Chilli Heat

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Manchester-based writer Carrie Williams travels widely as a reviewer of hotels, restaurants and bars. She began writing for Black Lace's Wicked Words short story collections before progressing to novels. 
 
She is the author of Chilli Heat, The Apprentice and The Blue Guide..

Let down by her travelling companion at short notice, Nadia Kapur reluctantly agrees to take her recently divorced mother, Valerie, on her gap-year trip to India. However, her mother turns out to be anything but the conservative presence she had feared. As the two women explore India's most exotic locations, it is Valerie who experiences a sexual reawakening with a succession of lovers and Nadia who is forced to wrestle with her own inhibitions and repressed desires. The landscape and the people ultimately work their transforming magic on both mother and daughter, causing Valerie to think again about her ex-husband and tempting Nadia with the possiblity of true love.

The Blue Guide

Black Lace - the leading erotic imprint for women

Cocktails, room service, spa treatments: Alicia Shaw is a girl who just can't say no to the little perks of being a private tour guide in London. Whether it's the Hollywood producer with whom she romps in the private screening room of one of London's most luxurious hotels, or the Australian pilot whose exhibitionist fantasies reach a new height on the London Eye, Alicia finds that flirtation - and more - is part of the territory. 
But when internationally renowned flamenco dancer and heartthrob Paco Manchega, and his lovely young wife Carlotta, take her on as their guide, Alicia begins to wonder if she has bitten off more than she can chew. As the couple unleash curious appetites in Alicia, taking her to places more darkly beautiful than she has ever known, she begins to suspect she is being used as the pawn in some strange marital game.

Carrie Williams

Black Lace Classics

Will the student become the master? 
 
When aspiring writer Genevieve Carter takes a job for Anne Tournier, her favourite erotic novelist, she fast becomes her muse. 
 
Led into a world of temptation with a number of hot men, Genevieve finds that some pleasures are too hard to deny. 
 
But while her mistress is happy to encourage her bad behaviour, she’s not prepared for Genevieve to become her rival...

Carrie Williams

Books by Carrie Williams

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