Behind the facade is a dark past she thought she buried long ago. Now, Molly must face that past and the danger that comes with it. Murders and mayhem, a Civil War gold legend, and a secret Molly has carried for twenty-nine years threaten to bring her world crashing down around her. Molly Kincaid must return to the land of her birth and nothing good can come of that... or could it? Molly's house is on fire and the only way out is through the flames.

    Eleanor startles them by insisting that they take turns reading aloud from Eleanor’s diaries of her life with Daphne DeMonet. Only after the diaries are read in her presence will Eleanor proceed with a full interview.Once Eleanor discovers that Bailey and Chelsea are ex partners, the diary readings take on a new meaning for her. Can they learn from the mistakes she and Daphne made as young lovers? Will that knowledge bring Bailey and Chelsea together again? Or is it too late to mend their broken relationship?79,000 words

    After immigrating from Mexico when she was nine years old, she’s content with the life she’s made for herself in sunny San Diego. She works hard at her mother’s housecleaning service by day and spends the evenings with her quirky eight-year-old daughter, Grace.From a very young age, Emory Owen had several concepts drilled into her head. Success is everything. Be the best. Fight your way to the top. Expectations were high in the Owen household and the world was watching. Born into a high society family, Emory never wanted for anything…at least anything money could buy. When she meets Sarah, hired to sort her mother’s home, her sterile life suddenly sparks into color.But when the emotional logistics of combining two very different worlds proves to be too much, a terrifying turn of events spurs the question: If love exists, can it really find a way?

    Claire, Louisiana—at least on the outside. Beneath the veneer, it’s anything but. That’s the secret of St. Claire.Born and raised in St. Claire, Lindsay Juneau’s life was seemingly full raising a six-year-old daughter and caring for her widowed mother. Of course, things aren’t always what they seem, and the newest resident of St. Claire isn’t buying the ruse.Veterinarian Nicole Allen is looking for something different. She finds it in St. Claire with its hypochondriac rabbits, shotgun-toting shut-ins, and eclectic mix of people. The most alluring, though, is a woman who’s also looking for something different.

    Hanging with her drug dealing older brother, she was more partial to boxing and basketball than ballet and Barbies.Following in the footsteps of her brother, she eventually inherited the block's hustling cocaine trade. That meant thinking like a man. Most men like guns, grenades and girls—Dre was no exception.With childhood friend Ramel by her side, Dre takes New York by storm. She's gunning for the number one spot and will stop at nothing to get it.

    E. Bradshaw gave fans of the Rainey Bell Thriller series this sweet short story. It is now available as a companion piece to MOLLY: HOUSE ON FIRE, due out in April 2012.When readers last saw the striking former FBI Behavioral Analyst, Rainey Bell just learned she was about to be a mother. Catch up with Rainey and Katie, before they become entwined in their next thrilling adventure, in the upcoming novel that will feature fan favorite Molly Kincaid.

    But CJ and Paige fear there will be little distraction from the memories of the one-night stand they shared six months ago.Nevertheless, they integrate themselves into the lives of the teachers and staff, but soon the odd behavior of the townspeople has them convinced something sinister lurks there. Something, perhaps, that even the residents of Hoganville don’t know about.

    All 16 tracks from Swift's record-breaking blockbuster album, including: All Too Well * Begin Again * Everything Has Changed * Holy Ground * I Almost Do * I Knew You Were Trouble * The Last Time * The Lucky One * Red * Sad Beautiful Tragic * Starlight * State of Grace * Stay Stay Stay * Treacherous * 22 * We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.

    I figured it would be best to start at the beginning, and I’m very glad that I did. Great read!! Now, on to the next.”~ Kindle CustomerThe only woman Duchess Aurelia (Bree) Makenna ever loved died a slow and lingering death. And now, it’s her turn. Without her beloved wife, Timur, life holds no joy, no love, and no future.But sometimes, fate has other ideas.An orphan, a healer, and a diverse cast of Animal Spirit Guides join forces in this epic fantasy where love, grit, and determination not only heal a wounded heart but also lay a foundation for a battle against a black evil lurking within the Seven Realms of Ar’rothi.Bree—a warrior who, in times of need, serves her king on the battlefields of Anacafria.Katie—The Spirit Child, a nine-year-old orphan with a frightening power she must learn to yield with a warrior’s skills and the spiritual understanding of a saint.Becca and Nashotah—lesbian lovers, healers, and warriors who straddle two cultures while struggling to help the duchess and Katie trust each other’s strengths and understand their weaknesses.Perfect for animal lovers and fans of fantasy authors such as Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey, The Spirit Child blends the lyrical and mystical with pulse-pounding action. ISBN: 1479319554

    Raised by drug-addicted parents, she’s used to taking care of the people around her, to the exclusion of her own needs. But not tonight. After years of celibacy, she’s ready to pay for exactly what she wants: to surrender control, by having it taken away.Having worked as a high-priced escort for years, Nat Swayne not only enjoys her job—she’s damn good at it. Dangerously sexy, she knows precisely how to fulfill the fantasies of women who enjoy her special brand of make-believe—all without ever becoming emotionally involved.When their night of intense play turns into something more, Emily and Nat can’t help but pursue a connection in the real world. Unfortunately, old habits die hard, and love isn’t always enough.Or is it?

    Relationships are tested, hearts are broken, but revenge is sweet in these four short stories by Skyy – the author of the popular series, "Choices", "Consequences" and "Crossroads". You can feel the storm coming in your bones, but after the hurricane only the strong will be left standing? When love is involved is there really such a thing as no strings attached? What do you do when you catch your mate with a person you also crave? And a man learns that he can’t have it all, or can he? Take a seat and enjoy this steamy ride.

    She’d share her life with Aubrey and continue her family’s tradition of military service.But as a sniper with Special Forces, code name Black Dragon, her enemies cost her a future with Aubrey. Walking away was the only way to keep Aubrey whole. Now retired, Wiley knows she’ll be alone, dividing her time between her canvasses and helping others with her unique military skill set.Time hasn’t dulled the pain of losing Wiley for Aubrey, but she has to set that aside when her choices put her life and her family’s lives in real danger. The only way out is Wiley, but after so many years, Aubrey’s not sure that’s an option.Aubrey’s first call sets off a firestorm that will take all Wiley’s experience to escape, and along the way they might find what they lost. Together they started their story under a tree, and they’ll fight to make sure it doesn’t end on the streets of New Orleans.

    When her father goes MIA in Vietnam, ten-year-old Connemara and her family move to West Virginia and into her mother’s ancestral home – a neglected house whose walls hold old secrets of forbidden love and knowledge of things best forgotten. For reasons she does not yet understand, Conn is chosen as the one who must unravel the mystery surrounding her ancestor, Caitríona Ní Faolain, who disappeared soon after the Civil War – a mystery that has condemned her family to a curse for over a hundred years. Set during two of the most turbulent periods of American history, this story takes the reader on an epic journey through time as Conn delves deeper and deeper into her family's past in order to end the curse before it is passed on to a new generation. Along the way, she teaches the adults around her something of the enduring power of love and hatred – and the terrible price of redemption.

    Among the dead is a demon -- one of many unleashed during World War II by Hitler's misguided efforts to harness the powers of the dark side. But one of the family members (a daughter) is missing. Maggie Quinn, the detective assigned to the case, enlists the help of the alluring Dianna Theron, a half-human half-demon bar owner who specializes in one-night stands, to search for the missing girl, who has a dark secret of her own.This original piece of fiction was voted as 2012 Story Of The Year on The Athenaeum.

    Out on the Sound was Lambda Literary Award Finalist R.E. Bradshaw's first published novel in 2010. Out on the Panhandle continues the adventures of the lovable couple in 2012, two years after their debut. Find out why readers clamored for more of the Outer Banks beach girl and the Oklahoma cowgirl.

