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Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones
Par Erica Jong. 1980
A &“rollicking and bawdy&” tale of eighteenth-century England, inspired by Fanny Hill, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Fear…
of Flying (The Plain Dealer). Galloping from England to Africa to the high seas of the Caribbean, bestselling author Erica Jong&’s &“perverse epic&” follows the amorous adventures of a woman of pleasure and pluck (The New York Times). Falling in with randy highwaymen, witches, kidnappers, pirate queens, prostitutes, and such luminaries as Jonathan Swift, William Hogarth, and Alexander Pope, Fanny is seeking much more than fortune. In this unexpurgated &“memoir&” by the girl made famous in John Cleland&’s notorious Fanny Hill, our dauntless heroine finally reveals what really made her. Life begins somewhat ignobly for Fanny Hackabout-Jones. Abandoned as an infant on the doorstep of Lord and Lady Bellars&’s grand Wiltshire manor, she contemplates the literary life as she grows to ripe young womanhood. Fanny chooses, however, to pursue a very different future when she flees to London to escape the mortifying advances of her adoptive father. There, on the road, her life truly begins. Cast by pernicious Fate—and her own audacious will—into a series of astonishing escapades, Fanny learns that a woman&’s lot is not an easy one in these oppressive times. But she will not be discouraged, nor will she falter, on the uneven path toward notoriety, self-discovery, motherhood, and love. This is a delightful twist on classic literature—and &“Erica Jong was the right person to write it&” (Anthony Burgess, Saturday Review). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erica Jong including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.After fleeing his past, one man finds that the present has its own dangersFor Lance, things always came easily. With…
looks to die for and a family fortune propping up everything he did, he tended to come out on top, no matter the circumstances. He had it all: a perfect marriage and a distinguished career in the navy—and the notoriety that came with it. But it all fell apart when his true desires came out and drove him down a self-destructive path to the small Central American town of Puerto Veragua. Here he takes whatever and whomever he wishes, living a life devoted solely to cheap thrills, pleasure, and desire. However, when Robbie Cosling, a young man with a past of his own, arrives, they create a love that will change both men&’s lives forever. The sequel to Perfect Freedom, The Great Urge Downward continues Robbie Cosling&’s journey of discovery and love as he learns he must risk it all in order to have a shot at true passion.From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Lord Won&’t Mind comes the story of a man whose marriage of…
convenience will never keep him from taking what he truly wantsBefore he has even hit his twentieth birthday, Walter Makin has already earned a red-hot career on the stage and a reputation as a Boy Wonder. From afar, he is truly a man who has the whole world at its knees and a bright future ahead of him. Still, he has one weakness—other boys. Set in the 1940s, An Idol for Others follows Walter&’s internal turmoil as he tries to follow society&’s norms by marrying Clara, a wealthy, forceful heiress who is as enamored of Walter&’s status as she is of his body. In spite of Walter&’s efforts to refuse what he truly wants, he finds comfort again and again in the beds of other men—men who understand themselves and what they want in ways Walter can only dream of. However, when he meets and falls for a beautiful young writer, he can&’t deny who he is any longer. Now he must tell the world, regardless of the consequences.WereWoman
Par Piers Anthony. 2014
In this delectable fantasy romp, a shape-shifting private detective with sexual identity issues hunts a serial killer preying on the…
Supernatural community Who but the indomitable Piers Anthony could write a hard-boiled detective-novel-fantasy-comic thriller featuring demons, succubi, zombies, ghosts, serial murder, gender bending, and a healthy dose of good, clean sex? Anthony&’s remarkable imagination has taken glorious flight once again with WereWoman—and no one does it quite like Piers Anthony! The classy dame who walks into fledgling private eye Philemon&’s office is like Venus in motion and is most definitely a Witch. But dealing with Supernaturals—or &“Supes&” for short—is Phil&’s beat, since he himself is a shape-changing Were. And this sexy sorceress is offering him the &“friendship of her thighs&” to investigate a murder, so how can he possibly refuse? But the Warlock slaying in question turns out to be only the first in a series of homicides, because someone—or something—is picking off Supes like insects. Soon the search begins leading the brand-new dick into places outside the mundane realm—into a Demon amusement park, through the doors of an Incubus-Succuba dating service, and into some very sticky situations where he&’ll need to undergo a supernatural sex change just to stay alive.A special three-in-one edition of Sally Beauman&’s passionate and suspenseful Lovers and Liars TrilogyIn Lovers and Liars, just after New Year&’s,…
