Jessica Martin is not a nice girl. As Prom Queen and Captain of the cheer squad, she'd ruled her school mercilessly, looking down her nose at everyone she deemed unworthy. The most unworthy of them all? The freak, Manson Reed: her favorite victim.

But a lot changes after high school.

A freak like him never should have ended up at the same Halloween party as her. He never should have been able to beat her at a game of Drink or Dare. He never should have been able to humiliate her in front of everyone.

Losing the game means taking the dare: a dare to serve Manson for the entire night as his slave. It's a dare that Jessica's pride - and curiosity - won't allow her to refuse. What ensues is a dark game of pleasure and pain, fear and desire.

Is it only a game?

Only revenge?

Only a dare?

Or is it something more?

The Dare is an 18+ erotic romance novella and a prequel to the Losers Duet. Reader discretion is strongly advised. This book contains graphic sexual scenes, intense scenes of BDSM, and strong language. A full content note can be found in the front matter of the book.

From USA Today bestselling authors Willow Winters and Lauren Landish comes a sexy and forbidden series of standalone romances.



Everything has a price ... and I'm willing to pay.

I trust no one. I thrive with control and I've learned to be ruthless and cold-hearted. I'm not interested in love, but I still have desires.



That's where Dahlia comes in. She's never been a submissive before and I'm eager to train her. When I saw her on stage at the auction, dressed in gold, I knew I had to have her.

She was meant to be a distraction. Nothing more.

Then one lie changed everything. A lie she told to hide how broken she really is.



I own her for now. She's mine for an entire month.

But a month isn't long enough for what I want to do with her. I don't care what the contract says. I bought her and now she's mine.

On her eighteenth birthday, Sasha Pierce's life tragically comes crashing down. Now, working at a Strip Club in New York City, her only focus is surviving from one day to the next-at least until a handsome stranger makes her an offer that she can't refuse. Everything about Jaxon Edwards draws her in. His charm, his mystery, and especially his simple request; to accompany him to his sister's wedding as his fake fiance and to live with him for six months in exchange for more money than Sasha could ever imagine. But, to top it all off, he also offers her a glimpse into a dark, secret lifestyle unlike anything she's ever experienced.

Meet Barbara Bunny Townsend, a gifted student, lifelong athlete, trauma survivor...

And now, helpless prey.

Entangled in a web of horror woven by a sociopathic man, Bunny must learn to lean into her captivity while she plots her escape. But will she ever find a way out? Or will she be fated to remain his toy for the rest of her life? One thing is for certain: nothing is as it seems. Run, Rabbit, Run will take you on a wild ride exploring the depths of pain, pleasure, and how the two intersect in the name of healing.

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Lies.

Betrayal.

An undying passion.

As dark secrets from the past come to light, Sasha finds herself torn between two options.

Loving someone, wholeheartedly, despite their inner demons...

or walking away, and never looking back.

Emma está huyendo de su pasado y planea hacer una nueva vida en Londres. Nunca pensó que ahí conocería a la tentación en persona: Alexander Roe. Un hombre enigmático y seductor que, desde que la conoció, supo que la quería hacer pecar en su cama.
Pecar hasta corromperla.

Aunque Alexander parece ser uno de los millonarios más aclamados de la ciudad,
él también tiene un secreto oscuro que debe guardar.

Ambos podrán salvarse o destruirse el uno al otro.

Antes de perder la cordura, Emma hará que Alexander caiga en la tentación.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

TEMPATION IS THE STRONGEST SIN.

Emma is running away from her past and plans to start a new life in London. She never could have imagined that while there, she would meet temptation incarnated: Alexander Roe. An enigmatic and seductive man who, from the moment he met her, he knew he wanted to make her sin in his bed.

Sin until the point of corruption.

Although Alexander seems to be one of the most acclaimed millionaires in the city, he also has a dark secret he must keep hidden.

They can either save each other or destroy one another.

Before losing her sanity, Emma will make Alexander fall into temptation.

WINNER OF THE LITERARY TITAN BOOK AWARD

Although members of the Dreadmiller family are unanimously beloved for their charitable acts of kindness and good works in the community, they are, at the same time, not the kind of people anyone in their right mind would ever want to mess with. Just because they're nice doesn't mean they're stupid.

Ms. Yvette Cartier, a beautiful wealthy young heiress, deludes herself into believing the world is her oyster and once she makes the critical fumble of trespassing upon the trust and goodwill of the Dreadmillers, to the point where the saint-like sufferance of the family's chief patriarch reaches its breaking threshold, she finds herself in a pretty pickle. And, hoo boy, is she in for a ride!

Due to explicit and provocative content, this novel is not recommended for readers under 18 years of age.

The Eternal Party, an unending festivity that caters to the wildest sexual fantasies. It is held in secret at a magical manor house whose enchantments enforce two ironclad rules: Canines command and felines obey and You can only enter if you want to be here.

Except sometimes the rules are broken.

Calico cat Mila only wanted to get out of the rain, but once she entered the Eternal Party, the house would not let her leave. Now she is trapped and forced to obey the commands of any canine at the party, caught between newly awakened desires and the need to return home.

