exciting to do in her spare time. What will Charlene and her friends do for their new career? What is Wooliam the sheep's specialty? Does his dream come true? Young listeners will enjoy this amusing tale, told by the adorable animal characters. Get this award-winning children's horse audiobook today.
DEATH WAS NEVER FAR AWAY FOR RIGDON PIERCE
Rigdon Pierce was sent to ride south to the Texas-Mexico border in search of a missing ramrod, Monte Davis, and to scout new cattle trails and steers. Soon he found out just what kind of trouble a man can get into, especially in Texas—trouble that nearly claimed him and Monte. Upon returning to Montana, Rigdon learned that he had been given a half interest in the Crooked J cattle herd by Clete Nolan, the man who raised him. Then danger and death showed up on the trail, along with word that Nolan, a man known for his abstinence, was on a bender and likely to give or gamble away ownership of the Crooked J. Rigdon had to convince other ranchers to make a stand and help him take down a scheming sheriff who wanted all the land. After becoming the owner of the Crooked J, Rigdon found that he once again had to fight to stay alive. While fighting off a traitor from the past and his band of outlaws, he found some redemption and perhaps happiness. Yet, as was the norm in his life, death continued to follow him.
A CHILLING VICTORIAN SUCCUBUS MYSTERY
One Victorian London night a lamplighter discovers the body of a very old man lying dead in an alley. Scotland Yard calls in the eminent physician Dr. Conan to determine the cause of death. The brilliant and opinionated Conan is often consulted by Scotland Yard. But his sometimes-unorthodox solutions frequently have him butting heads with incredulous Yard officials. Despite the man's apparent age, Dr. Conan determines that the victim is no older than 30 and died as the result of rapid aging.
Together with his younger assistant Dr. Archibald "Archie" Hastings and Hastings' woman friend, the enigmatic, independent Gwyneth Rogers, the three begin an investigation that will carry them from the glittering mansions of the wealthy to the squalid hovels of the poor to the darkest heart of Victorian England. What they find will lie far beyond the boundaries of science and medicine and bring them face-to-face with terrors believed by the average Victorian to belong exclusively to the realms of myth and fiction.
The Unnamed is a dazzling, original, brilliant, and unusual horror novel by a rising star of popular fiction. No one who loves an enthralling and original story well-told should miss this Steve Brooks masterpiece of terror in the London fog during the days of hansom cabs and gas light.
SCINTILLATING STORIES OF DOMINANT WOMEN
Take a walk on the wild side with this collection of femdom-themed erotic stories by renowned British eroticist Billierosie, author of the fetish classics Enslaving Eli and Memoirs of a Sex Slave: Confessions of a Submissive Woman. Vicariously experience the allure, the thrill and the fulfillment of BDSM for sexually submissive men as well as the dominant women whose authority they crave. This anthology includes: "Rebellious Slave", "Solomon's Secret", "Subspace" and "Laocoon".
MY YOUNGER LOVER CALLS ME … HIS DIRTY LITTLE GIRL
He likes the very back booth in the diner, walls on two sides, both of us on the same bench, me in the corner.
At 29, almost five years younger than I am, he likes me to―he requires me to―call him Daddy; he calls me his Dirty Little Girl.
This is insane; or depraved; or sick; or...all of the above.
And here we sit.
I surrendered my panties before we left the apartment, just a block away―a simple transaction, nothing terribly new or different for us.
He requested; I rolled my eyes.
I complied; he something between smiled and smirked.
I rolled my eyes some more; he crumpled my panties―plain white cotton, not small, and dowdy―in his palm, sniffed them deeply, his eyes laser-focused on mine, before depositing them in his pocket, offering his crooked elbow, so we could link arms, and he could chivalrously escort me down the stairs, out into the street, and one-block-over, to dinner.
As he talks to the waitress―in a slow, sleazy, seductive tone; surely nothing she hasn't heard before―his hand is up my skirt, the tip of his middle finger firm, oscillating just a little bit, as though in indecision, on...
A DARK MURDER MYSTERY ABOUT WHITE COLLAR GREED!
Death by Wall Street: Rampage of the Bulls is a murder mystery based on real events. It is the story of how the oligarchs of Wall Street, doctors, and others in the pharmaceutical research profession having significant conflicts of interest, and employees of two "captured" US government agencies―the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)―by design as well as by simply refusing to pursue the evidence of malfeasance provided to them, deny patients life-saving treatments that are demonstrated safe and effective in FDA-approved drug trials.
When the severed head of a Wall Street stock analyst turns up spiked on a horn of the Wall Street Bull, Detective Louis Martelli of the NYPD is assigned to track down the murderer. But why were this victim and the victims of two similar murders that followed singled out for execution? Martelli eventually learns the answer to this question and tracks down the killer, but not before uncovering some of Wall Street's and the US government's darkest secrets pertaining to the US financial markets and the nation's health care practices.
THE BEGINNING OF THE CHARLENE THE STAR SERIES
Charlene the Star was born into a family of famous racehorses. Unlike her big brother, Charlie, Charlene decides she doesn't like racing. How will she explain this to her mom? How does she show her trainers she doesn't like racing? Will she become a model instead? Will Charlene discover her natural gift?
Her career path takes many twists and turns before she finds her place to shine. You'll love hearing about Charlene's adventures. She may surprise you with her unusual talent.
Charlene the Star is first in the series of Charlene the Star books. The others are Charlene the Star and Hattie's Heroes and Charlene the Star and Bentley Bulldog. Like each of Ms. Humphrys-Dunne's books, Charlene the Star entertains while sharing powerful life lessons with young listeners.
THE FIRST AUDIOBOOK IN A SWEET CHILDREN’S SERIES
Wilbur is a small, shy tractor. He loves cutting the grass for Jim. But what happens when he must find a new home? Will Jim still be his friend? Who will the new owner be? Wilbur would love for you to take him home and listen to his adventure. A Tractor Named Wilbur is the first in a fun series coming your way!
Volume 6 of 6 marks the thrilling conclusion of the Dominium series. Danger looms over Dr. Strangewayes's plantation when tension between the English and French becomes a reality. Plantation residents, including Atia Crisp and Capitaine la Roche, must prepare to find a new home before the battle for Jamaica begins.
Volume 5 of 6 begins as La Lune’s crew is incarcerated in Port Royal, strumpet Violante Hayze narrowly escapes the gallows and bribes are made. The refugees at Strangewayes’s plantation, including Atia Crisp and Capitaine la Roche, make the arduous trek through the Blue Mountains. Atia’s reunion with her family is joyous, yet short lived as an old enemy tracks her down.
Volume 4 of 6 begins as Port Royal suffers the aftermath of a destructive fire and a series of deaths. Intrigue unfolds with the public stabbing of a strumpet, new alliances and more betrayals. Atia Crisp, Capitaine la Roche and other refugees reach Dr. Strangewayes's plantation for some much-needed respite, while the political stage heats up with the legalization of privateering and piracy.
Volume 3 of 6 begins at the local fayre where enemies meet a shocking end and Capitaine la Roche follows a lead to find Livia, Atia’s sister. Betrayals lurk at every turn and a disastrous fire erupts leading to a punishing chase through the city. Will Atia and Capitaine la Roche make the escape from Port Royal to Dr. Strangewayes’s plantation?
AN ADVENTUROUS HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Volume two of six begins with the Whigs invading Port Royal. They are escorted by Captain Longstaff, who soon encounters the very seductive Violante Hayze. Atia and Capitaine la Roche remain at Cherry Red's brothel. Plans are made to poison enemies and soon a strange outbreak of "scarlet fever" occurs, stalling the local fayre that drives the city's money flow.
PIRATES AND CARIBBEAN INTRIGUE CIRCA 1689
Volume one of six begins in 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica, with Atia Crisp and her sister Livia shipwrecked and sold into slavery. They are separated and Atia is used as a pawn in a deadly card game at the Swiftsure Tavern until she is liberated by sugar merchant Capitaine la Roche. Hunted at every turn, they take refuge at Cherry Red's Boutique (brothel) and meet up with allies including the medication-loving Dr. Strangewayes.
THE CONCLUSION TO AN EXCITING PIRATE TALE
The Wheel of Terror comes to Port Royal!
Pirates under Laurens de Graaf seize hostages and the standoff begins. Capitaine la Roche holds the waterfront as his men are trapped in the city. Allegiances change, and Lord Crisp stakes his claim on Port Royal and Atia, who intends to take a piece or two with her. The Freebooters take Church Street, and the battle for the Brethren of the Coast begins.
Volume four of five begins with repercussions for the murder of Bartolomeo Portuguese, which ripples through the Brethren of the Coast. A secret network of women is formed deep beneath the Swiftsure Tavern in the Wenches' Cauldron. Port Royal awaits the arrival of the Spanish Armada, while Laurens de Graaf's buccaneers prepare to strike as tensions boil over in the wickedest city on earth.
THE INTRIGUE INTENSIFIES FOR THE WENCHES OF PORT ROYAL
Volume 3 of 5 - 1690 Port Royal starts with a bang and a new change in government. Dr. Strangewayes witnesses pirating and pillaging aboard Captain Kidd’s ship, Blessed William, which leads to a drug-fueled night at the White Rabbit Inn. While Capitaine la Roche is heartbroken by the loss of his comrade and his true love, Atia.
Volume 2 of 5 starts with Dr. Strangewayes being pressed into service under Captain Kidd. Meanwhile, Atia Crisp becomes a barmaid at the Swiftsure Tavern and learns the inner workings of the city. A secret union takes place while pirate Bleedin’ Art heads the battle against the French, and the townspeople celebrate a Merry Port Royal Christmas.
A PIRATICAL SUSPENSEFUL ROMANCE
This first book of five begins in 1689 in Port Royal, Jamaica, where Atia Crisp is imprisoned, awaiting trial, while refugees from Strangewayes's plantation seek their new home. Guided by Capitaine la Roche, they face pursuit by the pirate hunter Big Dick and the perilous terrain of Bocas del Toro. Their future home of Sérénité hangs in the balance, complicated by the outbreak of war with France.
The Ultimate Wetware & Hardware Cyberpunk Adventure!
A collection of stories spiced with sexual implants, android lust, chrome-plated cyborgs, smartplastic toys, cybernetic wet dreams, and neurotrophic aphrodisiacs.
With The Bachelor Machine, M. Christian set the gold standard for erotic science fiction: stories that pushed the absolute limits of both outrageous sex and fantastic technology.
His follow-up collection, Skin Effect, raised it even further: a book that Publisher's Weekly praised as "Future technology's ability to alter the very nature of our humanity--and the ways those changes interact with sex--shapes this solid collection of futuristic stories from erotica author M. Christian."
Now M. Christian has personally selected his favorite stories from The Bachelor Machine, Skin Effect, and his other erotica collections to create the ultimate celebration of sexually-explicit cyberpunk science fiction: Hard Drive.
With a special introduction by science fiction legend Arthur Byron Cover, Hard Drive is an audiobook that will take you to the outer reaches of BDSM, gay, lesbian, and straight sexuality in the near and far future: worlds of brilliant imagination, relentless passion, and supernova heat!
A TERRIFYING AND DISTURBING NOIR THRILLER
You have never experienced anything like Finger's Breadth, a noir mystery about a psycho that terrorizes San Francisco by drugging gay men and surgically removing the tips of their pinky finger on one hand. What amounts to a collective psychosis gradually grips the Bay Area gay scene manifested in copycat cutters, widespread risky activities, glamorizing victims, and even the body mod becoming a popular fad. This is a fascinating and unique story that while bizarre is also totally plausible. It is easy to imagine the ripple effect from the cutter's actions playing out exactly this way in real life.
"M. Christian's stories are the fairy tales whispered to one another by dark angels whose hearts and mouths are brimming with lust. He goes beyond the pale, ordinary definitions of sexuality and writes about need and desire in their purest forms. Listeners daring enough to stray from the safety of the path will find in his images and words a garden of delights to tempt even the most demanding pleasure-seeker." ― Michael Thomas Ford, Lambda Award winner
In the final book of this six-part series, Jon relocates from the east coast to live with Kay in California so they can give their budding romance an opportunity to flourish. Their desire to completely explore their mutual kinkiness inspires them to seek out some naughty playmates. Dutifully, Kay recruits a couple of her adventurous friends to join their stable, even as she worries that doing so might negatively impact their relationship―will it bind them together, or will it pull them apart? Find out in the triumphant conclusion of R. Greco's exciting "age play" series.
What started as spontaneous combustion kink is slowly turning into something more substantive for Kay and Jon after he returns to the east coast. Their nightly phone calls are no longer focused on D/s role playing. Instead, they dwell on their feelings for one another and skirt around a possible future together. Curiously, embracing her sexual submissiveness with Jon has revitalized her domme side with local play partners, which provides conversation fodder as she recounts the details of her rendezvous.
Continuing the story of Kay and her semi-sometimes master Jon. Master Jon comes for a visit and things actually switch between the usual bad little girl and her dominant man, at least for a little bit. The couple takes in the sights and sounds of San Francisco and settles into a domesticity that both Kay and Jon fear, and secretly ache for, as Kay feels her sensibilities all but completely budding for this man who has captured her heart, loins, and imagination. This is the fourth audiobook in a series of six. Listeners who want to continue the story in sequence can do so with The Master's Little Jewel: An Age-Play Novelette.
This is the third in a series of six age-play novelettes. Kay has gone from little girl to pet to toy, all for the man she has learned to call "daddy." In this episode she continues her long distance D/s relationship with Jon, extending her orgasm denial period and upping the ante by becoming his toy – his "thing" – and even recruiting another toy for their erotic games. Listeners wanting to follow the story in sequence can do so with book 4, The Master's "Little Mess": An Age Play Novelette.
Book 2 of R. Greco's six-part age-play series continues the evolving relationship of a non-lifestyle dom and a sexually adventurous divorcee that started with a serendipitous online chat and a lust-at-first-sight hookup. Biding their time until they can resolve the issue of living on opposite coasts, Jon and Kay utilize a variety of modern electronic tools to indulge in long distance D/s games, including an indefinite period of orgasm denial for Kay, which paradoxically proves to be extremely arousing and escalates their sexual enjoyment. Kay's sexual frustration soon motivates her to seduce her bi-curious BFF, and then share the lurid details of the experience with her NY-based master. Jon and Kay's kinky adventure continues in Book 3―The Master's Little Toy.
Book one of R. Greco's six-part age-play series introduces the evolving relationship of a non-lifestyle dom and a sexually adventurous divorcee, starting with a serendipitous online chat and a lust-at-first-sight hookup, which careens into uncharted territory for Kay when Jon draws out her latent submissive tendencies. The downside to their intense D/s bonding: he lives in New York and she resides in California.
Once she returns home, determined to explore the possibilities of a future together, they utilize all the modern electronic tools at their disposal to indulge in long distance Daddy and Little scenarios while exploring ways to get together again in person. Before the end of this portion of their story, Kay occupies herself with some local, and very naughty, sexual activities that allow her normally more dominant persona to emerge, and of course she shares the details of her escapades with Jon to spice up their bi-coastal games of dominance and submission.
ANOTHER RICK O'SHEA WILD ADVENTURE!
Rick, Helga and Lute are commissioned to find the truth about a claim made that Russia’s sale of Alaska to the U.S. was not legally completed in 1867. Once again, their signature sleuthing methods enable them to quickly find the truth and resolve the matter once and for all. Of course, this leads to more offers: uncover the thieves of rough diamonds from a Canadian mine; and help neutralize a threat by radicals to plant bombs in the U.S. During one of their commissioned adventures, the intrepid trio stumble upon a long-hidden stash of gold in an ancient fortress. After hazardous chases around Alaska, Russia, the Mediterranean, Canada and India in seaplanes, helicopters and even a U.S destroyer, the team heads home somewhat frazzled and intent upon seeking less harrowing and dangerous future adventures.
A horrifying story from Weird Tales, the supreme shudder pulp, about a mysterious personality who claimed he was a descendent of Lord Byron – and the hideous doom that threatened all those around him!
Gilbert Connatt, former film star, now dead broke, would give his life for a good role. And that may be just what he has done when he signs to be the lead in a newly discovered play by George Gordon, Lord Byron. As an added inducement, Gilbert finds he will be playing opposite his former flame, Sigrid Holgar, who has become a megastar since they broke off their headline-making Hollywood romance.
The play is to be premiered at a summer theater, deep in the Berkshires, far from the maddening crowds. Not long after the cast’s arrival there, Sigrid and her manager are attacked by menacing, half-shaped entities in the dark, and barely escape with their lives and sanity. Then, Gilbert accidentally stabs Varduk with a sword—but no blood is drawn and the producer is apparently unharmed.
Things become stranger still, when Judge Keith Pursuivant, an eminent authority on the occult, who has been invited by Varduk to authenticate the handwritten manuscript of the play, is stumped when he realizes it is the great poet’s work—even though the paper is less than ten years old. As Judge Pursuivant and Gilbert are discussing these unearthly events, Varduk’s valet warns them not to challenge his master who, he says, is a man of tremendous and uncanny powers.
Later that night, things become more terrifying for Gilbert and Sigrid, finding the flame of their former love has not been entirely extinguished, discover everyone’s life is threatened by terrifying forces from beyond…
Another dark masterpiece from Manly Wade Wellman, World Fantasy Award Lifetime Achievement and Hugo Award winner.
DROUGHT AND DISHONESTY ARE A DANGEROUS COMBO
When the land goes bad, men turn sour and mean…and that is just what
happens to Vale Tanner, a poor Texas cattle rancher who is watching his
cattle die in an unrelenting drought. With his mentor, Red Bailey, the
two manage to move the few head that have survived, finding a lush valley
where they can graze. But all is not what it seems in this area, as the
man who owns the land is scheming and stealing from others. As this
merciless prairie tries to take his cattle, Vale’s past and present
collide in a hail of betrayal, love lost, bullets, cattle theft, and more.
LONG BEFORE STAR WARS JOHNNY MAYHEM RULED PULP SCI-FI
To save the universe Johnny Mayhem risked his life―over and over and over. He could travel anywhere mentally and enter the body of anyone on any planet. But if he stayed longer than 30 days, Mayhem died. An encounter with aliens had given him an extra-human power. But it had also put him beyond the pale of love and friendship forever.
For the first time ever in audiobook form, here are the never reprinted adventures of one of the most popular and notable pulp science fiction series heroes of the mid-1950s. Mayhem is literally "the man who saved the universe"―and the price he pays for it is a terrible one.
BOOK I IN A CLASSIC HORROR TRILOGY
This is the first spellbinding novel in multi-fantasy award winner Manley Wade Wellman's classic horror trilogy about Judge Hilary Pursuivant, the jurist so deeply seeped in the lore of deviltry and supernatural evil - that no one or thing, not even the most powerful of dark forces, can stand against him.
Talbot Wills, a skeptic, gave up his career as a stage magician to study psychic phenomena - and once and for all prove or disprove its existence to himself. Learning this, his friend Doctor Otto Zoberg, an expert in occult subjects, brings him to an isolated hamlet to attend a séance at the home of a spirit medium whose powers are legendary. There Talbot meets Susan Gird, an intelligent and likable young woman, and after an afternoon together finds himself attracted to her. The séance is held that night - and though everyone is handcuffed to someone else, a strange wolf-like shape moves in the dark. When Susan Gird's father cries out some sort of accusation, the shape leaps upon him and slaughters him.
The town constable investigates and, since Wills is a magician and escape artist, arrests him for the crime. Later, while Talbot is locked in jail, an angry mob gathers to lynch him. With his knowledge of locks, Talbot breaks out his cell and in eluding his pursuers finds himself in the Devil's Croft, a mysterious grove which most locals are afraid to approach. As he enters it, Wills falls, exhausted. What happens next shatters his skepticism for good.
Fleeing, Talbot meets Judge Pursuivant, a giant of a man both physically and mentally, and a man with an almost uncanny knowledge of the occult who promises to help him and Susan. Soon Susan and Talbot find their only hope of saving themselves from sudden and frightful death is to battle side-by-side with Judge Pursuivant against the frightful thing that lives in the Devil's Croft. Thus begins this classic novel of hideous, stark horror from Weird Tales.
His partner was death-branded by six bullets from a ghost gun.
It was Curt Traynor's birthday, and Curt was a young man who liked to celebrate the occasion with a drink and a friendly brawl. Curt had been working like a dog and his partner in the Tomahawk ranch, Frank Ballard, felt Curt had earned the right to blow off a little steam.
What worried Ballard was Del Hudspeth, who owned the Crazy K. Hudspeth wanted the Tomahawk and recently had been hiring men who seemed to have more experience with six-shooters than herding cows. But Ballard figured if they hit the local saloon for a few quick ones and headed back to the Tomahawk, he could avoid the Crazy K bunch and keep Curt shy of any trouble. But Ballard figured wrong.
Someone, probably from the Crazy K lured Curt outside and when Ballard went out to check on things that someone shot Curt six times from the darkness, making his birthday his death day as well. Worse, whoever pulled the trigger framed things to make it look like Ballard had fired the shots and murdered his own best friend.
Ballard shot back and when the sheriff arrived, Ballard was standing over Curt's body with the smoke still rising from his gun. Since Ballard inherited Curt's share of the Tomahawk, he had a good motive for the killing and most folks fingered him for the murderer. Unless Ballard acted fast he knew he would face a murder trial and a public hanging.
Somehow he had to escape and find the ghost gun that killed his partner and the man who had pulled the trigger. And even if he did, Ballard knew Hudspeth and the Crazy K riders would be waiting on the open plains to intercept him with loaded guns. For on a range where he could no longer tell friend from foe, Ballard's fight to save Tomahawk had become a total struggle for survival - for his life as well as Tomahawk ranch.
AN INTENSE THRILLER FULL OF DANGER, DEATH, AND FEAR
MI6 spies, Russian FSB, Chechen terrorists, Abkhaz Separatists, the 1992 Georgian war.
This breathtaking and brutal novel is a gripping tale set in the magnificent Caucasus Mountains during Georgia's ill-fated invasion of Abkhazia in 1992. The Caucasus Cauldron gives a vivid focus to a historical moment left out of the history books, a world ripping itself apart and ravaged by never-ending hatred and blood feuds.
Can our hero, Mac, trust the attractive Russian FSB officer, Kris, who befriends him? How will she react to Doctor Anna, a Separatist rabble-rouser who holds the key to his secret mission? And what about the mysterious Sergei, a former British agent, who seems to have disappeared?
How will Mac cope with the Chechen terrorist who has vowed to kill him? 'You are a dead man, English. We know who you are. You are spying on our people. Now you die.'
The result is an intense action-packed thriller full of danger, death, and fear but a story full of quiet humor and surprising twists and turns.
This is a story about a man, his son, and their three-day mission to cheat death. Sometimes funny, often sardonic, with shifting perspectives and unpunctuated dialogue, Nearly Dead in North Dakota is a fast and loose journey through history, science, religion, pop culture, and a closer examination of the kind of world we live in but never get enough time to really think about.
It gets better every time you listen to it, and it’s the kind of book you have to buy over and over again, because you keep lending it out to people and then feel awkward about asking for it back. That’s totally okay and not a personality flaw at all.
FOUR STORIES PROVING THAT LOVE IS GRAND, SOMETIMES UTTERLY WILD, AND OFTEN TOTALLY UNEXPECTED!
Katy yearns for the ultimate bad boy, and the Devil grants her wish…sort of.
Can a monumental underachiever of a demon and a “good girl” find true love?
Lisa helps an old gypsy woman and is given a black cat and a wish charm that works…at the wrong moment.
Who knew Tomas the Cat had an agenda of his own?
When her android lover’s brain is stolen, Lena Powell hires would-be rival Luc Kai’leel to find it.
Can Luc convince Lena that a living man is better than a “perfect” artificial one?
Gabriel Marsh is a Federation agent with a dilemma. His partner can change sex at will, and Gabriel’s fallen in love with his “other half.”
What do you do when the girl of your dreams is also the man from your waking life?
Love will always find a way but not often the one expected.
Someone is planning an international incident that would set off a revolution in one of the U.S.'s closest South of the Border allies, plus provoke a shooting war between the U.S. and Mexico – and it's up to McHugh, the two-fisted secret agent who always travels with a briefcase containing a fifth of Scotch and a .45, to stop it.
McHugh is built of muscle, brain and go-to-hell guts, and he answers only to a Pentagon general – who answers only to himself. Now McHugh is in Ajijic, Mexico. Assignment: retrieve a couple of AWOL Navy fly-boys, who have defected to the enemy and stolen a top-secret jet fighter strictly CoD. Add a hacienda bristling with Tommy guns, an idealistic politician who only wants to conquer Mexico to save it, garnish with an alluring brunette, an incendiary blonde, and a bevy of Russian spies – and you've got McHugh's favorite dish – trouble.
NINE SCIENCE FICTION TALES THAT AMAZE AND AMUSE
Nine To Eternity: A Science Fiction Anthology began when editor M.Christian invited the authors to submit “a personal favorite story: one that also, sadly, didn't get the love they'd put into it.” And so Ernest Hogan, Emily Devenport, Cynthia Ward, and Arthur Byron Cover have been joined by Ralph Greco, Jr., David Lee Summers, Jean Marie Stine, and Jody Scott, as well as M.Christian himself, to make a memorable reading experience. Full of not just endearing characters, vivid worlds, and thrilling adventures, this anthology is also a touching examination of what these celebrated authors consider their best work.
Skin Deep, a wistful science fiction melody of love and longing – by Emily Devenport: author of Shade, Larissa, Scorpianne, EggHeads, The Kronos as well as many other novels and stories
Spitzhkov Red, a haunting tale as real as tomorrow's headlines of comradeship and service – from Jody Scott: author of Passing For Human; I, Vampire; and Devil-May-Care.
Bombastic Christ, a controversial story of what happens when DNA from the Shroud of Turin is cloned – by Ralph Greco, Jr., author of Far Out Within and stories in anthologies that include The Infinite Spectacle: Short Stories of Displaced Reality.
The Great Mars-A-Go-Go Mexican Standoff, a rollicking future-shock interplanetary Chicano delight – by Ernest Hogan, the father of Chicano science fiction and author of High Aztech and Cortez on Jupiter.
A Murder, a lyrical, but heart-wrenching story of futuristic murder – by Arthur Byron Cover: author of East Wind Coming, The Platypus of Doom & Other Nihilists, and Autumn Angels.
Whoever Fights Monsters, a ferociously powerful reinterpretation of Nina Harker from Dracula – by Cynthia Ward: editor of anthologies that include Lost Trails: Forgotten Tales of the Weird West, author of The Adventure of the Incognita Countess, and stories in Analog and Weird Tales.
An Asteroid by Any Other Name, a classically inspired tale of rapidly approaching doom – by David Lee Summers: editor of anthologies such as A Kepler's Dozen, Kepler's Cowboys and Maximum Velocity: The Best of the Full-Throttle Space Tales, and author of numerous novels.