four small parcels are delivered to Paris, Venice, New York, and London. Photojournalist Pascal Lamartine is sent a woman&’s left-handed black leather glove. Reporter Gini Hunter receives a pair of handcuffs. They soon discover that the anonymous packages may be linked to a breaking sex scandal that could rock the world&’s political stage. Who sent the packages, and why? As the dogged journalists delve into a sordid world of lies and deceit, call girls and secret trysts, Gini and Pascal rekindle their own passionate affair. The truth goes back farther than they imagine . . . to the other side of the world and a long-awaited revenge.In Danger Zones, after a wild night of partying, one teenage girl is dead and another has vanished. Dashing journalist Rowland McGuire thinks he knows who the culprit is, but his colleague Lindsay Drummond uncovers a connection that blows the case into something much bigger. With an innocent life on the line and an enraged killer on the loose, a love affair blossoms and a menacing plot unravels. Master storyteller Sally Beauman delivers a gripping and seductive novel in which no secret is safe . . . and the human heart can be the most dangerous place of all.And in Sextet, expertly weaving a cast of compelling characters with a moody, multilayered plot, Sally Beauman once again shows why she&’s the reigning mistress of drama and suspense. Part mystery, part allegory, and part love story, Sextet reveals the yearnings and dangerous desires of the human heart as it hurtles to a stunning climax.Los antojos
Par Chiara María Roggero Bustamante. 2023
Una novela sobre el poder y la seducción que provocará a más de un lector Carolina, una joven y prometedora…
publicista limeña, se ve envuelta en una encrucijada aboral que la confrontará con sus más íntimos deseos. La agencia para la cual trabaja debe diseñar la campaña presidencial de Forjemos, partido que contribuyó en el pasado a la quiebra económica de su padre. Para complicar aún más las cosas, Carolina se enamora de Mauro Bianchi, un exministro mucho mayor que ella, con fama de corrupto y mujeriego. Arrastrada por el encantamiento erótico de la política, la protagonista emprenderá una aventura que pondrá en riesgo tanto su vida profesional como personal. Chiara Roggero ha sabido valerse de un estilo desenfadado para imprimirle agilidad, intensidad y gracia a una trama que indaga en la turbia alianza que suele darse entre la publicidad y la política. Los antojos se revela así como una envolvente novela sobre el poder de la seducción y la seducción del poder. Chiara Roggero;Los antojos;novela;Plaza&Janés;Plaza;Janés;política;erótico;romance;amores tóxicos;novela contemporáneaAmoeba (Trail Mix #1)
Par Piers Anthony. 2011
An assembly of creatures searches for the meaning of existence in this reality-twisting Trail Mix fantasy from New York Times–bestselling…
author Piers Anthony. Before Tod Timmins meets the naked waif, the vampire, the wizard, and the others, he&’s just a dull man engaged in manual labor. The job, good for the body but a waste for the mind, is the whole of Tod&’s life—and it isn&’t for him. So when a trail appears out of the blue, gambling on fate, he follows it through the city, across the country, and into a realm of adventure and uncertainty. Navigating the path, Tod encounters a mix of creatures—human, nonhuman, and others, something else altogether. They come from alternate realities, periods in time that aren&’t being clocked, and places no one can verify, all to divine information on why they even exist. The answer is in the Amoeba, an entity neither intelligent nor conscious, yet as omnipresent as a god. In short order, it&’s up to Tod to differentiate friends from foes, lust from love, and fantasy from reality to save and protect the one thing that connects them all.Carnal Innocence
Par Julie Miller. 2003
FBI investigator Sean Maddox needs a woman--badly. His latest assignment has him poised to infiltrate a hedonistic island resort where…
anything is possible--including murder. But he can't go in alone. So when he discovers that his arranged escort has taken off, he's in trouble. Until he decides to proposition her roommate, Caitlin--and discovers what trouble really is....Caitlin McCormick is a good girl...with a weakness for bad boys. So when Agent Sean Maddox shows up on her doorstep, needing her help, Caitlin can't resist--him or his offer. For the first time, she has the chance to experience excitement, danger...and raw sexual desire. And she's determined that by the end of her adventure, she'll know, firsthand, just how bad Sean really is....Sextet: Lovers And Liars; Danger Zones; Sextet (The Lovers and Liars Trilogy #3)
Par Sally Beauman. 1997
Hollywood—and the tangled passions of men and women—takes center stage in this unconventional thriller, the final book of Sally Beauman&’s…
seductive and irresistible trilogy of page-turnersExpertly weaving a cast of compelling characters with a moody, multilayered plot, Sally Beauman once again shows why she&’s the reigning mistress of drama and suspense. Part mystery, part allegory, and part love story, Sextet reveals the yearnings and dangerous desires of the human heart as it hurtles to a stunning climax.Danger Zones: Lovers And Liars; Danger Zones; Sextet (The Lovers and Liars Trilogy #2)
Par Sally Beauman. 1996
Sex, drugs, and deadly secrets collide in this enthralling novel of passion and suspense—the second in Sally Beauman&’s addictive trilogy…