    Not only is she an attending psychiatrist in a hectic ER, but she’s also a Wrasa, a shape-shifter who leads a secret existence.To make things even more complicated, she has feelings for Nyla Rozakis, a human nurse.Even though the Wrasa forbid relationships with humans, Shelby is determined to pursue Nyla. Things seem pretty hopeless for them, but on Halloween, during a full moon, anything can happen...

    Getting them out is hard. Women love Cleopatra Giovanni and she loves them back – in ways they’ll never forget. The masculine but very pretty butch radiates charisma and a magnetism that attracts flocks of women – some are random strangers, and some show up because they’ve heard of her infamous skills as a lover (and her “snake”). But those single-minded women are short-term. Cleopatra enjoys their bodies, all the while hoping that the one who will make her believe in forever will come along. The womanizing ways of this successful New York City real estate executive come to a sudden halt the moment she meets the incredibly gorgeous Jacqueline Tripp. Jacqueline, a naïve but determined closeted lesbian, has been watching Cleopatra for some time, and goes above and beyond to possess her in a way no one ever has. Theirs is a passionate love affair, and life is beautiful as they pleasure each other in ways both wild and sweet. No one has ever had such power over Cleopatra. In the clutches of this beautiful liar, will she be conquered by obsessive love? Secrets, reckless ways, ghosts of the past, deceptions, and destroyed dreams complicate their love and lead Cleopatra back to old behaviors that feed her desire, but will never make her happy. Ultimately – Jacqueline wants her. The question is – how far will she go? Accompanied by a captivating cast of characters ranging from loving family members around the Thanksgiving table to famous porn stars in the bedroom, from best friends and ex-lovers to Brooklyn strippers and African princesses, the struggle for love and the drama and humor that ensue will win readers’ hearts as Cleopatra and Jacqueline wrestle with the way things are in order to create the way things should be.

    This is a his-and-her collection. There are stories specifically written with female readers in mind, and others written expressly for men. Among the contributors are names already familiar to readers of erotica, such as Reginald Harris, Robert Edison Sandiford, Jonathan Luckett and, of course, Zane. Caramel Flava consists of stories are written specifically with both African American and Latino readers in mind, but they are for all people because as Zane always states: "Sensuality is universal." Among the contributors are names already familiar to readers of erotica, such as Tracee A. Hanna, Teresa Lamai, Michelle De Leon, Naleighna Kai, William Fredrick Cooper, Pat Tucker, James W. Lewis, and Nikki Sinclair. Honey Flava features an erotic feast of short stories with an African American and Asian mix of sexy characters. Zane picks the most clever and bold male and female writers to deliver a collection like no other—featuring stories like “Geisha Girl” and “Pins and Needles”, which give tea and acupuncture a whole new meaning. In tantalizing portraits of some of the hottest—and sweetest—scenes you'll ever want to experience, Honey Flava will take you to a sensual paradise of no return.

    Human society on the planet is reduced to fighting for survival over seaweed and scraps. Jesslyn (Jess) Drake is a warrior for that time - an agent who works for one of two 'sides' (think cold war) and is sent into conflict to steal scientific secrets or otherwise prevent that 'side' from making advances that would let them prosper. There are no good or bad guys. Dev is Biological Alternative, set 0202-164812, instance NM-Dev-1 is a type of human being developed on a space station in orbit who can accept direct brain programming to suit them for a specific job and is the first of her kind to be made into an agent to join this side. Has a somewhat slave status and no one really wants them around but is given to Agent Drake who is arm twisted into giving it a try.

    What she had not planned on was a trip…at gunpoint when her father dropped a bombshell in her lap…at his own funeral. Dr. Blair Whittington went to Peru in search of ancient artifacts. What she discovered was the illegal antiquities trade in which she had unwittingly become embroiled. Betrayed by Nicolas Grant, Blair must rely on his estranged daughter, the key to her freedom.Trapped in Peru, playing a game that neither woman ever dreamed she’d play leads them to discover the most ancient artifact of all—love.

    Reconnect with Syd, Maddie, and the Jericho gang in "V1: A Valentine's Day Odyssey," as a sweet and simple gesture of love ignites a conflagration that could destroy friends, lovers, and a professional-grade mixer named Gloria. Meet Kate Winston, Shawn Harris, and the best, brightest, and most uniquely "gifted" personalities in contemporary lesfic, in the all-new novella, Bottle Rocket. Grace and Abbie screw up the courage to let themselves go for one magical night-only to find that the Fates are cheeky little bitches with a wicked sense of humor in "Falling from Grace." Take flight with Poe's celebrated raven in "Nevermore!" as two improbable coworkers, Diz and Clarissa, find friendship and maybe a bit more in a comic holiday romp set to the dulcet tones of Enya. Features a foreword by The Rainbow Reader's Salem West. Sidecar carries a bounty of fun, a bit of pathos, and a few fine wine recommendations.

    The Dragon's Lover (The Chronicles of Arianthem, #1) is the foundation and setting for an extensive series of action and adventure in a world inhabited by unabashedly sexual women.ISBN: 978-0-9885822-0-0, Alternate Cover Edition

    Twelve years of terror end with a world in flames. Behind filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl’s stirring footage of a million joyous patriots, the horror of Nazi Germany slowly unfolds. It engulfs Katja Sommer, a “good German” with dangerous desires; Frederica Brandt, a traitor to her homeland; Rudi Lamm, a homosexual camp survivor and forced killer for Hitler; and Peter Arnhelm, a half-Jewish “terrorist” who lives with tigers. Under the scrutiny of the familiar monsters of the Third Reich, their enablers, and their hangers-on, these four struggle for life and for each other. Love does not conquer all, but it’s far better than going to hell alone.

    Emerging from traumatic events of her past, Shane is left dealing with newfound self revelations until she seeks help from an unexpected quarter.Veronica is a stunning and powerful business woman who knows what she wants and lives for the seduction involved in getting it.Complicated doesn't begin to describe the results.

    As martial law sweeps through the country, Dallas’s new family must fight off not only voracious man eaters and a deadly military containment procedure, but rogue survivors who obey no law of the land as they wantonly take from those they perceive as weaker.But Dallas and her people are far from weak. With a cowgirl named Roper and a medic called Butcher, these three women must brave the darkest hours of the bloodiest days as they work together to create a safe haven in a world destroyed by a man made plague ravaging the country and threatening their lives. Only by placing their faith, loyalty, and love in each other’s hands can they hope to survive. Only by forging bonds stronger than death can they hope to beat back the hordes of undead.

    Volume One contains the first three novellas in the series: SEVEN (Snow White), BRAIDED (Rapunzel) and CRUMBS (Hansel and Gretel), compiled together in an enchanting omnibus edition. * SEVEN: A Lesbian Snow White The strange witch girl Neve has skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and a dark secret. Her father Lexander, an alchemist, harbors an evil obsession, and Catalina, his newest bride, made the grave mistake of becoming his wife. When Catalina finds herself falling in love with his daughter, Neve, instead, the deepening bond between the women sets in motion the final chapter of a story that began long ago, with a desperate longing and a handful of apple seeds. Together, Neve and Catalina must venture into the Huntsman's haunted forest to undo what has been done and set themselves free. * BRAIDED: A Lesbian Rapunzel Zelda is cursed to spend her days on a platform in an ancient, holy tree, growing her hair long enough to touch the ground. But it wasn’t her curse to bear: Gray, the witch’s daughter, was meant for that lonely fate. Gray visits Zelda each day, mourning their switched fates, and falling deeper in love with the cursed girl, until one night, at the Not-There Fair, an extraordinary creature outlines a magical plan that could set both of them free. Will Gray’s love for Zelda be strong enough to survive the strange dream world of Chimera, or will Zelda remain a prisoner of the curse forever? * CRUMBS: A Lesbian Hansel and Gretel Greta's never ventured beyond the refuge of the Heap. Outside, the Ragers lurk, ever hungry and hunting. But Greta and her brother, half-starved and now alone, must risk death for the dream of safety they hope to find within the metal forest. Once there, nothing is as it seems: in the confines of a crumbling old candy factory, the woman who rescues them with sweet words and sweeter treats harbors a dangerous secret.

