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100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed
by Lawrence Venuti, Melissa P.
An instant blockbuster in Italy where it has sold over 700,000 copies, and now an international literary phenomenon, 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is the fictionalized memoir of Melissa P., a Sicilian teenager whose quest for love rapidly devolves into a shocking journey of sexual discovery. Melissa begins her diary a virgin, but a stormy affair at the age of fourteen leads her to regard sex as a means of... (more)
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Juicy Mangos: The Best Latina Erotica
Juicy Mangos will shatter your ideas of female innocence forever. Here, the smartest, sexiest literary writers are gathered to tell stories of women at their rawest and most intimate. Each of the seven stories centers around a holiday -- from Valentine's Day to Christmas -- when theseenticing characters slip out of their daily roles and take on new, daring personas: A married woman finds a back door to Eden where... (more)
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Erotic Fairy Tales
A Romp through the Classics
by Mitzi Szereto
A traditional source of sexual titillation for adult readers, fairy tales historically boasted licentious themes before being cleaned up for the consumption of children in modern times. Seasoned erotica author Mitzi Szereto restores the explicit sex in these 15 tales — and adds some provocative surprises of her own. Here the bawdy humor of French fable meets the sublime eroticism of ancient Chinese myth; a... (more)
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The Ages of Lulu
by Almudena Grandes, Sonia Soto, Alina Reyes
"Powerfully written and imparting a disturbing, immediate impact, Grandes' novel, like those of . . . de Sade and Reage . . . is a powerful essay in the darker side of female sexuality."- Booklist "Grandes has artfully set up a provocative tension between prose that is matter-of-fact and a subject that's anything but, and it leads us into profound questions about the nature of sexuality and the morality of... (more)
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The Illusionist
by Françoise Mallet-Joris
Bored and lonely, 15-year-old Hélène decides to pay a visit to her father’s mistress. Within days, she is captivated by Tamara, a Russian émigré whose arts of enchantment include lingering kisses, sudden dismissals, and savage, rapturous reunions. As long as she submits to Tamara, Hélène is permitted to stay near her: reading forbidden novels, meeting Tamara’s bohemian friends, and learning more “refinements of... (more)
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A Faerie Tale
by Paige Burns, Jodi Lynn Copeland, Tiffany Aaron, Rae Monet
A fairie king sends his four daughters to Earth to find love with a non-fairie. If they don't find true love by their birthday, they have to marry the nasty ogre/goblin king and their happy little world ends. The fairie princess daughters each have different gifts - one is in tune with nature, one luck, etc., which helps them cope with being set adrift in the land of the Earthers.