Themes: Graphic sex, intense emotions, flawed characters, jealous hero, illegal drug use, anti-heroine, promiscuous behavior.When Tyler Campbell meets Susie Lombardi in a coffee shop, he doesn't expect to sleep with her that night. He also doesn't expect to fall in love. But Susie doesn't want a boyfriend. She lives alone in a house full of locked doors and combination safes, unwilling to answer Tyler's questions about her past . . .or her future. Susie gives Tyler her usual excuses, intent on crushing his hope of a future together. But she doesn't know that when the right guy finds you, he won't give up. How far is Susie willing to run from love? And how far is Tyler willing to chase her?

    Too rough, too demanding, too proficient.But she doesn't know that.So why should I stay away?Lila doesn’t want another nice guy. She’s tired of being the good girl. She wants something new - someone to push her boundaries. She wants me.Naive and curious, she looks at me with that voiceless yearning in her eyes, piercing and pulling until I can no longer resist.Oh, little girl, be careful what you wish for. You will submit to me, you will bend to my will and cry beautiful tears for me. My belt will bite your skin until it blossoms in all shades of red, my restraints will cut into your wrists just like my command will carve into your soul. But you’re not ready for it, are you? Your past keeps reaching out to you, still holding a firm grip on the girl who is trying to break free. You need a resolve - and you need it soon. Before I break every last part of you.

    We've all felt uncomfortable in our own skin at some point, and we've all been told that it's just a part of growing up. But for Arin Andrews, it wasn't a phase that would pass. He had been born in the body of a girl and there seemed to be no relief in sight. In this revolutionary memoir, Arin details the journey that led him to make the life-transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high school junior. In his captivatingly witty, honest voice, Arin reveals the challenges he faced as a girl, the humiliation and anger he felt after getting kicked out of his private school, and all the changes, both mental and physical, he experienced once his transition began. Arin also writes about the thrill of meeting and dating a young transgender woman named Katie Hill and the heartache that followed after they broke up. Some Assembly Required is a true coming-of-age story about knocking down obstacles and embracing family, friendship, and first love. But more than that, it is a reminder that self-acceptance does not come ready-made with a manual and spare parts. Rather, some assembly is always required.

    Jennifer Dailey dreams of opening her own lingerie shop, and she certainly doesn't have the financial means to make those dreams come true. However, when billionaire entrepreneur Jack Montgomery comes into her life, Jack will do anything to help make her fantasies come true--and his. As their relationship intensifies, sexually and emotionally, Jack introduces her to a world of sexual pleasure that she has never known before. But is he pushing the boundaries too far? Will refusing to succumb to his lifestyle end in shattered dreams for the future? Or is this just the beginning of lingerie and lust?

    As a trans woman, she’s used to being the scenic rest stop for others on their way to a happily-ever-after. She knows how desire works, and she keeps hers carefully boxed up to take out on weekends only.After all, you can't be let down if you never ask.Then Dennis Martin walks into Frankie's, fresh from Seattle and looking a little lost. April just meant to be friendly, but one flirtatious drink turns into one hot night.When Dennis asks for her number, she gives it to him.When he asks for her trust, well…that's a little harder.And when the desire she thought she had such a firm grip on comes alive with Dennis, April finds herself wanting passion, purpose and commitment.But when their relationship moves from complicated to impossible, April will have to decide how much she's willing to want.

    Her whole life is leading up to the day she decides to become Grady, a guy. While coming out as transgender feels right to Grady, he isn't prepared for the reaction he gets from everyone else. His mother is upset, his younger sister is mortified, and his best friend, Eve, won't acknowledge him in public. Why can't people just let Grady be himself? Grady's life is miserable until he finds friends in some unexpected places -- like the school geek, Sebastian, who explains that there is precedent in the natural world (parrotfish change gender when they need to, and the newly male fish are the alpha males), and Kita, a senior who might just be Grady's first love. From acclaimed writer Ellen Wittlinger, this is the groundbreaking story of one teen's search for self and his struggle for acceptance.

    Cute teachers. A delinquent. And rich bitches. What exactly has Allie Heywood gotten herself into?Allie Heywood loves to play piano. Ever since she was a child, she's dreamed of being a pianist. In order to go the best music school in her state, she moves in with a family friend-- a young man who also happens to teach at the school.

    The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.

    She is miraculously rescued by the Ambassador of Cameroon, a member of the club who had fallen in love with her. He takes her as his fourth wife and they return to Cameroon where he is the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.Tammy is a strong person and has survived her harrowing years in slavery with most of her sanity and her sense of humor intact, but she is facing major adjustments: her recently restored freedom to a confusing and intimidating world, living in a polygamous household, the very public life as wife of a highly prominent personality, and living in Africa, where she has never been before.It's a struggle. She thought she could press a button and be herself again, but it's a lot harder than she figured. Managing money is especially challenging. She keeps going over budget, incurring the wrath of her co-wives. "Try going five years without a penny to your name, surrounded by people who own 747s and yachts and huge estates," she says. "You lose perspective, and what's worse, you don't even realize that you've lost perspective."Readers will cheer her on as she gradually reclaims her rightful place among free people. There are setbacks: she suffers two devastating miscarriages, and the press has a heyday with the fact that the Minister of Foreign Affairs met his most recent wife in a brothel. Further, wife number three, another American, refuses to recognize any difference between being a whore and a slave in a brothel, is horrified to be Tammy's co-wife.Then it develops that Prince Ibrahim, her owner for three years, decides that he wants her back, and tension builds...