    Old comics found in a musty basement and a discarded copy of Alice in Wonderland, become her map to a world of fantasies. From foster child living in Boston, to closeted Army physician wounded while serving in Iraq to family doctor in the rural town of Canfield, whatever her role and wherever her journey takes her, she never travels alone. Kathleen meets and falls in love with Claire Hollander, a free-spirited adventurer and storyteller who will challenge Kathleen to unlock the secret doors to her past. A tale of opposites colliding and then reuniting, Flowers from Iraq balances humor and tragedy, the landscape of battle and the interior of the human mind. A drama that takes place during our own time of war, the story is a compelling reminder of the healing that comes through love and the human connection.

    Kyla was forced to leave behind everything she cared about when her parents' ranch went bankrupt. With all of her friends and her boyfriend so far away, she isn't sure she'll ever feel as comfortable in this new life as she did in the old. Unaware of the danger, reclusive werewolf, Camille, couldn't be happier to make the new girl feel right at home in the small farm-town of Tranquility, California. By the time Kyla realizes there's something hiding out in the dark, watching her, she's unwittingly stepped into the crosshairs of a dangerous werewolf. Original target? Camille. Can the girls take down the threat before they become the latest victims of his deadly game?

    She's "Miss Popularity", smart, the president of her sorority, on the Dean's List, a public figure in her community, and comes from a wealthy family. She is beautiful and desired by many. People think that she's got her life all figured out. She does too, until she crosses paths with... J.B. Donovan, The editor of the campus newspaper. J.B. isn't looking for love with Shanelle, especially after being scarred in a previous relationship. J.B. had never been in a secret relationship and has no intentions of ever being in one. However, there is something about "Miss Popularity" that proves to be too irresistible to pass up. Curiosity leads to love, but is love enough for a woman who knows who she is and what she wants and a woman who is still trying to figure it out in spite of the challenges that are thrown their way? She Say, She Say: A Modern Love Story is a tale about love, growth, discovery, and acceptance. Follow J.B. and Shanelle as they take their journey together.

    Since the breakup of her ten-year relationship two years ago, no one special has been in her life. After countless attempts by her two best friends to set her up on blind dates, she decides to use the internet to meet women because she thinks it’s safe and she can do it anonymously. She joins a lesbian dating site where she meets Emily only to learn that Emily has sent her a fake photo of herself, she’s running an online dating scam, and Yalen is the latest victim. Yalen, though disappointed, becomes obsessed with exposing the con-artist as well as finding out who the woman in the picture really is and she’s willing to go to any length to get the information. Armed with a name and address, Yalen boards a flight to Tennessee with no thought on how she plans to approach the woman in the photo: Briana Latham, a former Victoria’s Secret model. Yalen decides to just wing it and hope like hell that the woman doesn’t think she’s a psycho head-case.Determined to get to the bottom of the online dating mystery and against their better judgment, the two women set out on a suspenseful, tension-filled adventure that will take them to London, England where they risk their lives confronting the leaders of a multimillion-dollar, underworld Russian Mafia syndicate that specializes in human sex trafficking, computer viruses, and on-line dating scams—it’s a world where murder isn’t that big of a deal and true love really knows no boundaries.

    Special Agent Zeke Cabot surprises Anne Reynolds with a much needed romantic Christmas trip to Chicago to celebrate Zeke's progress in recovering from PTSD and to re-affirm their growing relationship.

    In The Harder She Comes, we meet girls salivating at the sight of well-filled and packed jeans and bois dreaming of having a beautiful girl’s red lipstick smeared across their mouths. D. L. King has curated a singular set of stories filled with sexy sirens luring unsuspecting butches to their demise on the rocky shores of love and hot, confident women in silk and lace during the day who will do anything to serve their daddies' needs at night. The Harder She Comes is great writing with characters that will stay with the reader for a long, long time — sometimes sweet, always sexy, often romantic, and more than a little dangerous.

    Kit has toured with the Rajah since the age of ten and knows the secret behind the machine all too well . . . just as she knows that people would rather be fooled than have their illusions stripped away.An eccentric Countess summons the Rajah to her manor house in Vienna for a private engagement. There, Kit meets the inquisitive Eleanor, who tests Kit’s ability to tell the difference between truth and illusion . . . Or is it all just another game of chess?

    (a short story). This short story is available as part of the book of short stories, Sidecar by author Ann McMan.

    When those secrets involve love, lust and long denied desire, sparks are sure to fly. And sometimes, there is no denying the need for a woman’s touch.In this volume you’ll find seven delicious stories of sensual, daring women who open their hearts to discover love, fulfillment and satisfaction—closer than they expected.

    She's able to easily adapt to the slower pace of the farming communities that surround the town of Benton, Texas. She tries her best to handle the expectations of her family and friends, who never understood why she left in the first place. Gib's comfortable existence is set into a tailspin when she unwittingly offends Delaney Kavanagh, the fiery-tempered architect who's in charge of repairing the spillway at Lake Benton. Although Delaney is currently in a relationship, she can't seem to get the amiable officer out of her mind. Not used to the type of attention she receives from the chivalrous woman, Delaney keeps waiting for the "real" Gib to show up. Will she ever accept Gib's acts of kindness as truth, or will she be content to stay in a relationship where she has to fight for everything?

    The pain was just too overwhelming.Then Jackie comes into her life. Jackie, too, has been burned badly by love, but she is willing to give happily-ever-after a second chance. And the woman she wants for her fairy-tale ending is Elizabeth.Can Elizabeth find a way to put the past behind her and give in to Jackie's considerable charms, or will she always remain aloof and alone? And if she does allow herself to fall in love with Jackie, how can she be sure that Jackie's heart doesn't belong to the mysterious woman from her past?The path to happiness seems totally blocked until Elizabeth's mother and Jackie's friends decide to lend a helping hand. Then the fun begins...

    But God has something else in store for her, all packed into one six-letter word. The Six-Letter Word is a never-say-never story of how lives can change without warning, and about being comfortable with being uncomfortable. It is a peek into the life of a woman whose test can be her testimony of growth - but first she must survive the unpredictability-factors of divine order. McKenzie's future is in the hands of fate - but it will take courage, faith, and love to simply survive.

    Follow the tale of self-discovery, as our pilot (our sissy pilot), with the help of his loving fiancée, discovers, much to his surprise, that he likes working as and living as a woman. And follow the tale of his relationship with the love of his life, his fiancée, too, as he discovers no matter how much she loves him as a woman, deep inside, she still craves a man, and both wonder, if she will, if she should, cuckold him.

    But is Lady Ella truly worth the ugly price the monster demands?"Seek" is a dark fantasy short story about desire and how strange love can be. "Seek" is part of the forthcoming collection LOVE DEVOURS: TALES OF MONSTROUS ADORATION, Sarah Diemer's first anthology, a collection of queer dark fantasy and science fiction stories.

    Resentful of Helen's lesbian affair and kinky sexuality, Kaity offers to hide Helen but only if she submits to her. Helen must serve Kaity as her mistress, neither of them knowing the deep and dirty secrets they harbor from each other.In the end, former dominatrix Helen discovers how deeply she loves being under Kaity's control, and becomes willing to accept the challenges to plunge deeper and deeper into depravity to both amuse her and prove her love and devotion to the younger woman, drawing them both down a forbidden road they might never return from. As they become kinky lovers, the roles start to switch back and forth. Then Helen's husband's scheming business partner blackmails them both, hoping to gain control over the family fortune and to profit off their secret relationship.This latest novella from Crystal Veeyant is 21,700 words long, and continues her tradition of well-written erotica replete with twists, turns, drama, and lots and lots of kinky and outre sex. It incorporates intense themes of pseudo, lesbian sex, bondage, discipline, prostitution, group sex and more. Readers uninterested in or offended by these subjects should read something else.

