Master of the Game

Black Lace Classics

Black Lace - the leading erotic fiction imprint for women

Portia Da Costa is one of the most internationally renowned authors of erotica. 
 
She is the author of Continuum, Entertaining Mr Stone, Gemini Heat, Gothic Blue, Gothic Heat, Hotbed, In too Deep, Kiss it Better, Shadowplay, Suite Seventeen, The Devil Inside, The Stranger and The Tutor; as well as being a contributing author to a number of Black Lace short-story collections.

Can a student become the master? 
 
Uninspired by her mundane office job, Joanna Darrell decides to throw herself into a new way of life that revolves around giving and receiving punishment. 
 
Drawn in by a chain of coincidences, like Alice in a decadent wonderland, she enters a parallel world of perversity and unusual pleasure. But can her experimenting really become a way of life? 
 
From Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep and How to Seduce a Billionaire

Magic and Desire

A scintillating collection of novellas featuring the Sunday Times bestselling author Portia Da Costa

Described as 'inimitable' and 'legendary' Portia Da Costa has been writing erotic bestsellers for more years than she cares to remember. She's been with Black Lace from the beginning. 
 
Janine Ashbless is a well-established writer of fantasy, horror and erotic fiction. She lives in York. 
 
Olivia Knight is a graduate from Oxford University and a teacher in that city - a place she magically recreates like Phillip Pullman. She is an enthusiast for old religions, folklore and mythology. Her unique blend of fantasy and reality, of science fiction and magic, makes her the new name to watch in erotic romance.

Three novellas of forbidden desire and otherworldly passions, from the leading names in erotic fiction, including the Sunday Times bestselling author Portia Da Costa. 
 
The House of Dust by Janine Ashbless: 
A young Queen who must descend into the Underworld to bring her lover back from the dead... 
 
Ill Met by Moonlight by Portia Da Costa: 
A handsome, yet enigmatic stranger who yearns to experience human love and desire... 
 
The Dragon Lord by Olivia Knight: 
And a Princess with a sizzling secret which is about to be unleashed...

Hotbed

Black Lace - the leading erotic imprint for women

Portia Da Costa can always be relied on to deliver the erotic goods, and Hotbed doesn't disappoint..."hot" is the operative word

Heartfelt and emotional, Da Costa's writing is about more than just sex; she thoroughly explores the dynamics of attraction and relationships

How the other half live... 
 
Natalie and Patti are two sisters as opposite as can be. While Patti has been voraciously bedding a whole host of hunks, for shy and retiring Natalie, an illicit liaison is something she can only dream of... 
 
That is until she gives in to temptation and initiates a sexy encounter on a train with a complete stranger. Enamoured by the thrill of the chase, she opens herself up to a whole new world of seduction... 
 
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

The Tutor

Black Lace - the leading erotic fiction imprint for women

Lessons in seduction... 
 
When Rosalind Howard takes a job as private librarian for the charming and distinguished Julian Hadey, she soon finds that cataloguing his collection of erotica will be the least of her duties. 
 
Julian requires a tutor for his wife’s cousin. Though young and beautiful, David is extremely sheltered and uninitiated in the arts of erotic love. Can Rosalind teach him all there is to know about pleasure? 
 
A kinky erotic romance from Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep and the Accidental series.

How to Seduce a Billionaire

A brand new erotic romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

A powerfully seductive, modern-day Pretty Woman fantasy - with loads more sex!

The virgin and the billionaire… 
 
Just because Jess Lockhart is a virgin in her late twenties doesn’t mean she isn’t interested in men. In fact, far from it: she fantasies about finding the perfect man who can fulfil her every desire. 
 
Her new boss, handsome billionaire Ellis McKenna, seems perfect for the job. It is clear he is as attracted to her, as she is to him. However, a tragic past has left Ellis vowing to never do ‘serious’ relationships again. Having allowed herself to be seduced by a billionaire can Jess teach him about love? 
 
If you like Fifty Shades of Grey you’ll love this!

Suite Seventeen

Black Lace - erotic fiction for women

Portia writes sex for connoisseurs of quality erotica

The Waverley Grange Country Hotel: where even the most innocent can submit to their deepest desires… 
 
After spying her neighbours having a kinky rendez-vous in their back garden, Annie Conroy is intrigued, and decides to check in to the hotel well known for its erotic and alluring guests. 
 
Under the stern but playful eye of exotic Master Valentino, Annie quickly discovers the hidden depths of her own sensuality, and surrenders herself to his power games. But dare she give her heart to a man who only answers to ‘Master’…? 
 
Give in to temptation with Suite Seventeen, an erotic romance from Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

Portia Da Costa

The Accidental Trilogy brings together three of renowned erotica author Portia Da Costa's most successful and seductive novels: 
 
The Accidental Call-Girl 
The Accidental Mistress 
The Accidental Bride. 
 
Follow innocent Lizzie's journey into the dark, erotic world of billionaire tycoon John Smith, into a life beyond her wildest dreams...

Portia Da Costa

Books by Portia Da Costa

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