In The Canal Zone, a dreamlike tale about a mysterious canal whose location may not even lie within our own universe – by Jean Marie Stine: editor of numerous anthologies, such as Future Eves: Great Science Fiction by Women About Women, The Legendary Women Detectives: 6 Classic Novelettes, author of the novel Season Of The Witch and collections that include Herstory & Other Science Fictions and Nowhere To Hide And Other Mystery Stories.
Why Are There Buildings, Daddy? a not-far-from-home work of spec fic about a depressed young man who only ever wanted to be a writer – by M.Christian: editor of Love Without Gun Control, Hard Drive: The Best Sci-Fi Erotica Of M.Christian, Bachelor Machine, and others. His novels include Me2, The Very Bloody Marys, Running Dry, and Finger’s Breadth.
FROM AD AGENCY WHIZ TO MASTER SPY OF THE RED PLANET
Jery Delvin had a most unusual talent. He could detect the flaws in any scheme almost on sight - even where they had eluded the best brains in the ad agency where he worked. So, when the chief of World Security told him that he had been selected as the answer to the solar system's greatest mystery, Jery assumed that it was because of his mental agility.
But when he got to Mars to find out why 15 boys had vanished from a spaceship in mid-space, he found out that even his quick mind needed time to pierce the maze of out-of-this-world double-dealing. For Jery had become a walking bomb, and when he set himself off, it would be the end of the whole puzzle of The Secret Martians - with Jery as the first to go!
Well, it isn’t theft, Stellan Nieves tells himself, not when you’re stealing from a crook.
Stellan, a married mid-twenties Chicago accountant, dreams of a new life free from a spiteful wife and two unruly young daughters. His salvation comes by way of mobster Dusan “Squeezebox” Kovačević.
Stellan stumbles onto a cache of $2.1 million hidden beneath loose floorboards at Squeezebox’s warehouse. He at first resists the temptation, but it proves too tempting. He plots out his theft, and, under the cover of darkness, bolts with the money in his trunk. Ditching his sensible Brooks Brothers suits and wingtip Oxfords, Stellan resurfaces in a small college town in Vermont. Certain no one would ever look for him there, he reinvents himself as Pete Harris, with a beard, wire frame eyeglasses, jeans, plaid shirts, hiking boots, and a pickup truck.
A vengeful Squeezebox becomes apoplectic at the theft. He hunts manically for Stellan but Federal indictments put an end to his search. Charged under the RICO Act, he receives a 60-year sentence. His forever home will be a 6’x 8’cell in a small federal prison. The only way Squeezebox will ever leave prison is in a pine box.
Time passes, and serendipity plays her hand. While taking courses at the local college, a bulletin board notice seeking volunteers to teach English and math classes at the nearby prison catches Pete’s attention. He mulls it over. Why not? He can spare the few hours.
The tension is palpable as the two men unexpectedly face each other across a small table in the prison waiting room. Will this chance meeting lead to their complete undoing, transformational redemption, or none of the above?
EXPLORING THE DARK SIDE OF THE COSMOS
You will be thrust into the middle of the cosmos right from the start in this tale that is futuristic but not necessarily true science fiction. It could be now! What dangers lurk in the cosmos? What dangers are from Earth? How mysterious is that unknown dark abyss of space? Look up. See yourself! Visualize your future; it could be sooner than you think. This story relates to you; your future. Feel yourself inside the characters' magnetic space boots and experience the cosmos...but be careful of the symbol situation.
―"This Captain, and gentlemen, is the nebula commonly referred to as the Medusa of the Universe. It has fingers and snake-looking things at the very top of it. Those squiggly things you can plainly see...are known as Vampire Stones. They group up. They swoop. They change directions on a whim. They are like locusts. They eat anything that gets in their way. They may include us in their diet...."
An unforgettable novel of an innocent man forced to ride the wild plains for his life.
It wasn't a journey that anyone would make willingly. But Dale Maffitt had little choice.
Wanted for hanging on a trumped-up charge of horse-stealing, trailed by a relentless posse, Maffitt's only hope lay in Mexico. To live, he must ride fast and hard over the scorching Texas plains and beat the posse to the border. Once across, he would be safe from arrest, and the posse would have to turn back.
So Dale Maffitt begins a grueling race across one of most merciless, drought stricken patches of Hell in in the U.S.A.–the Texas barrens–trying to stay one step ahead of the posse. Every mile of the way was a battle with pitiless heat, hunger, thirst, perilous storms, and often the posse itself.
What he did not know was that if at last he made it to Mexico, it would only be to discover true Hell had always waited ahead of him–and not behind!
DEANIE LEARNS TO WIN AT LIFE DESPITE LONG ODDS
What if you grew up on a horse farm and your single passion was to become a champion horseback rider? The problem is, you were born with a disability. Doctors tell your parents you'll never walk, let alone ride. What will happen next? What does her dad do that changes her life? Will a failed racehorse and a handicapped girl become a winning team? This is the author's true story of her journey. Even if Deanie prevails, will she find exactly the right horse to help her win?
A MYSTERY/THRILLER YOU CAN’T PUT DOWN
When a wealthy Wall Street commodity futures trader is found dead in his townhouse of an apparent drug overdose, Deputy Coroner Michael Antonetti, NYPD, is suspicious. Antonetti tells Detective Louis Martelli he suspects what appears to be a suicide may in fact be murder.
After a similar case is discovered involving a former friend of the Wall Street trader who played on the same high school football team almost 20 years earlier, Martelli is convinced he is dealing with someone bent on revenge. But the two teammates who ostensibly committed suicide were part of an elite three-man squad known as The Flying Horsemen. This convinces Martelli there will be a third victim. But who might it be, and could the killings have anything to do with the rape and suicide of some of the men's former high school classmates?
The answers will be found in this mystery/thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
THE BEGINNING OF A FEMALE LED ROMANCE
Lisa is the most beautiful and intriguing woman Tom has ever seen. He knows he has to overcome his shyness and ask her out. As Tom and Lisa get to know one another and begin to develop strong feelings for each other, he realizes he must tell her about his different desires. Lisa is uncertain as she learns that Tom wishes to submit to her, but together they begin to explore Tom's submission and her dominance.
This is the powerfully romantic, strongly passionate, and titillating kinky story of Lisa and Tom's journey of discovery as they enter into a loving power exchange relationship.
A VOICE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!
Returning to the U.S. from London, Lennith found herself enmeshed in a web of horrification and terror at Hillhouse, site of happy childhood memories. Home of her best friend Lisa, always so laughing and gay. Lisa, her dearest friend. Lisa who had urged Lennith Forrester to come to the luxurious mansion known as Hillhouse. Lisa, who was already in her grave when Lennith arrived. Lennith could not believe what they said about Lisa. Lisa was too vital, too alive, to have died by her own hand....
Then, as the door to the walk-in safe closed behind her, Lennith heard Lisa's voice, seemingly from beyond that grave. But not the Lisa she thought she knew. For now Lisa seemed all that was evil, and Lennith was caught in her spell....
"You are going to die here," I heard myself say ― but of course there was no one to hear.
The door to this black and airless place had slammed shut behind me, shoved by an unknown hand. I desperately tried to open it, my nails scraping on the cold steel, though even as I struggled, I knew it was hopeless, the lock had snapped shut. I did not even bother to scream, for I knew the door was soundproof.
Yet even so, in my mind it seemed I could hear the sound of laughter...Lisa's laughter...Lisa, who had lured me here...Lisa, who would now have company in the grave.
IF YOU COULD LIVE FOREVER, WOULD YOU WANT TO?
A scientist discovers he is immortal. His first reaction is intense happiness, and he makes plans for his future and that of his family. But then he has to watch his family grow old and die, while he stays young and healthy. What can he do with the gift of forever? What should he do? Can he erase from his mind and heart all feeling and the need for love? And worse, can he always be sure of his superiority in a changing world? He will have to answer all these questions and more, when he discovers other immortals and must make a decision. A decision that will change the world far more than even an immortal can envision.
Here is the story of a handful of men and women who lived from the middle of the 20th century into our future. What did they make of their lives? If you found you could live forever, what would you do? Search for wealth, power, happiness...or death? What could sustain you for 200 years? For a thousand? Is forever too long to live?
CAN A KINKY AUCTION BE THE CATALYST FOR LOVE?
To give myself over to a complete stranger for an entire weekend...that is what I signed up for. What will this mystery man do to me?
Frederique takes part in an auction at a local sex club. She doesn't know who will buy her and what will transpire during the weekend.
Regner spent a good deal of money on her. He introduces Frederique to a kinky world that is both exhilarating and scary. Will she enjoy these decadent sexual experiences? Will she learn to love them?
A MISSING GIRL SPELLS DANGER FOR PI MARK BANNING
For Baltimore detective Mark Banning it starts out as a typical missing persons case: a man seeks his help in finding his daughter who disappeared after meeting with a man she met online. Mark enlists the assistance of his police detective friend Ed Taylor in the case. When the search results in finding the dead bodies of the girl, the man she met online, and the father as well it becomes much more than that. But there was another involved: a mysterious phantom witness who may have the answer to the entire mystery. However, the closer Banning gets to learning the identity of the killer, the more he realizes that he himself is marked to become the next body to be found!
LEARN THE ART OF PRODUCTIVE PROCRASTINATION
Put more razzamatazz in your life with some sizzling ideas on how to handle time to your benefit and personal satisfaction.
The author interviewed clinical psychologists, governmental leaders and successful business people to arrive at ways and means of making the clock work more favorably for you.
The slogan of the National Procrastinator's Club is, "Don't wait. Procrastinate NOW." Wise observations from da Vinci, Churchill, Einstein, Ovid, Sandburg, and others agree putting off in POSITIVE fashion can boost your success and happiness.
Since the 1700s we've been plagued by Lord Chesterfield's admonition, "Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." This text thumbs its nose at that with methods of managing time without letting it manage you.
FRONTIER TALES WITH ACTION AND ROMANCE
Hearts of the West is a unique collection of classic Western tales that combine action and romance. This anthology showcases nine stirring, long-forgotten frontier tales with appeal to both men and women. So here are nine classic ranchland romances – a unique collection of nine classic frontier stories that combine action and romance.
In "Guardian Angel," a cowboy who doesn't think he needs anyone's help, and a woman who thinks he does, must deal with the treachery and cunning of a criminal family.
In "Frontier Spirit," a well-bred society girl proves she's got that very quality to a doubting cowboy, but not until they have both faced bandit guns.
In "Pioneer Woman" by John and Ward Hawkins (latterly stalwarts of television's Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie), a woman and frontiersman discover that their greatest peril on a wagon train west is not the hardships of the trail but her abusive, murderous husband.
In "Cup of Happiness," a woman determined to succeed on her own in the far northwest and a man keeping a secret, must battle nature, epidemic and claim-jumpers if they are to live and quaff their own cup of happiness.
In "Blue Eyes and Blue Steel," a spirited cowgirl doesn't turn back when she finds herself on the trail of desperado Diamond Jack McLernan, while the man she's after finds himself falling in love with her.
In "The Marquis and Miss Sally," cow camp friendship turns to romance despite a seemingly impossible obstacle in a rollicking tale only the inimitable master of literary surprise, O. Henry, could have penned.
In "The End of the Trail,"a man of mixed parentage learns from a storekeeper's daughter – with the assistance of one of the West's real-life heroines – that it isn't what you do before a fight, but afterward that determines who the winner is.
In "The B-girl, the Battle and the Bar-D," two people who have been deeply scarred by life discover why, if they can survive it, the West is the ideal place for starting over.
In "Big Nose Kate's Man,"the famous, if slightly shady, lady shows why she's earned her own place in frontier legend when her lover, the legendary Doc Holliday, faces a lynching (based on an actual event).
If you enjoy the romance and action of the old frontier days, you'll love Hearts of the West.
WERE THE NEW MEN AND WOMEN HUMAN … OR MONSTER?
Brought back to life via vitaplasm, did they have souls? Or were they somehow less than human, people minus X?
Here's what Amazing Stories had to say about this moving, thoughtful, highly-prophetic novel of the future by three-time Nebula nominee Raymond Z. Gallun: "This is a novel with a cosmic theme that has always been of interest to all people at all times: the process of regeneration and recreation. Through vitaplasm innocent victims of disaster are restored almost to their own selves.... Then humans begin to realize that the artificial people are their superiors in every respect. Mob feeling changes Mitchell Prell, one of vitaplasm's inventors, into a scapegoat and forces him to flee the human community. Ed Dukas, his nephew, and Ed's wife, Barbara, try to use reason to combat the mounting hysteria which threatens to explode into a war of annihilation. When failure seems near, Ed, Barbara and Prell sacrifice their humanity by becoming artificial people in order to function more effectively. ...a suspenseful plot, unusual characterizations, relevant soul-searching on the place of scientific advances in everyday life."
The Detroit Times raved that, "Gallun depicts scientific experiments on the Moon...an explosion that sears Earth...restoring persons through personality records...a struggle between restored people and natural humanity...life on the asteroids...thought reading machines...a journey to Mars...a starship expedition to Sirius... [Dawn of the Demi-Gods] is packed with action scientific style." (Also published as People Minus X, but Dawn of the Demi-Gods is the author's preferred title.)
Raymond Z. Gallun (1911-94) began writing science fiction in 1929, produced his first acknowledged classic, the much-anthologized Old Faithful, in 1934, stopped writing in the 1950s and then returned for a triumphant last decade in the mid-1970s-80s, that would see him nominated three times for the Nebula Award
THERE’S NOTHING WORSE THAN A GOOD LAWMAN GONE BAD
Brother’s Blood is a tale about the corruption of the guardians of our laws and the men who stand against them. Bill Powell was a tough and uncompromising lawman who relentlessly pursued lawbreakers and brought them to justice. Then temptation came his way when Loraine Carlisle revealed to him the whereabouts of a wagonload of stolen gold. Greed caused Powell to think he could place himself above the law, but he crossed the one man he should have killed or avoided altogether. Marshall Joel McKeagh became Powell’s implacable enemy. When McKeagh went hunting Powell, the trail could only end in bloodshed. It was to be a duel to the death, and only one of them would be alive when the fighting ended.
MURDER, MAYHEM AND INTRIGUE AT THE PLAZA ROYALE!
"A suspenseful, gripping yarn." (The New York Times)
It was just another busy day at the Plaza Royale ― until a pretty hotel manicurist, white with terror, suddenly fled through the lobby and disappeared into the crowded Manhattan streets. Her unexplained flight, and the discovery of some bloodstained pillowslips, gave Gil Vine, the hotel's detective, the tipoff that trouble was brewing. Its source turned out to be the suite of a secretive South American mogul and his entourage including a beautiful señorita, a vicious monkey, a muscular valet, and an elusive character known as Miguel. When Gil investigated, he walked into one of the most explosive situations in his career. For the Latin was really an ousted dictator, loaded with stolen money and jewels, and with a host of assassins pledged to kill him!
The Body in the Bed is one of the most exciting of the classic 1950s Gil Vine mystery novels.
"Plenty of action . . . never fails to be interesting." (San Francisco Chronicle)
Stewart Sterling is credited by leading reviewers with having been one of the originators of the "specialized" or modus operandi school of detective story writers as opposed to the private investigator who has no background in any particular field of criminal activity. His Special Squad stories in Black Mask were the first to make use of inside techniques as used by the Loft Squad, the Bomb and Forgery Squad, the Criminal Identification Bureau, and the Stolen Property Bureau of the New York Police Department. His Fire Marshal Pedley stories were acclaimed by Thomas Brophy, New York City's most celebrated Fire Marshal, as being true to the modern methods employed in the detection of arsonists. His hotel detective tales, with Gil Vine as Chief Security Officer of a swank Fifth Avenue hotel, have been published in many foreign countries - and Sterling received letters from all over the world, with the Oliver Twist request for "more."
MEET A DIFFERENT KIND OF DETECTIVE
Rick O'Shea's intuitive nature and sense of curiosity led him into a career as an investigator. Not a private eye, not that kind of investigator. He's one who is a "seeker" and "finder" of things that have been lost, stolen, or hidden. His methods may be unusual, but he gets the job done when no one else has been able to, and is rewarded with lucrative finder's fees or found treasures for his trouble. Due to his fame and the substantial worth of the items he seeks to recover, Rick's seemingly innocuous livelihood has its share of dangerous situations and harrowing experiences - hazardous encounters with hijackers, kidnappers, thieves, and drug dealers, to name a few.
Good as he is at what he does, Rick would not have been nearly so successful without the Prof and "Q" providing invaluable research and technical backup. In this adventure, lovely aerospace expert Helga Lange and boyhood chum Luther (call me Lute) Martin also join his team and help him solve challenging mysteries in Europe, the Rockies, and Mexico. Of course, romance develops between Rick and Helga, although neither one seems quite ready to fully embrace a commitment.
ONE TOO MANY ALIBIS PROVED FATAL FOR THE HEIRESS
Gil Vine is the quick-thinking, compassionate chief security officer at the fashionable Plaza Royale Hotel. While investigating a routine disturbance complaint in the Tower apartments, Gil finds himself enmeshed in a deadly struggle for control of a fabulous fortune in oil.
The intrigue involves the beautiful, naïve Kierze sisters Sari and Maylene, ruthless T. Baker Barrow, king of the Wildcatters, suave Monsieur Armand Lejourd, and the inscrutable Ras Daklin. When Maylene Kierze, a girl who will tell any lie to alibi herself out of trouble, is murdered, Sari Kierze, her sister, inspires Gil, who believes her not only innocent but in danger, to outdo himself in detection. Two more people will be murdered before the fight over control of the oil fortune is ended.
As always in the Gil Vine mysteries, life behind the scenes of a large hotel is painted for the listener in fascinating detail. Vine is at his best in this installment of the series as the hotel detective does his best to protect the Plaza Royale's reputation and also stop the series of murders. He will have to risk not only his life but his job if he hopes to untangle the web of intrigue and violence that holds the luxury hotel in its grip.
IT’S NOT ABOUT POWER, IT’S ABOUT LOVE
The historic port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, has a special charm, due at least in part to its resident witches. For decades, raven-maned Marguerite and red-headed Beryl have lived among its hard-working inhabitants, making magic and mischief. Love and sex fuel their supernatural abilities, but duality limits their power. To reach their full potential, they need a third witch to complete their circle.
Rejected as a nymphomaniac by her puritanical boyfriend, Emmeline escapes to Gloucester to work on her PhD thesis. From the moment she arrives, Marguerite and Beryl sense her erotic vitality and unrecognized paranormal talent. The platinum-haired beauty may well be the enchantress they have been awaiting for so long. Now they need to show Em that her prodigious libido is a gift, not a liability, and to persuade her that her destiny lies in the sea-girt town they guard, and in their arms.
FROM POWER BROKER TO DOMINATRIX EXTRAORDINAIRE
Marilyn loved the power and prestige of being the most powerful woman on Wall Street. But there was something missing in her life that she couldn’t put a name to…until she experienced her first orgasm and the thrill of sexual domination. After her life-changing sexual awakening, it wasn’t long before she morphed from a virgin to a connoisseur of her own orgasms, and from a business leader to a dominatrix. When Leslie entered her life, she experienced her first loving and sexually satisfying relationship ever. All she knew was that she needed this smart and beautiful woman in her life and in her bed. Ultimately Marilyn’s journey became more about self-discovery and fulfillment than sex and kink.
A SUPERIOR SPACE OPERA FAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME!
From the hallowed pages of Amazing Stories in 1942, here is the first of the adult space operas. Written by the legendary, and highly controversial science fiction editor Raymond A. Palmer, The Vengeance of Martin Brand has never before appeared in any audiobook edition. In this book, Palmer took a giant stride forward from his contemporaries, replacing the noble, uncomplicated heroes of the first space operas, with the tormented anti-hero, "Suicide" Martin Brand, one of science fiction's most memorable characters. The half-crazed Brand, who likes to play classical music while rocketing toward a half-dozen enemy ships, atomic cannons blasting, is Earth's only hope. The embittered former spy for the Interplanetary Patrol is the only one who knows about the Martian spaceships waiting in the hidden cavern on the Moon. It would be easy to make himself the most powerful man in the system and become its master. But, to warn Earth Brand would have to forsake vengeance on the man who betrayed him and cost him everything he held dear, then survive two women, one who has sworn to kill him and one who has sworn to arrest him dead or alive, and if he made it that far, he'd have to fight his way to the surface through ten thousand Martians. But that's why they call him "Suicide" Martin Brand. And even if he does succeed in warning Earth, war will flare across three worlds! From its advanced flashback within a flashback technique, to the adult passions and emotions of the characters, The Vengeance of Martin Brand is superior space opera far ahead of its time!
AN ALIEN INVASION CLASSIC TOO INTENSE FOR ITS TIME!
When The Usurpers first appeared in the magazine Imagination during the early 1950s, Nebula and Hugo Award winner Robert Silverberg wrote that Geoff St. Reynard's work is "off the beaten track". The concept of aliens masquerading in human form is not at all new, but this story is different and powerful and considered a minor sci-fi classic.
Considered too strong by the book publishers of the era, The Usurpers has never been republished in the past decades since. Now, you can listen to this science fiction classic and judge for yourself. Here is a story that is bound to remind you of Night of the Living Dead and The Thing.
Science fiction often speculated about whether aliens might walk the Earth masquerading as human beings. Jerry Wolfe discovered it was true. He had seen the aliens in their actual form. He must be high, you say. Don't laugh! Your best friend is one of them. Discover what happens when a handful of brave men and women decide to pit their puny forces against the might of Earth's secret masters and the governments they control! You will find romance, action, and daring speculation in this lost classic, in its first ever audiobook publication.
LITERATE EROTICA ABOUT REAL WOMEN
Love Handles is a collection of seven character-driven and highly erotic stories about real women exploring differing aspects of their personal sexuality. From the frustrated socialite who hires a female escort via her husband’s credit card; to a bizarre encounter at a funeral or the late-night escapades of two college girls who act out their darkest fantasies; or the English tourists obliged to share a Romanian outdoor toilet, this swansong collection is Vanessa de Sade at her finest and will both arouse and enthrall you, plus take the erotica genre to places that you would never have believed possible.
PRIVATE EYE NICK BANCROFT'S DEADLIEST CASE
When Vicki Fowler's body is found covered with bee stings in a Central Illinois pasture the sheriff calls her death an accident.
Free-lance reporter and private detective Nick Bancroft doesn't believe it. He learns the victim lived in a home for young unwed mothers who work as waitresses and whores at a local nightclub. Murder suspects include an alcoholic handy man, the man and wife who operate the home, a nightclub operator and his henchman, and a sheriff's deputy. Federal agents on the trail of an international porn ring try to halt Nick's investigation. Nick is beaten and thrown in a ditch. Later he and his earthy lover, Maggie Atley, are dumped in a deep lake with weights tied to their ankles.
HE WAS IMMORTAL, AND THE WOMAN HE LOVED WAS DYING!
The Master is a benevolent tyrant, the world's sole immortal, whose 1000-year-reign has enabled him to steer humanity from an age of wars and want to a scientific age of peace and plenty. But now, the Master faces his greatest challenge ― for, what is the price of immortality, when Lady Ellora, the woman he loves, lies dying?
Then, Everling, a physician with a lust for power, offers to trade the Master a cure for the secret, planning to betray humanity and make himself dictator. It is a temptation only a God could resist ― her precious life against the world's security ― and the Master, though he has lived a thousand years, is still a man.
While the Master hesitates, it is up to two women to stop Everling: the Lady Ellora, and Tarmo, a naïf from a backwoods planet, who has history's greatest reason for wanting the Master dead!
NOT YOUR EVERYDAY PARANORMAL COMEDY!
Tildy is used to causing a bit of trouble. As a Lust Fairy, stirring up sexy shenanigans is her role, and she loves it. The only problem is that she may have pushed things too far. She's found herself exiled to the human world and her only hope of returning to her kind is to grant 100 wishes. The catch? She can only grant wishes to people who believe in fairies, and believers are in very short supply. That is, until she finds Anna, a cute yet lonely woman with an honest belief in Tildy's kind, a belief strong enough to allow Tildy to not only grant her wish, but to actually appear to the woman.
Anna may regret that belief, however, because her wish to find others who share it gives Tildy a naughty idea. She grants Anna a Midas touch that causes anyone she comes into physical contact with her to believe in fairies. It isn't permanent, Tildy isn't that strong, but it lasts long enough for a single, sexy wish, one that invariably focuses on the cute girl who just touched the wisher.
AN INTRIGUING YA MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE BAYOU
When, on an afternoon outing in Bayou Vermillion, Lafayette, LA, teenager Amanda Wilcox has her fortune read by Madam Zu-Zu, she and her classmate, Tom Lassiter, never thought it would lead to her having a nightmare in which she dreamed she was being choked to death. Under hypnosis, Amanda reveals to Tom that she once was a woman named Kyla Decker, who disappeared 25 years earlier after being stopped by a policeman while driving home early one morning after partying with her girlfriends. An Internet search reveals the name of another woman, Cindi Lathrop, who disappeared some years after Decker under similar circumstances.
HE PROVIDES SURRENDERED SUBMISSIVES SANCTUARY
Darla was one of the few live-in submissives that he'd come to love. Twenty years his junior, she'd finished her course work and the exams for her PhD, then took a leave from NYU without writing the dissertation.
For several years, he'd let her hide in his penthouse: cared for and indulged, disciplined and educated, petted and punished.
He'd lost Darla, or ― more accurately ― set her free, to pursue the life she was meant to pursue, to be the person she was meant to be. That loss had hurt, but it had been the right thing to do.
Some time later, she'd sent him a gift, a young submissive she'd named Grace.
Damaged and vulnerable, Grace needed help, discipline and control, attention and compassion, healing from the kinds of abuse that often finds natural submissives.
In short ― she needed a good master.
Being a dominant doesn't mean that you don't have obligations. He took Grace in. He provided her with the menu of nurturance and punishment that she so desperately needed. He taught her to understand herself - her needs and desires, her strengths and her vulnerabilities, her blind spots and her personal history.
Almost 20 years younger than the Master ― like Darla ― Grace isn't really suited to being a long-term lover or companion.
Does that mean he's doomed himself to a kind of serial monogamy, a string of younger submissives, an ongoing "catch and release" program?
Or is it time that he found someone his own age to play with?
A ROMANCE THAT SURVIVES THE DEVASTATION OF WAR
Emily falls passionately in love with working class Walter, despite fierce opposition from her class-conscious father. She sees marriage as a partnership of equals and resolves to elope to escape such a male dominated society.
Emily’s actions will see her struggle to survive the subsequent devastation brought about by the war, as she and her four-year-old son are thrown into the midst of danger and death. The family experiences rationing and the terror of bombing―their air raid shelter is destroyed by a direct hit.
When Walter volunteers for the army, Emily and her son are evacuated to a rat-infested cottage in a farming community near Hebden Bridge. When the war changes Walter into an efficient army officer who demands to be obeyed, Emily worries that she might have a rival for his affections. How can she restore their loving relationship?
