In 1983, before E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey "and Sylvia Day's "Bared to You," Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquelaure, began the first installment of the trilogy that is now considered a forerunner of erotic literature. This trilogy, containing "The""New York Times "bet seller "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty's Punishment, "and "Beauty's Release" is a testament to Anne Rice's irresistible talent. Now in a repackaged edition with a new foreword by the author, Rice's charged eroticism and magical style is back, connecting old and new readers alike.

Our journey began in fire . . .

Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness - beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white hot.

I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life.

I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me.

I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily.

We would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds . . . and desires.

The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart . . .

Nasha Wild's dream of owning a bookstore-the Pleasure Palace-have just come true. Now she's wondering if her longtime on-again, off-again relationship with the handsome Falcon might also become a solid reality in her life. When she sees him with a white woman-and a mixed baby-she feels her dream dying. Is it something she can forgive or forget?

Join Nasha and her group of friends-Narene Smith, Sassy, James, Koren Myers, and Sarah Green-as they explore their relationships and find love and loss in their everyday lives. When she fell for Warren, Narene thought she had found the love she was searching for-but something unexpected is about to throw their relationship into a tailspin. Sarah, the twenty-seven-year-old virgin, has finally found the one, but will her inability to trust any man ruin everything she holds dear?

"Forgive or Forget" follows the sexy adventures, escapades, and lives of Nasha and her closest friends in a sexy, offbeat romance that will make everyone take a hard look at their lives and relationships.

The third part in The Blackstone Affair series: A love on the brink of being destroyed. The fight of a lifetime to keep it alive. Big surprises are on the horizon for Ethan and Brynne as they struggle to adjust to what life has thrown at them. Demons from the past are threatening to destroy the passionate bond they've forged despite their vow that nothing will ever keep them apart. A truly devastating loss coupled with the promise of a new hope opens their eyes to what is most important, but is it possible for the lovers to move on from the painful histories that continue to haunt them? A stalker is still lurking in the shadows, plotting evil amidst the distraction of the 2012 Olympic games in London. Brynne and Ethan are on the cusp of losing everything as the stakes rise. Will they yield to circumstances beyond their control or will they give every ounce of fight they have left to save each other and win the ultimate prize of a life together? Eyes Wide Open is a passion-wrought story that shows us what pure love can achieve when tested and what the heart can accomplish despite danger and adversity.

Shocking, banned and the subject of obscenity trials, Henry Miller's first novel Tropic of Cancer is one of the most scandalous and influential books of the twentieth century -- new to Penguin Modern Classics with a cover by Tracey Emin Tropic of Cancer redefined the novel. Set in Paris in the 1930s, it features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes, pimps, and artists. Banned in the US and the UK for more than thirty years because it was considered pornographic, Tropic of Cancer continued to be distributed in France and smuggled into other countries. When it was first published in the US in 1961, it led to more than 60 obscenity trials until a historic ruling by the Supreme Court defined it as a work of literature. Long hailed as a truly liberating book, daring and uncompromising, Tropic of Cancer is a cornerstone of modern literature that asks us to reconsider everything we know about art, freedom, and morality. 'At last an unprintable book that is fit to read' Ezra Pound 'A momentous event in the history of modern writing' Samuel Beckett 'The book that forever changed the way American literature would be written' Erica Jong

Everyone at the Salacious Players’ Club knows Madame Kink. But few know the woman behind the fierce Domme, Eden St. Claire. Eden thought she liked it that way, but new client Clay and his girlfriend Jade are making Eden think she might finally want something more...

As a professional Domme, Madame Kink sees men and women come and go. But no one ever sticks around, and she likes it that way. So when the cocky, handsome and submissive Clay Bradley weasels his way into her heart, she does the one thing she’s always excelled at. She pushes him away, and like a good boy, he listens.

But a few months later, he shows up again during a chance encounter. This time, he isn’t alone: he has the stunning Jade on his arm, and she has a request of her own. She wants Madame Kink to teach her.

Training a woman who makes Eden St. Claire’s knees weak is bad enough, but this particular woman is dating the man who still has her heart. To make matters worse, Clay and Jade know Eden’s secret… but how can she protect what’s hers if she’s holding onto them too?