    A doctor unknowingly working for an organization set out to destroy all werecreatures is average, isn't it? Is love enough to help Shawnee stop the evil from destroying her new family? When deadly and mysterious cases start appearing in the emergency room of Mercy General Hospital, Doctor Shawnee Twofeathers cannot continue to ignore it. While coming to terms with her own identity, Shawnee decides that it's up to her to stop the evil organization behind the incidences before they realize who she is and the werewolf company she is trying to protect. Can Shawnee single-handedly stop the demise of the innocent humans and werecreatures that she has come to love? Or will she need to rely on the pack she's learned to call family?

    In the aftermath of war the smaller communities and the age of steam and Edwardian social mores have made a big comeback; creating a place where being an independent girl can be difficult. Annie is twenty-four years old; an aviator, a mechanic, and a steam-car racer. Perky is seventeen and Annie’s assistant mechanic, an athlete, and a proud cadet in the Gem City Home Guard. They have happy lives in their modern world; but their happiness is shattered when the city comes under attack by a heavily armed brigade of clone soldiers designed for combat and serving egomaniacal former General; Maxwell Orson. Making a daring escape from the onslaught, the girls flee to an unknown land to enlist the help of militia units from other cities because these girls fight back. In an early 20th century/WW1 setting with horses and carriages, steam cars, motorbikes, biplanes and dirigibles, there are also war-walkers, occubots, warbots, nomads, rovers and combat model Y chromosome clone soldiers called Cyclones. When all hell breaks loose, two girls must find a way to strike back, to fight for the people they love and the lives they have come to know. Given the opportunity, a host of leftover technology from before The War of the East and West, and a wealth of human spirit, the two girls and the people they come to know make their stand against tyranny.

    sometimes dark, sometimes haunting, this book will stay with you long after you've put it down.

    Jenna and Del dove on it every day during the summer before their tenth grade year, their love for the reef deepening as their passion for each other grew. It is a site of tenacity and wonder that mirrored their own, until they were outed and forced to separate. Even fifteen years later, Jenna knows that Del’s heart could not have given out there.Heartsick over Del’s death and fearing that Del’s young daughter may be in danger, Jenna risks all she has worked so hard for to return to Miami where she must dive into an excruciating past so that the truth of the present may surface.

    As a police corporal and SWAT officer, Devon focuses on her new mission while struggling to escape the nightmares of her military service. Devon and Mac have no idea what fate has in store. Rookie officer Jessica Kilbride suddenly has Devon dreaming of a future she never imagined possible. Devon’s past and present collide when they learn that the prime suspect in a series of crimes has a sinister connection to a nemesis from her army days. Only now, the threat couldn’t be greater. Their adversary is a killer who will stop at nothing to destroy all that Devon and Mac hold dear.

    In Dachau Concentration Camp, music means death. Prisoners are tasked with performing a concert before their own execution.Annika is not afraid to die. Annika has already lost everyone and everything she ever loved. The girl with the green eyes is also about to die. In the form of a stranger, Annika finds company. Annika finds a mystery. And though she is dying, Annika learns to live.

    This heartfelt and ruthless drama explores every aspect of how society affects alternative relationships. Joanne, Maxi, and Journey live in a world where women are expendable and success is a necessity. Read as these three women give this life all they've got with hopes of everlasting love, career victories, and even someone's quest for eternal life.The only problem is... they have to deal with women to get all of these things. Leave your own drama behind and get involved in theirs. This ain't no punk ass bedtime story! Buckle your seat belts for the twists and turns of the MANY raunchy sexcapades. It's wild. It's spiritual. It's honest and unapologetic. It's the BLACK LIFE!

    But when Sherri breaks up with Keith (for real this time), and Kevin gives Layna a promise ring (whoa, what?), Layna's whole world spins off balance. She avoids Kevin's unwelcome pressure to commit by spending more time with Sherri.Without the twins around, Layna and Sherri are tempted to go beyond friendship status. Then Keith tries to win Sherri back, and Kevin apologizes for rushing Layna. Now she's stuck inside a love quadrangle that has her reaching for the consolation cheesecake. The only way to sort out this mess is to make an impossible choice—between the one she wants and the other one she wants—or she might end up with no one.

    But when fellow student Melody Anderson asks him to pose for her final project--nude--things take a decided turn for the better. Complicating matters, however, is Tony's racquetball mentor, the former model Lissa Grant. The three dance a delicate and erotic dance with each other as Tony opens the door to new life experiences.

    Her characters evolve before our eyes, learning how to love in the strange confines of normalcy. In these six wonderful melancholies, we travel from a suburban Red Lobster to a Baltimore sex stakeout, from brief earthly heavens and to a very literal Hell. The characters grapple with loss, survival, and faith as they try to navigate the complicated ins and outs of the everyday world. In “Reasonably In-Shape Women,” a young woman attends a backyard barbecue where she witnesses an affecting act of love, in “Worse Than,” a high school student learns the power of storytelling, and in “Heaven for Everyone” a cancer patient faces her own mortality. On every page, Matthews exposes our fears and illustrates our reactions to them as something very beautiful.

    This time...it's worse.Ice begins when a boy is kidnapped from a London park and Detective Inspectors Alex Blake and Maggie Campbell are brought together to work on the case. While their goal is the same, their work ethics are not. Intelligent, perceptive and at times disobedient, Alex Blake does what she believes it takes to do her job. Maggie Campbell has a slightly different approach. She believes that rule books were written for a reason. Unexpectedly, their dynamics mesh, but when her feelings for Alex become stronger than she wants to admit, Maggie provokes the worst in Alex to ensure that they will never be partners again. Three years later, fate brings them together again. Their assignment is simple, but a plane crash gets in their way. Now, in the middle of a blizzard, they have to try to survive...and fight the feelings that refuse to die.

    Too bad Reese’s twin brother, Ryan, is Cooper’s best friend.Cooper and Ryan will do anything for each other, even when it’s illegal, suicidal, or just plain stupid. Which is why, when Cooper and the twins stumble upon millions of dollars in gold bars, they take it and head for Las Vegas. Soon they find themselves running from some very angry and very organized criminals. Which turns out to be not nearly as sexy as it looks in the movies.Even if they manage to survive the pissed off guys who are chasing them, Cooper and Reese might kill each other for the hell of it. Or hook up. It really could go either way.First in the Dirty Trilogy.

    Outed by her best friend, Justina was beaten extensively by her mother then thrown out of the house. She has spent the last thirty years building a life for herself, a place where she feels safe, has the amenities she was deprived of growing up and finally a certain sense of peace.Victoria Cartwright works for DCS, Department of Child Services. Her job is to convince Murphy to make changes to her very minimalist life, to open her home and her meager bank account to two strangers. Victoria needs to do this while struggling with her own demons.Jesse has very specific instructions from her mother. She’s the eldest and responsible for her baby sister, Brianna. It’s her job to look out for them and to help her aunt learn about love, trust and family. Jesse is also struggling with her sexual identity, even in 2003 this can pose a problem when attending Catholic High School.The three women come together, the fights are explosive, the learning curve more like an insurmountable mountain, and the results provide answers to a suicide that has hung over Murphy’s head these last thirty years.

    Driven to prove herself and restore her dignity, Johanna begins investigating reports of children from surrounding villages being slaughtered by packs of canidae, humans with the ability to transform into wolves. Though parents struggle to keep their children safe, the long winter nights provide ample cover for the beasts, and there seems to be no end to the mutilated bodies discovered in small towns throughout the forest.Joining forces with a group of hunters, Johanna quickly falls for their leader Jacob while honing skills learned from her grandfather to become a ferocious hunter. Johanna's bloody campaign leads to a confrontation with a canidae called Agatha who believes the killings are due to a fringe sect of wulves who are determined to pit the two species against each other. Joining forces for the greater good, the two warriors must overcome their distrust and hatred of each other to prevent the coming slaughter. The two slowly come to trust one another and eventually discover something deeper, a love as terrifying as the beasts they hunt and maybe equally as destructive.