The Girl Who Disappeared is a moving love story about one woman’s enduring resilience, a story full of quiet humour and surprising twists and turns.
A BRILLIANT & QUIRKY SILICON VALLEY ROMANCE
When Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rachel Zelinsky meets reclusive genius Theo Moore, she finds him strangely compelling. Theo is both arrogant and socially awkward, but he has an aura of power that speaks to Rachel’s carefully-hidden submissive side. Disturbed and aroused, she tries to focus on her original objective—a deal to incorporate his Artificial Intelligence software into her company’s popular virtual world. Rachel’s not a woman who lets pleasure interfere with business, but for some reason, she can’t resist Theo’s geeky appeal.
Theo Moore can’t be bought. His past battles with poverty make him deeply suspicious of the billionaire CEO. Still, with her voluptuous curves and brilliant mind, Rachel embodies his ultimate sexual fantasy. Too bad his knowledge about sex derives from extensive research and a stash of kinky porn rather than real-world experience.
That doesn’t bother Rachel, however. In his bed—in his arms—in his bonds—she discovers the bliss of total surrender. Rachel may be Theo’s first lover, but Theo is Rachel’s first true Master—and the first man to truly touch her heart. It seems that love may harmonize their differing goals and values, until Rachel’s unwitting violation of Theo’s trust threatens to tear them apart forever.
A TOXIC BREW OF INFIDELITY, SKULLDUGGERY AND MURDER
Montana-based detective and gun repairer Ulysses Underhill is coerced into joining a posse hunting down Israel Hagan, a thief and alleged killer. Ulysses, who once was a vigilante but is now trying to leave his violent past behind, prevents the posse from summarily executing Hagan. In doing so, however, he makes himself an enemy of Sheriff John Crumley. Facing the noose, Hagan employs Ulysses to track down the real killer. As Ulysses gets ever closer to the truth, multiple attempts are made on his life. During his search he meets Eleanor Gold, a beautiful and enchanting widow, and faces a race against time to keep witnesses alive and get them to Hagan's trial.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A KITTY CAT SMILE?
Or, a kitty cat that sometimes walks upright on his hind feet, leans way over, and has a big, bushy tail that swishes from side to side?
Or, a kitty cat that teaches himself to play a rare musical instrument called the three-ba?
Or, a kitty cat who learns the fine art of feline karate – achieving the highest rank?
Welcome to the world of Kitty Wappis! Join him in all of his tales and fables, his many talents, strange friends, and exciting adventures along the way.
Suitable for children 4 – 10 years old and young-at-heart adults.
A LAUGH-A-MINUTE ROMP AROUND THE GALAXY
Meanwhile, on Gloth...
Millions of years before February the Fifth, Gloth was making a nice little profit from the planet Erde, with the help of some cunning popes and the very, very secret Camera Stellata, sometimes better known as the Star Chamber.
Being disowned by his father and booted out of his family manor in England and then transported off to the distant sun-drenched shores of Australia didn’t sound like such a bad punishment for Hal, all things considered. Sydney, however, didn’t prove to be his cup of tea, but a quick move to Brisbane leads Hal to a wonderful new life full of friends, backyards, barbecues, beer, surfing, The Breakfast Creek Hotel, and Narelle.
The idyllic life. For a short time, unfortunately, as so often happens, just when you think things are beautifully perfect, someone or something comes along to throw a spanner in the works. In Hal’s case, his idyllic life gets hit by a number of airborne wrenches. Then, when he thinks things are about as bad as they can get, they of course get a whole lot worse.
Afflicted by an allergic reaction to dust and scary things, Hal does a lot of sneezing as he goes about trying to make the whole lot worse a whole lot better.
A FAVOR FOR A FRIEND LEADS TO A KINKY CAREER PATH
During a weak moment while in-between girlfriends, Wendy agrees to become a key holder for a friend to help him indulge his chastity fetish. This seeming innocuous act inadvertently leads to the discovery of her affinity for dominating others and a career as a no-nonsense personal trainer for bottoms and pony girls/boys.
OUT OF THE STARS ... AND INTO HER HEART
The Lost Science Fiction Romantic Comedy Novel by
Academy Award Winning Writer Harriet Frank Jr.
Betsy Simms is crazy about a guy named Yrtxxe, whose skin is green and whose address is Saturn. Betsy dug him out of a test tube one night and hasn't been quite the same since…
Yrtxxe isn't easy for a woman to handle. For one thing, his idea of lovemaking is to take a walk in the park and think at Betsy. That might be hot stuff up among Saturn's rings, but Betsy wants the real thing!
And then a sleek slice of female named Leda comes along and loads Yrtxxe up with ticker-tape parades, keys to the city, and a Presidential reception — and Betsy has more action than she knows what to do with!
SONIA LEARNS A LOT ABOUT LIFE FROM HOSPICE
A summer with terminal patients wasn’t what Sonia had in mind when she signed up for her school’s nursing internship program. With no previous exposure to death or dying, Sonia joins the rag-tag team at Tender Hands Hospice ― “Your best last resort” ― and becomes the center of attention to the oddball nurses who work in end-of-life care. Over six weeks, Sonia finds herself passed around a variety of preceptors while facing her fears of corpses, patient nudity, and the strange quirks of one sugar-addicted nurse. Given the choice to sink or swim, Sonia struggles to keep afloat only to discover through a series of bizarre and heartbreaking patient encounters that it takes more than a set of skills to be a nurse.
Six weeks of laughter, eccentric nursing humor, and bittersweet moments.
Six weeks to show what she’s made of.
And six weeks to learn that there’s more life in hospice than she thought.
Take One Mermaid, One Dismayed Young Man, an Upper Class
Social Set, Then Mix Well for the Frothiest Classic Since Topper!
In the tradition of Thorne Smith's Topper and Ron Howard's Splash comes this 1935 madcap romantic fantasy of an ordinary man whose life is turned upside-down and backward when he rescues a charming, but utterly uninhibited mermaid. From the leading romance magazine of its time, The Naughty Mermaid is available for the first time ever in audiobook form.
In this George F. Worts screwball classic, For those who like smooth romance with excitement lurking in every chapter, you will meet:
Wellington Peal, who discovered that finding a mischievous female naked on a beach isn't as much fun as he thought – if she is a mermaid.
Zixie, whose real name translated from mer is Girl With Her Eye to the Wormhole of a Conch Shell, which means "she is terribly curious".
Patricia Trumbull, Wellington's fiancée, who loved only Wellington Peal and was certain he loved only her – but would she be as certain if she saw him in the embrace of a beautiful young woman dressed in the "all together"?
Aunt Hattie, a staid, upper-crust and highly-proper New England matron whose ideas of correct decorum were about to be outraged in ways she never dreamed of.
Wilkins, Aunt Hattie's long-suffering butler, whose dreary days were about to be lit by the sudden appearance of the most vivacious, charming young woman he had ever met.
And…
Premier Gustanzo, the most powerful man in Europe, whose dignity and pride in his beard knew no equal–until a certain mermaid took it into her head to pull it.
A GIANT-HELPING OF CLASSIC GOLDEN AGE SCIENCE FICTION
Rog Phillips' Rat in the Skull is the centerpiece of this classic science fiction anthology. What magazine editors said about this controversial Hugo nominee novelette at the time of its release remains true today: "Some people will be shocked by this story. Others will be deeply moved. Everyone who reads it will be talking about it. Read the first four pages: then put it down if you can." Other Phillips novelettes featured in this audiobook include The Yellow Pill, Executioner No. 43, Unto the Nth Generation, Pariah, Love Me, Love My– and The Holes in My Head. This is a must-listen for those who love science fiction.
Involuntary Immortals is the story of a woman who finds herself outliving her lovers and the incredible peril she faces when she sets out to discover the source of her involuntary immortality. Helen Ranston discovers her own daughter Agnes thinks she is a witch or vampire. Agnes is 40, but Helen still looks 20 and has never aged throughout her daughter's entire life. Even Agnes doesn't suspect the truth - that her mother is over 100 years old - and has no idea why she is apparently immortal. With her daughter vowing vengeance, Helen knows she will have to start her life over under a new identity, as she has so often before.
Then, she meets the young man with the figure-eight pin on his collar. Looking at him, Helen discovers his eyes are those of a much older man. When Eric Trent says, "You never thought there would be others," he catapults Helen into the midst of a lethal three-corner cat-and-mouse game, the pawn of ruthless schemers who know how to kill immortals and are willing to kill every one of them in order to control the priceless secret of selling eternal life!
Can Helen keep her immortality, or will she lose it - and her life along with it?
SOMETIMES THE TRUTH IS CONVENIENTLY IRRELEVANT!
There's been a burglary in a luxury co-op in Manhattan: an elderly woman was assaulted in her apartment, with jewelry taken. The prime suspect is Johnny Jones, who was in the building around the same time, helping his lawyer, public defender Alan Goldman, move temporarily into the apartment of his friend, corporate lawyer Tim Wilson. But another suspect soon emerges: a look-alike intruder who got into the building through a basement door with a broken lock. The victim is suing the co-op for millions, represented by her niece, litigator Cathy Collins - Tim's ex-girlfriend. She claims the intruder is guilty, but Tim - the president of the co-op's board - claims Johnny is guilty; if so, the co-op isn't liable at all, since he got into the building lawfully. See how lawyers Tim and Cathy behave oh so badly, using sex to influence Alan and A.D.A. Gina Gomez in their handling of Johnny's case, to suit their lawsuit ends... It won't be until the very end of this dark-comedy mystery that the question will finally be answered: which of the two suspects is guilty?
ADVENTUROUS GENDER BENDING NAUGHTINESS
This collection of four erotic stories by Shaun Putaine takes you on a journey into the world of BDSM―but there's a twist added. Each story features a trans-gendered character.
In the first story, "Legs", meet Adara the sexy male to female dominatrix who has a bit of play time with her collared slave.
Next, become acquainted with Cal and Sahara in "The Pick Up". Cal picks up Sahara from a bar and takes her back to his place for a bit of fun. However, Cal has more surprises for Sahara than just the flogger he pulls out of the closet.
In the third story, "Suite Reunion", you are introduced to Tam Stevens. Tam joins her wife, Pamela, who has been vacationing with her lover at the luxurious Empire Hotel. Their reunion involves more than hugs and kisses, as Pamela feels the need to take Tam in hand.
Finally, join Danni as she is beginning her first day as a maid in an opulent mansion. The staff at this mansion does more than just cook and clean, they are expected to perform "special duties" as well. Danni might be just what Ms. Carlise has been searching for in a Lady's maid; a girl with a little something extra.
ENJOY THE EXPLOITS OF AN ALLURING DOMINATRIX
Have you ever imagined what it would feel like to have an athletic college student mercilessly trapped in a chastity cage…and you were holding the key?
The hotel room heats up as the strict and severe Alexis ponders what nasty deeds she will do with her smoking-hot stallion after he's spent a week diabolically locked in chastity.
Follow the exploits of the confident and alluring dominatrix as she explores the depths of her darker desires including intense scenes involving boot worship, forced chastity, key-holding, tease and denial, edging and, of course, anal play. For the “more adventurous” listener—not just your everyday, run-of-the-mill S and M, BDSM scenarios.
This fast-paced, well-written, quick-listen is sure to keep you (and Alexis' cute undergrad) begging for more! Tinder Surprise: Pegging and Begging details female domination and consensual male submission with an air of elegance. Strict, sensual domination at its finest!
THREE ROOMS ― ONE NIGHT ― NO BOUNDARIES
This mélange of ménages à trois contains three short stories that include cuckolding, female domination, first-time kink, genderbending, voyeurism, same-sex encounters, and a unique brand of sissification.
A gigolo gets more than he bargained for when his hot date's husband enters the picture.
An obscure porn actress comes out of retirement for one lucky fan...and his spellbound secretary.
A discreet desk clerk gets invited to share more than a bottle of wine after a crossdresser's public debut.
Curl up in bed with this trio of "thirds" for some sheet-scorching action!
ALL'S FAIR IN LUST AND BUSINESS
Ruby Maxwell Chen, the lovely and ruthless CEO of a sprawling British business empire, has no qualms about playing dirty – very dirty. She’s happy to use sex to help her close a deal, especially when she’s the one on top. Ruby loves the game, and she expects to win. When she encounters the inexplicably charismatic American entrepreneur Rick Martell, though, she wonders if she hasn't finally met her match.
From the trendy clubs of London to the Hollywood Hills, Ruby and Rick compete for ownership of a strategic factory in Malaysia. As their struggle for dominance escalates and their mutual lust flares, they draw their employees and associates into their outrageous power games. The stakes could scarcely be higher, as Ruby and Rick play for the ultimate prize: a night of total physical surrender.
A UNIQUE VARIATION OF AGE PLAY EROTICA
Arguably, at the time of her father's death, the point at which she was married, she'd felt entitled to just-about-nothing.
Her mother had told her she was to be married.
To whom.
Under what "terms".
And so she was.
Her mother had "unwound" as well, had spooled out and revealed to her, a whole skein of relationships ― and hierarchies ― calmly and openly: her own relationship, now terminated, with the man who was to be her daughter's husband; the requirement of submission; the manner in which her mother ― she had lightly referred to it as a kind of balance ― had, in-every-way-imaginable, dominated her father; it had sounded like she was going to miss that more than anything.
All of this had been ― well, what to call it? ― seemingly both functional and, certainly, discrete: invisible, really, until purposefully revealed.
That had been impressive: the secret life of her family.
She didn't complain; she didn't argue; she didn't negotiate - merely observing the facts of what was going on around her, what was happening to her, and ... complying.
HEADING DOWN THE PATH TO CUCKOLDRY
Tom and Lisa have always had a special bond and a special love for one another. Since they met Tom has felt a desire to submit to Lisa; his love and devotion to her have only grown over time. Lisa has embraced Tom's submission and grown to love and respect him more as her own dominant nature has flourished.
Now as their second anniversary as husband and wife, as well as mistress and slave, is celebrated they begin to delve more deeply into dominance and submission. They begin to explore the world of cuckoldry.
Lisa is a bit worried at the pitfalls that may be encountered as they undertake this journey, but she is also thrilled as new possibilities and wonderful experiences are opening up for her. Tom is finding that while a part of him is thrilled another part is struggling to deal with the conflicting emotions that are far more powerful than he imagined they would be. Tom and Lisa are learning just how important trust is in a marriage, especially when that marriage involves cuckoldry.
AN ALTERNATE HISTORY TO THE OUTCOME OF WW I
Following the events described in Gray Tide in the East in which Kaiser Wilhelm made the decision to cancel the scheduled invasion of Belgium and to send his armies east against Russia, Germany has emerged from the ensuing conflict as a dominant power in the world. Britain and the United States have not yet been involved in war with Germany, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is, as yet, intact.
Tidal Effects is an alternative history, following two major scenarios occurring in 1923 after the end of the Great European War. Firstly, US Intelligence has reported the likelihood that a major naval base is being constructed by Germany in the former French colony of Martinique. This, of course, would be intolerable, being so close to the coast of the USA, and diplomacy alone seems unlikely to resolve the issue. Secondly, Emperor Charles (Karl) I of Austria is facing unrest within the Empire and, worse, the persistent involvement of Germany in his affairs. The only way forward is to form an alliance with other powers not yet under Germany's influence, but with Austria's political and diplomatic infrastructure riddled with German agents and sympathizers, any such plan would be sabotaged before it started.
He needs to find someone who can meet with the heads of state without arousing suspicion, someone sympathetic to those opposing Germany's expansionist plans, and yet someone whose high-level meetings will not alert Germany to his true mission. There is just one man who might be able to do it....
EXPLORING MODERN POLYAMORY & VIRTUAL REALITY
Here are two imaginative tales that highlight the frontier of our ever-changing sexual landscape ― one told from the point of view of an experienced mistress, the other a novice submissive.
Mistress Stephanie’s Strays takes place in a tropical polyamorous BDSM household. After inheriting her namesake aunt's estate, Stephanie leaves the bohemian life in Portland behind and heads to her new home in Hawaii. Upon arriving in Kona, Stephanie learns that her aunt and she had more in common than anyone would have ever guessed ― along with the house came four live-in servants who had been her aunt's longtime submissives. While Stephanie has been a practicing domme for years, taking on four complete strangers as service submissives proves to be a daunting task.
Virtual Reality Mistress delves into the kinky possibilities of virtual reality. While surfing the Internet, meandering from website to website during an episode of insomnia, Jody ends up on an esoteric blog about virtual reality software and accoutrements, where an ad for an intriguing product catches his attention. A stunning femme fatale boldly proclaims that Jody can live out all his sexual fantasies in the privacy and safety of his own home by purchasing the Virtual Reality Mistress. To the sleep deprived Jody that sounds like a pretty good idea, so he places an order and a few days later a FedEx package arrives that changes his life forever. Using information gathered from a battery of assessments and questionnaires filled out by Jody, this product provides him with customized virtual reality fantasies based on his core sexuality. The only trouble is he is not aware of how dark some of his true desires are. Jody embarks on an always erotic but sometimes unsettling journey determined to make peace with his demons.
A TORTURED STRUGGLE BETWEEN MORALITY AND SIN
Celebrated athlete, Jim Bonz, marries radiant, regal, and affluent Jewell Pepper, about whom he fantasized through adolescence.
Four years later she is dead, and Jim’s life begins.
After the funeral, Jewell’s father, appreciating Jim for his role in his daughter’s life, gives him a cash gift that frees him from any concern with making a living.
From there we follow Bonz from city to city, moving into higher education, high school basketball coaching, and, after some failed relationships with women, even the priesthood. Coaching at West Catholic in St. Louis, Jim meets Ricky Wilson, a super-talented African-American youngster with major college potential. More important, he meets Ricky’s mother, Jade Wilson, a stunning single mother to whom Jim is intensely attracted. The story crackles with tension as Jim’s celibacy vows and religious upbringing collide with his budding relationship with Jade. As he maneuvers his way through this thicket of strain, Jim comes upon a scandal in the parish in which he serves.
No longer able to manage either his personal conflict or his knowledge of the scandal, Jim reaches a breaking point. Action has to be taken.
He was an Interstellar Agent with a License to Kill Entire Worlds!
A Golden Age Pulp Series by Nebula Nominee Ross Rocklynne!
For the first time since their original appearance in the legendary pulp Planet Stories in the early 1940s, here are the three novelettes that launched the adventures of Sidney Hallmeyer, interstellar agent―one of the era's most trail-blazing series. In essence, Hallmeyer is a scientific secret agent with a license to kill―entire cultures and worlds! If needed or if so ordered, when they stand in the way of Earth's territorial expansion and dream of empire. In fact, it is utopias Hallmeyer is most often instructed to terminate―with prejudice. In "Exiles of the Desert Star," for instance, his assignment, as the original magazine blurb announced, is "Murder. Murder among the asteroids. Hallmeyer had orders to transform small Elron's brisk atmosphere to krypton. It meant killing that last gallant handful of royal exiles as surely as if his hand held a ray-gun."
Hallmeyer's charm and saving grace, and the surest sign of his creator's penetrant insight, is his conscience. For unlike, say, James Bond, and long before him, Hallmeyer is aware of the dubious nature of his profession. The Hallmeyer series was clearly cut from such contrapuntal cloth that it is easy to understand why it made a big stir in the science fiction world of the time. Indeed, this two-volume audiobook is a major science fiction event.
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST SPIES YOU WILL EVER MEET
In the first book in this classic series, a former CIA spy behind the German lines in WW2 and secret agent fighting the Russian KGB in Europe during the Cold War, returns to the states to find himself up against the dirtiest plot ever against the U.S. Russia's top secret agent has infiltrated the country, making an unholy deal with the Mafia, for an unlimited supply of heroin, the Mafia agrees to back all Reds' activities in the United States. The streets will be flooded with smack … and the back alleys with Russian agents working to bring down America.
Meet Morocco Jones, he never gives a bad guy an even break.
"Only suckers play straight in my game. Ethics is a word that means holes in your head—bullet holes. I'm one of those old-fashioned operatives. When someone takes out after me, I don't bother to haul out my conscience and frisk it for motives. I just shut my mouth and swing. A gun is nice, too, but I like the personal touch. There's this Russian agent Bardo, for instance. I've been waiting a long time to catch up with him. And vice versa. He just rented a bunch of trigger-happy gorillas from the Mafia zoo. It gripes me to have to keep shoving corpses out of my hotel room, but I like things neat. Pretty soon Bardo will run out of fall guys… Stick around, chum — the party's just beginning…."
First Morocco Jones is coming for the Commie spy ring, then he plans to take on the Mafia Syndicate — the entire Mafia….
"Overseas, during the war, we always felt a sort of aloofness — an objectivity. We were like soldiers in an expeditionary force. No matter how well we might know and believe in the cause for which we fought, the fact still remained that we were on foreign soil, far from home. The battle didn't touch anything close to us. Then, all of a sudden, we're home and it's the same old battle being waged in our own back yard. The enemy is here. And that makes you do some thinking. It makes you reassemble your values; re-evaluate your beliefs and loyalties. You realize very keenly and personally how much these things mean to you. Then you lose all your aloofness and objectivity. Your enemy ceases to be a shadowy figure and becomes a more powerful threat, a greater menace, an active and evil thing that is tearing at the very foundations of your own house."
A HUMOROUS STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOVE AND LUST!
Just when Jason is settling into a new, self-imposed lifestyle that does not include romantic love or even the prospect of dating, a chance encounter on Main Street makes him question his solitude and willpower. Karen is a firebrand who has her sights on Jason for sexual conquest, while her best friend, Lucy, a girl-next-door sweetie, is interested in him for a meaningful relationship. At first Karen wins out and a relationship is born, but her mysterious silence about anything personal makes Jason worry she only cares about sex. Even while their tumultuous relationship develops, deep down Jason realizes that Lucy has always been the girl for him. In the end, and after a great deal of uncertainty, a series of unusual circumstances takes the decision completely out of Jason’s hands.
WHEN GLORIA PURSUES THE TRUTH, MAYHEM IS INEVITABLE
Gloria Morris is a legendary smart, relentless and sometimes deadly private detective who kicks a lot of ass. She’s also a B-girl who has fallen in love. Though romance is in the air in San Francisco, so is debauchery. While investigating the theft of some opulent jewelry, Gloria hears rumors about human trafficking in the area. Maneuvering through the streets of The City in her quest for the truth, she hunts amidst myriad thieves, murderers, musicians, cops, concert promoters, narcissistic millionaires, and a hedonistic femme fatale art aficionado. Gloria ferrets out the truth. With firmness in the right and knowing action is supreme, she sets in motion events that result in justice for the guilty and tenderness for the innocent. But the mayhem she causes—how will it affect her life-changing romance and her relationships with her colleagues?
A gifted slave’s dramatic bid for freedom from the cotton plantations of the Deep South leads to far-reaching and unintended consequences in this moving tale.
Born enslaved in the eighteenth century, Fella finds no place for his genius, his thoughts, or his humanity in a time and place that deny him the most basic of rights. Thus, in a desperate act, he makes a bold, dramatic bid for freedom from the cotton plantations of the Deep South.
This dramatic short story is set in the days of slavery and interwoven within the fabric of real circumstances of the era to form a harrowing and hopeful tale. The moving account of this unusually gifted and witty slave parallels the history of cotton, considered “white gold” in the southern states during the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Poignant, melancholic, and powerful, this fast-moving tale focuses on Fella’s determined bid to be free from the shackles of captivity and the insufferable ideologies of slavery.
A ROUTINE INTERVIEW LEADS TO A SEXUAL AWAKENING
Immersing herself in work worldly reporter Alyssa K travels to New York on the trail of a hot story. After arriving she discovers that the story is much bigger than she could have dreamed. Facing steep competition from a rival with no scruples, Alyssa must think outside the box to find a fresh angle. Her search leads her to David, an overconfident younger man who promises the inside scoop Alyssa needs. All he asks in return is a little of her time. At first thinking she has the edge on her cute admirer, Alyssa soon learns that there is more to young David than meets the eye. Ultimately, she realizes that she's not just hunting this story she's living it, and must decide if she will run from her future or submit to desires she didn't even know she had.
TASTY OTK STORIES FOR SPANKING AFICIONADOS!
For many, nothing is more erotic than the fantasy―or reality―of a bare-butt OTK spanking by an authoritative woman. The allure of this scenario is especially strong for men and women with certain submissive inclinations, as well as for dominant women with a penchant for providing sensually painful punishments to naughty boys and girls. Here we have a collection of exceptionally well-written erotic spanking stories that immediately draw listeners in and allow them to imagine watching, or even participating in, realistic kinky activities of everyday people.
An older woman stumbles into a mutual interest with her ex daughter-in-law....
A widow explores her dominant nature with horny young men from the neighborhood....
A British ex-pat finds she shares a kinky interest with the companion of an acquaintance....
A college student home for the summer learns something new about himself from his best friend's stepmother....
When a neighbor shyly asks to be spanked, her inner domme suddenly emerges....
Former co-workers hookup for the first time in a very unusual manner....
Helping a neighbor has deliciously naughty consequences....
Some of the unruly young ladies that Claire is paid to discipline intentionally provoke extra harsh punishment....
A book on sexual etiquette, more lies than truth, and a sexy visiting detective complicate the first case of Centrel City investigative reporter Nick Bancroft!
A young woman with a sex etiquette book in her lap is found dead at a high school football stadium. Freelance reporter and novice PI Nick Bancroft is hired by the girl’s father, Ramsey Sinclair, to find the killer and gets kicked around by various suspects as he pursues the killer and the story. His work is interrupted when he begins a love affair with receptionist Maggie Atley. But the course of true love is complicated along with the investigation when detective Faustine Smith, also hired by Nick’s client Mr. Sinclair, begins making passes of her own at Nick. Faustine, who was hired to keep an eye on Nick, does an excellent job, most of the time. As the case unfolds there are elements of danger, drama, and deception. Nick finds few things are as they seem and no one can be trusted in this risqué mystery and adventure.
AN AMUSING AND IMAGINATIVE ROMANCE
A hundred years before, the brave menfolk of Balleywalegh drove a vampire from their midst.
Then a new century rolled around and now it’s 1929, and the monster has returned…or has he?
Karel Novotny is handsome, well-mannered, and definitely up-to-date. He dances the Charleston and owns a Stutz Bearcat. With his movie star good looks, he causes quite a sensation among the village lasses. Unfortunately, he has the same name as the former monster and that’s causing the Balleywalegh fathers some worry.
Seamus Flannery considers himself a sensible person. He isn’t much for believing in vampires or other things that go bump in the dark. Nevertheless, he’s bothered by the mysterious newcomer’s attentions to his daughter Brigid.
When Brigid and the other girls become inexplicably ill, it’s time for Seamus to do a little digging into Balleywalegh’s past and find out what really happened that terrible night, before someone does something young Mr. Novotny will regret.
What Seamus doesn’t know is that there’s someone living in Karel’s manor house who holds the answers he needs, and he’s guarding that secret with his immortal life.