A scorching, addictive erotic romance where the rules are simple and no desire is off limits.

What s been the purpose of your life if not to love and be loved? That s the story of humanity, and the story of 665. The drama of finding, the needful hope in uncertainty, the dominance and submission, and the grinding within us all to become more together than we are alone. 665 TCT is all the ways we excel in our nobility and fail in our stupidity. It s about social justice and despite our beliefs, what we all share as human beings. Okay, admittedly, not all of us are human or at least all human or, well anyway there s other sides to the story. Twenty-six thousand years ago, an Aries named Adam, was selected to lead the first Council of Twelve. Adam made a decision that ignited the Great War between the Four Prime Evils and us all. Although formed to govern humanity, the Council only exists now to prevent its destruction. This is the story of the 665th Council. You ll laugh, cry, get angry, maybe annoyed and yet, come away enriched over a vortex of sensory engagement. You meet us all: An Asian family, two southern rednecks, a gay couple and Mark: half the Council of Twelve. We circled the world to find the others with the help of a few angels and demons. From humble beginnings in 1962 to the Holy Roman Templar Knights, to Africa, Russia and home again, it has been one hell of a ride 665 TCT is my honor to share with you. No matter what you ve read in the past you haven t read anything like this. This historical fantasy autobiography is shamelessly erotic, hosting the most elegant and explicit sex in print today. It s drama, comedy, horror and epic fantasy, yet somehow, as familiar as humanity itself.

Renae is a new nurse who goes to work in a jail. Nursing school may have given her the skill to care for her patients, but nothing prepared her for falling in love with an officer who felt she was too young and totally incompetent.

The last thing Ally saw before darkness closed in was a fractured and shattered face. A sort of Cubist nightmare, etched not in paint and canvas but flesh and bone. Who was the stranger who had rescued her from the attackers who stood between Ally and her resolution to leave town in order to heal from her failed first love with the father of her beloved son Cody? Waking in the hospital, her eyes bandaged, she "saw" Tyler for the first time with her fingers.

As she reached toward him, Tyler had an absurd vision that if Ally touched his face, he would crumble to dust. He felt hollow, an empty shell of a person. For years, no one but his Taekwondo students had touched him. All those doctors, their clinical touch, a childhood memory Tyler preferred to forget.

What were the odds they could overcome the pain of the past, juggle the demands of the present, and find a future that was more than either could hope for?

The King of Erotica 2: the Crown picks up where Book 1 left off. A dizzying array of articulately, sexually charged stories with a message, the King promises once again to make the bedroom steam and the mattress cry in shame. The feisty, potty-mouthed Melissa Jackson returns in the second edition. She has one question to ask her lovers: "Are you Freaky Deaky?" This is the woman who participated in an orgy in her local church from Book 1, The Golden Masks. No longer diagnosed with Cancer, she reclaims her life, turns out a married man on an airplane and reinvents a thug from New York by using cheese cake, her fingers and.cheesecake. In "Fate Williams," a lesbian, Jamaican woman gets more than she bargained for when not only does she have to endure the sexual abuse inflicted on her by her own flesh and blood mother but Fate is in love with a woman with a past and a secret involving her son. In "PH Balance," a hard-working black woman is in love with her homosexual male best friend. When a kiss leads to fireworks, will he make love to the sexy vixen or will his sexuality prevent him from doing so? Clever is back in "Rayne in the Bedroom 2." "I just want to live out my dreams " she boasts. Will her male counterpart participate in the affair, or will a certain prostitute threaten to destroy the fantasy?

Gideon has going out with Shirley for two months. She's principled, strong-willed, and beautiful. He enjoys her company, and hopes that one day she will agree to make their relationship official. But there's something he's not telling her. A secret so terrible he's afraid of what she might do if she finds out. When the moon is half-full, Gideon changes into a creature of the forest: a vicious, bloodthirsty werebear. Can he keep his secret for long? And if he doesn't... will she ever accept him as he is? And if she does, will his... animalistic urges be too much for her to handle...?