    She doesn't remember a time before she made the stars. Whether she's a goddess or cog in a machine, she can't be certain, but Elaine knows one soul-deep truth: she is lonely. So she leaves her corner of the universe to set out on a quest for meaning, unaware that her simple choice could save a world...and the woman she grows to love. "The Forever Star" is a strange, fantastical story about love and sacrifice. "The Forever Star" is part of LOVE DEVOURS: TALES OF MONSTROUS ADORATION, Sarah Diemer's first anthology, a collection of queer dark fantasy and science fiction stories.

    Immediately, she begins to dream of Sarah and Beth, two lovers from the past and the Dark Man who controlled their lives. When she begins to look for explanations for the things going bump in the night, the only answer she can get from the locals is that several previous owners had fled screaming into the night.Van Easton hasn’t had a serious relationship since her partner died several years ago. Content to let other women and alcohol distract her, she is surprised at the intensity of emotion that bubbles to the surface after she meets Natalie. Contracted to restore the gardens at Natalie’s house, she refuses to believe that the mansion is haunted. Until the Dark Man follows her home.It appears he will stop at nothing to keep the new lovers apart, and the violence continues to escalate. Can they solve the mystery that will set Beth and Sarah free and banish the evil presence in the house? Or will they have to run to survive as well?

    Her art is bland, her energy level is low and her revolving bedroom door hasn't moved in far too long. And then Lucky comes into her life.A 2003 Harley, Lucky is integral to Parker’s plans to reclaim her Mojo. Setting off for glorious Lake Tahoe for the summer, she’s going to focus on her painting. She doesn’t expect her granddaughter, Jackson, to beg for asylum from a long-running conflict with her stuffy, conservative mother.She also doesn’t expect her ex Ali to track her down, or for Ali’s passionate intentions to make Parker forget why they ever broke up. Her uninhibited attraction to her sexy neighbor-for-the-summer Tricia is equally disconcerting. Bikers, babes, backs, and bunnies...the summer is not going to be anything like she expected.Storm is the nom de plume of the award-winning author Linda Kay Silva.

    Rose delves into the world of myth, using the stories of Daphne and Peneus, Shamhat and Enkidu and Grendel's mother to create new allegories for our times. Her poems also explore the aftereffects of suicide on those left behind, the truths of lesbian motherhood and the exquisite splendour of the natural world. Thus, even as she celebrates the cherry trees that ." . . create a spectacle, tossing their wet confetti/ at the window. A child's hair falls out/ on her pillow. Blood pools under the skin of the sky," she holds always the synchronous reality of beauty and pain, death and birth, love and loss, at the heart of her poetry. This hard-won knowledge makes her world and her words unforgettable.

    King's work has been acclaimed for its in-depth erotic insights on lesbian life as well as powerful and evocative imagery - a must read, not only for lesbians, but for anyone who wants to learn what really goes on behind closed doors.Here is a short extract from the poem 'Enter Me':Enter me with your hungry tongueTaste me with your ravenous mouthAs my juices caressYour lips so rosyEnter me With your powerful fingers Tease me softlyPull me roughly...

    Hamilton - a twisting tale of sex, secrets, and obsession.Clo is leading a loveless life as a high class escort for women. She's always had a dream of the ideal partner, but after a bad experience with love when she was young, figures she is better off on her own. Right now, she's supposed to be meeting her best friend. But tonight, Clo has to work.It's early evening and Mrs. Hamilton waits for an escort on the balcony of her London hotel suite. It's cold, and she feels ice in her veins that has nothing to do with the chilly air. Too much pain, betrayal, and lost desire. What is she thinking, that the touch of a stranger will heal her broken past? But her appointment is with Clo, and the touch of this beautiful young woman lights torches Mrs. Hamilton didn't know she carried. Clo doesn't even feel like a stranger. She feels dangerously like someone Mrs. Hamilton wants to know.But love, passion, and desire never seem to know the right time, or place. Neither do secrets, especially when everyone's keeping them, as call girl Clo and her friends are about to find out. From London to Oxfordshire, the past collides with the present with repercussions no one could imagine or will ever forget.

    The only ray of light in her endless brutal existence is the reincarnation of her human lover, Aurora. For the past 20 centuries, the blue-eyed beauty's love added a gentle touch to the otherwise deadly veneer of the Vampire Queen. As protector and lover, she passionately loved her mortal partner and jealously guarded her existence. But that all changes when her lover's birth coincides with the resurfacing of a cunning and elusive enemy set out to upset the Vampire hierarchy. This time the target is not Tahlia—directly. It does however; threaten the Vampire Queen's existence.

    No, worse. Christa rejected Susan for another woman. Heartbroken, Susan left town to care for her dying mother.Two years later, Susan is back, and one of the first people she sees is Christa. Christa is single again and wants to rekindle her relationship with Susan, but Susan isn't so eager. Why open herself up to being hurt again?As if that dilemma isn't enough, Susan's daughter, Ellen, has become engaged to a violent, homophobic man who refuses to accept Susan's lifestyle.Will Susan give Christa another chance? And how will she deal with a son-in-law who despises everything she stands for.It's Susan's Choice...

    But it wasn’t her curse to bear: Gray, the witch’s daughter, was meant for that lonely fate. Gray visits Zelda each day, mourning their switched fates, and falling deeper in love with the cursed girl, until one night, at the Not-There Fair, an extraordinary creature outlines a magical plan that could set both of them free. Will Gray’s love for Zelda be strong enough to survive the strange dream world of Chimera, or will Zelda remain a prisoner of the curse forever?The novella BRAIDED is the lesbian retelling of the classic fairy tale Rapunzel. It is part of the series SAPPHO’S FABLES: LESBIAN FAIRY TALES.

    Sawyer "a writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific extrapolation." Now, for the first time ever, his award-winning WWW trilogy is available in one e-book edition. Wake Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math-and blind. But she can surf the Net with the best of them, following its complex paths in her mind. When a Japanese researcher develops a new signal-processing implant that might give her sight, she jumps at the chance, flying to Tokyo for the operation. But the visual cortex in Caitlin's brain has long since adapted to allow her to navigate online. When the implant is activated, instead of seeing reality, she sees the landscape of the World Wide Web spreading out around her in a riot of colours and shapes. While exploring this amazing realm, she discovers something-some other-lurking in the background. And it's getting smarter... Watch An extraordinary presence within the Web has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world. But this emerging consciousness has also come to the attention of WATCH-the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the United States, whether foreign, domestic, or online-and the agents are fully aware of Caitlin's involvement in its awakening. WATCH is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind's capacity for compassion-and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend... Wonder The advent of Webmind-a vast consciousness that spontaneously emerged from the infrastructure of the World Wide Web-is changing everything. From curing cancer to easing international tensions, Webmind seems a boon to humanity. But Colonel Peyton Hume, the Pentagon's top expert on artificial intelligence, is convinced Webmind is a threat. He turns to the hacker underground to help him bring Webmind down. But soon hackers start mysteriously vanishing. Meanwhile, Caitlin Decter-the once-blind sixteen-year-old math genius who discovered Webmind-desperately tries to protect her friend. Can this new world of wonder survive-or will everything, Webmind included, come crashing down?

    Could these feelings of déjà-vu have anything to do with the new acquisition in the store back in Texas - and the strange vibes that come from it? Why does she constantly feel she is being followed? And what of her haunting visions of the past? During her stay, Emma learns of events that make her re-evaluate her life... and her floundering relationship with her partner.

