The Prelude to Teleny (1899) is an erotic novel published anonymously, yet often attributed to Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. A loosely related prequel to the novel Teleny (1893), which is considered one of the first works of fiction to openly depict homosexuality, The Prelude to Teleny is the story of a young girl’s sexual awakening and subsequent downfall, as well as of the son she bears. “My childhood was a very dull one. I am hardly certain whether I remember my mother or not, for I was only...
Unlaced by Candlelight
by Carole Mortimer, Bronwyn Scott, Ann Lethbridge, Amanda McCabe, and Marguerite Kaye
A collection of five tantalisingly seductive Regency short storiesNOT JUST A SEDUCTION by Carole Mortimer -The Earl of Chambourne has never forgotten the only woman he’s ever loved. So when he discovers Sylviana is a widow he hungers to possess her once again. AN OFFICER BUT NO GENTLEMAN by Bronwyn Scott - Elowyn Bagshaw is not the simpering lady Captain Grahame Westmore expected to escort to Vienna. He’s got a fight on his hands – one they’re both going to enjoy!ONE NIGHT WITH THE HIG...
The Street Music Chronicles (Orchestra Music, #2) (Street Music, #1)
by Christopher Reutinger and Baron Hosenruck
Forbidden Fruit - Luscious and Exciting Story; And More Forbidden Fruit or Master Percy's Progress in and Beyond the Domestic Circle
by Anon
Anna Hill is a McGill assistant professor of Medieval History and Gender on the eve of her 40th birthday. She specializes in the birth of romance. But after devoting decades of study to her subject, she craves an exotic romance of her own. When nobody steps up, she secretly crafts a bodice-ripping Harlequin set in Medieval Spain. But love soon takes on new meanings when a visiting Parisian professor wants to prove to her that romance is history.
„Justine oder die Leiden der Tugend" (franz. Originaltitel: «?Justine ou les Malheurs de la vertu?») ist ein Roman des Schriftstellers Marquis de Sade, den er 1787 während seiner Inhaftierung in der Bastille verfasste. Justine und Juliette sind die Töchter eines bankrotten Kaufmanns. Nach dem Tod der nahezu mittellosen Mutter beschließt Juliette, als Prostituierte ins Bordell zu gehen, verübt eine Reihe von Verbrechen, erwirbt Reichtum und wird glücklich. Justine hingegen wählt den Weg der Tugen...
Miranda Howell grieved for the Navajo and yearned to educate their children for the future they'd face, not the past they mourned. But her every effort was thwarted by a proud warrior who desired only to keep his people strong-and help Miranda free the passion in her soul.... Ahkeah knew his duty to his People, his daughter, his wife's memory. Yet he was unsure of how to treat an enemy who wore skirts and smelled of lilacs. Miranda Howell had come to the desert full of curiosity and co...
Burdened by a dark and joyless past, Rosamund Clavier would not go willingly to the altar. Indeed, if her plans held true, she would not go at all. But fate intervened in the person of a near-legendary knight called Agravar, a Viking warrior determined to save her#151;from herself! A life of service to his chosen lord left Agravar little time for romance, courtly or otherwise-until he rescued the Lady Rosamund and his destiny was sealed. For he knew 'twould be this woman and no other....
THE BATTLE-WEARY WARRIOR HAD FINALLY MET HIS MATCH... More warrior than woman, Lady Julianna D'Arcy had sworn to defend her home against all enemies. She knew not if her unexpected guest was friend or foe, but infinitely more dangerous than any adversary was the way the mere sight of Sir William Bowman stirred her blood unlike any man she'd ever seen before!
The Duke's Cinderella Bride (Harlequin Historical, #960) (Mills & Boon Harlequin Historical, #1)
by Carole Mortimer
From plain Jane to society bride! Brooding Hawk St Claire, Duke of Stourbridge, believes Jane Smith to be a mere servant girl – albeit a remarkably attractive one! So when genteel Miss Jane is wrongly turned out of her home for inappropriate behaviour following their encounter, the Duke takes her in as his ward. Although Hawk is the first man to make Jane’s pulse race, she knows she cannot risk falling for his devastating charm. A marriage between the...
How to Disgrace a Lady (Rakes Beyond Redemption, #1)
by Bronwyn Scott
Merrick's season of outrageous scandal has taken a challenging turn. Caught in a--far less than usually--compromising situation with Lady Alixe Burke, this so-called gentleman is tasked by her father with making his daughter marriageable! Lady Alixe, more happy in the library than the ballroom, is most definitely left-on-the-shelf material. He'll never walk away from a wager, but Merrick's expertise extends way beyond society etiquette. Never before entrusted with a woman's modesty, Merrick sets...
The Harlot's Daughter (Harlequin Historical, #870)
by Blythe Gifford
Her vulnerability made her dangerous... Lady Solay's eyes met those of a hard-edged man. His implacable gaze sliched through her and, for an instant, she forgot everything else. A mistake. She had no time for emotion when so much depended on her finding favor at court. Lord Justin Lamont couldn't look away from the late king's scandalous-illegitimate-daughter. Head held high, she walked as if the court adored her. No matter the pain in her eyes, Justin...
Pickpocket Countess (Harlequin Historical, #889) (Mills & Boon Historical)
by Bronwyn Scott
It's Brandon Wycroft's duty as the Earl of Stockport to catch the "Cat," a notorious thief who is stealing from rich local homes to feed the poor. Discovering that the Cat is a woman, he changes his plan of action-to a game of seduction! Mysterious and tempting, she teases him. And, as the net closes around the Cat, Brandon realizes he wants to protect her as well as bed her. But the only way to catch her is to spring the parson's mou...