"It will be okay," she said, soothingly. "I'm going to hurt you, but it will be okay. As long as you obey me absolutely, I'm going to free you from all of those bad, guilty, big boy problems. You'll be my happy little boy; I promise. Now ask Mistress Mommy to punish you."
I was barely able to fight off the urge to cry, gave a single sob ― of gratitude or fear or disgust or confusion, of desire or pain or relief or incredulity ― and did as I had been told.
AN EDGY WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Men and women whose yearnings can only be satisfied by a dominant woman fill the pages of this collection of femdom fiction. Jim Lyon is on his way to becoming a major writer of erotica, and this compilation of very hot shorts shows why.
Among the stories showcased are:
A Night of Firsts
In the Limelight
The Recreation Executive's Assistant
Obsessive Compulsive Behavior
Bait and Switch
A Niche Business
A Gift for Veronica
Phone Sex Gone Wrong
Tennis, Anyone?
A Night at Club Noir
SCIENCE FICTION THAT EXPLORES THE FUTURE OF SEXUALITY
Skin Effect is a groundbreaking anthology that amazes as well as arouses and sets the bar for erotic science fiction. It features mesmerizing tales that push the envelopes of both science fiction as well as erotica in innovative and stimulating ways ― stories voyaging to the near as well as the far future, exploring the ultimate limits of sex and arousal.
EVERYDAY TOPS AND BOTTOMS IN SUBURBIA
Here is a treat for erotica fans who enjoy stories that reflect realistic kinky scenarios. Real-Life BDSM Eroticaincludes R. Greco's highly original anthology, Oh, Those Darn Dominant MILFs, as well as his six-part classic, My Heart Belongs To...: A Novel of Age Play.
The term MILF births a whole bunch of different mind pictures of the quintessential "mothers I'd like to...." Meet the ladies who populate the wonderful world of Oh, Those Darn Dominant MILFs. We find hot moms―and even grandmothers―indulging in more than a little kinky dominance over the men and women in their thrall.
In My Heart Belongs To...: A Novel of Age Play, an adventuresome divorcee's heart belongs to master, and so does her body! What starts out as a friendly and kinky Online chat explodes into an intense lust-at-first-sight hookup after Kay and Jon get together when she travels from California to New York on business. Over the course of six age-play novelettes, now combined into this deliciously erotic novel, their relationship develops via racy video chats, emails, phone calls, and texts, plus visits to the San Francisco Bay Area by Jon. Despite fully embracing her submissiveness to the dominant Jon, Kay has a little domme in her, which she indulges with local male and female playmates, and even on occasion with Jon. Theirs is a flexible D/s relationship that in no way resembles strict lifestyle BDSM, though equally kinky - heavy into erotic pleasure-pain sex.
A ROMANCE ROILED BY BETRAYAL AND DANGER
A vindictive woman's ruthless plan to expose her husband's suspected infidelity opens the door for a cunning serial killer.
Desperate to save his crumbling marriage, George Brock takes his estrangedwife on a romantic getaway to a remote bed and breakfast. Tortured by the memory of their once idyllic love affair and blinded by her own bitterness, Debra resists George's efforts. She is convinced their problems are the result of infidelity on his part and gleefully plots to ruin his romantic holiday by making a brutal statement with another man before walking out and filing for divorce.
Mrs. Winter, a seemingly gracious southern lady and genial bed and breakfast proprietor, welcomes the Brocks with open arms. In reality she is a cold, calculating blackmailer who sees a cash bonanza in Debra's wicked little game of adultery and revenge. To make matters worse, her son Horace is a sadistic serial killer; after beholding the incredibly beautiful Debra Brock, he is determined that she be his next victim. What begins as a hopeful, romantic renewal quickly spirals into a frantic fight for survival.
A ROMANTIC WESTERN WITH WARTIME INTRIGUE & DANGER
Love, betrayal, gunfights, and stolen kisses highlight this classic novel of a German threat to America's beef herds during WWII – by the woman who pioneered the romantic western!
Dolores Rey was the pampered daughter of the lush Southern California orchards, where the noise and battle of WWII seemed so far way, and had been raised in luxury and affianced to a man of her own kind in whose veins flowed the blood of his titled ancestors.
Roy Pelgren had had his heart broken twice. The first time when color-blindness barred him from his dream of joining the air force and battling Germany in the skies. The second time when his fiancée, a woman of the West he had grown up with and whose love he had believed unshakable, eloped with a lieutenant, resplendent in uniform. But Roy never dreamed that the Nazi menace might come to battle him face-to-face on his isolated ranch in the badlands of Wyoming, or what that meeting would portend for the United States that he loved.
Together and separately Dolores and Roy would be targeted for death, capture, torture and worse. For, saboteurs were at work, and the man directing them aimed not only to destroy the great cattle herds on which America's civilians and troops depended for meat, but their own love for each other. To survive they would need all the courage and vision that had helped their forebearers create the West itself.
Marie de Nervaud was the author of more than twenty book-length western romances, most published during the 1930s and '40s in serial form in the magazines of the era. But due to prevailing prejudices against westerns written by women, only a few were ever published in book form. Her grandparents helped pioneer Oregon in the mid-1800s, and their papers, as well as her own, currently reside in the University of Oregon Library Special Collections Department.
A NOIR SCIENCE FICTION EROTIC ADVENTURE
Book I: Terminal Orgasm
NASA’s military and intelligence arms are at the tip of the spear for a dictatorship that utterly dominates the US. They work with an alien life form, a kind of symbiont, that exists as part of a collectivity. Feeding on neurotransmitters, these "entities" are introduced into the body in a way that ― at least initially ― causes pleasure....
Tyler and Nebraska head a commando team that rescues Nebraska’s lover, Jenna, from a NASA interrogation lab. But once they’ve spirited Jenna to (at least temporary) safety, how do they extract the creature that’s been implanted in her?
And ... can they do it in time to save Jenna's life?
Book II: The Struggle for Inner Space
In their safe house in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Tyler and her team are running out of time. Sooner or later, they know there will be a counter-strike.
And ― very ― soon, the clock will run down on Jenna.
They'd grabbed up Dr. Cavatello when they rescued Jenna; she may be of help.
And the symbiont?
It may not ― or "they" may not ― actually want what the rebels (or NASA) think they want.
Book III: Subsumed
After you make peace? When "the dust has settled" and a "new reality" is in place?
What does coexistence look ― and feel ― like? Physically? Spiritually? Sexually?
Sexual choices? Top-of-list.
With "the battle over"? Some people might be inclined to just …"give in".
We all make our own choices, after all.
AN INHERITANCE TRIGGERS A DEADLY BATTLE BETWEEN COUSINS
Greed, lust for power, and ruthless ambition are what drive Richard Grant. All he needs is the Big G to consolidate his hold on the territory. Only his cousin Harry Grant, the legitimate heir, stands in the way. When Harry guns down the hired killers sent on Richard’s orders, a crooked sheriff and a bent judge make sure Harry ends up in prison.
Life is tough for the young cowboy, but he survives, only to face, on his release from prison, more assassins sent to make sure he never returns home to claim his inheritance. Harry has no choice but to go gunning for his cousin. The showdown takes place at the Hot Spur saloon. Only one of them will be left standing.
Romance, Gunplay, and Lovers at Odds Spice This Classic Western
When Lucy McAdam accepted a job at a western ranch, she never expected parties, men in suits, and suitors of all kinds – but most of all she didn't expect to fall in love with anyone like Walt Carmack, the gambling, hard-drinking son of the biggest ranch owner around. Walt was a hard-worker, too, from sunup to sundown every day of the week – that was how he had broken his leg and ended up on crutches. But Walt liked to relax with a game of cards and a bottle of whisky every Saturday night at the local saloon – until he met Lucy and lost his heart. He promised her he would never touch a drop again, and kept his word. Then someone she trusted told Lucy otherwise, that he had gone back to both.
But when she learned about his bank balance, Lucy was certain Walt Carmack had lied to her. Was Walt, the seemingly carefree young cowboy with the gambling instinct, really irresponsible? Had the gambler dealt her a lucky hand in love – or was she the victim of a deliberate…misdeal of the heart? Lucy McAdam felt she had to know before she could dare to let her heart be won by a man of this strange new and exciting country.
Walt was hurt when Lucy implied he was a liar. But, with one ranch hand murdered, his grandfather murdered, and someone unknown trying to pull off the greatest land swindle in the state's history, Walt knew he had no time to straighten out matters of the heart. Instead, he had to determine the identity of the scoundrel behind the land steal and then, even on crutches, face the man down six-shooter to six-shooter.
Lucy had no idea that Walt was riding into a gun battle no man could win or she might have played her cards differently and told him how much he really meant to her. She didn't dream that she had actually been the victim of a misdeal - but the man who was cheating her at love wasn't Walt!
PSST! DOMMES ARE EVERYWHERE ― DEAL WITH IT!
Traditionally a domme is defined as a female dominant in a BDSM relationship, but dommes are found in all types of couples―heterosexual and lesbian―and exert their dominance in a variety of ways. This book contains a generous collection of short stories and novellas that will broaden your idea of what constitutes a female-led D/s dynamic while arousing you with kinky erotic scenarios ranging from first-time submission to immersive pony play. Take a walk on the wild side and let the wicked imagination of Jim Lyon, femdom author extraordinaire, help you fully appreciate the appeal of dominant women.
A Classic WWII Romantic Thriller That Was Made Into the 1940s
Film Noir Masterpiece Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn!
After learning her husband is dead, Sandra Marshall visits his remote family estate to claim her inheritance. There, Sandra faces a cold reception from her husband's uncle, research scientist Mark Caldwell, who is also the administrator of his rather large inheritance. For some reason her husband had never told his uncle about their wedding and he accuses Sandra of lying about the marriage, but allows her to stay until he can verify her story.
However, her husband's teenage niece, Julie, welcomes Sandra with open arms. But soon tells Sandra that Mark is holding her prisoner and that strange things are going on in the sealed-off area of the mansion where he does his research. Julie also implies the other family members and servants are not telling the truth about the circumstances of Sandra's husband's death. Mark defends himself by saying Julie has an overactive imagination, leaving Sandra to wonder who and what she can believe. Sandra determines to find out for herself. Not realizing that in doing so she will become marked for murder by one of the most brilliant and scheming intellects she has ever encountered.
PROVOCATIVE GAY EROTICA WITH DEPTH & PASSION
The Lambda Literary Award Finalist for best gay collection, this extraordinary anthology shows just how hot and imaginative erotica can be! From mischievous Native American spirits, to victims of cybernetic nightmares, these stories will enthrall, arouse, shock and―always―turn you on. They are all well-crafted tales, filled with what some people call dirty words and dirty men, and will touch you in ways you’d never expect.
A YOUNG TEACHER TAKES THE TUTORING JOB FROM HELL!
Annie Mae is seven years old, cute as a button and when she's bad – a cross between Carrie and Chucky combined.
Kaylynn Silva has just been hired as a tutor by the very wealthy Reilly family. The salary is generous, her bedroom is luxurious, she has her own bathroom ̶ with a jacuzzi – and only one student their young daughter, Annie May! Kaylynn thinks she has landed her dream job, but it may be a nightmare from which she can't wake up.
At first, everything seems to be going great. Annie May is an adorable seven-year-old child and very bright. But soon, Kaylynn begins to notice disturbing things about her pupil that defy logical explanation. People Annie Mae gets mad at suffer terrible accidents and some even wind up dead. Kaylynn begins to suspect something malevolent is hidden beneath the seven-year-old's sweet freckled façade.
Kaylynn begins to unravel a dark family secret, which the Reilly’s will protect at all costs, even if it means sacrificing innocent lives. As Annie grows stronger, Kaylynn finds herself in a race against time to find out what Annie really is and how to stop it. If she doesn’t, more people will die and the greatest evil of all will be unleashed on the unsuspecting human race.
And with a mounting sense of terror, Kaylynn realizes it's only a matter of time before she becomes Annie’s next target.
McHugh can out shoot, out think, out fight and out love any other secret agent on the planet – get out of the way James Bond before your tux gets rumpled!
McHugh lands a Caribbean island assignment: Stir up a revolution, topple the world's most brutal dictator, smash the secret police whose methods start with torture and get a lot worse from there, help the revolutionaries, and stop the revolution before it goes too far in the other direction. It's just another days' work for McHugh.
When he arrives, he has everything the government thinks he will need for the job: One bottle of tablets in case of Montezuma's Revenge. Three days rations. A small radio. Bug repellent. Extra clothes, the minimum two pistols with extra ammo. A pair of delicately balanced throwing knives. And three pints of Scotch. He also must rescue another U.S. agent from the dungeon of the island's most impregnable prison – but that's the easy part. All he has to do is survive days of torture, the kisses of a revolutionary who is as ruthless as she is beautiful, a deadly double-cross, and the lack of a decent scotch when his own supply runs out.
LARCENY AND MURDER IN THE ANTARCTIC
Unfinished Business: Pursuit of an Antarctic Killer is Book II of The Antarctic Murders Trilogy. It continues the story of Captain Roberto Muoz of the Lientur and the hunt for the millions of dollars in US and British cash, negotiable securities, gold coins, and jewelry that were stolen from the Banco Central de Chile following the Chilean Earthquake of May, 1960. The story of the theft and murders that followed is told in Book I: Frozen in Time: Murder at the Bottom of the World. Unfinished Business introduces Captain Mateo Valderas and Lieutenant-Commander Antonio Del Ro of the Chilean Navys Office of Internal Affairs. They have been sent to Arica, Chile, where the Lientur is undergoing repairs, to solve a murder that took place on the naval base. Their investigations uncover evidence that leads them to someone who is determined to settle old scores and wrap up unfinished business on two continents - South America and Antarctica.
IT AIN’T EASY BEING A CLOSETED SISSY!
Scott has been living a lie most of his life. He has a secret part of himself that he has not shared with anyone, not even his wife. Scott's life is changed the day that his wife catches him dressing in her clothes. The crossdressing is only the tip of the iceberg that is Scott's secret. He has other desires as well, darker desires, and so it turns out does his wife. In A Sissy Diary we follow Scott as he becomes immersed in his noir cravings at the hands of his brother and sister in law, who have some kinky secrets of their own. The entire story is told through diary entries, which deftly convey Scott’s angst as he struggles to save his marriage by agreeing to a one-sided open marriage arrangement that allows his wife to indulge her need for sex with a better endowed lover.
AN AUDIOBOOK FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES DOGS
This collection pays tribute in story and verse to our four-footed canine friends―those doggone dogs. You will find every kind of dog: loyal and devoted dogs, honest to a fault dogs, brave dogs, trouble-prone dogs, hungry dogs, bad dogs, misunderstood dogs, understanding dogs, comforting dogs, and many more.
Among the stories, verse, dogs, and writers represented in this one-of-a-kind collection are: Albert Payson Terhune and Bruce, Richard Harding Davis with the story of "The Bar Sinister," so good it has been made into a movie twice!Stanton Coblentz and his memorable poem, "Heritage," Dorthy Lundt and her touching account of "Dikkon's Dog" and the fate it meets at a remote army outpost, Bret Harte's droll tale of "The Yellow Dog," Mary E. Wilkins moving "The Lost Dog," plus "Dog Wanted," "A Railroad Dog," "A Dog's Life," "The Doings of David," The Surrender," "Character in Dogs," "To a Dog Grown Blind," and many others.
You will laugh, cry, and ponder as you listen to this delightful tribute to our dog companions. For, without them―and their doggy hearts―the world would be a colder, less interesting, and certainly less loving place. So here's to those doggone dogs!
WAS SHE A SPACE PIRATE … OR A HEROINE?
This science fiction pulp magazine classic of a female space pirate was a huge hit with readers when it was first serialized in Amazing Stories during the early 1940s. Golden Age pulp editor and author Raymond A. Palmer's masterwork mixes romance, interplanetary conflict, space piracy, and exotic alien worlds into the unique blend that is so emblematic of the science fiction of the period. Black World begins when John Carver of the Stellar Patrol falls for playgirl heiress Ina Malden on the luxury spaceliner Josephine, en route to the outer worlds.
After Ina disembarks at Titan, the ship is attacked and looted by a mystery ship, and John realizes the pirates' masked leader is Ina. John is ordered to capture her, but when he learns the motives behind her piracy, John falls more in love than ever. He also discovers another secret, one that would make Earth helpless before a superweapon that could not be stopped. To warn Earth, he knows he will have to betray his love for Ina; and to save someone else she loves, Ina knows she will have to betray her love for John.
Battling space fleets, interstellar espionage, futuristic glamour, the tough men and even tougher women of the planetary frontiers, Black Planet is a pulp age masterpiece now available as an audiobook!
PROTECTING HIS NEW CLIENT PROVES TO BE DANGEROUS
When a sexy nudist hires him to protect her from whoever is threatening her life, Nick Bancroft becomes the target. Someone tries to burn him alive, beats the hell out of him and, since that didn't run him off, uses him for target practice. Meanwhile, two people are murdered, Nick's true love, Maggie Atley, is more than somewhat perturbed by his relationship with his client, and a mysterious club seems to hold the answer. Nick survives another losing season by his beloved Chicago Cubs, a vicious attack by a couple of huge dogs and eventually puts the finger on the bad guys.
RIDE ALONG ON AN INTENSE EROTIC VIRTUAL REALITY JOURNEY
While surfing the Internet, meandering from website to website during an episode of insomnia, Jody ends up on an esoteric blog about virtual reality software and accoutrements, where an ad for an intriguing product catches his attention. A stunning femme fatale boldly proclaims that Jody can live out all his sexual fantasies in the privacy and safety of his own home by purchasing the Virtual Reality Mistress. To the sleep deprived Jody that sounds like a pretty good idea, so he places an order and a few days later a FedEx package arrives that changes his life forever. Using information gathered from a battery of assessments and questionnaires filled out by Jody, this product provides him with customized virtual reality fantasies based on his core sexuality. The only trouble is he is not aware of how dark some of his true desires are. Jody embarks on an always erotic but sometimes unsettling journey determined to make peace with his demons.
CAN THE MYSTERY MASTER SOLVE TWO BIZARRE MURDERS?
Rick O’Shea is a different kind of detective, more aptly defined as a “seeker” and “finder.” He and his cohorts are brought in by the Romanian government to investigate two impalement murders tied to high-level intrigue in Transylvania. Is it a reprise of the fictional Dracula or a nefarious struggle to gain control of what may be a multi-billion-dollar invention, or both? Using their signature unconventional investigating methods, Rick, Helga, and Lute venture forth into the regions of Romania and England where Bram Stoker was inspired to write about the renowned Count of vampire fame. In doing so, the intrepid trio ultimately stumble upon the truth, identify the leader of a gang of murderous thugs, and discover his connection to the wife of the Romanian president.
SENSUAL TALES MEANT TO BE SAVORED
Venus and Sappho Walk into a Bar is a collection of sensual stories with mostly sapphic themes, or at least overtones. Much like Vanessa de Sade’s other work, the writing is so literate that it is easy to forget that you’re actually listening to erotica. This is an audiobook to be savored, perhaps with a glass of good quality wine.
ON THE FRONT LINE FIGHTING CRIME & ESPIONAGE
Due to the sensitive nature of my profession, I am known simply as Mr. J. I have the unique ability to analyze people, places, and things in such a way as to be able to determine what would, should, can, could come next. In a way, I can predict the future. I first developed this ability while watching chess games in the park when I was 12 years old and soon was able to predict the moves and the winners of several games at the same time. Before graduating from high school, I was being utilized as an “unknown” source helping to solve cases for the local police.
When I eventually became a federal agent, I quickly advanced to one of the highest levels ― Chief Strategist, Level IV ― and was charting and predicting moves and counter moves against the various organized crime operations while also protecting the United States against cyberattacks. I’d like to share with you a carefully redacted inside view of my career in counterintelligence, and later, as a CIA handler. Hold on to your seat; this will be a wild ride!
AN ENGAGING POST CIVIL WAR SAGA
In 1866, Matt Draper is full of ambition but without money or family to help him succeed. On the Western frontier of an ever-expanding America, toiling as a riverboat gambler seems like the best option to raise enough capital to realize his dream of opening a small-town bank.
Though gambling is lucrative for Matt, it is also an unsavory enterprise fraught with danger. Fortuitously, before any harm befalls him, Matt and his friend Charlie discover an abandoned Confederate gold cache in a fake grave, which gives him the stake he needs to leave the treacherous gambling world behind.
From then onward, his life’s purpose becomes evident as all roads lead to Neosho, Missouri, where he opens the bank and becomes a major influence on its growth and prosperity.
Matt’s exciting and uplifting saga captures the day-to-day reality of life in the tumultuous post-Civil War era, including the hardships, relative lawlessness, and indomitable spirit of settlers bent on creating a good life for themselves and their neighbors.
RIDE ALONG ON AN URBAN ADVENTURE IN TIME
Imagine being born the son of a slave with the mind of a genius. That was Simmie Johnson in the years following the Civil War. After a perilous escape from lynch mobs in Mississippi, he manages to earn a PhD in physics at Tuskegee, and in his research discovers the secret of time travel. He develops a design for a time machine called a Chronocar, but the technology required to make it work does not yet exist.
Fast forward 125 years. A young African American Illinois Tech student in Chicago finds Dr. Johnson’s plans and builds a Chronocar. He goes back to the year 1919 to meet the doctor and his beautiful daughter, Ollie, who live in Chicago’s Black Belt, now known as Bronzeville. But he has chosen an unfortunate time in the past and becomes involved in the bloodiest race riot in Chicago’s history.
ELEVEN RARE STAMPS = DEATH IN SIX FIGURES...
Jonathan Knox was an auctioneer of somewhat dubious repute with a photographic memory. So when a frightened woman offered him a discount on eleven of the rarest stamps in existence, worth something like $500,000, he became suspicious. He figured also that if the stamps had been stolen he might net a pretty reward by returning them to their rightful owner.
But he couldn't find a single collector willing to admit to owning them. And when the girl who had originally offered them was murdered, Knox knew that he'd be the next one canceled unless he could find the person who would pay the growing postage-due bill from the devil's own mail carrier. That's when the auctioneer found himself forced to play very reluctant sleuth, with his own life as the stakes.
In this colorful, never-reprinted 1950s classic you will encounter:
- Jonathan Knox: This auctioneer's photographic memory coupled with his lack of scruples made him a detested necessity to many people. And, too often, it also marked him for murder.
- Elly Watson: She was better at bargaining than Knox. But when she gave him a bargain - it was more than he bargained for.
- Edmund Dorsey deLong: Like many philatelists, he would stop at nothing for his stamp collection. Not even a killing.
- Henrietta Noyes: They had to kill her to break her hold on them. So they targeted her for murder.
- Louis Plummer: His customers were interested in his goods, but not where they came from. This case was the exception.
- Everett Kirkland: He should never have been an actor - too many people had seen his face. That could make it unhealthy for a man involved in murder.
"Fresh background material and a fine storytelling knack." (Lewisville Courier-Journal)
NAUGHTY SPANKING TALES FORGED FROM EVERYDAY LIFE
Femdom enthusiasts who harbor erotic fantasies that feature a self-possessed woman spanking a willing, or even reluctant, submissive man are in for a treat. Here we have eleven sexy stories with real-life scenarios that are bound to arouse and entertain both men and women with a penchant for F/m erotica. No worn-out tropes or stereotypes to be found in this anthology, just imaginative kinky tales forged from everyday life.
Becky informs Matt mid-spanking of her plan to introduce something new....
A chance meeting with a neighbor quickly morphs into an older-woman-younger-man wish fulfillment....
Good-natured flirting between an English widow and her younger friend's date leads to unexpected consequences....
A bride-to-be and her fiancé agree to one last dalliance instead of a bachelor and bachelorette party, so of course she calls Frank, her bestie and former sub....
A long-term platonic relationship takes on a new dimension during Risa's visit from out-of-town....
No longer inhibited by workplace propriety, a former employee and his older boss act on their mutual attraction in a decidedly kinky manner....
Anita uses Spank Anon meetings to find one-off play partners, including the group's moderator....
The last thing Steven expected to be doing during summer vacation was being introduced to OTK sessions by his best friend's stepmother....
A late-in-life love affair really takes off when the couple discovers their mutual affinity for spanking and other kinks....
There is complete, and there is completion, Stevie realized, as he prepared to take those last ten strokes, post orgasm....
Though he didn't realize it at the time, young Carl would never be able to settle for vanilla sex after having been on the receiving end of Anne's intense spankings....
MELANIE HELPS PHIL EMBRACE BEING A BETA MALE
Phil's finally graduated. He has an impressive new job at a hedge fund and a spacious Manhattan apartment. He even has a sexy roommate he met during college. Sure, she just wants to be friends, but he's cool with that…until she comes home with another man.
Phil quickly finds himself desperate to be with Melanie in any way he can. Lucky for him, Melanie is happy to oblige. Phil doesn't know Melanie paid her way through college by being a professional dominatrix, but he's about to be enrolled in a school that, until now, he thought only existed in his wildest fantasies, and sometimes…his worst nightmares.
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A VERY NAUGHTY VICTORIAN TALE My name is Lily Harper. I've been a governess for eight years. Now my employer's children are grown, and my mother needs round-the-clock nursing care. My employer has a solution, but I'm not sure I can pay the price. It seems that Lady Montgomery has certain unconventional needs. In return for her help, I am to fulfill those needs. She has enlisted Lord Harcourt to train me in how to serve. Despite my inexperience, apparently I am a wanton. Lord Harcourt says my mistress will be pleased.
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO AN OPEN MARRIAGE!
When their marriage―the second for both of them―slowly loses its luster, Annette and Todd secretly explore ways to satisfy some of their sexual desires elsewhere. While he is hooking-up with a variety of women during frequent business trips, she plays with Heather, her long-time bestie, and for thrills begins taking occasional clients from an exclusive outcall service. Though these activities serve as temporary fixes, together they decide to embark on an open marriage lifestyle in order to strengthen their relationship. Oh, but there will still be secrets…that’s just the nature of the beast.
VINTAGE WACKY, OFF-THE-WALL SCIENCE FICTION
"Give Us More Wilcox, Please!" begged award-winning sf writer-editor Terry Carr in a letter to Fantastic Adventures in the early 1950s. Princess of the Seas, which has never been reprinted since its original pulp magazine appearance, is one of Don Wilcox's most celebrated science fantasy novels. Like all Don Wilcox's best work, it is a dream extravaganza. In an era when other writers were aiming for scientific accuracy, Wilcox, who knew his science, aimed at a different effect. For Wilcox wrote Science-Fantasy, with the accent on fantasy. His tales were more like what a wide-screen, Technicolor MGM adventure epic cum sf film, starring, say, Errol Flynn, would be like if any had ever been made.