    For Chris, love, compassion, and trust are critical. In their absence, Chris has turned to her dog and her horse for the emotional fulfillment she craves. Then along comes Mary Jo Cavanaugh. Fresh out of veterinary school, Mary Jo inadvertently antagonizes Chris with her overconfident assumptions about how to care for animals. She comes to learn that Chris's practical experience provides both a wealth of knowledge and a friendship unlike any she's ever known.The carefully built walls around Chris's heart begin to crumble as she acknowledges the unfamiliar feelings evoked by being with Mary Jo. Just as she believes she's found the happiness that had always eluded her, someone from Chris's past comes back into her life, intent on winning Chris's affections, no matter what the cost.Can the love between Chris and Mary Jo survive so that they can share A Kiss Before Dawn?

    "Floral Designs" by Andi Marquette is a sweet short story that celebrates moments of connection, romance, and the possibilities therein.

    An eBook Bundle featuring Colette Moody romances:The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin – Pirate Gayle Malvern finds the presence of an abducted seamstress, Celia Pierce, a welcome distraction until the captive comes to mean more to her than is wise.The Seduction of Moxie – When 1930s Broadway actress Violet London meets speakeasy singer Moxie Valette, she is nstantly attracted and her Hollywood trip takes an unexpected turn.Parties in Congress – Bijal Rao, Indian-American moderate Independent, gets the break of her career when she’s hired to work on the congressional campaign of Janet Denton—until she meets her remarkably attractive and charismatic opponent, Colleen O’Bannon.

    It’s a home to strangers who have become family. Murph, the dapper unschooled storyteller. Rockie Solomon, the gentle, generous observer. Lisa Jelane, in all her lonely dignity. Gorgeous Paul, so fragile, and his twin (straight?) sister Cissy. Deej, the angry innocent. Norman, plump and queenly lover of a college professor who’s happiest in schoolmarm drag. Harry Van Epps, police officer, and old Dr. Everett, “family” physician. They drink, they dance, they fall in lust and in love. They don’t even know who the enemy is, only that it is powerful enough to order the all-too-willing vice squad to destroy the bar and their lives.Would these women and men still have family, a job, a place to live after…The Raid?This was how it was done then, this was the gay life, and this is the resilient gay will.

    Just has a knack for finding trouble, usually in the form of a beautiful woman. After fulfilling a haunting contract on her sister’s childhood friend and former employee, she takes off for the Caribbean and business as usual; but danger waits for her in the most unexpected places. With an endless appetite for luscious variety, Wynne courts danger and pleasure from all corners of the globe. But she must wrestle with her own demons as she trades kisses and blows with some of the deadliest women in the business. She’s been lucky in all her years in the game but will a young woman bent on revenge become her Achilles heel?

    Future fic. Rachel Berry is a successful Broadway star with a new roommate, the very odd, naive Quinn Fabray. It starts with a note on the fridge and a childishly scrawled doodle of an elephant. Everybody has a little crazy in them.Faberry Fanfiction.Based on the series "Glee" created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuck & Ian Brennan.

    However when Clover fumbles for an excuse to avoid going to the senior prom with someone, she blurts out Logainne's name as her intended date. Now the whole school thinks there is more to their friendship than meets the eye, putting both their reputations and Logainne's honors student status at risk. As they scramble to contain the damage, at least one of them begins to wonder where her heart truly lies.

    Able to choose any path, Casey finds her soul drawn toward a role as a protector, in the form of a detective for the New York City Police Department. However, everything is not as it seems.Elizabeth Malanight, an iron-willed, independent woman who has made many difficult decisions throughout her life, finds herself faced with the most challenging one yet...her Granddaughter Casey must die, and she must be the one who sees it through.Casey quickly discovers that everything about her life is a lie. A fabrication designed to hide, not just the truth involving her life, but her Human heritage as well. Not only is there life out there, but she is more connected to it than she knows.This is a unique sci-fi story shown through the eyes of the Malanight family. They risk all to protect the Humans of Earth from the unimaginable dangers surrounding them. Take a journey around the cosmos in an adventure that will leave you wondering, if there really is life out there.

    When they encounter a mysterious Asian woman in their beach side resort, they decide to give each other a very special wedding gift.

    In Armagh, Provo volunteer Jill Leary attempts to recruit the young American for the IRA, while the mysterious Arkadia O'Malley seeks nothing less than Jeri's soul. When Jeri is released as precipitously as she was imprisoned, she chooses to embrace Fiona's struggle as her own and joins the Provisional IRA. Jeri is sent out of Northern Ireland to be trained, first to the Irish Republic and then to Eastern Europe. Cool under pressure and fierce in action, she becomes the ideal urban soldier whether in Rotterdam, Belgrade, or Belfast. Attracting women has never been difficult for the intense young woman from South Boston, but Jeri's inconsolable remorse over Fiona's death makes intimacy virtually impossible. Several women try to reach her, but the violence of her life only drives her further from human comfort. Although she can never quit questioning the morality of her actions, Jeri has a taste for fighting that she once hoped to leave behind in the streets of Southie. When a bomb in Belfast explodes early, either through accident or design, the resulting carnage plunges Jeri into a despair that forces her to reconsider what choices, if any, are left to her.

    A ruthless killer is hot on their tail, leaving nothing behind but scorched earth and dead bodies. Holly’s trained her whole life for this quest…but will her quick fists and sharp wits be enough to keep them alive?Quotes:• “Yup. Only this Frodo is packing a vagina.”• “The man wants my Master Plan. Shiiiiit.”• “Pull up those drawers, bitch!”Excerpt:Holly climbed in through the window, kicked on the hazard lights, and addressed the bus. “Alright, listen up you damn dirty harlots! I’m only going to ask you this once. Who threw the goddamn bottle at my girl?” E. Howard Cunt stepped up and jabbed a finger at Holly’s face. “Are you seriously trying to dip into our Kool-Aid, bitch? We the O.C. Nixons! You have no idea who you’re fucking wi–” Like a machine gun, Holly connected four punches to E. Howard’s stomach before sending her flying back three seats with a killer upper cut. Checkers threw a sloppy right hook from the side that Holly ducked before rising up and driving a brutal elbow into her temple, knocking her face against the window. G. Gordon Titties charged at her full steam from the aisle, and Holly gracefully jump kicked her in the face. Titties flew back like a punted football, scattering the rest of her teammates around like bowling pins. Coolly rocking side to side in her variation of the Renoji-dachi stance, she again addressed the bus. “I don’t know about you sluts, but I can do this Enter the Dragon bullshit all night. If you’re not feeling it, one of you can always own up to this irresponsible, uncool bullshit.”__

    Nicole discovers love and a new life, but finds herself inexplicably drawn in to a private war between her protector and an extremist faction of vampires.The deeper she gets involved in the vampire world the higher the price she will have to pay to obtain her desires.Rejoin “Vampires Revealed” narrator Bektamun, in Paris 1572, at the height of the religous war between Catholics and Hugeunots, the day of the St Bartholomew’s Massacre. Discover the story behind her rescue of the Gervais family. How Nicole became her Avetser and was made vampire. Desires Revealed will also introduce you to Oskar, leader of the Eleiveb.

    Urged by her best friend to “get fit, get a life, get a lover,” Frances responds to a personal advert in the Dublin Buy and Sell from a bi-curious woman seeking a first time experience.Margo seems genuine, and Frances dares to believe she can love again. But is Margo all she seems? Is Frances heading for heartbreak once more?

    Gage's third collection of sermons for the Lesbian Tent Revival, including The Joanna Russ Memorial Sermon, Lesbians Are Not Gay Men, Trauma Literacy and Sexual Intimacy, Butches Who Saved the World and How They Did It.

    Includes Lace Curtain Irish, The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, Planchette, Little Sister, Souvenirs from Eden, The Countess and the Lesbians, Deep Haven, Since I Died, and 'Til the Fat Lady Sings.

