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The Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty: Book 1

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

by Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure

Rice writing as A. N. Roquelaure. In the traditional folk tale "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire.

The Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty: Book 2

Beauty's Punishment

by Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure

An erotic novel of discipline, love, and surrender for the enjoyment of men and women. This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty , the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the... (more)

Beauty's Release: The Conclusion of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty

The Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty: Book 3

Beauty's Release: The Conclusion of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty

by Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure

In the final volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of his harem. As this voluptuous adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all of Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in a sensuous, rich prose that intensifies... (more)

Kushiel: Book 1

Kushiel's Dart

A Novel of Passion, Magic and Betrayal

by Jacqueline Carey

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a... (more)

Exit to Eden

by Anne Rampling, Anne Rice

"The same kind of skillful writing that brought respectability to the erotic works of Henry Miller, Anaís Nin, and D. H. Lawrence." --UPI There is Lisa: They call her the Perfectionist. A stunning, mysterious, and fearless sexual adventurer, she is founder and supreme mistress of The Club--an expensive, exclusive island resort where forbidden fantasy meets willing flesh. There is Elliott: A thrill-seeking... (more)

Kushiel: Book 2

Kushiel's Chosen

by Jacqueline Carey

Mighty Kushiel, of rod and weal Late of the brazen portals With blood-tipp'd dart a wound unhealed Pricks the eyen of chosen mortals The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. The inhabiting race rose from the seed of angels and men, and they live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay was sold into indentured servitude as a child. Her bond was purchased by a... (more)

Kushiel: Book 3

Kushiel's Avatar

by Jacqueline Carey

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good ... and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay is a woman pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Her path has been strange and dangerous, and through it all the... (more)

Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism

Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism

by Philip Miller, Molly Devon

Philip Miller and Molly Devon think that S/M is fun, and "that reading about it should be fun, too." Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns is definitely fun, not to mention approachable, chatty, and insightful. What makes it truly special, however, is the sheer weight of loving details. There's clear explanations and detailed tutorials for beginners, as general as "safe, sane, and consensual" and as specific... (more)

Wicked Ties

by Shayla Black

When a stalker ratchets up his attempts to get to her, cable sex talk show host Morgan O'Malley turns to Jack Cole-a self-proclaimed dominant- for help. Though Jack is a bodyguard, Morgan feels anything but safe in his presence. Because slowly and seductively, Jack is bringing her deepest fantasies to the surface. And when he bends her to his will, what's more shocking than her surrender is how much she enjoys it... (more)

Story of O

by Pauline Reage

The classic erotic novel, THE STORY OF O relates the love of a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer for Rene. As part of that intense love, she demands debasement and severe sexual and pychological tests. It is a unique work not to be missed.

Kushiel: Book 4

Kushiel's Scion

by Jacqueline Carey

Imriel de la Courcel's birth parents are history's most reviled traitors, but his adoptive parents, the Comtesse Phedre and the warrior-priest Joscelin, are Terre d'Ange's greatest champions. Stolen, tortured and enslaved as a young boy, Imriel is now a Prince of the Blood; third in line for the throne in a land that revels in art, beauty and desire. It is a court steeped in deeply laid conspiracies...and there... (more)

The Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty

A. N. Roquelaure Box Set

by Anne Rice

Celebrate the daring gifts of Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, with this beautifully repackaged boxed set of the three erotic novels in her acclaimed Sleeping Beauty trilogy.

Submission: A Novel

by Marthe Blau

You'll want to scream, but you'll be gagged. You'll want to cry, but you'll be blindfolded. You'll want to run away, but you'll be tied up. You'll have no way of begging me, I'll do what I want with you. Submission , the controversial novel that, according to The Sunday Times (London), "sent tremours through the French establishment," is bound to leave American readers breathless. Sexual obsession,... (more)

Master/Slave

by N. T. Morley

A whip-cracking anthology of erotica-60 stories in all. Thirty stories for the Master... ...told in the voices of dominant men exercising power over their willing women-- who worship the pleasures these men so forcefully provide. And thirty stories for the Slave... ...in which the pleasure of submission is celebrated, revered, and fulfilled. This is the anthology that pushes erotica to the limits.

He's on Top: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance and Female Submission

He's on Top: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance and Female Submission

by Rachel Kramer Bussel

He’s on Top pays homage to those irresistible men who control their partners with a glance, a tickling whip, or a measured smack on the bottom. As true tops, the bossy hunks in these stories understand that erotic BDSM is about exulting in power that is freely yielded. Contributors such as Amanda Earl, Mackenzie Cross, Alison Tyler, Mike Kimera, and others cover the full range of the male dom’s brand of sensual... (more)

Training to Pleasure

by Julian Masters

Training To Pleasure By Julian Masters Kate is hard working, successful, responsible and smart—yet something is missing from her life. The men she dates quickly bore her in and out of bed. A girlfriend loans Kate an erotic novel of dominance and submission that ignites a firestorm of longing and desire she cannot ignore. Perhaps she has been looking for the wrong type of man in all the wrong places her whole... (more)

Dangerous Cravings

by Evangeline Anderson

By day, Tampa homicide detective Alex Reed is fiercely intelligent and tougher than any of the men in her department. By night, she explores her darker side by writing highly erotic novels of bondage and submission under the pen name Victoria Tarlatan. Detective Cole Berkley is Alex's longtime partner and best friend. He doesn't know anything about her secret hunger to be mastered, but he's about to find out. ... (more)

Nature of Desire: Book 2

Natural Law

by Joey W. Hill

The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel (Lexi Steele Novels)

The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel (Lexi Steele Novels)

by Cheyenne McCray

Alexi Steele is determined, relentless, and driven to protect the innocent. She’s a top agent of the NSA’s clandestine Recovery Enforcement Division, specializing in human trafficking and sex crimes. Her current mission: To infiltrate the inner circle of Boston’s exclusive S&M clubs in order to save thirteen young women who are about to be auctioned off to the highest bidders. But Lexi’s only way in is under... (more)

SM 101: A Realistic Introduction

by Jay Wiseman

It goes by many names: bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and more. In Jay Wiseman's SM 101, the long-taboo subject of consentual sadomasochism is accurately, insightful presented in the context of adult human sexuality, experience and tradition for the interested non-specialist general reader. SM 101 surveys the entire spectrum of consentual sadomasochistic practices from from... (more)

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by Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure

by Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure

by Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure

A Novel of Passion, Magic and Betrayal

by Jacqueline Carey

by Anne Rampling, Anne Rice

by Jacqueline Carey

by Jacqueline Carey

by Philip Miller, Molly Devon

by Shayla Black

by Pauline Reage

by Jacqueline Carey

by Anne Rice

by Marthe Blau

by N. T. Morley

by Rachel Kramer Bussel

by Julian Masters

by Evangeline Anderson

by Joey W. Hill

by Cheyenne McCray

by Jay Wiseman