If you love wacky, off-the-wall sf, then you won't be able to resist the writer the 1940s hailed as Don "the madman" Wilcox. Come along as the hero, the explorer, Stupe (for Stupendous) Smith, the cook, Gypsy Brown, whose Yiddish is as thick as her wits are nimble, plus a number of spies and moles, rocket off to the ocean world of Venus in search of a beautiful woman said to ride its sapphire seas on a horse. There you will meet, and fall in love with the princess Zaleese-Ocella-dudu-Valletha-Kolello-Enyuperra-dudu-Ferroteela-Conzanzi-Methopop Ling, her white stallion, Marble Boy, who courses the ocean waves with the same nimbleness with which he breasts its deepest depths; not to mention such unforgettable characters as the fearsome Wingmen, the Earth magnate, J.J. Wellington, whose treacherous actions unleash war between Earth and Venus, and Gooyay, the little boy who just may be the key to peace or total carnage.
Be prepared for zany situations, off-beat puns, daffy characters, and plenty of laughs! (SF critics and Wilcox's colleagues of the period are divided over whether his particular approach to sf was tongue-in-cheek and intended to be funny, or merely the result of the copious quantities of whiskey needed to keep him typing at full speed to meet deadlines). No wonder, Lin Carter, the award-winning fantasist, hailed Don Wilcox's work as "Adult fairy tales!" Don Wilcox (1905-2000) was one of the most popular science fiction writers of the 1940s and early 1950s. The letter columns of Amazing, Other Worlds, Fantastic Adventuresand other Golden Age science fiction pulps are filled with letters from fans, among them soon to be Hugo Award winners like Terry Carr and Robert Silverberg, praising his work and begging for more. Most popular of all were Wilcox's novels, such as The Ice Queen, Cats of Kadenza, The Serpent Has Five Fangs, Land of Big Blue Apples.
A ROMANCE THAT MORPHS INTO A MÉNAGE
Malawi Croyden was a very lucky lady. She owned one of the world's most successful hedonistic getaways and had the gorgeous and intensely sexy Hamri Shaw and Teague Specter at her side. She had it all...and that was the trouble. A new client and a ghost from Teague's past will have Mali taking a more critical look at her love-life and her place in it. Was she a possessor, a possession, or something much more?
INTRIGUINGLY DARK AND SENSUAL SCIENCE FICTION
Among the pleasures of a dystopian future are the erotists, professionals who paint their clients' bared skin with neurochemicals that induce all forms of sensation ― even pain. Erotists offer landscapes of ecstasy, sexual extremes, joy, and delight. Few citizens can afford the skills of the talented Domino. Fewer still know her identity is but a mask. Beneath the facade, Claire hides from a vicious crime lord who would not only kill her, but also her childhood lover. But the mask of Domino is beginning to crack.
Strange sexual pairings and practices highlight this futuristic noir tale ― set in a wildly imaginative erotic time ― exploring who we are and the sexual awakenings that occur when we become someone else.
NAUGHTY GODDESSES IN SUBURBIA? OH MY!
The term MILF births a whole bunch of different mind pictures of the quintessential "Mothers I'd like to..." In the stories presented here, we find hot moms, and even grandmothers, indulging in more than a little kinky dominance over the men and women in their thrall. Meet the ladies who populate the wonderful world of Oh, Those Darn Dominant MILFs: The Goddesses of Suburbia.
SIX SHORT MYSTERIES THAT WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING!
Some of Jean Marie Stine's best mystery stories in a novella length collection. These baffling murder puzzlers and thrilling crime stories include "The Cruise Ship Murder," "No Where to Hide," "The Box Office Caper," "Dark Hunger," "The Greensox Murder Case," and MrNice@xxx.com.
HE LEARNED THERE'S NO APPEAL FROM VIGILANTE LAW!
Mat Karney knew the score in Toltec Valley. A man needed enough land and water for his cattle or he was through. When Mat's neighbor, Big Tom Parks, began sneaking in nesters, a showdown was inevitable. Especially when Parks had the Law in his vest pocket.
But Mat never figured that the blow-off would have the savage ferocity of a maddened herd on a rampage. Nor did he expect to find himself hunted by hardcases and deputies alike.
Then there were two prairie women; one loved him, one hated him. Both had reason to want him dead.
This is a thundering novel of the authentic West that will grip you―it ranks with the best. In it you will meet:
Mat Karney: He knew that the only language men understood in Toltec Valley was gun talk.
Big Tom Parks: He was adept at getting around the law because he'd paid to drill its loopholes.
Sally Flandreu: When her Pa passed, she took on a man's job raising her family and running the homestead — even though she knew hot lead might be the payoff.
Tex Smith: This deputy was Tom Park's top gunhand, tied to his boss by unseen ropes.
Juanita Evans: This south-of-the-border fireball could give any man a burn; but her heart burned for Mat — whether he wanted it or not.
Jerry Hackett: He had a special talent for gun-play — especially from the back.
Naughty Tales of Leather & Latex is a trilogy of laugh out loud adventures by Roxy Katt, a self-proclaimed cultural Bolshevik, who has a unique talent for writing what can best be described as slapstick lesbian fetish humor. Roxy’s heroines often find themselves inadvertently entangled in scenarios featuring leather or latex clad women, embarrassing predicaments, and comical sexual liaisons. You will never think of fetish attire in quite the same way after listening to The Space MILF, Rubber Space Academy, and The Problem of Leather.
MURDERERS & SABOTEURS ARE NO MATCH FOR NANCY!
A classic novel of romance and mystery in a World War II factory!
Meet Nancy Youngblood, a blithe and vivid heroine of an investigating disposition. When Nancy inherits a minor interest in a factory soon to become vital to the winning of World War II, she sees it as a chance to get closer to Robert Dalhart, who has taken over the factory on his father's death. Nancy has always loved him but because they grew up together on the same block Robert thinks of her as a kid sister. But soon sabotage, murder, and strikes threaten the plant and Robert - who evidence suggests may be the culprit, perhaps as an agent of the German government.
Nancy's heart tells her he is innocent despite the incriminating circumstances. But when the body of an unidentified man is found behind the house opposite hers, she begins to suspect something much larger and more sinister is involved. Nancy braves threats, kidnapping, and even Robert's interest in a very attractive woman to save him from being wrongly arrested and tried. But nothing deters her from attempting to solve the mystery and rescue the man she loves from the slings of ill-fortune...until she finds herself helpless in the hands of a ruthless killer.
POLYAMOROUS FEMDOM HAWAIIAN STYLE
After inheriting her namesake aunt's estate, Stephanie leaves the bohemian life in Portland behind and heads to her new home in Hawaii. Upon arriving in Kona, Stephanie learns that her aunt and she had more in common than anyone would have ever guessed―along with the house came four live-in servants who had been her aunt's longtime submissives. While Stephanie has been a practicing domme for years, taking on four complete strangers as service submissives proves to be a daunting task.
A GOLDEN AGE MURDER MYSTERY
Message from a Corpse is a masterpiece from the pen of Golden Age mystery novelist Sam Merwin, Jr. When writer Breck Barnum finds himself framed for murder, he soon realizes the slaying is connected to the autobiography of a world-famous financier he had ghosted. But the unfinished manuscript has disappeared, and Breck thinks he has problems when he discovers a pair of murderous goons and three beautiful women are also searching for it. Then he meets Amy Brewster and discovers his problems are only beginning. She's the only one who can save him ― if she doesn't drive him crazy first! Never mess with a friend of Amy's. Crimedom is about to discover the real meaning of terror, for Tommy guns and automatics are no match for Amy. And soon the 50ish millionaire detective finds she's the next target on the killer's list.
ELEKTRA’S MEMORIES ARE KINKIER THAN MOST PEOPLE’S
In many respects this literate erotic tale is reminiscent of Story of O in terms of the era and the secret kinky society Elektra was a part of in her younger years. The story unfolds via the former ultimate submissive’s sweet memories and flashbacks of shocking depravity, told in a matter-of-fact manner by a genteel English woman as she enjoys her autumn years cared for in an exclusive retirement home. Very original and entertaining with an unexpected heart-warming finale.
EROTIC HORROR WITH A FLUTTER OF ROMANCE
Let your imagination take flight with this quartet of lusty novellas. In the second volume of the Lust series, our authors bring you atmospheric tales of winged creatures that will lift you from this world. Shapeshifters, monsters, and creatures from legend deliver erotic horror with a flutter of romance.
If it weren't for bad luck with men, she'd have no luck at all. In Devi Ansevi's Captive Mate, reality will never be the same for graduate student Berry Randall. She's just learned that shifters are real, and they want her for their mate. Can she escape her captors? Or will she find freedom in the arms of the winged gryphons?
In Jacqui Greaves' Blood of Stone, Fredegund has guarded her petrified charges for a century. With the rising of the twin moons, the Grotesques are awakening, hungry for more than food. Meanwhile, the human hordes have created the Charm, a seductress destined to destroy the balance of power between Grotesques and humans. Can Fredegund prevent the coming disaster, or will her world be changed forever?
Lila seeks a man who can satisfy her darkest desires. Porphyro and the virginal Madeleine are preparing to elope. In Ina Morata's Flights of Fantasy, Lila sets her sights on entrapping Porphyro, and sets sexy enticements to dispose of Madeleine. When her plans go awry, Lila must use her Lilitu wiles to seduce them both.
In Essemoh Teepee's Leonora, Marked by Daemons, we meet a feisty young woman with a secret. The SHAKKAN are the Shepherds, and humanity is their flock. For millennia they have bred Mark Bearers like Leo to withstand the most extreme forms of pleasure and pain. But nothing ever stays the same, and this is a time of great change.
SHIVERY TALES OF CREATURES WITH FANGS, FUR & CLAWS!
Warm yourself in the blaze from this quartet of lusty novellas. In the fourth volume of the Lust series, our authors bring you shivery tales of creatures with fangs, fur and claws. Lusty ghosts, hungry vampires, frost giants, and Christmas fairies delivering dark wishes...Let us fill your stockings with some seriously sexy treats.
In Devi Ansevi's "Sugar and Ice", when a banker meets a candy artist, sparks ignite - quite literally. He's the descendant of a frost giant. She's...well, that's a mystery. Whatever she is, she's got power to spare. Hawk and Candy have little in common, or so they believe. And then the dreams start. With dark forces working against them, can they overcome their differences in time?
In Emma Jaye's "Dark Christmas Wish", Winter is a fairy in the Adult Wish Department at the North Pole. His latest assignment will take Winter to his limits, and beyond: dark domination of a submissive incubus by a master vampire. He has always loved dominating his lovers, but for this dark wish, he's the incubus.
In "Desires of the Winter Women" by Ina Morata, ghostly sisters of ice and snow battle for the attentions of the same man in the wilds of Alaska. Their love triangle heats up the mountainous terrain. When one sister enlists the aid of the lusty Inuit Master of the Mountains, the resultant bonfire may bring an early spring thaw.
In Katherine Nevitt's "Dreamwalker", Leona survived a violent attack that has left her blind and bitter. She agrees to spend Christmas in the mountains with her best friend, hoping the peace and quiet will ease her terrible nightmares. Nothing seems to work, until a vampire begins to stalk her dreams. Their attraction is instant, but will Zach's offer to restore her sight cost her the ultimate price?
RIDE ALONG ON NAUGHTY DATES WITH THE SUPERNATURAL!
What do a wealthy divorcee, a gay college student, five men trapped in a cottage, and a college graduate in the 1950s have in common? Each has a date with the supernatural. In Lust in Spring, the sixth volume in the Lust series, Spring is a time of renewal and desire. Gods, goddesses, incubi and the Fae will seduce and beguile their mortal lovers. But the price for pleasure must be paid.
In Byron Cane's The Witch of Olympus Hollow, it’s 1952, and Gale Johnson is outraged when her parents send her packing to a tiny town in Appalachia to visit the mysterious great aunt she has never met. In the foothills of North Carolina, Gale will discover a wondrous birthright as Guardian of the land. A lifetime of discipline and sexual satisfaction awaits, but her destiny comes at a cost.
In JD Carabella’s Milady’s Command, Juliet has wasted fifteen years on a loveless marriage. She’s a beautiful, sexual woman, and she needs a man who will surrender to her lust. Will her secret fantasy of power and control drive away the man worthy of her attention? Juliet’s dream can come true, if she's willing to pay the price.
In Emma Jaye’s Incubus Spring, university student Finn has a dilemma: which man to pick? His current boyfriend, Charlie, is the take-charge type Finn wants. Problem is, Charlie is more interested in managing Finn’s budget than his body. Then there’s Ezra. It’s tough to resist when the sexy owner of an adult toy store offers hands-on demonstrations. Torn between loyalty and lust, the unwitting prey in a seductive game of cat and mouse, Finn's decision will shape his destiny.
One goddess. Five men. In Ina Morata’s The Greenwood Goddess, it’s Beltane, and five men have been taken prisoner by Gaia. They’ve been set a quest: compete for the goddess’ favor with the best erotic story. As captivated as the rest, Ben is desperate to win, not least because in this strange and magical place, losing has serious consequences. But if he wins…will the prize be what it seems?
PARANORMAL HORROR WITH A NIP OF ROMANCE
Sink your teeth into a quartet of lusty novellas. In the third volume of the Lust series, our authors bring you atmospheric tales of creatures sharp in tooth and claw, and hotter than hot. Werewolves, vampires, the Sidhe, plus a side helping of gods and demons, deliver erotic horror with a nip of romance.
Clara Randall has a problem: Vampires keep attacking her. They haven't killed her yet, but a girl's luck has to run out some time. In Devi Ansevi's "Blood and Chaos", Max Forsyth can protect Clara from other predators, but can he protect her from himself? Even the gods are betting against them.
In "Leanan Sidhe and the Wordsmith" by Ina Morata, struggling writer Andy Marshall has just secured a place as writer-in-residence on a tiny Irish island. It's not exactly the position he's been expecting. When a beautiful muse offers to seduce him, and gift him with all the success he desires... will he agree to pay the price?
In Katherine Nevitt's "Bitten by the Wolf", Lily is a loner in a dead end job. When she's attacked in the street by a giant wolf, her life will never be the same. The Alpha wants her for his mate, and that's not an honor she's allowed to refuse. When the Alpha's brother helps her escape, can they survive the savagery of Pack justice?
In Essemoh Teepee's "Panic Room", Matt and Miranda get away from it all, taking time out of their busy lives to reconnect. What could beat the romance of a remote cabin by a tranquil lake over a Full Moon weekend of sexy fun? And then they meet Fabian. Their lives will never be the same - if they survive.
DARK EROTICA INFUSED WITH RICH DECADENCE
Set your taste buds a-tingle with this trio of luscious supernatural tales featuring ghosts and goddesses, vampires and werewolves. In the fifth volume of the Lust series, Valentine's Day is at its most sinfully delicious when leavened with a touch of darkness, dusted with a bittersweet dash of cocoa, and infused with rich decadence.
In Devi Ansevi's Fur and Fury, Liz is the Pack's Enforcer, and Benton is a professional bounty hunter. They've been ordered to retrieve a couple of runaways by Valentine's Day. Trouble is, Liz's wolf may think he's delicious, but her human side is still pissed that Benton ran out on her a year ago. Hell hath no fury like a female shifter near the Full Moon. A couple of days together will either give them time to overcome their differences...or kill each other.
In Byron Cane's Sir MacRath Thrashes his Valentine, MacRath is a centuries-old vampire returning home after decades of absence. It is 1854 in steampunk London, and Her Majesty has appointed MacRath Her Chastiser of Loose Morals. Phoebe Hayward is a lady of good breeding, but quite a handful. Despite discovering the man ordered to discipline her is actually a vampire, she can't help falling in love. MacRath will ensure she is well punished and dominated in all ways as befits his naughty Valentine.
In Ina Morata's The Chocolatier: Daemon of Hearts and Souls, it's 1920s post-war London, and Edward is a chocolatier tormented by dreams of possessing Ixcacao, the chocolate goddess. When a delicious new patron offers his darkest wish, he is delighted to allow Lilith to teach him all the sexy ways to get it. But fulfilling his desires come at a price. What and who, does he have to sacrifice to get the love-and lust-of his life? And what will happen if he does?
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NOT YOUR EVERYDAY LOVE TRIANGLE! Alyssa K is the “It” girl in town, loving her life as a successful erotica author and BDSM enthusiast. She says yes to life and all it has to offer, never afraid to see what happens next. Darrius is the town’s playboy sheriff, a lifestyle dominant and confirmed bachelor with a perpetually empty jail at his disposal. He's never short of adventuresome sex partners who want to walk on the wild side. The paths of Alyssa and Darrius were bound to cross eventually, but neither would have guessed that the impetus for that meeting would come in the form of a suicide attempt. When the town's resident angry drunk rolls her wheelchair into traffic, Alyssa saves her life…against the woman’s will. Fascinated by her anger at being rescued, and the woman herself, Alyssa quickly goes into reporter mode but Darrius blocks her at every turn, a state of affairs neither finds themselves minding whatsoever. Darrius has been thinking about something more serious and, as she tumbles down a whole new rabbit hole, Alyssa finds herself wondering if she might not be ready for something more meaningful as well. The real question is what sort of relationship, and with whom?
Alyssa soon learns that there are different forms of love, the raw, physical earthly kind and the deeper, more spiritual type. The one could easily be found with the delightfully obstinate sheriff if she's willing to give up all her other playmates. The other may be hidden deep within the life she saved…if she can break through the walls of rage and regret. Torn between two very powerful, very different lovers and lost in a sea of secrets, Alyssa finds herself pushed to the limit. She thought she knew everything there was to know about kinky sex, but when true feelings enter the picture she learns that she's only begun to scratch the surface. She's submitted her body and mind to many, but now she must submit the most precious part of herself to the whims of fate. Is she destined for happiness or heartbreak? The answer is buried deep in the secrets of the masters. Will they let her find it before it’s too late?
WHEN MORTALS AND PARANORMALS GET BUSY, OH MY!
Four scorching novellas are waiting for you in Lust in Summer, volume seven of the Lust anthology. A submissive librarian, a lonely exhibitionist, a band of rebel pagans, and a gay college student will find out just how hot it can get when mortal and paranormal worlds collide.
In Devi Ansevi's Captive Mate, it's X-Men meets X-tra hot. Jane is a librarian with a taste for submission. Bender is the Dom who broke her. Minutes after arriving at the Eagle Eye headquarters, she's learned three things: (1) Shifters are real. (2) Bender is one of them. (3) He claims she's his mate. Under threat from an assassin, Jane agrees to let him keep her safe, but she's determined to protect her heart. Is Bender Dom enough to convince his willful mate they belong together?
In Midsummer Night by J. D. Carabella, Jennifer feels like one of the faceless masses in a nameless city. A sexual fireball trapped in a life of drab invisibility. She longs to break into a world of light and color, to escape the shackles of society and become the fearless woman of her dreams. But she can't do it alone. She needs someone to share her passion and her kinks. It seems too good to be true, but she may finally have found that someone. When he invites her on a wild adventure, how can she say no?
In Jacqui Greaves' Rose Moon, it is midsummer night, Litha, and the triplet witches have traversed the veil between realms to collect their dues from humans. Rather than a roaring bonfire and a crowd of naked revelers, only a ragtag group of rebels await. The human world has changed beyond all reckoning since their last visit. Captured by the mad monk and stripped of their magic, the witches face a deadly battle to save themselves, their new acolytes, and the realms from a never-ending winter.
In Emma Jaye's Incubus Summer, Finn is a college student caught in a supernatural power struggle. Two weeks after the break-up with his boyfriend, his life has spiraled out of control. Bonded to an incubus, pursued by a werewolf, and betrayed by a fae, will Finn find the strength to choose his own destiny, or will he accept his lover's dark hold?
THE VERY UNEXPECTED FOURTH BOOK IN THE GLOTHIC TALES TRILOGY
"Quick March, the planet Earth needs to be saved!"
Not from alien attack, nuclear destruction, or even being hit by a misguided comet. No, Earth needs to be saved from making millions of years of painful losses for Gloth, and it falls to March Gregorian, eldest son and heir to February the Twenty-Ninth, the Supreme Potentate of the Twelve Sun Systems of Gloth, to find a way to finally make Earth profitable.
The obvious starting point in such a difficult assignment is, of course, to do some quick research and then ascertain the most lucrative tradable commodity a planet has to offer. Once that is clear, simply arrange to export a whole lot more of it and the problem is solved.
As March prepares to make his first journey to Earth, he is sure he knows which Earth product will solve the problem.
Salmon.
Unfortunately for March, all does not go well on the salmon front, and he discovers all too quickly that Earth is not an easy place to manage, understand, or to squeeze a profit from.
Faced with losing face with his father by returning to Gloth empty handed, March fears that his salmon failure may lead to serious doubts about his ability to remain heir to the Supreme Potentate.
Luckily, however, his fears of losing his right to the throne evaporate in a flash when he stumbles upon a remarkable alternative solution.
Swedes.
Don't panic if you haven't heard the first three Glothic Tales, as all is explained in March, so you won't miss a trick.
Listen to March, the hum-along, foot-tapping, fourth hilarious Glothic Tale.
DIVE INTO THESE NAUGHTY PARANORMAL TALES
The sea's bounty is never without a price, as shown in this quartet of lusty novellas. Four talented authors take you on a mythological odyssey of agonizing pleasure. From sea deities to Fae creatures to Lovecraftian horrors, from BDSM to tentacles to erotic horror, hold on tight as they tempt you into the ocean's watery embrace.
In Devi Ansevi's "Treasures from the Sea", the demands of parenthood have damped the fires for Quin and Calli. On a weekend getaway to revive their romance, they're invited on an overnight sail. When both are attracted to the charismatic captain, will their marriage survive his unusual proposition?
In JD Carabella's "To Each, Her Own", a lonely divorcee meets a handsome stranger who ignites a reckless fire inside. Seduced and then rejected, Desiree's depression rears its ugly head again. She's offered a fateful choice - will she find something worth living for?
In Katherine Nevitt's "Poseidon's Pleasure", a dark secret from Rose's past is about to bite her in the ass. The Greek god of the sea has been promised a bride and he will have her, no matter what it takes. Can Rose bear to face the consequences when a god offers her the world?
In Essemoh Teepee's "First Mark and Other Episodes", the SHAKKAN came through gateways revealed by the sea. They are the Shepherds, humanity is their flock. For millennia they have taken a very particular tribute from humans bred to withstand the most extreme forms of pleasure and pain. Escape from such powerful masters is impossible. Or is it?
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WILL CUCKOLDING IMPROVE THEIR MARRIAGE? Tom and Lisa love their life, their marriage, and each other. They have found happiness with one another, and with Tom's submission to Lisa. There's just one thing missing, they both want Lisa to have another man in her life. They find that man in Mike, but as Mike and Lisa's love grows will Tom still have a place in her heart and in her life? Does loving Mike mean she will love Tom less, or will it be a different kind of love?
This is a story that delves into the many, and sometimes conflicting emotions that cuckolded men experience. It provides a glimpse into the heart of Tom as his love, submission, and fear of losing Lisa grow. Tom must find the strength to not only trust Lisa to guard their relationship, but he must deal with his own inner demons as well.
WIDOWS HAVE SEXUAL NEEDS, TOO!
Libido Reboot: A Widow's Sexual Journey is a true story about the sexual reawakening of a woman after several years of celibacy following the death of her husband. It is an honest account of her search for sexual gratification gained through sex toys, escort services, and online hookup and dating sites. Her experience led her to believe that others, in particular, baby boomers, could learn and be inspired by her journey. This timely book provides excellent relationship advice designed to help both men and women ultimately discover how good sex and intimacy is for their health and well-being.
SENSUOUS SAPPHIC TALES FOR CONNOISEURS
Set in San Francisco’s past, present and near-future, the stories in this anthology provide imaginative, urbane, and even humorous glimpses into Sapphic love and lust that will both arouse and entertain readers. Those who have never heard M. Christian’s erotica are in for a treat. There are no clichés or hackneyed plots to be found in these erotic tales; instead they are filled with substance, creativity and diversity that encompass sweet innocence, sensual tenderness, raw lust, pleasure-pain and more.
HE WILL STEAL YOUR HEART ― AND ALL YOUR MONEY!
Fraud, larceny, and murder are all in a day's work for this master interstellar confidence man. Leland thought the universe owed him a living ― and he was collecting on the installment plan! He is about to descend on the planet Cardigan's Green with a planetary scam designed to make him rich at the population's expense. What this scoundrel doesn't know is that he is about to become a savior! And if he survives this misadventure, he has two more brilliant schemes in mind.
Hugo nominee and Sidewise Alternate History Award winner Randall Garrett was the major science fiction humorist of the 1950s. And he was at the top of his form when he penned the Leland Hale saga. For the first time ever, here are all three Leland Hale capers in one volume.
Randall Garrett (1927-1987) worked as an industrial chemist before turning his hand to science fiction, a happy decision for everyone, as it turned out. During the 1950s and '60s he was a stalwart of the US science fiction magazines, producing well over a hundred short stories and novelettes and writing for virtually every SF title on the stands, but primarily for Astounding (now Analog). A noted humorist, famed for his delightful Lord Darcy series, even Garrett's most serious works (Anything You Can Do, for example) contain comic or satirical undertones. He was one of the first writers to appreciate the importance of conventions and an ingratiating personality in building a strong reader following.
These stories, which have never been reprinted since their one and only appearance on cheap pulpwood paper, ensure that audiences will remember his work at least a little longer. They will have an opportunity to encounter that sly sense of humor, those brilliant mystery and detective problems, and that almost unmatched ability to work complex scientific principles into exciting stories.
THE SAGA OF THE RED VELVET ROOM GODDESS CONTINUES
Leila King leads a difficult life. The turmoil she has found herself in was her own doing, but that did not make it any easier to deal with. Faced with circumstances beyond her control, Leila must find a way to appease her new love Gordon Roth, yet not lose touch with her strong, female alter-ego Goddess. At the same time, her concern for her once devoted and obedient, submissive pet Matthew becomes almost more than she can tolerate.
In attempt to distract herself from her chaotic life, Leila frequents the Red Velvet Room, where she can surround herself with like-minded people and embrace her dominatrix side screaming from within to be released. It is a welcome release and escape from the brewing situation with Matthew.
On the run and in hiding for nearly killing Gordon, Matthew's continuous contact with Leila puts her at risk of losing it all. While Gordon has pledged himself to Leila, Matthew will always have a special place in her world, creating a plethora of obstacles for the couple. When the law finally catches up with Matthew, Leila is forced to take the stand and testify against him, something she never wanted to do.
With the ultimate questions yet to be answered, Leila's story culminates in a frenzy of head-spinning events that test the strength and resolve of her new relationship with Gordon, and ultimately their futures together. Will his self-professed love and submissive dedication be enough to pull through? We shall see....
KAMARI WAS DRAWN TO HURON’S DANGEROUS AURA
Kamari Grade was a well-known troubleshooter for the most discerning clients. But when she was called to investigate one of the most powerful men in financing, she's thrown into the world of Huron Base.
Financiers were usually polished in word and deed, but there was a sexy arrogance to Huron that blared former thug, and it wasn't an image he wanted to forget. When the lovely troubleshooter crossed his path, she was everything he loved about his life ― challenge, drive, determination, strength, success, beauty… For a man who could acquire anything, the allure of such a conquest was irresistible.