    Four people. Two couples. Six months that will change their lives forever.Kate wants to go travelling before she reaches the big Three-O, while her long-term boyfriend Ed just wants to settle down.Jack is desperate to be a published writer for many reasons, but mainly to save his relationship with fiancee Emma.Emma wants to be an actress more than anything in the world, or at least that's what she thought until she finds out she's pregnant.Told uniquely from all of their perspectives, this is a story about love, growing up and, of course, the search for a happy ending.

    Sure, she’s taken a few risks to try to stop the expansion of Skipjack Bay. And yes, okay, the first time she met with Austin to plead her case, she’d technically been trespassing. But this? His bed, his rules, his massive, let’s just say confidence. Not to mention his uncanny ability to make her come... completely undone. It’s all beyond crazy. Still, the chance to help the families in her hometown is something she can’t turn down. So, she agrees to his terms. Total surrender. Hers. To him. A simple business deal where they both get what they want. The absolute last thing Gina expects is for Austin to want her to surrender her heart to him, too. Previously published as Black Gold 1 & 2, (c) 2012 & (c) 2014 revised throughout with newly added content and an extended ending. Story Note: This steamy standalone includes cameos by a few characters from Tempted Beyond Reason (formerly titled Waking Up Her Curves, which has similarly been republished with revisions and new content), but not to worry, both stories are completely independent from each other.

    His stomach clenched hard, as though he'd been hit. It was just the neighbor lady, Mercedes. J couldn't muster a hello back, not now; he didn't care that she'd tell his mom he'd been rude. She should know better. Nobody calls me Jeni anymore.J always felt different. He was certain that eventually everyone would understand who he really was: a boy mistakenly born as a girl. Yet as he grew up, his body began to betray him; eventually J stopped praying to wake up a "real boy" and started covering up his body, keeping himself invisible - from his family, from his friends...from the world. But after being deserted by the best friend he thought would always be by his side, J decides that he's done hiding - it's time to be who he really is. And this time he is determined not to give up, no matter the cost. An inspiring story of self-discovery, of choosing to stand up for yourself, and of finding your own path - readers will recognize a part of themselves in J's struggle to love his true self.

    A hedonist, a ruthless businessman, and an exquisite lover, he is admired and warned about in the high society of Victorian London. When he encounters a beautiful young woman in the Belle House, the famous brothel on Piccadilly, he is more than intrigued. With the help of in-house maid Krissy, he is determined to seduce the mysterious beauty.Shy virtuous May is in hiding. She is confined to a small room in the back of a brothel and does her best to avoid trouble. Especially Lord Ashbee. The last thing she needs is a man who can destroy her cover, not to mention her innocence. But a few encounters—and he already has her under his spell. When the tragedy is about to strike, no one is willing to help her.Except for Lord Ashbee.On one condition—she will be his mistress.Will Lord Ashbee get what he wants? Powerful men always do. But what happens when the passion becomes all-consuming? When the feelings go beyond lust? When May’s secret takes her away from him and he is faced with his dark past and deepest fears?“The Tender Days of May” is a sensual, enthralling novel about pleasure, love, and the oldest profession on earth.WARNING! WARNING: The book contains violence and scenes of an explicit nature. The Belle House is a brothel, and many characters are of the world’s oldest profession. That being said, if you have issues with any of the above, please, don’t purchase or read the book, for it’s not your cup of tea, and your anger is not mine. Thank you.

    If I stick to it, I can escape and finally be free of my father's suffocating grip on my life. My plan does not include four stubborn, rich hot guys that just happen to run Harvard Academy. Brent, Cole, Tristan, and Axel are the top of the food chain. All the boys want to be them, and the girls want to be with them—except me.The thing about spoiled rich boys... they'll do anything to get what they want. These four have set their sights on me—a sweet, innocent pawn in their game of little white lies. And now my plan is f****d... Lies, lies, lies... The lies from Harvard Academy's Elite had fallen upon deaf ears. With the truth revealed, Sam was the only person I could turn to and trust. But a girl once so broken, was only bent. As I returned, stronger than before. The de Lacharriere's could play their silly little games and spew their lies. One thing remained true, I was getting free of my father's clutches. Even if that meant having to side with the enemy. The four guys who broke my heart with little white lies, would have to heal me with their ugly dark truths. *Bully Romance* Reverse Harem* Angsty* #WhyChoose* Steamy*

    For Don, family is everything. When he isn’t tending to the bar at his cousin’s exclusive club, or making those who have crossed his grandfather pay, he aches for the one woman he can’t have: the friend of his cousin’s wife.Mae is no stranger to secrets and lives her life the way she sees fit. From a suit to leather, she is a woman who believes that order is everything and rules need to be obeyed. Mae finds herself enjoying the safety of her schedule and the comfort of her dominant lifestyle, until the magnetic pull to a man who is off limits tempts her.While admiring each other from afar, a fire within them burns a hole through the lust that has now penetrated the wearisome lives they lead. Collars, titles, pleasure and pain are only a sample of what is to come when love binds them.