of thrillersAfter a wild night of partying, one teenage girl is dead and another has vanished. Dashing journalist Rowland McGuire thinks he knows who the culprit is, but his colleague Lindsay Drummond uncovers a connection that blows the case into something much bigger. With an innocent life on the line and an enraged killer on the loose, a love affair blossoms and a menacing plot unravels.Master storyteller Sally Beauman delivers a gripping and seductive novel in which no secret is safe . . . and the human heart can be the most dangerous place of all.Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy
Par Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, Pat Cadigan, Connie Willis, K. W. Jeter, Edward Bryant, Pat Murphy, Michaela Roessner, Lisa Tuttle, Lewis Shiner, Leigh Kennedy, Geoff Ryman, Philip José Farmer, James Tiptree Jr., Richard Christian Matheson, Rick Wilber, Scott Baker, Bruce McAllister, Roberta Lannes. 1990
Harlan Ellison, Richard Christian Matheson, Connie Willis, and many more contribute to a compelling psychological exploration of the many shades…
of love An incubus disguised as a high school girl puts a disturbing spin on the teacher/student fantasy. An engineer creates a robot with unexpected consequences during the end of the world. A man becomes the pet of alien invaders. From stories of aliens in other worlds to those living among us, these tales will move you out of your comfort zone and open you up to experiencing something—or someone—completely different. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Ellen Datlow, including rare photos from the editor&’s personal collection.Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction
Par Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Tanith Lee, Storm Constantine, Michael Swanwick, Doris Egan, Edward Bryant, Pat Murphy, Joyce Carol Oates, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Ellen Steiber, Kelley Eskridge, Garry Kilworth, Elizabeth Wein, Brian M. Stableford, Conrad Williams, Dave Smeds, Bruce Glassco, Mark W. Tiedemann, Wendy Froud, Melissa Lee Shaw. 1998
A dangerously seductive collection of tales that—like the sirens themselves—are impossible to resistSensuality mingles with fantasy in this sultry anthology…
starring fairies, sphinxes, werewolves, and other beings by masterful storytellers including Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Ellen Kushner, and more. Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers features a vampire who falls in love with her human prey, an updated Red Riding Hood fantasy, an unsuspecting young man who innocently joins in seductive faerie revelry, and a cat goddess made human. Alluring and charismatic, this collection from master editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling will stimulate more than just your imagination. This ebook features illustrated biographies of Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, including rare photos from the editors&’ personal collections.In Touch (The Vassi Collection #7)
Par Marco Vassi. 1993
&“The woman trembled slightly in the chill breeze, her long hair stirring about her shoulders. Her dancer&’s body was a…
sculptor&’s dream. She stared straight ahead of her, and what the men behind her could not see was that a soaring sweep of sparkling awareness had captured her eyes. It was a bizarre tabeau: the nuder and and superbly balanced woman at the edge of the precipice and the heavily clothed and armed men unable to get near her.&” And then came the cry. &‘Please, don&’t jump.&’&”For Martha Seligson, the totality of everything she had been taught, been made to feel and understand, had passed into the realm of illusion.In the final chapter of the bestselling epic love story of Peter and Charlie, the two men are forced to…
fight for their relationship like never beforeFor two men with the looks of Adonis and Narcissus, it&’s no surprise that Greece was the destination for a romantic getaway. Once there, however, the two men fall into the beds of others, with the duplicitous Martha striving to steal Charlie away from Peter after he has a moment of infidelity. For the final installment of the Peter & Charlie Trilogy, Gordon Merrick widens his focus on the couple to include the village in which they&’re staying, creating a web of deceit and lust that comes to a head in unexpected and satisfying ways, while the love between Peter and Charlie is tested repeatedly with the emergence of a passionate young man named Jeff. The bond between these two has spanned the years and the globe, but it could well meet its end here on the lush Greek shores.St. Tropez offers all the pleasures a growing boy could want—as well as all the dangerAfter the Wall Street crash…
and the onset of the Great Depression, Stuart Cosling wants something different than his typical American life, so he takes his sizable fortune and beautiful, young French trophy wife and moves to the undiscovered paradise of St. Tropez. Here he has the home, the vineyard, and the precocious son he has always wanted. Within a few years, his status on the island grows from that of new arrival to local celebrity. Their son, Robbie, grows up. By his teenage years, he has become a terribly handsome man, and while on a cruise, he learns the pleasures that manhood can bring. Now Robbie is impelled to chase that feeling and try to find the love that he deserves. Perfect Freedom has all the hallmarks of Gordon Merrick&’s finest work: scenic locales, beautifully rendered characters, and outrageous emotion oozing from every page.Tackling the Team (The Vassi Collection #6)
Par Marco Vassi. 2009