Lady in Waiting: A Tale of Victorian Erotica, Stuffed Bottoms and Sound Spankings
TAKE A PEEK BENEATH VICTORIAN SHEETS … AND KNICKERS!
If you enjoy Victorian erotica, dominance and submission, a servant and her mistress learning the joys of female touch, and a soundly spanked bottom setting off fireworks, this novella delivers the goods. Told in the first person from young servant Charlotte's point of view, we get a peek into the not-so-stuffy lives of the nobility from the servants' quarters.
Charlotte has been Lady Emma's maid and companion for only a few months when Lord Darcy begins to court her mistress. While Darcy acts quite the gentleman with Lady Emma, he is not nearly so gentle with Charlotte, rogering her bum every chance he gets. When Charlotte learns her beloved Lady Emma is soon to wed Lord Darcy, she cannot stand the thought of betraying her mistress any longer, and comes up with a plan to turn away Lord Darcy's roving hands. It all goes wrong when Lady Emma catches her in the act. That's when everything goes oh-so-deliciously right. A scorched bottom and many other delights ensue. Lady Emma is a fan of the scientific method and sets out to test her hypotheses about just what will drive her lady's maid over the edge.
CAN A ROMANCE SURVIVE A WEB OF DECEPTION?
Waking up in a desolate cell, Gaia realizes she has been kidnapped by a human trafficking organization, doomed to be sold to the highest bidder and unable to remember anything before her capture. An opportune rescue by Raoul, the Prince of Kayamato, saves her from a gruesome future, and throws her into a world of luxury and privilege.
As she struggles to regain her memory, Gaia learns that her rescue was no accident and finds herself in even more danger.
Fighting for sanity and survival, she works to unravel the truth behind her capture, each revelation more shocking than the last. The intricate web of deceptions spun around her will shatter her world, leaving her unsure if she will ever trust again.
A WACKY AND WONDERFULLY SILLY ADVENTURE!
This delightfully humorous fantasy from the legendary 1950s Fantastic Stories pulp magazine begins with an ordinary Chicago librarian courting his beautiful (but insipid) fiancée. Shortly afterwards, she and her family are zapped into a parallel world by two real estate gangsters. Albert turns the table on the gangsters, but then finds that his own time has become warped. He meets two creatures from an alternate world and in short order crosses with them over into a horizon-less, magical realm.
When he enters the forest of Drendon, and his girlfriend turns into a woodnymph, and her brother becomes a fawn, and the dreadful parrot-beaked, cannibalistic Kwistian birds come to feast, he doesn't waste precious time asking what's going on? It's Magic, You Dope!
Our intrepid hero finds himself menaced by hotsies, Kwistians, sarks, and wumbles. Help arrives from Maggot the witch, but Maggot is a busy witch and doesn't have time to explain how to use the bag of spells she gave him, so he must figure them out by himself….
BEDTIME STORIES FOR NAUGHTY ADULTS
In the Forests of the Night is a darkly sensual collection of erotic fairy tales, blending the magic and fantasy of traditional fables with carnality and lust! Offering more than mere spiced up retellings of popular fairy tales, it draws broad inspiration from stories that have become part of our collective subconscious, borrowing imagery and atmosphere for very-contemporary scenarios. It effectively reconnects these narratives with their long-dormant sensuality. The characters don't inhabit ivory towers, nor are they the epitome of perfection―they are human and flawed and quite affecting, and not necessarily physically perfect or predictably endowed. Vanessa de Sade blurs the lines of the hetero- and homoerotic, reveling in voyeurism and the vicarious thrill of pansexual abandon with a style that subtly blends horror, obsession, and madness. Very naughty indeed!
AN EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT MYSTERY THRILLER!
Who killed Matthew B. Richardson III? Banksters or Islamic terrorists?
The head of one of the largest investment banking and securities firms in the United States has been assassinated in Times Square in the middle of New York City's annual celebration of Halloween, the Festival of the Dead. Louis Martelli, NYPD, is one of the first detectives on the scene.
The case rapidly spirals downward into a maelstrom of death and intrigue linked both to the financial meltdown of 2008 and international terrorism. Who is behind the murders, and why is the FBI attempting to shut down Martelli's investigation before it even can get started? Martelli eventually learns the answers to these and other questions but not before discovering how two Wall Street financial institutions have been complicit in funding Islamic terrorism.
LEILA BY DAY … A POWERFUL DOMINATRIX BY NIGHT
Leila King leads a double life. In reality, she is a normal woman with everyday problems. She has a tough job as the executive assistant to an overbearing boss, whose sole purpose in life seems to be to make her life miserable. As a powerful dominatrix in her other world, Leila takes on the persona of Goddess and rules with an iron fist. When her two worlds collide one night, Leila is faced with a decision. Should she play along and usher her new subject into her world of domination and submission?
Goddess portrays a power-struggle that spills over into both of Leila's worlds, culminating in a whirlwind of difficulties she must face while involved in a love triangle that is sure to have Leila on the edge of chaos. How long can Leila ride the line between her fantasy and reality worlds undiscovered? We shall see...
VINTAGE SCIENCE FICTION BY VISIONARY WOMEN
Written between 1931 and 1979, these 13 stories show how different women have, in different eras, envisioned the future of their sex. Selecting its contents from lesser known writers, Future Eves presents Leslie F. Stone's novelette "The Conquest of Gola" (1931), an encounter with Earth males told from the point-of-view of an alien matriarch. So far ahead of its time, nothing like it would be attempted again in science-fiction until the work of Alice Sheldon (aka, James Tiptree, Jr.) in the 1970s.
Hazel Heald's novelette "The Man of Stone," is searingly feminist, all the more so since her heroine, like so many women of the time, takes her brutalized situation so much for granted.
In "Miss Millie's Rose" (1959), Joy Leache manages what so few male science-fiction writers of the era seemed able to do: portray a character whose psychology arises out of her future world and not our own.
Betsy Curtis' "The Goddess of Planet Delight" is a short novel in the classic mode that mixes a sociological puzzle with pointed satire, high-adventure, and romance.
Brace yourself for Djinn Faine's "Daughter of Eve", a story you will never forget, no matter how hard you try.
Plus stories by Florence Engel Randall, Evelyn Goldstein, Beth Elliot, Evelyn E. Smith, Marcia Kaimien, and others. Future Eves is fascinating to listen to, both as science-fiction and as an eye-opening view into futures past.
RIDE ALONG ON A WILD PULP FUTA ADVENTURE
Futanari Moans, amateur archaeologist and professional tomb raider, has unearthed her share of ancient treasures. With her only weapon the swollen, dripping appendage strapped to her thigh, Moans journeys across the Middle East, dodging traps, scarabs, and undead creatures, while battling foes from home and abroad.
All in pursuit of a forbidden relic that will unlock the key to her futanari transformation, and give her the power to reclaim a future denied her by one government's shocking betrayal. It's a frantic scramble to an explosive climax, a deliciously messy finish dictated by the magic of the Mummy's Hand.
A pulp futa adventure, complete with a taboo side of monster erotica, this introduction to the world of Futanari Moans is superbly silly, and scandalously sexy!
IMMIGRANT’S SON, SCHOLAR, AUTHOR & CLASSICAL MUSICIAN
Solly's dream is for his son Teddy to one day become a concert violinist. Eventually he comes to understand and to endure the heartbreak of knowing that the dream never will be realized. As Solly watches, life takes Teddy from gifted violin student to adult engineer and scientist, leaving no time for the career in music Solly so dearly wants his son to pursue. In the end, there emerges the essence of redemption as Teddy returns to the violin late in life and fulfills his and his father's vision. The story, which is a work of fiction based on real events, will fascinate listeners from ages 10 to 100 who are interested in radio, communications, and music, and in how it was to grow up in a family whose members trace their heritage to that great wave of immigrants that crashed onto America's shores in the mid- to late 1800s.
A CHILLING MURDER MYSTERY BASED ON REAL EVENTS
The trail from a major theft at the Banco Central de Chile in Talcahuano following the Great Chilean Earthquake of May 22, 1960 leads to Base Bernardo OHiggins, a wind- and snow-swept Chilean Army outpost on the North Antarctic Peninsula. When Chilean Army 1SGT Leonardo Rodrguez fails to return from a seal hunt in the waters around the base, two Chilean Navy non-commissioned officers, CWO Raul Lucero and CPO Eduardo Bellolio, become LCDR Cristian Barbudos' prime theft and murder suspects. Fearing he will die, Barbudo reveals the identity of his two suspects to visiting scientist Ted Stone, thereby placing Stones life in jeopardy. But who can Stone trust with this information, if it comes to that, to see justice done?
This story is a work of fiction based on real events that took place between 1958 and 1965. It is a tale of greed, betrayal, and murder - one in which the listener is given a window into the frozen world at the bottom of the Earth that few people ever will hear about, much less experience. Among other things, it explores why, though seemingly unfair, bad things happen to good people; how the battle between good and evil can change forever even the most innocent person; and most of all, the role deception plays in nature, man, and life.
DEIRDRE NEVER IMAGINED BEING A BIMBO, BUT …
Deirdre Jonas' labyrinthian life is in turmoil as she's about to be evicted from her apartment. When she meets Neal Degras, a 45-year-old CEO who can afford virtually anything without batting an eye, Deirdre buoys her hope and remains optimistic of greener pastures.
Neal, recently out of a loveless marriage, seeks a new partner, a submissive partner, and most importantly a devoted girl. When he finally meets Deirdre, he finds her fit for the task and seeks her consent. Deirdre is excited about his proposal and the benefits that surround the arrangement. However, she soon gets the real picture of what she is getting into and how different and uncomfortable her new life might be. As her new reality unfolds day after day and becomes clear to Deidre, will she continue? Or opt out? Will she be able to satisfy Neal's sexual thirst? And will she be as submissive as Neal demands? Or are there other things that are hidden from Deirdre?
From Deirdre to Deedee is an erotic bimbofication tale, dealing with bimbos, bimbofication, hypnosis, mind control, and body modification.
AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF CIVIL WAR EVENTS
In the spring of 1861, the bombardment of Fort Sumter might have ended with the garrison's rapid surrender and their dignified return to the North. Instead, the fort was laid completely to waste when its armory was struck, with the loss of every man, provoking a storm of vengeful anger across the North ― and prompting some moderate Southerners to view the Secessionist cause, and the threat of civil war, with greater concern and alarm.
Among their number is a US Army Colonel Robert E. Lee. Scion of one of Virginia's most powerful and respected families, he has spent his entire adult life in the uniform of the United States and risen high in every respect. Yet he also holds a deep and abiding devotion to the South and his home state, far deeper than any other, save for his own family.
Now, with Sumter in ruins, and Virginia teetering between loyalty and secession, Lee must make his choice. To him, secession poses great danger and potential destruction to the entire nation ― a danger that will be brought to his own home should Virginia choose this course. But if his home state leaves the Union he has served for so long, can he continue his service to that Union? And if he can, will he be forced to lead armies against his birthplace, thus branding himself a traitor across the South? What will be the consequences ― for himself and the country?
DELICIOUS TALES OF DOMINANCE & SUBMISSION
Once again Billierosie celebrates the dark side of desire and explicit sex. Fetish Transcendence offers imaginative fetish stories featuring everyday dominants and submissives, and even fictional icons. There's Freddie, a security guard in an exclusive London store, who has a very creative way of dealing with shoplifters, but one day his kinky transgressions earn him a comeuppance of his own. A misdialed naughty phone call to a lover makes a stranger’s day―and she repays the favor via caller ID. Josiah has an exotic, erotic taste for les moules, Sherlock Holmes and Watson solve yet another intriguing mystery through the powerful force of outrageous sex, and much, much more…
AN EROTIC TAKE ON DOMINANT LADIES
In femdom erotica, the women who dominate their submissive male or female counterparts are often portrayed as cold-hearted evil bitches that delight in physically and mentally tormenting those in their thrall. If such women existed in real life, they would likely be much hated and rightfully considered to be borderline or even full-blown narcissistic sociopaths. And yet, for an indeterminate number of femdom enthusiasts, this persona taps into their libido and provides a thrill like no other.
As a purveyor of erotica, who am I to judge what is and isn't erotic to others? Nonetheless, I don't wish to help perpetuate that particular convention in femdom literature. I choose instead to offer more reality-based femdom fantasies that reflect my sensibilities and hopefully make the genre accessible to a wider base of listeners.
So, consider yourself warned. Although there are plenty of fairly hardcore D/s scenarios woven into the vignettes of this anthology, the dominant women depicted possess well-integrated personalities. They are all relatively normal ladies who just happen to have a penchant for kink. Enjoy!
A FARCICAL SCI-FI GALACTIC FANTASY
Welcome to Gloth!
After the sudden and mysterious death of his father, a young fool becomes the ruler of 12 whole sun systems and quickly discovers he has some very nasty enemies. Particularly the ones who, quite quickly, start shooting at him.
In a remarkable turn of events, a young man with a lot definitely not going for him manages to come to terms with a startling reality. He has to grow up. Being handicapped by having rather nasty acne and an odd eye impediment, he also has to suffer the fact that his name is February. Or, at best, Feb to his very limited number of friends.
While not at all wishing to rush into this startling new reality, circumstances and a few elbow nudges from his very protective elder sister ensure that his "not at all wishing" turns out to be a complete waste of time. Thrust totally and unwillingly into a position of authority by early afternoon, February finds himself with a new appendage tacked on to the end his name.
The Fifth. The new and very authoritative part of his name. February the Fifth and Supreme Potentate of the 12 Sun Systems of Gloth.
Of course, as is the case in all such rapid and thrusting types of promotion to positions of power, there will be those who are not happy about it. In February's case, however, he finds that in fact these those amount to just about everyone apart from his three sisters.
Undaunted by this reality, Feb accepts his new responsibility and by early evening sets about getting himself into a real tangle. His only true achievement being that he discovers that quite a few of these those who weren't so happy are in fact really very upset about the whole Fifth appendage deal. By bedtime, he thinks he is in trouble.
Before lunchtime the next day, he is sure.
A CLASSIC WESTERN HAILED AS "PERFECT!"
"I reckon you don't know who you're talking to, mister. I'm Monte Lyman, and I'm not afraid of anybody, let alone a saddle tramp drifting through town. Hell, I wouldn't even waste my time looking at you, except that I can't let folks get the idea that it's healthy to tangle with a Lyman... All right, boys, go get him!"
But the man Lyman was "teaching a lesson" was no fiddlefoot drifter. He may have looked like one, but he was Jim Dixon, a fast shooting, fast thinking freighter who had come to town alone to scope out its business possibilities. But Dixon's men and wagons weren't far behind and together they made a hard-fighting partnership no man or men could stand against. Lyman had given Dixon a reason to stay, and so had his meeting with Ellen Carter a woman of good breeding and exceptional strength, married to one of the slimiest tinhorn gamblers in the West. Lyman held the entire town of Cottonwood in a grip of fear and everyone paid tribute to him. But not Jim Dixon. He was the only man who dared stand up to this two-bit tyrant, and soon the trails into and out of town were ringing with gunshots and one of the deadliest battles the range had ever seen.
Because the only lesson Dixon learned from the midnight beating was that he'd better waste no time lining up his six-guns on Lyman's whole sidewinder crew. Dixon's only fear was that he would have to kill Ellen's husband—and that meant he could never marry her. But Ellen and the women of Cottonwood had their own plan for dealing with the war.
Either way Lyman and his men were about to be tagged "fast freight for Boothill."
SEX, MURDER & BETRAYAL ― IT'S ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
Stella is just minding her own business and having a bit of fun, working as an exotic dancer at the Peacock Lounge. Through no fault of her own, she witnesses a double murder and gets pulled into a shady dance of deceit with political bigwigs, mob bosses, dirty cops, and a scheming widow. Now she's everyone's target; her only chance is to sift through the lies and expose the truth.
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EAVESDROPPING EROTICA … HUH? Accidental Eavesdropping Becomes a Catalyst For Romance. What's a guy to do? Jake's office is right next to the break room at work, and he can't help himself―when a sexy woman shares her achingly hot, shameless sexual adventures with a friend, Jake listens, too. Then he gets an opportunity to spend time with this naughty goddess...and they're both in for a wonderful surprise!
CUTTING-EDGE DRAMA AND SUSPENSE!
End Game: Irrational Acts, Tragic Consequences is book III of the Antarctic Murders Trilogy. In many ways, it brings to an end three things: the sagas of Captain Roberto Muñoz of the Lientur; the hunt for the millions of dollars in US and British cash, negotiable securities, gold coins, and jewelry stolen from the Banco Central de Chile following the Chilean Earthquake of May, 1960; and the murders that followed the robbery.
Book I: Frozen in Time: Murder at the Bottom of the World, introduced American scientists Ted Stone and Grant Morris, who, while performing geological and geophysical field work with the assistance of Captain Roberto Muoz of the Chilean auxiliary tug Lientur, were caught up in the hunt for the robbers and the spoils from the robbery and murder.
Unfinished Business: Pursuit of an Antarctic Killer introduced Captain Mateo Valderas and Lieutenant-Commander Antonio Del Ro of the Chilean Navy's Office of Internal Affairs. Initially assigned to solve a murder in Africa, they soon found themselves facing perhaps the most vicious, cunning thief and murderer they ever encountered.
The return of American scientists Ted Stone and Grant Morris to Santiago for the purpose of helping personnel of the University of Chile prepare for the 20th Chilean Expedition to the Antarctic, beginning in December 1965, jeopardizes the lives of both scientists. What irrational acts will elicit the tragic consequences that finally bring everything to an end? For the answer, listen to book III: End Game: Irrational Acts, Tragic Consequences.
INDULGE IN DAYDREAMS FOR NAUGHTY LADIES
Let Valerie Brundage's imagination fuel your naughty fantasies and take you to those secret places where your libido beckons. Vicariously walk on the wild side as the women in her stories explore their desires ― ladies only, ménage, rough and edgy, ice play, being watched … and more. All you have to do is pour yourself a glass of wine, turn on your listening device, and wait for the erotic daydreams to begin.
CORRUPTION, BRIBERY AND MURDER EQUALS MYSTERY DU JOUR
When the mayor of New York City's grandson and the grandson's wife are murdered execution style in their Tribeca apartment, NYPD Detective Louis Martelli and his partner, Detective Sean O'Keeffe, are left completely in the dark. Months go by without any actionable leads until a meeting with the wife's doctor and the bizarre torching of Stephanie Martelli's car turn the investigation upside down and land Martelli and O'Keeffe in the hot seat.
When an old friend of Pietro Martelli's, Louis' deceased father and a former street cop who had been gunned down in the line of duty, sends Martelli a note asking for a meeting, things take an even stranger turn. The evidence in this mob-driven case of political corruption, bribery, and murder pits the two detectives against their boss, Captain Hanlon, NYPD Commissioner of Police Eugene Fields, and his honor, the mayor.
Can Martelli and O'Keeffe survive this kind of pressure and keep their jobs, much less solve the case?
You'll have to listen to Eighth Circle to learn the answers.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A HORNY BRIDE
Francesca Torelli's tycoon father is throwing a lavish Las Vegas wedding for his only child. Her fiancé Jake and his buddies set out for a stag night, exploring the fleshpots of Sin City. Meanwhile, Fran and her bridesmaids Laura and Chantal are stuck at the resort under the watchful eye of her stern Aunt Giulia, who has promised her brother that Franny will come to the altar a virgin.
Frustrated and annoyed by these double standards, the young women hatch a plan to escape their chaperone and have some fun of their own. With the help of a susceptible concierge, a butch ex-cop limo driver and a scandalous French couturiere, they find their way to The Fox's Den, the most exclusive - and outrageous - gentlemen's club in the city. Owner Larry Archer and his crew of strippers, bouncers, voyeurs, and sluts are more than happy to welcome the delectable trio as contestants performing at the club's famous Amateur Night.
The gleeful permissiveness of the Den challenges the women's assumptions and undermines their inhibitions. Complications ensue when Jake and his groomsmen arrive to find Fran in the midst of her strip act. Then Aunt Giulia crashes the party, determined to save her virgin niece, and things get really sticky - both figuratively and literally.
Will love triumph? Will Francesca be drawn over to the dark side? Is there a difference?
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED!
Sienna is a hardworking sheep farmer in the outback of South Australia whose quick action saves a family from a dangerous situation after a tornado tears through the state. The media attention that follows brings her more than just hero status. Sienna meets the love of her life, Marcus, but she also gets swept up in the turmoil surrounding a series of murders by a madman―driven by misguided revenge―that threatens everything that is dear to her. Sienna has to be strong to survive the loss, heartbreak, and physical pain of the ordeal.
A MÉNAGE À TROIS ROMANCE
Dana's been crushing on Drew Fischer for as long as she's been working at his company. His gorgeous head of security, Lex Bradshaw, occupies her dreams as well. But even in her wildest dreams, she never expected to be propositioned by both of them―together! This short novella contains lots of hot two-on-one action as Dana gets all her wildest fantasies fulfilled and discovers some new kinks she never even knew she had.
A HIGH STAKES CUCKOLDING ADVENTURE
Peter has everything. As CEO of a Fortune 100 company, his handsome face routinely graces the cover of Fortune. He dates movie stars and supermodels. From New York to LA, he’s one of America’s most eligible bachelors.
But Peter has a secret.
When he’s not releasing the hottest tech gizmo or strategizing the latest acquisition, Peter serves the world-renowned Mistress Lin. She’s pleased with his servitude, but Mistress Lin wants him to submit to her as more than just a paying client.
After they meet in Vegas for an extended session and a business crisis alters their kinky plans, Mistress Lin seizes the opportunity by taking control of more than just his fetishes. Peter won’t surrender easily, though. The proud CEO and the determined mistress will battle in a fierce game of power exchange that can only have one winner.
Sometimes man and nature are not compatible!
Gene Woolworth had regularly visited his grandfather’s remote Alaskan homestead since his childhood. Upon inheriting the property, it was a dream come true for him to live in the small log cabin and surrounding land that included twin mountains called Split Rock, a large pond, and the stream where he had often panned for gold. Unforeseeably, Gene’s idyllic paradise is disrupted by a combination of strange and complicated geological events―some deadly. Will he be forced to leave his beloved retreat, fortunate to escape with his life?
M/F/M naughtiness and a whole lot more!
Zack hates. He hates Aiden for sticking by him, hates Max for still being the confident bastard he was at school. Most of all he hates himself for not dying along with a one-night stand.
Max Knowles watches the woman he introduced to the life putting on her "happy hooker" face as one by one, her girls get their happy ever afters. Every day, her smile gets a little more strained, and his heart breaks a little more. The solution is clear, but will the cost of putting permanent smiles back on the faces of people he cares about be the loss of the woman he loves?
Adult content includes M/F/M scenes, three seriously sexy men with issues, and a heroine who believes in the power of sexual healing.
The Call Girls series follows five women as they explore the sometimes dark but always brightly passionate world of paid love. Although not all the girls have a "happy ever after," they at least have a "happy for now" ending.
She gets paid to explore her BDSM fantasies … whaaat?
The news was nearly as shocking as being asked to take on a client. A hot, dominant, BDSM loving client, just like the guys in her favorite books.
"All you have to do is convince him you're an inexperienced submissive wanting to explore the lifestyle, which is exactly what you are. You have plenty of mind-blowing kinky action, collect a huge fee and walk away."
Sasha made it sound so simple, but the books warned that people new to the scene shouldn't hook up, but the customer is always right, isn't he?
This is a full-length novel in the Call Girls series. It contains spanking, sensual massage, role play, rope play, a shy, body conscious submissive heroine, and a hot dominant hero who makes major mistakes.
True love can persist even after death
There is a saying that all true love ends with tragedy, but it was not that way for Dan and Gabby.
Gabby and Dan's short-lived affair cannot be forgotten, not even after Dan's death in the trenches at Gallipoli.
He chooses to become Gabby's guardian angel to be close to her. After more than 10 years, the Fates who rule Heaven have other plans for him. They assign him a task to befriend Gabby's husband, doctor Tom Harrington, and encourage his work on a new vaccine.
Dan is thrown into a chaotic life, which tests more than his soul. His battle-damaged body is one hurdle that Tom helps him to overcome, but no one, not in Heaven or on Earth, can stop him from loving Gabby.
An unorthodox treatment for libido loss
Dr. Glover has reached the pinnacle of her career. As a highly sought-after sex therapist, she's used to dealing with difficult and puzzling cases, but when a former high school classmate is referred to her care, Dr. Glover confronts the greatest challenge of her career.
Treating his loss of libido will require more than long whips and iron chains. Instead, she will be forced to rewire his brain with a mental surgery that will cut deeper than any scalpel. Like all radical treatments, her unorthodox therapy carries significant risks for both her patient and herself. But one outcome is certain - Dr. Glover will enjoy the greatest power exchange of her life by witnessing a man relinquish all control for a "cure" she promises to provide.
A DARK FUTURISTIC POLICE PROCEDURAL MYSTERY
A murder investigation quickly morphs into a national security crisis!
NYPD Homicide Detectives Rahim Percy and Bobby Sullivan thought they'd seen it all; then they walked into a murder scene where "the body" was a layer of pink ooze splattered on an apartment wall.
They quickly come into possession of a video that changes their question from "Who could have done this - and how?" to "What could have done this - and why?" As their investigation rapidly spins into a much larger, and more disturbing, set of questions: They're not always sure they want the answers.
The addition of Detective "Bug Boy" Harris and Medical Examiner Samantha "Sammy" Singh bumps their partnership to a quartet. When FBI agents Milhouse and Stein show up, the four of them are close to kidnapped. They find themselves in a Federal bunker, outside Atlanta, staffed by soldiers in insignia-less, black uniforms, led by a General in a blue, pin-striped, banker's suit.
Can they figure out what's happening?
Can they figure out how to stop it?
And - turns out: good thing they do, but - why do the French have their own constellation of GPS Satellites?
Percy and Sullivan need answers.
And they're running out of time.
ELI IS SEDUCED BY THE PROSPECT OF SUBMITTING TO JASMINE
When Jasmine the beautiful dominant meets tall, hunky Eli at the dullest party in the world, Eli wants to see her again. He doesn't understand her reluctance, they've had fun together and it isn't as if he is asking her to marry him, just maybe a cup of coffee. When Jasmine tells Eli of her secret life, Eli is intrigued and gradually he is initiated into a world of BDSM that as Jasmine's submissive, is impossible for him to walk away from.
Jasmine tells Eli of a secret, exclusive organization, The Coterie. The Coterie is centuries old. Its members are dominant women; their ethos in life is total submission of the male. Eli endures humiliation, depravity and absolute control at the hands of Mistress Jasmine. But Eli and Jasmine are more than mistress and slave, they have fallen in love. When Mistress Jasmine is killed in a automobile accident, Eli is devastated. Officially, Eli now belongs to The Coterie. He is property. He is told that he is to be sold to another Mistress. Eli, however, has other ideas. This story explores a much under discussed orientation; that of the male submissive. Relinquishing control is not regarded as a masculine way to go about things. But in relinquishing control, Eli's life is fulfilled.