    Well, she does, but she’s also into lezdom porn (lesbian domination). When she sneaks into an adult shop looking to score, she finds the store specializes in a lot more than videos. They carry whips, chains, gags, and hot lesbian dominatrices too. When her boyfriend, Derrick, finds Veronica preparing to eat pussy instead of cupcakes, she is in no condition to explain what’s going on. Will he join in the fun or go home fuming?Warning: This ebook contains very graphic depictions of sexual activity during lesbian domination sex encounter. It includes oral sex, deep throat, lesbian domination, lesbian bondage sex, BD/SM, threesome bondage sex, and first time anal sex,. It is intended for mature readers who will not be offended by explicit descriptions of sex acts between consenting adults.Here is a preview:“What do you think?” Kara asked.Veronica swallowed, hard. “I think I’d like to try the rubber one,” she said. Kara replaced the leather flogger and took down a rubber one. She swung harder this time and delivered a solid blow to Veronica’s other thigh. Veronica planted herself firmly, but still winced.Kara placed a second blow, higher on Veronica’s thigh. “Would you like to try the whips?” she asked. Her voice sounded husky now.“Yes, please,” Veronica said, amazed at her brazenness. She could feel her sexual juices flowing, the electric pulsing in her pussy. She wasn’t sure whether to be embarrassed or excited. Was this just a sales tactic or was Kara excited too?Kara brought the miniature bullwhip down across Veronica’s thighs, lightly at first; almost dragging it, then sent a second and third stroke flying harder, higher. Veronica danced at the stinging blows. When the whip landed across her ass, she felt it through her skirt, and gasped.Then she felt Kara’s soft hand caress her thigh. “Is this okay?” Kara asked softly, and slowly, Veronica nodded. The touch soothed her flesh and sent a shiver down her spine. She felt herself melt into Kara’s hand.“I think you’ll love this one,” Kara said, and reached for a whip with a single wide tail that narrowed into a wicked point. “It’s called the Serpent’s Kiss.” Veronica felt the whisper of the woman’s breath on her ear and caught the hint of her perfume as she uttered the last words. “But,” Kara continued, even softer, “It doesn’t quite feel right unless you try it on bare skin.”Veronica felt Kara’s fingers on the hem of her skirt. Kara tugged softly upwards.“May I?” she asked.Veronica swallowed. What am I doing? She asked herself, and nodded. “Yes,” she whispered.Kara lifted Veronica’s skirt, inch by inch, above her waist, revealing the curves of her hips and ass and the lines of her lace thong. She ran one soft, warm hand over Veronica’s skin, and Veronica sighed. The first stroke, again, was a light lick of leather on flesh. The second, a firm kiss. The third, a lashing. Veronica allowed her body to melt into the strokes, and when the fire began, Kara’s hand was on her body again, soothing it away. Then, Kara slipped her hand between Veronica’s legs and felt the wetness there. Veronica couldn’t stop the moan that escaped her lips at the feel of Kara’s hand on her tender pussy.“Mmm, I think you liked that one. Come with me.” Kara grasped Veronica’s hand, lifted a pair of cuffs and a gag from the nearby display and pulled Veronica behind her as she headed to the rear of the store. Veronica had no choice but to follow.

    Her entire life revolved around the cockpit of her F-14 Tomcat and her best friend Michael Ramsey. Jill wasn't ready for what life had in store for her. While attending the United States Naval Academy her life was jolted when she met Sarah Hardin. Years later her world is shattered and Jill is not sure she can ever recover. At 36 years old, she must make decisions that will affect not only her life but the lives of her best friends. She must learn to trust and love once again. But will lies and secrets keep her from it?

    Some unknown entity slaughtered her father. The two forces have always chased her. One wants her as a specimen, the other wants her dead. When a third force joins the chase, led by a hunter from another world, can Tracy Hawks maintain her advantage? Will she ever have a safe place to call home?

    Desperate, Kelly braves the toothsome forest and a ruined church to pray to the Lady of Wolves for help. But when a mysterious stranger--the first stranger in decades to find the dying town--appears with a wolf at her side, Kelly and the villagers are forced to make a radical choice. Grim and sensual, "Our Lady of Wolves" is a dark fantasy short story about surrender. "Our Lady of Wolves" is part of the forthcoming collection LOVE DEVOURS: TALES OF MONSTROUS ADORATION, Sarah Diemer's first anthology, a collection of queer dark fantasy and science fiction stories.

    Set in the volatile 1970s and ’80s, when social norms and expectations were changing rapidly, Leaving Now is the emotionally candid story of a mother’s anguish as she leaves her husband to love a woman. In this second book, Paré masterfully blends aspects of her personal journey with her own version of a well-loved fairy tale. Gudrun, the five-hundred-year-old mother of Hansel and Gretel, appears hazily in the narrator’s kitchen—presumed dead, all but written out of her own tale, but very much alive. Gudrun spins a yarn of love, loss and leaving, offering comfort and wisdom to the conflicted young mother.Raising children is not for the faint of heart; all parents know the anguish of parting from a child, even if for the briefest moment. Leaving Now is for mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. It is for anyone who has ever lived in a family.

    Thomas draws from earlier traditions of portraiture to arrive at her contemporary sensibility. She engages with the tension between a personal investigation of eroticism, black femininity and beauty and a pop-cultural critique of the overt sexual imagery prevalent in the media--from Blaxploitation film heroines like Cleopatra Jones to the construction of middle-class, African-American taste in Ebony magazine. Her portraits of trans-generational female empowerment have been receiving attention far beyond the standard art-world venues and have been reproduced everywhere from The New Yorker to Bomb magazine. Thomas also reenvisions landscapes and interiors through playful and passionate recontextualizations of such artists as Romare Bearden, Edouard Manet, Henri Matisse and Balthus. Mickalene Thomas: The Origin of the Universe is the first monograph on the artist, and accompanies her first solo museum exhibition in the United States at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. It features a wide array of full-color reproductions of her work across media--much of it new and never before published--including photo collages and provocative landscapes, along with an interview with the artist and critical texts that elucidate her paintings' investigations of femininity, sexuality and power, and provide extensive context for her oeuvre as a whole.

    In the sex, drugs, and peace era of 1969, a recently departed and undead young woman nicknamed Isis can't deny her desires for a mysterious and beautiful zombie with flowers in her hair.While Isis tries to learn the identity of the woman of her dreams, the flowered zombie begins to teach Isis that sometimes we must die in order to understand our reason for living.

    An unexpected visitor from Osirak arrives. Are her reasons for visiting genuine, or does she have ulterior motives? Will her visitor give Sinclair more questions than answers?“The Perfect Interlude” is an intriguing and engrossing short story that follows on from Jaye Rothman’s spy thriller “The Hell of Osirak”. It is also a forerunner to the second part of the Betrayal, Redemption and Salvation trilogy featuring Nikki Sinclair, “The Circle of Sappho”, which will be published in early 2014. Fans of spy, thriller and lesbian genres will find this short story deeply satisfying – and rather disturbing.WARNING – There are a number of lesbian sex scenes in this story. So if this offends – don’t read!