&“I suppose I should have stuck it through until graduation if I hadn&’t met Jeff. The only alternative was getting…
a job, and without a degree there weren't too many interesting possibilities. Also, on the basic level of material comfort, I didn&’t have anything to complain about. The campus was extremely pretty. On the night I first saw Jeff I had been without sex for almost three months, and it was making me more than a little jittery. It may say sound unladylike to put it this way, but when he asked me to the party, all I could think was . . . &” Read more of Julie Ann DeWitt&’s scintillating tale, as told to Marco Vassi. Tackling the Team is one of Vassi&’s most daring works, written in the voice of Julie Ann DeWitt (as told to Marco Vassi).The Gentle Degenerates (The Vassi Collection #3)
Par Marco Vassi. 1972
&“There is love, which is neither personal nor impersonal; and there is sex, which is either personal or impersonal. We…
understand our bodies, we learn how to let go, we strive for pleasure, and learn how to give‑to‑get.&”A young man let loose in the human potential movement travels from one end of the country to the other, opening himself to all the possible variations of sexual experience, trying to find love in the midst of explosive and unlimited sensuality. He finds new opportunities, new positions, opening up to him . . . and somewhere between the pain of love and the joy of lust, he must confront the very nature of his sexual yearning.One-Handed Histories: The Eroto-Politics of Gay Male Video Pornography
Par John R Burger. 1995
Explore the titillating world of gay male video pornography in One-Handed Histories: The Eroto-Politics of Gay Male Video Pornography. Author…
John Burger has compiled years of research on gay male films and videos and covers such interesting topics as:gay male porn history and theory pre-AIDS and post-AIDS awareness the portrayal of safe sex in videos popular memory gay history porn video productionBurger contends that gay male video pornography (GMVP) is “a warehouse of our cultural heritage and memory, as well as an important site for the production and modification of this heritage and memory.” He looks at gay porn from social and historical perspectives, using popular memory as the starting point. As a form of popular memory, gay porn allows for numerous revisions and re-writings of American history, which has somewhat excluded gay men. One-Handed Histories assists the reader in placing GMVP in its correct social and historical setting and thus removes much of its stigma as obscene or useless. Gay scholars and even gay porn consumers will enjoy the alternative readings of these films; readings which might instill an interest and pride in gay male history. General gay male readers will discover in One-Handed Histories gay male sexual trends from the late 60s on and how this gay male history is documented by pornography.The Golden Lotus: Volume 1: Jin Ping Mei
Par Shu Qingchun, Robert Hegel, Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, Clement Egerton. 2011
A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and lust, The Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei) has been called the fifth Great…
Classical Novel in Chinese literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming novel. Admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting indictment of the immorality and cruelty of its age, it has also been denigrated as a "dirty" book for its sexual frankness. It centers on Ximen Qing, a wealthy, young, dissolute, and politically connected merchant, and his marriage to a fifth wife, Pan Jinlian, literally "Golden Lotus." In her desire to influence her husband and, through him, control the other wives, concubines, and entire household, she uses sex as her main weapon. The Golden Lotus lays bare the rivalries within this wealthy family while chronicling its rise and fall. It fields a host of vivid characters, each seeking advantage in a corrupt world.This edition features a new introduction by Robert Hegel of Washington University, who situates the novel for contemporary readers. This translation contains the complete, unexpurgated text as translated by Clement Egerton with the assistance of Shu Qingchun.Where the Boys Are: A Novel (The Jeff O'Brien Series)
Par William J. Mann. 2003
Jeff O&’Brien and his friends return in this sequel to The Men from the Boys, William J. Mann&’s critically acclaimed…
debut novel about gay love and friendship.Where the Boys Are opens in Manhattan on New Year&’s Eve, 1999. With the world on the cusp of the new millennium, Jeff O&’Brien and his ex-lover Lloyd Griffith are grieving the loss of their friend and mentor David Javitz to AIDS. Desperate to forget, Jeff has become a fixture on the dance floor, surrounding himself with ever-younger boy toys like Henry Weiner. Henry, who was an insurance-company geek until Jeff transformed him into a hottie with washboard abs, is secretly in love with Jeff, who&’s got a thing for the mysterious and exotic Anthony Sabe. Lloyd, once the love of Jeff&’s life, has left his job to run a B&B with widow Eva Horner. Alternately narrated by Jeff, Lloyd, and Henry, Where the Boys Are is a high-octane trek through the gay party-circuit scene from Provincetown to San Francisco, Montreal to Palm Springs. With equal parts humor and pathos, it addresses universal issues of commitment, family, friendship, and the never-ending search for love that everyone can relate to, whether gay or straight, male or female.