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Seasonal begins writing sentences and thinking thoughts they never thought possible. They want to give László the pleasure of being nothing. The more they come to like him, to value his sensitivity, his sharp mind, his aesthetics, his ethics, and the more they want his respect, the easier it seems to become to think about destroying him. A new set of capacities which they had only dimly sensed are now coursing in their muscles, their cunt, their blood, their mind.

Abandoned by their Dutch partner after giving up their home and their job to follow him to the Netherlands, humanities scholar Seasonal finds themself single in a strange place for the first time in a decade.

Dipping into the rabbit hole of digital eroticism, Seasonal soon meets László, a male sub who volleys back their cerebral sexts and is seeking a dominant guide. His dating-app profile--a photo of Foucault and the ingenuous greeting Hello, World?--thinly veils his desire to be annihilated. It's a desire that Seasonal senses they can fulfill. But to do this means crossing the frightening gap between their desires and capacities.

Seasonal and László embark on an experiment in remaking intimacy outside the Republic of Gender. But as it continues, the two realize they are staging separate confrontations with domination: Seasonal finds they must confront their own relation to the violence and anger that marked their upbringing in working-class, small-town Australia, while László stages his own confrontation with his decision to leave Viktor Orbán's Hungary. As they attempt to improvise a theater of domination that opens up possibilities of reciprocity, the energies of their sexuality stalk this collaboration, threatening to give them exactly what they bargained or begged for.

A feminist paean to perversity in the tradition of Pauline Réage's Story of O and Anaïs Nin's Delta of Venus, Anna Poletti's hello, world? dares to fully inhabit female power, and to fully face the violence, beauty, and uncharted territories of human sexuality.

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One night.

Three men.

Get passed around, then pass it along.

Owen is a young man who knows what he likes. Namely, a cheap hotel room with an unlocked door and a stream of randos horny for his smooth twink ass. Then, one night the unimaginable happens when he realizes that the anonymous man using him is his favourite uncle . . . and it's too late to do anything about it.

Instead of feeling horrified about what happened between them, Owen finds he wants more, and Uncle Zach doesn't need much convincing.

When uncle and nephew decide to embrace the unconventional bond between them, and set off on a journey of experimentation, they discover that what they share goes far deeper than just their genes.

She's stopped believing there was a Dom out there for her that could match her mind and her kinks.

Aisha McKinney thought she had everything figured out: her dance school Mrs. Brown Dance Studio, was the best in her community, she had the support of her friends and family, and at night she indulged in her other...passions. But when her studio starts losing students and she has to turn to her sex work to keep the lights on, her life takes a turn for the unexpected.

He's accepted this was all life had to give.

Knox Davenport had an orderly life. Work is expanding, his seven-year-old daughter is flourishing, and after a difficult divorce, he's starting to explore his kink through dominant classes with an experienced submissive. But there is only one obstacle to his peace of mind. His daughter's Ballet teacher. Why does Aisha McKinney, the owner of Brown Dance Studio and her half-baked Holiday dance show, threaten to unravel all of his composure?

When Aisha and Knox's goals converge, will they let their pasts dictate their futures, or will they both bend to the needs of their heart?

PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST * PUBLISHING TRIANGLE'S EDMUND WHITE AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION FINALIST *CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE SHORTLIST * NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, DEBUTIFUL, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, AND MORE.

A darkly sensuous tale of awakening that will quietly engulf you in flames.-Ling Ma, author of Severance

The first great book of Summer 2022, and it'll certainly be one of the best books of the decade.-Debutiful

Bold, frightening, and magnificent.-Julia Phillips, Vulture

A love letter to bottoming and being an artist and following yourself.-Carmen Maria Machado

A modern queer feminist Story of O.-Electric Literature

When the unnamed narrator of Little Rabbit first meets the choreographer at an artists' residency in Maine, it's not a match. She finds him loud, conceited, domineering. But when he reappears in her life in Boston and invites her to his dance company's performance, their interaction at the show sets off a summer of expanding her own body's boundaries. Her body learns to obediently follow his, and his desires quickly become inextricable from her pleasure. This must be happiness, right?

But what does it mean for a queer young woman to partner with an older man, for a fledgling artist to partner with an established one? Does falling in love mean eviscerating yourself? Combining the sticky sexual politics of Luster with the dizzying, perceptive intimacy of Cleanness, Little Rabbit is a wholly new kind of coming-of-age story about lust, punishment, artistic drive, and desires that defy the hard-won boundaries of the self.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ONE NIGHT... HE KNEW HE WAS NEVER LETTING HER GO.

Marissa Matlock and her boyfriend are handed a bright red envelope from the mysterious president of Theta Rho Zeta inviting them to the fraternity's scandalous Red Night event, one they know is filled with debauchery. Attending in hopes of discovering her secret desires, Marissa unwittingly draws the obsession of a dark predator. Now, she is unable to escape Xavier's thrall.

As her attempts to avoid him fail, Xavier's twisted plans only ensnare her tighter into his trap. Once she finds out the true reason behind his games, things take a dangerous turn. Will Marissa be able to subvert Xavier's control? Does she even want to?