With Bionic Lover, acclaimed erotic science fiction author M. Christian spins a mesmerizing tale of bittersweet desire, lesbian romance, and all-too human frailty set in a near future San Francisco where cybernetics aren’t just commonplace but the stuff of erotic dreams.
It is a powerful and erotic lesbian romance exploring love, lust…and loss.
Pell was lost, alone, and lonely―until Arc appeared. Fiery, enigmatic, and with a mesmerizing cybernetic eye, Arc was everything Pell needed, wanted, and most of all, desired.
The next time Pell saw Arc the eye wasn’t the only thing artificial about her new lover. And the time after that, and the time after that: each time the passionate and mysterious Arc drifted into her life, Pell saw more and more of her being replaced by refined and precise machinery…and with each departure of her natural body for the artificial, Pell grew more and more terrified.
One day, she knew, there’d be nothing left of her lover but the cold, the engineered…the bionic.
Pell knew what she had to do…but the end, when it came, was worse than she ever could have imagined.
IF GHOSTS CAN VISIT US, CAN WE VISIT THEM?
Ron Lewis’ education and career are firmly rooted in science. But a curse that dates back to the days of slavery has plagued him since childhood.
Born in a black ghetto in Chicago in the 1960s, Ron’s pragmatism is at odds with his experiences; whether it’s the trials of an interracial relationship or the supernatural forces that he can’t seem to avoid.
Just when he thinks he’s finally found peace of mind, Ron’s life is upended by tragedy. He gets the opportunity to use science to try to communicate with the dead, and to finally confront the evil that has plagued him and his family for generations.
That’s when all hell breaks loose.
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DAZZLING VISIONS OF THE FUTURE Here are riveting tales of technology, desire, arousal and innovation, told in an engaging and evocative style guaranteed to amaze as well as excite. Down and out hustlers, enhanced sex workers, enigmatic aliens, bleeding edge erotic technologies, and more―Bachelor Machine is a unique vision of the future, while celebrating humanity's oldest pleasure…sex!
TERRIFYING WEREWOLF TALES FROM THE RECENT PAST
Werewolves are among our most ancient and deepest fears. The beast run amuck in human form is not a thing of the ancient past, we see headlines about it every day. Shootings, beatings, and other savage acts are part of our lives. Here are seven horrifying classics written between 1939 and 1956, including a shocker from the legendary Weird Tales. Plus the fascinating historical essay, The Origin Of The Werewolf Superstition.
A FUN AND WILD PULP ADVENTURE!
Fans of pulp heroes like the Shadow, the Spider, the Black Bat, and the Avenger will adore this new pulp magazine inspired series!
Avenging justice moves unseen in the night mist, then a black-clad hand emerges to grasp and destroy evil. The Man of the Mist has struck yet another blow against crime. The ones who live whisper of him from their jail cells. "I heard an eerie voice from the fog," they say tremblingly. "Crime is the train to death!" the Man of the Mist whispered. "Once you board that train, you are on your way to the final stop."
Trail of the Bat Beasts is like a slap in the face with nonstop, pulse pounding, pulp action shot directly out of the late 1930s.
In his first full-length adventure, Ralph Thorn, a wealthy industrialist whose secret identity is the Man of the Mist, embarks on a trail of vengeance against the person or creature that murdered close friend and News Tribune editorial cartoonist Thomas Walker.
Thorn uses his amazing skills to, literally, listen in on the brains of his enemies in their own homes in order to track down criminal perpetrators of evil and bring them to their "end of the line" - justice.
A master of mind control who can create and move invisibly though dense fog and mist, Thorn, aided by his beautiful blonde assistant, Moxie Malone, battles a criminal organization that uses horrifying monsters to terrorize the big city: human-faced bat creatures on a mission of mass murder and a shroud-wearing banshee with incredible powers.
News Tribune publisher Lon Graham had advised the editorial cartoonist to "show no mercy to local politicians". But after Walker is murdered, it is the Man of the Mist who sets out to show no mercy to crooked elected officials, mobsters, murderers and those who prey on the innocent. But, with all of his amazing mind-control abilities, can he defeat a long-dead evil with power beyond even the Man of the Mist's comprehension?
A ROUTINE INFIDELITY CASE TURNS DEADLY
Ryan Morgan, a married man, comes to Banning in a panic. He is being blackmailed with incriminating photos of Ryan with an attractive coworker. To Banning, with years of experience as a private eye, there is nothing unusual about that. What is unusual is that the photos show the pair in places where they have never been.
Hooked by the questions the photos raise and the challenge the case presents, Banning and his assistant Betsy begin investigating. Clues, soon, suggest the photos may have been sent from the home of Paul Reynolds, Ryan Morgan's business partner, and his wife Ellen.
But when Betsy arrives at the Morgan residence, she finds someone has beat her there, and Ellen Morgan has been shot dead.
What Mark Banning wants to know is did his client, his client's wife, or the "other woman" decide Ellen Reynolds was the blackmailer? Or is something entirely different going on?
What Banning doesn't know is that a desperate killer will do anything to stop him from learning the truth...
WHEN SHE CAN’T AFFORD TUITION, IT'S TIME FOR PLAN B
A sports bra good girl or independent scarlet woman?
Sasha's future is secure as the fiancée of a handsome, rich but boring man. Max is gorgeous, wild, and makes her feel things she shouldn't.
Gigolo by night, student by day, Max is motivated by providing pleasure for the string of older women who fund his lifestyle. Sparks fly when they meet, and Max becomes obsessed by the naughty lingerie loving girl who resists his charms.
How long can Sasha deny what she desires?
This prequel to the Call Girls series contains betrayal, smoldering sexual tension, and lessons in physical love.
A GRIPPING MYSTERY/THRILLER & POLICE PROCEDURAL
Even as a child, Katlyn Lundquist was drop-dead gorgeous. She also was willful. In her teens, perhaps out of spite, she created her own name and persona. As she grew up, she readily accepted money and gifts from her parents but thumbed her nose at society, in general, and her parent's way of life, in particular. A seeming infatuation with Tommie Lupinacci, head of a major crime-infested cartage association based in Brooklyn, led her to move east with the mobster. But when she showed up dead with a bullet in the back of her head, NYPD Detectives Louis Martelli and Sean O'Keeffe were stumped.
If this were a mob hit, why dump her body in plain sight? Moreover, who was she and what was the motive for killing her? The investigation leads to the area around Lundquist's hometown in Eastern Pennsylvania and to the mob's efforts to take over the trash hauling and recycling business in Lancaster and York, PA. It's only after Martelli brings IT Specialist Missy Dugan into the case that he and O'Keeffe are able to unravel the mystery.
PHYSICAL FITNESS HAS NEVER BEEN SO INTERESTING
Finding her job at risk after an embarrassing mishap, Isabelle is forced to embark on a path to physical fitness, a path, she soon finds, she can't traverse alone. Seeking out a trainer to help her change her body she finds herself in the grasp of the dominant, mischievous and oh so infuriating Rachel. Isabelle quickly learns that changing her body won't be her only challenge when she finds herself becoming attracted to Rachel, of all people. Temptations she'd never imagined possible dazzle her at every turn making it difficult to know which way is up.
Soon Isabelle is involved in a full-fledged relationship with the enigmatic trainer, and before she fully understands her feelings toward Rachel they're already being tested. Isabelle's job was always on the line but when Rachel's is also threatened the two must come together like never before. A journey of sex, romance and struggle ensues as the two women are destined to rise or fall together. Can their fledgling relationship survive the road ahead? With Isabelle’s whole world turning upside down the only lifeline is a sexy, naughty, bitchy domme and the tiger within herself that she intends to drag out into the light.
SIX-ALARM SAPPHIC LUST
Desire burns hot in these six sizzling tales by Lisabet Sarai. A high-powered executive and a Goth rocker collide on a rainy Manhattan night and succumb to the attraction of opposites. An unorthodox therapist rekindles the libido of a traumatized firefighter. A nun fights her forbidden lust for the voluptuous hooker resident at her women's shelter. Burn, Baby includes many of Lisabet's lesbian favorites as well as a searing, shocking new tale, "Countertransference".
Wendy Dennison is tired of being a starving author. The royalties from her critically acclaimed romance novels barely pay her bills. Her devoted agent, Daniel Rochester, may be smart and sexy, but he can't get her the sales she needs. Then, a charismatic stranger appears at her coffee shop table, promising her fame and commercial success, as well as the chance to live out her dreams of erotic submission. But at what cost?
Nothing you can't afford to lose, my dear.
Seduced by the enigmatic Mister B, she signs his infernal contract. He becomes both her master and her coach, managing her suddenly flourishing career as well as encouraging her lusts. Under her mentor's nefarious influence, she surrenders to temptation and has sex with Daniel. The casual encounter turns serious when she discovers her mild-mannered agent has a dominant side. As the clock ticks down to her blockbuster release and Mister B prepares to claim her soul, Wendy must choose either celebrity and wealth, or obscurity and true love.
A MACHIAVELLIAN TALE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS
It is the mid-21st century and the world is recovering from what scholars will refer to as the "Jihad War".
Nations of the world united to bring a permanent end to radical terrorism. The unification of the nations has also given birth to the popular concept of a governing World Union, in which the United States intends to be a major player. The timing could not be any better. A presidential election year is on the horizon and a faceless rogue element is committed to having one of their own in the White House.
There were extreme losses of life and property in the concentrated battle theater of the Middle East.
The leading nations of the world emerged victorious over the oppressive extremists that threatened the civil and moral fabric of modern society. The high price of victory was unavoidable.
Nuclear weapons were used in order to bring the destructive war to an abrupt end.
The United States found itself as the sole military and financial leader of the world's war against the radical terrorists. The war's length lasted far beyond what had been predicted, diminishing many of the United States’ resources, specifically, it's wealth, bringing the proud nation to the brink of bankruptcy.
Radiation from the nuclear weapons contaminated 85% of the water supply in the Middle East and large amounts were now being detected in the Atlantic Ocean.
A private and well-funded individual has been anticipating a catastrophe such as this, and has spun a web so delicate, its victims don't realize they are trapped until it's too late. She has assembled the best minds in order to develop a device that would instantly purify polluted and contaminated water.
However, this device is not being developed for humanitarian reasons. It is being developed for wealth and power. Not for an individual, but for a nation…the United States of America.
SADISTIC MURDERERS GIVE KINKY SEX A BAD NAME
Diana Fanning, aka the Professor, runs The Academy, the only genuine BDSM bar in Bangkok. She's the first person police colonel Apichat Weeranwongsakul consults when a bar girl turns up brutally murdered, tightly bound, with clamped nipples and every orifice stuffed with sex toys. The colonel figures the killer might be one of her customers. But he has his own secrets. He needs Diana to satisfy his shameful dreams of being beaten and abused. Meanwhile, a mysterious American named Sam stalks Nok, the lovely natural dominant who is the Professor's star performer. Nok is used to being the one in charge. She can't understand why she craves the discipline Sam administers.
As more women are slaughtered, always in kinky circumstances, the Professor finds herself in an exclusive world catering to the perversions of Bangkok's wealthy and well-connected. Simultaneously looking for evidence and satisfying her own lusts, she doesn't realize until too late that the power she's used to wielding won't save her from becoming the serial murderer's next victim.
Do you enjoy laugh out loud dark humor?
Animal Tails for Grownups is a collection of vignettes that takes the listener inside the worlds of mice, dogs, cats, and horses. Maurey's got bigger problems than a judgy judge to deal with: He has a murderer to bring to justice. And he's working on a short clock. From your perspective, perhaps trapping and killing mice just makes you a responsible homeowner. As Maurey sees it? You're a genocideer! Dogs, cats, and horses? They have a bone or two to pick with humans as well.
The first outing of Amelia Winslow Brewster ("Amy" to her friends), the elephantine, cigar-smoking, blue-blooded genius of a detective, finds her in a battle of wits with an unknown killer who has neatly framed her nephew. You'll howl with delight as the icon-toppling Amy tackles stuffed-shirts, law enforcement, gargantuan gourmet meals, and crime with equal aplomb. Another rollicking Amy Brewster classic from the glory days of the 1940s.
Weird mysteries that defy the laws of science. Do their answers lie in the unknown world beyond our senses? FATE's Strange series sold over 2,000,000 copies in the '70s and '80s. Now new audiences are making it a leading title on Amazon and Audible Paranormal.
Now you can listen to the best from its 60-plus years and 700 issues.
The fantastic-but-true accounts in this collection happened to real people who were average in every way but one. They had an experience that went beyond the normal and were drawn into the incredible world of the paranormal!
- Prophetic Dreams
- Ghosts
- Spiritual Healings
- UFOs
- Psychic Powers
- Witchcraft
- Hauntings
- Poltergeists
- Séances
- Fire Walking
- Angels
- Curses
- Astral Travel
What are the secrets of these phenomena?
Will science ever understand the world beyond our senses?
You'll find the startling answers in this exciting audio collection of authenticated articles from the pages of FATE - America's most famous, most widely-read magazine dealing with the incredible world of the psychic, paranormal, and the occult.
An extraordinary book, The World's Strangest True Mysteries is filled with accounts of extraordinary people and occurrences for which the best minds of science can offer little or no explanation.
SHE FOUGHT RUSTLERS, LAND THIEVES, MURDERERS … AND HER HEART!
Her pa taught Allison Katherine “Kat” Crandall to ride, rope, and shoot as good as any man. That's why they called her "Wildcat"! Then her pa died in what folks called an “accident” and when she returned from his funeral, half her ranch hands up and left. Kat knew that meant her father's death was no accident but coldblooded murder, even if she couldn't prove it – yet!
Soon her troubles really started: Rustling, stampedes, hijackings, her remaining hands attacked. If she didn't do something fast, Kat would lose everything her father had worked for.
Kit was ready to strap on her gun and shoot it out with whatever hombres were behind these doin's. But first she had to know who was behind it all, and why?
Right then a mysterious drifter who called himself "Laredo", and his two saddle pals, Banty and Bear, drifted into town. Laredo, big and handsome, with an easygoing sense of humor, said he wanted to help Kat out. Kat liked him right from the start. But from the things he said, she realized there was something mysterious about Laredo, something he was keeping from her. Something secret in his past.
Kat's heart said she could trust him, but her head said she didn't dare.
Then the attempts to drive her off the range with guns and sabotage intensified.
Kat found herself riding into one of the great gun battles of the West, but was the man riding at her side true or a traitor?
Wildcat wouldn't know until the last bullet had been fired.
Wildcat is a thrilling romance of the frontier, brimming with action in the tradition of authors like Zane Grey, Max Brand and Louis L'Amour and the classic Saturday-afternoon western B-movies.
CAN MANKIND SURVIVE A WORLDWIDE EMP APOCALYPSE?
Vigilante: Into the Darkness pulls no punches when it comes to the horrific details of a worldwide grid-down situation, starting with the effect on the food chain and an explosion in the population of vermin. With so many dead, how do the survivors deal with rotting corpses, diseases, and villains? Will good triumph over evil? Maybe....
Levi Levins retires from the army and is off on vacation before starting his new job. He suffers a horrendous loss accompanying "lights out" and must find a way to help humanity in order to keep his own sanity.
He has no bug-out bag, no hidden weapons cache, no transportation. What does he do, and how does he do it? Levi will walk us through his path to survival. Perhaps it may also be yours....
This gripping tale takes us on a journey to try to stave off the New Dark Age brought on by a worldwide EMP apocalypse. Can government survive when no food is being trucked to the masses? Can our military survive without the tons of food needed for each and every meal? The answers are here.
LOUIS L’AMOUR STORIES OF THE NEW WILD WEST ― 1930s - 50s
Here is a time when the old west became new ― the 1930s - 50s ― as Louis L'Amour witnessed it first-hand in Southern California before and after World War II. Many people think the age of gunmen, scheming land barons, murderous bad guys, and the determined men who stood up against them, went out with the end of the Old West around the 1890s. But, in L'Amour's own time in the New West, there were far more bad men toting guns and making grabs for far more wealth and valuable land than in the fabled days of the Old West. And it took far more courage and determination to oppose them in the days of the Tommy Gun and .45 automatic than in those of the six-gun and pump-action rifle. When Louis L'Amour finally moved to Los Angeles permanently in the late 1940s, the "Battle of Sunset Strip," an all-out mob war between rival Mafia families for control of the lucrative west Los Angeles/Hollywood gambling and prostitution trade, was at its height.
More than 30 gangland killings took place in a seven-year period (including that of the legendary Bugsy Siegel), and more than 100 were said to have been slain during its quarter century span. This war had brought the Old West roaring back into the New - and L'Amour recognized it. He began to write hardboiled crime stories filled with the same kind of stalwart, straight-shooting men, strong, resolute women, and vicious, unprincipled badmen that peopled his westerns. You will find many of the best of these true-to-life tales in this exciting collection of short novels and stories (including "Street of Corpses," "Anything for a Pal," and "Collect from a Corpse"), along with others equally tough ("Death, Westbound" and "It's Your Move") based on L'Amour's own experiences traveling the New West before the war. These are among his least reprinted stories, and we think they will prove a real treat for the author's multitude of listeners.
INTRODUCING THE SAGA OF THE CACTUS KID
Louis L'Amour's lost tale of his legendary hero, the Cactus Kid, was serialized as a series of novelettes in the western magazines of the 1950s. Now, for the first time ever, his three novelettes, previously published separately, have been gathered into one audiobook, a thrill-a-minute adventure as the Kid rides into danger and romance.
He will have to think fast and shoot faster to survive. But how many battles can a peace-loving cowpoke survive, when half the gunmen in the Old West are waiting to contest the range against him?
THE WORLD IS NOT WHAT WE THINK IT IS
The individuals whose experiences you are about to hear know that only too well, since nothing in their lives had prepared them for their encounters with things that are not supposed to happen - but did! Events like these remain hidden because those they happen to are afraid to speak out of a natural reluctance to have their sincerity or sanity questioned. Societies define their own realities and those who challenge them do so at their own peril. The moral seems to be that where these kinds of events are concerned, ignorance is the best policy.
Ignorance, of course, will not stop people from having strange, inexplicable experiences. Mysterious stuff will continue to fall out of the sky. People will continue to have bizarre UFO encounters. Little men, monsters, talking mongooses and invisible presences won't stop their determined trespassing into our reality.
While most of the world turns a deaf ear to these dimensions of experience, FATE has been listening. And a great number of people have shared their stories with FATE.
You are about to hear the strangest of them, the reports that represent the greatest challenge to science, reason, and understanding. What you will find here, in The World's Strangest True Stories, is nothing less than a full, unobstructed view of these other realities, tantalizing glimpses of things that don't belong here, of worlds not our own....
A RURAL ROMANCE WITH UNLIKELY LOVERS
When Sally’s husband dies in a freak tractor accident, she is devastated, but not for the reasons most people thought. Secretly, quietly, Sally is glad he is gone, and she detests herself for having such hideous complicated thoughts. Jim had unknowingly broken her dreams, for there was always an undercurrent to her, a mismatched sexual electrical wire that no rancher could ever understand. By the time he had gotten her pregnant, well, she resented him for trapping her into a life she desperately wanted to escape from.
Life as a single mother and reluctant rancher is taking its toll on Sally when a mysterious stranger responds to a help wanted post she placed at the local feed store. Sensing he would be a significant upgrade, she hires him and fires the two worthless ranch hands currently working for her. Besides fulfilling Sally’s need for an all-purpose can-do worker, Ramiro also proves to be good at helping her family rebuild itself. To her surprise, Sally finds herself falling in love with Ramiro, but resists acting on her feelings for fear of being rejected and causing the resulting awkwardness to ruin what they have. How could she know that fate has other plans?
A CLASSIC PULP MAGAZINE LOUIS L’AMOUR SAGA
The uncut, unrevised original text, as L'Amour intended it.
Rafe Caradec had been raised to a hard life in a hard land where death lurked behind every bush and in most men's eyes. Only his courage and his gun had sustained him. That and the unflinching honor that had earned him the respect of every man.
Now, that honor was about to lead him into deadly danger against the greatest odds he had ever faced. For Rafe had given his word to a dying man and could not go back on it. The man had been murdered by a cabal of greedy ranchers who wanted his land, and Rafe had sworn to protect that land for the man's wife and infant daughter.
But when he told her his story, the wife didn't believe him. She knew someone was after the ranch, and she thought it was Rafe. So she betrayed him into the hands of the very men who had killed her husband.
If Rafe Caradec lived, he would have to wage a one-man range war against impossible odds, with a woman who wanted him dead waiting if he survived.
This edition is based on the original magazine version of this novel as Louis L'Amour first visualized it. Trail to Crazy Man was published in the July 1948 issue of the pulp magazine, West. Later, he lengthened the story for his book publishers and changed the title to Crossfire Trail. Some of his fans consider the novels as he wrote them for the magazines to be stronger than their subsequent expansions. L'Amour and other fans disagreed. Both camps agree that the original versions have all the strengths of his best writing and a taut, fast-moving pace that never stints on characterization.
Special introduction about L'Amour's pulp career and pulp novels.
SEVEN CHILLING TALES ABOUT THE UNDEAD
The thrill-a-minute stories the writers of the original movie, The Mummy, with Boris Karloff, and its many sequels and remakes, used for research. Fans of those films will find the origins of: the scene in which the sacred formula for eternal life is secreted in the base of a statue of Isis; as well as the scenes in which mummies are brought back to life by burning a rare Egyptian herb; where a modern woman, who is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian princess, begins to turn into a mummy herself; where mummies can only be truly destroyed by fire; and many others. Your blood will run cold at such exciting tales as "In the Valley of the Sorceress" by Sax Rohmer, "The Mummy's Foot" by Theophile Gautier, "The Nameless Mummy" by Arlton Eadie, "The Mummy of Thompson-Pratt" by C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne, "Monkeys" by E. F. Benson, and two unabridged short novels, Lot No. 249 by Arthur Conan Doyle and The Curse of Amen-Ra by Victor Rousseau. This anthology is a must-listen for everyone who has ever loved their mummy. Includes an introduction by editor Jean Marie Stine.
INTRODUCING SHERLOCK HOLMES' FEMALE RIVALS!
This unique collection for connoisseurs of detection done female style brings back six of the greatest fictional women sleuths of the era of gaslights and horseless carriages. Fans of Kinsey Milhone and other contemporary women detectives, as well as of Agatha Christie and Honey West, will love this collection featuring the foremothers of today's fictional female crime-fighters.
Long out of print and unobtainable, these celebrated women 'tecs ― Baroness Orczy's Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Anna Katharine Green's Violet Strange, Arthur B. Reeve's Constance Dunlap, C. L. Pirkis' Loveday Brooke, Valentine's Daphne Wrayne, and Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace's Ruth Kelstern ― were once nearly as famous as the fictional sleuth of Baker Street himself. Their fame waned in the long decades of the 1930s through the '80s, when female sleuths took a backseat to Sam Spade, Nero Wolfe, and the like. But, they are back to baffle and thrill contemporary readers in The Legendary Women Detectives edited by Jean Marie Stine.
A FANCIFUL AND HUMOROUS RETURN TO OZ
The Giant Chinchilla of Oz is an exciting, funny, thought-provoking and clever mixture of L. Frank Baum, Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth), and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
Eleven-year old Jason Brandt meets Harvey the Squid (a retired cab driver) and Button-Bright (who can't remember his real name), and acquires a pet Expanding Giant Chinchilla (for use in emergencies). Together this foursome must overcome The Two Weevils (Less and Greater, of course), The Spin Doctor, the weird inhabitants of Stationery City, and other dangers to bring a warning to the Emerald City before it's too late.
Filled with jokes and sly commentary on everything from our Internet-obsessed society to the world of fashion design, The Giant Chinchilla of Oz has something for listeners of all ages.
A STRUGGLE AGAINST DARK POWERS AND THE NAMELESS ONE!
Winner of the World Fantasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Ellery Queen, Locus and British Fantasy Awards, Manly Wade Wellman is considered one of the greatest fantasy writers who ever lived and is one of the creators of the great Weird Tales tradition.
An eerie tale of the American Civil War, and the uncanny evil being who called himself Persil Mandifer, and his lovely daughter, Enid, a tale of dark powers and weird happenings. The year is 1862, the place the Deep South. Enid Mandifer has been sent hypnotized by her stepfather, Persil Mandifer, to be a sacrifice to the Nameless One, a demonic presence who haunts an ancient house under the shadow of a natural pillar called Fearful Rock. Kane Lanark, a Lieutenant in the Union cavalry, who has been ordered to scout for Quantrill's infamous raiders, discovers Enid in a half-dazed condition on the trail to Fearful Rock. Kane is puzzled and repelled when he learns of her stepfather's strange worship.
Sergeant Jager, a religious fanatic known as "Bible" Jager to the other soldiers in their troop, and Kane's assistant, finds a horned image in the cellar of the house at Fearful Rock and destroys it, earning Persil Mandifer's undying hatred and his curse. After the Civil war, cosmic forces reunite all four at the foot of Fearful Rock, where the dead rise and events reach an eerie, shattering climax.
In the sequel, Coven, set several years later, Cole Wickett, a former Southern officer, who has lost everything in the war and become a tramp, drifts toward a small community he has heard of now called Welcome Rock, where a minister named Jager preaches to all who seek refuge. There Wickett and Jager battle a coven of evil witches pledged to the devil, and find themselves opposed to dark beings wielding unimaginable powers. Forces only the spells from a strange book called "Long Lost Friend" can possibly defeat. If Wickett and Jager can survive long enough to use it.
GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE FICTION FROM THE PAST
Six often overlooked award-caliber sci-fi short novels and novelettes.
All the stories in this unique anthology were voted to be among the top stories of their year. We believe each would be a top story of any year.
Rog Phillips’ other stories are eclipsed by his psychological thriller, the brilliant Rat in the Skull, which received a well-deserved Hugo Award nomination.
In H. L. Gold’s “Inside Man”, he dreams up brand-new wrinkles on ESP no one else, including you, has ever thought of. The special quality of this work was endorsed by his colleagues when it was nominated for the Nebula Award for best short story.
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction praises Leigh Brackett’s “The Stellar Legion” for its color, narrative speed, the brooding forthrightness of its protagonists, and the economy and vigor of her style, so it is hardly surprising that it earned a Retro Hugo Award nomination.
Cordwainer Smith’s “Scanners Live in Vain” also earned a Retro Hugo nomination.
Evelyn Martin’s Reluctant Eve, winner of the Jules Verne Prize for most outstanding achievement in the science-fiction field for 1956, was the first science-fiction romance and is still an enthralling story today.
Don Wilcox's “The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years” (1940) was the first generation starship story and the first to incorporate the breakthrough notion of Earth developing faster-than-light ships that beat the generation ship to its destination - a worthy recipient of a Retro Hugo nomination.