    Whether you’re looking for some backdoor wife swap adventures, sweet threesomes, or very rough first anal sex experiences, you’ll find what you want in this red hot collection.1. MY FIRST ANAL SEX THREESOME by Debbie BrownstoneTricia and Evan are back, and this story shows they’re hotter than ever! First anal sex wasn’t enough, and Tricia’s friend Shelly is coming over for a first anal sex threesome! Evan can’t believe his luck with his hot girlfriend telling Shelly, “Share my boyfriend,” and he’s definitely in for a treat with deep throat, mff lesbian action, and of course, Shelly’s introduction to anal pleasure!2. THE BACKDOOR’S OPEN (An Anal Group Sex with Neighbors Erotica Story) by D.P. BackhausThe annual barbecue with the neighbors always takes a lot out of Sally, but this year her friend Gail is intent on making sure she enjoys it. It starts out with simple relaxation, but it changes pretty quickly. Before long, there’s a neighbor sex extravaganza with three girls getting their first anal sex experience. There’s also first lesbian sex and a slut wife Sally sandwich with a powerful double penetration.3. LANDLORD BLUES (A Blackmail Sex Double Penetration Short) by Veronica HalsteadI had been embezzling from the sweet old couple that owned the apartment building for years, and when they passed away and the estate lawyers wanted to meet with me, I realized right there that I was caught. In a desperate effort to get out of trouble, I figured I’d offer up my body and make the problem go away. Of course, I had no idea that it would result in a really rough blowjob, a vicious spanking, and a very rough double team including double penetration! It was a hell of a hard way to have my very first double team and anal sex experience.4. THE BACKDOOR BRIDE (A First Anal Sex FFM Threesome Erotica Story) by Nancy BrocktonWhen a woman marries a man ten years her senior, she has to be prepared for a difference in sexual drive and ability. This bride understands that, but she doesn’t mind. She’s in love and she’s willing to spend her life without any hardcore sex if that’s what it takes for them to be better. Her fiancé Andrew minds, though; and if he can’t satisfy her, he’s going to make sure someone else can. In this case, it means her first lesbian experience with a hot Asian girl and a scorching MFF threesome complete with her first anal sex experience—and she has it in her wedding gown!5. TWO COCKS FOR MY WIFE’S THREE HOLES (My Wife’s Secret Desires Episode No. 5) by Jane KempKorrine and Max are back, and Korrine is worried that she and her husband have become too busy with work to keep us their new adventures fulfilling the fantasies Korrine obsessed over and Max discovered. Her fears are put to rest when he brings home a sexy coworker to fuck his wife, and suddenly Korrine has two cocks, and before the night is through she’ll have every hole filled in her fist mmf threesome complete with more deep throat, more anal sex, and her first ever double penetration!Warning: This ebook contains very explicit descriptions of sexual activity during various first anal sex encounters. It includes rough first anal sex, first group anal sex, first anal sex double penetration, first anal stranger sex, and first anal teacher/student sex. It is intended for mature readers who will not be offended by graphic depictions of sex acts between consenting adults.

    A dutiful daughter, the narrator proceeds to take care of her mother, 74-year-old Jane, and enters a deeper understanding of her own life through her mother’s stories.Her grandmother (born in 1899) was a spinner in a textile mill and white-glove-wearing lady of her generation; her mother (born in 1920) was an office worker and feminist ahead of her time. The narrator has taken the foundation of her mother’s life and forged her own---taking her mother’s feminism one step further in becoming a lesbian and becoming the first in her family to graduate from college.Tea Leaves is a story of gender and class, identity and sexuality. Equally pressing is the sheer labor of dealing with medical misdiagnosis and subsequent treatment of her mother, and the toll it takes on her own relationship as she spends increasing hours in conversation with the woman who gave her life. ---SheWired

    Matt Badali, Don Bapst, Dorianne Emmerton, Terence Go, Brock Hessel, David Marshall, Alan T. Orr, Mark Reinhart, Marcy Rogers, Sheila van den Heuvel-Collins and Nichola (Nicki) Ward. The anthology includes first chapters of novels and graphic novels, short fiction, flash fiction, poetry and scenes from a play.

    Entranced by the girl’s dark Latin looks and daring, Bella soon discovers that the girl is one of her students. But can she resist her provocative advances? In a series of sensual and taboo-breaking encounters, Bella surrenders progressively to her burning desire for this amazing girl. But is there also a more disturbing side to the girl’s character? A series of disturbing messages lead inexorably to a heart-thumping climax that brings Bella to the edge of death…10,000 wordsExcerpt: The girl on the train must have been about 20, fashionable, maybe working in advertising. She had dreamy dark brown eyes and luscious curly dark brown hair. With a coffee complexion, she looked maybe Italian or Spanish. Bella was browsing dream homes in her magazine when suddenly she felt a finger touching her knee lightly like a butterfly. “Sorry to bother you,” a warm and slightly husky voice interjected, “but this is the train to Bunstable, isn’t it?” Bella was flustered: “Er… yes… yes…”. The girl’s heady perfume smelled a little of oranges.Bella could somehow not keep from glancing periodically at this girl. The girl’s high cheekbones, large eyes and full lips were offset with a long neck and a fit lithe body that seemed to ripple and shimmer in a pink silk blouse and sparkly purple skirt. Glancing up, Bella had the distinct impression that an extra button was undone on the girl’s blouse. Could that really be the case? Bella was intrigued, but went back to her article and tried hard to concentrate. After a while, she glanced again at the girl’s neckline. This time Bella was pretty sure – yet another button had been undone! Could this really be happening? All the while, the girl did not look up but stayed focused on her book. Somehow the discussion of rock gardens and topiary in Bella’s magazine article was losing a little of its allure, but she tried her best to retain her composure and take in the words. At the same time, she sensed – though it was hard to believe it – that the girl’s elegant ring-clad fingers were edging towards the centre of that pink blouse again, and when Bella looked up one more time, she was not disappointed. A fourth button had now been undone, and Bella could see a fragment of white lace on the girl’s bra. The girl’s breasts were large and high, and Bella felt a warm rush in her stomach and a flush of blood coming to her cheeks. She had always been fairly straight, but this young lady was definitely tapping into something different. Admittedly this part of the compartment was secluded, but the girl was virtually undressing on a public train! And a fifth button! Bella could now catch a glimpse of the girl’s tanned taut tummy. And a sixth… Was that a tattoo? Close to the girl’s belly button was a little drawing of ice-cream cone melting in the hot sun. Bella bit her bottom lip involuntarily, trying to hold in the desire and hunger that was welling up inside her.“Er, do you know if there is far to go?” Bella offered, a little awkwardly.At this, the girl leaned right across, her blouse completely undone now. Bella saw the girl’s full cleavage, tanned and firm under that white bra.

    Her only consolations are dream visits from two beautiful, seductive women and her explorations through her husband's mysterious house. But Bluebeard forbade Mollena from the door locked with the small, gold key—and that's the one place her dream lovers want her to go. (F/F, M/F - For content labels and excerpt, see details on publisher's site.)

    A short story for all ages celebrating the Winter Solstice.

    That said, we recognise that Plenitude readers are hungry for exceptional works that reflect queer histories, cultures, experiences, and sensibilities. Our editorial process involves critical literary analyses, as well as socio-historical considerations, sometimes turning to an advisory editorial board of writers, academics, and community advocates.Plenitude aims to complicate expressions of queerness through the publication of diverse, sophisticated literary writing, art and film, from the very subtle to the brash and unrelenting.

    However, time didn’t heal much, that it be in her relationship with her mother, or with her AR Mrs. Cooper (Academy Representative), her friends as well and even less with her boyfriend Jordan. What’s more, she has to face the presence of another Hunter, Santana, sent to town during her absence. The clashing personality of both Hunters, as well as Dylan’s bitterness, makes it difficult for her to pick up the pieces of her life. Comes in to play Angelina Kane, a mysterious and fragile young girl with a troubled past. A strange yet immediate change in the group dynamic occurs, with some dreadful results.

    Have you looked in a mirror and not recognized yourself? Have you had the courage to live your life and discover who you are? Then this is your story. Dannie falls in love and gets her spirit broken. She becomes a slave of her own fears, gets lost in her own desires. She discovers that loving people is one of the most dangerous things you can ever do. She struggles through old wounds, learns to heal, to forgive, and learns how to love again. Join her through her journey. You might find yourself here, printed in these pages.

    Featuring bestselling Lesbian Authors Trin Denise, Kiki Archer, and Aliyat Lecky as well as several first time, up and coming Lesbian Authors.

    She grew up with all the myths, too, but when her cute rescuer invites her into deep waters for a swim it's notso much the mer as the maid that makes Becky hesitate. (F/F - For content labels and excerpt, see details on publisher's site.)