I need you to understand something, Marissa. You're mine now.

• A very dark stalker romance with multiple twists.
• An anti-hero main male character. Shocking ending.
• Content warnings on author's website. PLEASE proceed with caution.

Fransisco 'Faxx' Wellington saw Crescent at Myth and knew she would become his obsession.

Their connection created a soul tie he wasn't prepared for. But secrets and hidden agendas reveal themselves, leaving Faxx teetering on the edge of darkness that only Cresent can pull him from.

Crescent 'Cent' Johnson is questioning the authenticity of her connection with Fransisco. Deep-seated doubts and insecurities from her past plague her heart, casting a shadow over their vibrant connection. Forced into close proximity with him, it begins to get harder and harder to hide her sordid past. She doesn't want the ghost of her past to show up on his doorstep, but it already looks like she's too late.

Will they be able to deal with their individual demons and prove their connection can stand strong through it all?

Lakyn 'Link' Moore is determined to ensure he forgets all things Mala, but a chance encounter at Myth as the Black Wolf changes everything. Standing before a woman, lying with her hands tied above her head, waiting for him. When he heard the safe word was 'Kite, ' that could be explained away, but when the woman lying before him moaned his name, he knew exactly who lay behind the mask. Payback was the sweetest revenge, and Link would ensure that payback included making Malikita remember the name The Black Wolf.

Malikita 'Mala' Samuels was living a lie she couldn't escape.

Her heart beats only for Link, a man who had intensely captured her soul when they were teens. Their connection was undeniable, and while their love blossomed, promises were made, only to be broken. At eighteen, Mala found herself trapped in a web of obligations and deceit, torn between her desires and the damning evidence that her now fiancé, Charles, held against Link. Mala's heartache grew with each passing day, torn between the love she craved and the fear of the consequences that would bury them.

Will Mala risk it all, defy Charles, and embrace a love that burned with an intensity that could never be extinguished? Or will she sacrifice her own happiness to keep the man she loves safe?

*** This book contains explicit language, graphic violence, and strong sexual content. It is intended for adults. ***

Wake up.Go to work.Come home.Eat.Go to bed.

The continuous cycle sends Chloe to find solace at her family cabin. Nestled deep in the mountains she expects to clear her head. Alone and in control of her urges.

But what happens when she finds more than she bargained for.

One rainy night. A throbbing need. And two masked men waiting to play a dangerous and erotic game of cat and mouse.

Will she run?

Or give into her darkest desires?

It's just a game right...

This is a MMF novella that has an HEA.

Fransisco 'Faxx' Wellington saw Crescent at Myth and knew she would become his obsession.

Their connection created a soul tie he wasn't prepared for, but he refused to let it go. Secrets and hidden agendas have been revealed giving Faxx insight on who was out to destroy him and his brothers. But things went a step too far when Crescent was taken leaving Faxx to fall off the edge into darkness that only Cresent can pull him from.

Crescent 'Cent' Johnson wasn't questioning the authenticity of her connection with Fransisco. Her deep-seated doubts and insecurities from her past still plagued her but she refused to let it rule her. Being in forced proximity with Faxx, turned out to be exactly what she needed. She doesn't want the ghost of her past to appear on his doorstep, but being suddenly kidnapped wasn't in her plans either.

Who took Crescent and will Faxx find his new wife in time to save her life? Will their connection be able to stand strong through it all?

Lakyn 'Link' Moore is determined to find a way to free Mala from Charles. Because of a chance encounter at Myth, the Black Wolf who is Link now has a chance at truly living his life again. Link now has the chance that he should have had with Mala eight years ago. Link would ensure that Malikita will never forget that she belongs to him, and he will stop at nothing to keep her by his side.

Malikita 'Mala' Samuels was living a lie that she would escape or die trying.

Her heart only beats for Link, a man who had intensely captured her soul and she knew he would never let her go again. Their connection was undeniable back then but even more so now. Their love blossomed and once more promises were made, but this time only death would keep them apart. Mala knew she had to keep up her obligations set by Charles because of the damning evidence that was held against Link. Mala had known heartache for eight years and happiness for only a few short weeks igniting the intensity that would never be extinguished. Refusing to accept defeat, Mala knew she had to do whatever it took to take Charles down even if it meant marrying him.

Will Mala continue to sacrifice her own happiness to keep the man she loves safe? Or will Link show Mala that her sacrifice is unnecessary because she already belonged to him?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR $100,000?

Tallulah Daniels has been contacted by the mysterious Society. A $100,000 prize is hers if she can survive 12 hours in the abandoned fairgrounds. It should be easy for a horror movie buff to spend her Halloween being scared by actors.

It turns out to be more than jump scares and costume makeup. She's trapped in a sensual nightmare and pushed to her limits. When quitting isn't an option, will the seductive Lucien turn out to be friend or foe as Tallulah attempts to elude her masked hunters?

Scream at the Fair is a holiday-based erotic novella. Intended for readers 18+. Includes triggers.