Wherever you are on the spectrum of science-fiction knowledge or fandom, you’ll find hours of enthralling listening (and re-listening): forgotten favorites for long-time science-fiction fans and an introductory grand tour for those new to the genre.
A CLASSIC LOUIS L’AMOUR TAMING OF THE WEST TALE
Rock Bannon was a killer and a hero. All the settlers understood was that he was a killer, and where they came from killing was wrong and justice left to the police. So, Rock's warnings of peril fell on deaf ears and the settlers forged onward, lured toward certain destruction by a glowing promise of a cheap rangeland paradise that didn't exist. Then Mort Harper, the worst killer in the territory, took Rock Bannon's fiancée, and Rock came to get her.
"Figured you'd haul for this place if you knew the country at all," Bannon said. "So I cut across country."
"There's no other trail," Harper said.
Bannon replied, "I make my own trails. I don't try to follow and steal the work of other men."
Harper laughed and his hand swept down and up ... the two guns boomed together.
Showdown Trail was first published in Giant Western magazine in winter 1948 under Louis L'Amour's Jim Mayo pseudonym. Years later, when L'Amour was first starting out as a paperback novelist, it was rewritten as The Tall Stranger. One of the earliest L'Amour westerns to be adapted for the movies, the film version starred Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Michael Ansara.
Riders of the Tumbling K is an overlooked novel-length work that Louis L’Amour wrote as a series of three novelettes over a five-year period from 1947 to 1951. It was first published in ebook format in 2014 and has since enjoyed consistent popularity. An audiobook edition is now available to L’Amour fans who prefer listening to rather than reading his enigmatic stories about the taming of the West. With his ear for cowboy jargon, and his feel for the wide-open spaces, L’Amour has created a wholly fictional but entirely real setting for his stories, and created characters that seem as real as if they’d truly lived. More so than many stories in other genres, though not originally intended to be read aloud, they benefit from it greatly. It’s almost like listening to an old timer who lived through those adventures recounting them around a campfire, or in a rocking chair on a shady front porch. Randal Shafer has the perfect voice to make these stories and characters ring true. His slight rural twang effortlessly transports the listener to yesteryear and the hard scrabble living conditions that existed for the inhabitants of that region.
A HARROWING JOURNEY ALONG THE DARK TRAIL
Schoolteacher Konrad Diamond falls afoul of cattle baron Ernst Haeckel. Rather than invite more trouble, Diamond and his sister Lila light out for new pastures. But the vindictive Haeckel puts a price on Diamond’s head, and the bounty hunters are coming for him. The teacher and his sister fall in with Gusty Gillespie, a battle-scarred bruiser, and then fate throws the trio into the path of Jacob Millard, who is on a rescue mission for a young girl kidnapped from his town. Konrad, Lila, and Gusty try to persuade him it is a suicidal enterprise. But what the hell! They say blood is thicker than water. The group of four wade through a crimson tide as they ride the dark trail and do battle with bounty hunters, Cheyenne warriors, crooked lawmen, and outlaws. No one can foretell which of them will survive, if any.
YOU NEVER HEARD OF HER ― BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE!
Her name is Frances Deegan. She wrote 21 stories and 35 articles under her own name for the science fiction pulps between 1944 and 1952, when few other women were selling to them at all. Yet you won't find her listed in any book about science fiction. Not The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction, Pamela Sergeant's Women of Wonder, Roger C. Schlobin's comprehensive listing of women science fiction authors, Urania's Daughters, Alexei and Cory Panshin's The World Beyond the Hill, or David Hartwell's Dark Descent. In fact, in the years since her death, Frances Deegan has become the forgotten woman of the golden age of pulp science fiction, and none of her stories have ever been reprinted.
The only place you will find Frances Deegan's name is buried among the plethora of male authors in the table-of-contents listings for old sf magazines. Yet at a time when only a handful of women were writing or reading science fiction, Frances Deegan was one of the field's most popular authors, if the letter columns of the period are to be believed. And that popularity was deserved, as this first-ever collection of her stories shows. And what stories they are! Set against backgrounds that are often rustic ("The Radiant Rock"), peopled with characters who are decidedly not urban ("The Wizard of Blue Gap"), and frequently humorous, with comic touches in even the most straightforward scientific puzzle story ("The Third Bolt"), they blazed new trails for science fiction when first written and still stand out as vigorous, idiosyncratic work even today, a half century after they were written.
It is hoped that this collection will introduce the work of this forgotten woman to new generations and help, in some measure, to rescue the name and reputation of Frances Deegan from obscurity.
MEET GLORIA MORRIS, BAD ASS P.I. EXTRAORDINAIRE
Gloria Morris is a respected private detective with an explosive sense of honor who cherishes frisky ladies, reads Poe and Twain, believes in justice, and kicks a lot of ass. Her investigation into the disappearance of a popular and notorious seductress, whose pervasive presence affects the lives of two compelling women, takes her to San Francisco’s sexual underground and the discovery of treasonous political intrigue. She is assisted by the missing woman’s roommate and lover, Clarissa, and together they engage in a cat and mouse scenario with a powerful femme fatale, who is Gloria’s chief suspect. It turns out that searching for the missing beauty is only one of the problems they encounter. During the course of her investigation, Gloria meets an astonishing lady and begins a life-changing romance. But will this new relationship benefit her work … or deliver her to danger?
A DROLL DETECTIVE NOIRE-FAIRY TALE MASHUP!
Who was the mysterious girl that danced with the Angevin Crown Prince at the Buda Castle ball, then dashed off leaving behind nothing but a high-heeled shoe?
Down the mean streets of Eighteenth-Century Budapest walks Ferenc Marlowe, failed revolutionary and pioneer private detective. Hired by the Prince to find the missing girl, Marlowe finds himself caught up in a tangled web of court intrigue, dynastic conspiracies and low morals in high places. There are others in the city just as keen that the girl is never found, and Marlowe soon learns that a fairy-tale romance may not always have a happy ending.
Set in an alternative-history Hungary full of religious ferment, political oppression and pre-industrial grime, One Shoe Tale breaks new ground in mashing up hard-boiled detective noire, fairy-tale pastiche, uchronic fiction and just a bit of kinky sex.
WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE…
Life has the habit of delivering its twists at the most unexpected times.
For Bonnie, his life had been lived, and the bittersweet memories of his wife, along with the never-ending sorrow of losing his son so young remain with him, but they are now ebbing away slowly with the passing of the years. His days of love, warmth, and tenderness well past and all that is left is his last few quiet years to grow old. Alone, yet content.
What he had done, he had done and what had happened, had. All that remained was to live out the rest of his life in a new place, far away from his checkered past. His days passing with the regularity that an old man desires and deserves. Until the dark day arrives that signals an impending end to his new-found life, and with it, all sense of hope.
In facing mortality, Bonnie resorts to using his crusty exterior and bravado to hide the frailty and fear he feels within himself - until he is presented with stark realities beyond his understanding and is forced to come face to face with his own prejudices and beliefs.
In meeting Danny and Angeline, Bonnie begins to reshape his thoughts about his acceptance of those he had habitually admonished, and of the bigoted life he has lived. While Charlie and his daughter Beatrice realign his set concepts of how he had habitually rushed to judge people too quickly.
However, it is only when Bonnie meets Madeleine that the most unexpected eventuality turns his hard-held beliefs, and his very set views about life, people, and love, on their head.
BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL PIRATE IS A CUNNING WENCH!
The adventures in the Caribbean continue in Port Royal, Jamaica.
In 1689, Atia Crisp finds herself imprisoned in the wickedest city on earth, Port Royal, Jamaica, while the refugees from Strangewayes’s plantation in the Blue Mountains are on the run and seeking a new home, deep in the Caribbean. Captain Jean-Paul la Roche must get them to safety and find a way to liberate the woman he loves while waging a war against the English with the pirate Laurens de Graaf.
While besieged people suffer and starve, a group of women form a secret and illegal society deep from within the bowels of the city called: Wenches. A network that deals with smugglers, merchants, cutthroats,and thieves. Dragged into the struggle for supremacy of the Caribbean, the women are divided and find themselves engulfed in bloodshed. The pirates of Port Royal and former enemies may be their only hope of escape.
WELCOME TO THE WICKEDEST CITY ON EARTH!
Ye be warned – this six-book collection contains sexual situations, drug usage, foul language, crude humor, beaky parrots, and tedious historical details.
Against the political stage of 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica, the unswerving Atia Crisp is thrust into the world of bondage, violence, beauty, and love. Shipwrecked and sold into slavery with her sister Livia, the pair are soon separated and Atia is used as a pawn in a card game. Captivated by her beauty, Atia is swiftly liberated by sugar merchant, Capitaine la Roche (also known as the pirate, Gator Gar), whose past is stained with blood and grief. La Roche works with a network of friends and allies including local strumpet, Cherry Banks, Theodore Binge the card shark and the kindly, medication loving Dr. Strangewayes. Soon Atia and la Roche are ushered away to safety after a mysterious outbreak of scarlet fever wreaks havoc on the city.
Within the luxuriant tropical confines of Dr. Strangewayes's plantation at the foothills of the Blue Mountains, bonds of friendship are formed and the fierce love between Atia and Capitaine la Roche becomes absolute. Atia is reunited with her sister, piratical father, and unexpected old friends. However, nowhere is safe as spies seek out both Atia and la Roche for the bounties on their heads. Neither of them can escape the shadows of their former lives and must rely on each other's strengths for survival. Their journey leads them to an inevitable conflict that threatens their world, but inches them closer towards freedom.
A VERY DIFFERENT VAMPIRE STORY
Although Agatha Grace is more than 300 years old, it certainly doesn't mean she can't adapt and fit into ugly, postindustrial small-town suburbia. Partial to the delights an evening at McDonald's often serves her, she waits at her favorite dimly lit corner table ― for her kind of vampire takeaway.
Being your typical urban vampire, this means her fare isn't up in bright lights on the menu above the cashiers. However, she usually finds exactly what she is seeking. Her teenage beauty, long, blonde hair, and ice blue eyes are a temptation very few adorable young men can resist.
After a long and predictable vampiric existence, trouble is now afoot for Agatha Grace, however. Redheaded, freckled, and occasionally a little slow on the uptake, young Reggie stumbles into Agatha's predictability and turns it on its head as he is struck by his first real dose of love at first sight.
Add the overprotective, rhyming ghost of a dead poet, a snarling black wolf, some cops, and Agatha's preference for the 1980s' fashion of miniskirts, satin halter-neck tops, and knotted white blouses, and things just may go awry, which of course they do.
Along with a couple of untimely and unfortunate deaths and Reggie's complete misunderstanding of anything going on, the awry becomes a dead certainty.
Enjoy My Take Away Vampire. A very different, tasty little comedy vampire tale, but still with a little bite!
A RETRO MYSTERY WITH AN URBANE TOUGH-GUY HERO
The 1960s' toughest, brainiest, sexiest, and most compassionate spy, is back!
Meet McHugh America's #1 Secret Agent, a combination of Mickey Spillaine's Mike Hammer and Ian Flemming's James Bond. Like 007, he has an ultra-sophisticated taste for the finest liquors, food, cars, ladies, and hand-tailored suits. Like Hammer he can pound the toughest thugs teeth in with a single punch, bounce back from the most vicious beatings, carries the biggest hand gun around, and isn't slow to use it, and has the most extraordinary gal pal ever.
In this first book in the series, McHugh takes a leave of absence from his spy work to help out his lover's sister who has found a dead Mafioso in her apartment, her boyfriend missing, and half San Francisco's mobsters after her.
But soon, the twisting trail leads back to his home base, and he finds the case involves not only the Cosa Nostra but has a government aspect as well and is ordered back in service by the General who commands his loyalty. Foreign killers, Mafia Killers, it's a killer of a plot involving millions of dollars in stolen gold, international smugglers, and enough shootouts to send 007 screaming into retirement and frighten Hammer into surrendering his PI license. And then there is Loris. What can we say about Loris? You will have to listen about her for yourself. Move over Velda. Make room Moneypenny. There has never been a woman like Loris before. Or a hero like McHugh. You won't be able to wait for his other adventures. They are espionage classics from the Golden Age of the '60s!
A VAMPIRE CULT MURDER MYSTERY? … OMG!
When a man dressed in a long priest's robe and wearing a black, low-crowned, wide-brimmed ecclesiastical hat walked into a Catholic church just prior to the start of a funeral service, stuffed garlic into the deceased's mouth, and pumped a bullet into the corpse, NYPD Homicide Detective Louis Martelli was as puzzled as he's ever been on a case. No stranger to the macabre, Martelli is even more mystified by Deputy Coroner Michael Antonetti's findings, which confirm that the deceased, far from having died of respiratory failure and a possible heart attack, was murdered by someone who injected him with a lethal dose of Philippine cobra venom.
When other, similar deaths are uncovered in and around New York City, the investigation conducted by Martelli and his partner, Detective Sean O'Keeffe, takes a decidedly morbid turn, leading to the discovery of a modern-day vampire cult, a woman named Lilith, and a serial killer with a score to settle.
Who is behind the killings, and can Martelli and O'Keeffe stop him before he kills his last victim and makes good his escape? The answers to these and other questions will be found in this gripping, modern-day tale of vampirism unlike any you have read.
MEET THE SUPERSTAR DETECTIVES OF YORE!
There are hours of listening pleasure gathered together in this clutch of classic mysteries starring nine of the world's most famous fictional sleuths: The Thinking Machine, the Old Man in the Corner, Max Carrados, Morris Klaw, Sanders of the River, Reggie Fortune, Father Brown, Craig Kennedy, and, of course, the greatest and most famous of them all - Sherlock Holmes.
The authors represented are equally legendary for their contributions to detective history: Edgar Wallace, Baroness Orczy, Jacques Futrelle, Arthur B. Reeve, Sax Rohmer, G. K. Chesterton, H. C. Bailey, Ernest Bramah, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Once the top-selling detective characters of mystery's Golden Age, the adventures of these legendary detectives have for the most part sadly lapsed out of prominence - yet, their names still echo as legends among mystery fans! This exclusive anthology edited by Jean Marie Stine and J. L. "Frankie" Hill brings a sampler of their adventures back for modern mystery fans.
Swords, Sorcery and Space Ships Clash in This Science Fantasy Classic!
Last Days of Thronas is one of the rarest of the fabled science fiction adventures from the golden days of the pulp magazines. It appeared only in a rare 1954 issue of Science Stories and has never been reprinted.
After five years of slavery, Garthanas, the Hamarian Sword and defender of his oppressed people, returns to find the woman he loves has deserted him and his best friend has betrayed him. Now Garthanas lives only for revenge. But, his plans change suddenly when he learns of a plot by Thamas I, the planet's evil ruler, to liquidate the entire Hamarian race. It’s a plan Garthanas swears to stop, even if he has to fight his way through every guard and soldier in the palace. And he will! But what can one lone swordsman do when Thamas I is protected by the might of the golden Godship, relic of a now lost science?
Evoking echoes of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard, legendary pulp author Stuart J. Byrne's dazzling novel goes far beyond mere action to blend swordplay, feats of heroism, tangled family relationships, sexual psychology, social criticism, physics, metaphysics, and even echoes of the holocaust. This is one of the don’t-miss novels from the pulps with overtones of sophistication and scientific thought rarely found there.
Includes a personal introduction by the author about the origins of the book in speculations about the origin of the asteroid belt and certain biblical legends. This FuturesPast Edition is the only edition of Last Days of Thronas authorized and licensed by the SJByrne estate.
A LOST BAUM FANTASY RESTORED!
When sea-raiders invade the peaceful island of Pingaree to carry off and enslave its inhabitants, only young Prince Inga, jolly King Rinkitink, and his grumpy goat Bilbil escape. Aided by three Magic Pearls, this unlikely trio of heroes sets out to rescue Inga's people from captivity, a quest that takes them on adventures across the Nonestic Ocean and into the underground world of the Nomes. The fat King, the young Prince and the sour goat must use their every resource to rescue Inga's parents. Originally written in 1905 as a non-Oz adventure, it was eventually published in 1916 as Rinkitink in Oz, with an Oz ending tacked on for sales purposes. Thanks to a contest sponsored by the International Wizard of Oz Club, Rinkitink now has a new ending written by Andrew J. Heller that is true to Baum's original concept. In King Rinkitink, the characters we have come to know in the story save the day with their wits and courage, instead of interfering sots from Oz (a possible book title, there), such as the insufferable Dorothy, with her bogus "I'm just country girl" persona that fools no-one and the know-it-all Wizard, being dragged in by their ears to defeat the Nome King in a monstrous anti-climax. With the publication of King Rinkitink, the true story, long suppressed by nefarious agents of a certain magical realm with a two-letter name (hint: the second letter is a "z"), can at last be told.
A TREAT FOR VINTAGE SCIENCE FICTION FANS
Paul W. Fairman (1916-1977) was the author of not one - but two stories for science fiction magazines that were later purchased and transformed into classic 1950s drive-in theater horror fare. Oddly both tales were published in the same year, 1953, two months apart. The first, "Deadly City" appeared in the March 1953 issue of Worlds of If, under Fairman's "Ivar Jorgensen" pseudonym; and was filmed as Target Earth (1954). The second, following closely on its heels, "The Cosmic Frame," was a featured story under his own byline in the May 1953 Amazing Stories; and was licensed twice, the first time under the title Invasion of the Saucer Men (1955), the second as The Eye Creatures (1965). Fairman was also the author of a story, "Brothers Beyond the Void" (the editor's title), chosen for dramatization on The Twilight Zone under the author's original title, "People re Alike All Over." All three appear in this unique anthology, which could be seen as the book equivalent of attending a drive-in double-feature, with a selected short subject as a bonus featurette.
AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
From the author of the best-selling alternate histories Gray Tide in the East and Tidal Effects comes a unique look at the American Civil War.
If the North Had Won the Civil War is two alternate history novels in one. The modern story follows Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Sawyer, a history professor in the modern-day Confederate States of America, and his alternate history "If the North Had Won the Civil War" in a nation where publication of his book is a criminal offense.
The story gives the listener a look at a nightmarish modern-day Confederacy where any person with a drop of black blood in his veins is denied basic human rights and confined to a "Preserve". Interwoven with the adventures of Jack, his fiancée, Annabelle Parkins, his friend and fellow history professor, Buzz Hanson, and Buzz's girlfriend, a biracial escort, Lydia Starkwell, is Jack's book.
This is an alternate history of the Civil War written with the painstaking historical authenticity and attention to detail that Mr. Heller's fans have come to expect. The characters in this book-within-an-audiobook are actual figures in the Civil War, and the military tactics and strategies are based on those of the historical war. The fiction is followed by a lively and informative factual discussion of the Civil War, and a bibliographic essay.
LEARN HOW TO GET YOUR SELF-HELP BOOK PUBLISHED
The "must have" book by the acknowledged expert for self-help/how-to business, recovery, sports, health, self-improvement, hobby, crafts, health, and New Age writers.
"If you follow only a third of her advice, you'll have a successful book." (Jeremy Tarcher)
In this unique book, author and editor Jean Marie Stine shows writers how to avoid the errors that keep most self-help books from finding publishers and off the best-seller lists if they are published.
From the author: "Before starting this book, I carefully reviewed stacks of rejected self-help manuscripts from aspiring authors. I also looked at first drafts which publishers had asked me to rewrite before they were deemed suitable for publication. I kept a running list of the defects I noted. Altogether, I found 68 key mistakes most inexperienced authors seemed to make. In this book I describe each of the 68 key mistakes so that you can recognize them when you see them in your own work. Then I explain how you can avoid or correct the problem. The result should be a zero-defect manuscript and book proposal that will sail through the editorial and publishing committees to acceptance."
AN INTRIGUING ALTERNATE HISTORY OF WWI
August 1, 1914, Berlin: Kaiser Wilhelm II cancels the German invasion of Belgium over the objections of his generals, sending his armies east against Russia instead of west to France, and sets off a chain of events that will radically change the course of modern history.
Gray Tide in the East is the best-selling counterfactual history of the First World War, if the Germans had not invaded Belgium in 1914 and thereby brought Great Britain and, eventually, the United States into the war. The carefully researched story is told by a host of real historical figures both famous (William Jennings Bryan, Winston Churchill) and obscure (Albert Dawson, Joost van Vollenhoven) and spans the globe from Washington, DC to Hanoi, from bloody battlefields to the secret chambers of diplomats.
HEARTWARMING STORIES, AND SO MUCH MORE!
Bob Barker, former game-show host, springs a bear named Ben from bear jail.
Angel, a rescued dog, has a psychic connection with her owner even from 180 miles away.
A therapy horse becomes the only confidante for an abused little girl. These are only a few of the captivating, heartwarming and inspiring true animal rescue stories in Finding a Forever Home.
This book is the result of years of research by the author for the best rescue stories from no-kill, non-profit animal sanctuaries and shelters across America.
Each heroic tale was carefully written to bring the rescue to life.
VAMPIRE LADIES WITH A THIRST FOR BLOOD
This is a unique anthology of time-tested shudder-stories about a unique breed of women who "refused to take death lying down" ― and it is now also available in audiobook format.
Though they may all be siblings beneath the skin (and graveyard as well!), these vampiric sisters are as different as any eight women could be. One, "The Good Lady Ducayne", prefers to acquire her nourishment through more scientific means. Another doesn't even drink blood at all; her approach to draining the life from her victims is somewhat more direct (but we think you'll agree that "Luella Miller" deserves the appellation "vampire" every bit as much as any of the rest). Some inhabit ancient European castles with bloodlines that stretch back into history ("Clarimonde"); others (like "Mrs. Amworth") are freshly minted, dwelling in the house right across the street. Some are reached by automobile ("The Dark Castle"); others lie far back in time in the late 1700s ("Wake Not the Dead"). Some joined the legions of the undead via the standard methods, like suicide ("The Blood Is the Life"), while still others owe their existence to very unusual means indeed ("Placide's Wife"). Some even embraced their fate for love ("Each Man Kills"). There is one thing these frightful female fiends have in common, however, besides their fangs: Once you've met them, you will never forget them!
TRIED, CONVICTED, EXECUTED ... AND INNOCENT?
One of the reasons Mark Banning had become a private detective was to help those with seemingly "lost cause" cases no one else would take. The case Diedre Hammond begged him to take seemed hopeless - DNA evidence proved her brother had raped and killed a six-year-old.
Months had passed since Diedre's brother, Sam, had been executed, protesting his innocence up to the moment of execution. But all the evidence had pointed to him unerringly. It was too late to save her brother but not too late to clear her brother's name and see that justice was served to the real criminal, whomever that might be.
So she brought her case to Mark Banning and pleaded for his help. When he heard the case against her brother, Banning thought it was a lost cause, and he hated to take her money. But she was insistent, and lost causes were his specialty, so he accepted the assignment reluctantly.
The deeper Banning dug, the more dead ends he found. Had it been a case of mistaken identity? No, even the DNA evidence had led exclusively to Sam. Then maybe the lab had botched it?
Diedre's family had cut all ties with them long ago, at about the time of Sam's arrest. The reasons for it were vague and mysterious. Was there some long-buried secret regarding Diedre and Sam, unknown perhaps even to all, or nearly all, of the family as well?
Just when Banning was about to give up, he must have gotten a little closer to an answer than he realized because someone struck him down and left him to die....
The real killer had made a mistake. He had proved Diedre was right, and he had made it personal. Banning would stop at nothing now to catch him.
THEY WERE SOULMATES IN DENIAL!
Jenna Caylon is tired of her infuriating boss calling her a homewrecker and a heartless hussy. He couldn't be more wrong.
Her New Year's Resolution: force Archer to acknowledge the truth about her. An apology would be nice.
She can't deny the zing of attraction, but it would never work. Word around the office has it Archer is a forever kind of guy, while Jenna is bone-deep committed to staying uncommitted.
But when Jenna confronts Archer, sparks will fly, buttons will pop, and Archer's favorite office chair will never be the same.
It seems Fate has a plan for them.
Warning: How to describe the relationship between Jenna and Archer? Dark. Passionate. Raunchy. No-holds-barred. Shockingly romantic. Keep a fan handy ― for yourself and your audio player. When these two give in to passion, nothing is forbidden. You've been warned.
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This is not a time to withhold love, but to be it, in all its glory. These are tumultuous times, as all times of great transformation are. But this is also a time of great illumination, vision, and healing. You are a being of Light, and your very presence often serves as an illumination, a healing, and -- for those who are unwilling to move out of their present condition -- an irritant. As you awaken more fully to these truths, all that has been created in illusion or misunderstanding will fall away. There are many powerful energies and information now available to you that have never existed on planet Earth before. The more greatly aligned with Cosmic Love and True Reality you are, the more you are able to stand in your Light, and stay centered in Love, no matter what others think of you. The greatest gift and offering you can bring to the uplifting of this world is the evolution of your own consciousness.
A Matter of Policy is an enthralling listen that begins when a young friend of Amy Brewster finds his life in jeopardy when an unknown mastermind insures it for one million dollars. When a private detective hired to protect the young man is the first victim, Amy Brewster must think fast and act faster if she is to learn who is behind the plot on the young man's life in time to save him.
Is it Tosta Kaaren, aka the Canarsie Swede, a platinum-blonde nightclub singer whose real name is Toots Carlin? Or Paulie Paulec, the local crime boss who has a finger in every racket in town? Or playboy Lance Torrey, whose sources of income are suspect at best?
This is one of three suspenseful Amy Brewster mystery reprints by the legendary Golden Age mystery writer/editor Sam Merwin, Jr., available for the first time in more than 50 years!
McHugh, the world's toughest spy, is on an assignment that spells triple trouble!
Trouble #1
...begins at the bar he owns to cover his espionage activities, called The Door. And it's the door to death for the stranger he finds dying just outside with a shiv in his guts. McHugh doesn't like corpses on his doorstep, so he starts to back-track on the stranger, which leads him to....
Trouble #2
...a round, ripe, terrified girl, wearing narrow chino pants that accentuate her tiny waist and the marvelous length and shape of her legs. She looks up when McHugh comes in. There is puzzlement in her eyes, then recognition, then panic. Then the whole house falls in on McHugh!
Trouble #3...is everyone after the girl, including a trio of slick con men who operate under the guise of international finance and a private squad of ham-handed Mafiosos who'll grind you up for dinner if you are unwise enough to stick your nose into their business.
McHugh finds himself saddled with trouble enough for three men, all wrapped up in violence, tied in the pretty red ribbon of death, and addressed straight to him: six-feet-odd of buoyant, battered secret agent - Washington's roving ambassador to the deadly back alleys of the world. It's a tough caper to figure with time running out to put the pieces together before McHugh finds himself fed to the fish in Monterey Bay!
A Search for His Parents Uncovers a Sordid and Dangerous Secret
A secret hidden for 40 years is about to come out. The man at the center of this secret discovers from his dying adoptive mother that he has a family he knew nothing about. With nothing to go on, he is determined to find them whatever the cost. However, the more he learns, the more dangerous his quest becomes. But when he finds out the truth it is so shocking and scandalous, it may well cost him his life and the lives of his family.