Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Aran Ashe

Leah, a pretty young slave from the citadel, has been claimed as body-slave by Josef, the handsome outlander who must now assume the responsibility of training her in the Tormunite ways of lust. Together they embark upon a quest for the lovely milk-slave Sianon, reportedly abducted by soldiers as a vessel for their pleasure and cruelty. Josef's worst fears are confirmed when he discovers that Sianon is being held in the notorious fleshpots of the mined of Menrig.

Slave-Mines of Tormunil

Suki Cunningham

When London actress Holly Parker arrives in a remote Cornish village to begin rehearsing a new play, everyone there - from her landlord to her theatre director - seems to have an earthier attitude towards sex. Brought to a state of constant sexual arousal and confusion, Holly seeks guidance in the form of local therapist, Joshua Delaney. He is the one man who can't touch her - but he is the only one she truly desires. Will she be able to use her new-found sense of sexual adventure to seduce him?

Opening Acts

Tormunil: the mysterious citadel of erotic mastery from which there can be no escape. Sianon is the beautiful love-slave whose breast weep milk: Josef the outlander who tries to save her, only to be drawn ever deeper into a vortex of perverse desires. 
 
The thwarted lovers await love and punishment at the hands of the rulers of the citadel.Here they will be called on to please the single-minded Lady Berengaria, the decadent Magus, and th e wayward Princess Janna, each of whom will seek, through intimate and unusual means, to excite and prolong pleasure on demand. 
 
In the Citadel of Servitude, every avenue of sexual love must be tested, every strange pleasure explored, and every taboo broken.

Citadel Of Servitude

Emma Holly

Bookstore owner Kate comes home from work one day to find her two flatmates in bed...together. Joe - a sensitive composer - is mortified. Sean - an irrepressible bad boy - asks her to join in! 
 
Kate's been fantasising about her hunky new housesmates since they moved in, but she was convinced they were both gay. Realising that pleasure is a multi-faceted thing, she sets her cares aside and embarks on a ménage à trois with the wild duo. Kate wants nothing more than to keep both her admirers happy, but inevitably things become complicated, especially at work. Kate has told her colleagues that Joe and Sean are gay but the gossip begins when she's caught in a clinch with one of them in her lunch hour! To add to this, one of Kate's more conservative suitors is showing interest again, but she's hooked on the different kind of loving that she enjoys with her boys - even though she knows it cannot last. Or can it?

Menage

Jean Aveline

Anton and Magdalena are brother and sister, separated at birth but reunited as teenagers. The forbidden nature of their love for each other only serves to intensify their passion for experimentation - for the most perverse sexual games. Working as dancers, they fall under the spell of the manipulative Sophie and the masterful Dieter, both of whom secretly foster the darkest plans for the couple.

Exposing Louisa

Penelope Douglas

On the other side of town are five brothers. . . 
 
Macon is the oldest. I've never seen him smile. 
 
Army is a single dad with beautiful green eyes. 
 
Iron will be in prison soon. 
 
Dallas is the one I hate. 
 
Trace used to be mine. 
 
I need to go home. Away from the swamps and these men. I’ll leave tomorrow. Tonight I'll crash on the couch tonight. 
 
Everyone is asleep. Except for one. He sees me crying. I let him wrap his arms around my body and hold me. 
 
I don’t think it was Trace. 
 
Which means it was another brother. 
 
I don’t know who, but I can’t help but want him to hold me again. . .

Five Brothers

G Edenbridge

Medieval Britain: Frank du Bois, an orphaned young nobleman, abandons his hopeless love for Rob, a young woodcutter, believing they are half-brothers. But, through a mysterious journey that includes his induction into a bizarre phallic cult, the Brothers of the Tree of Life, Frank learns all bout sex magic. He learns, too, the obscure details of his past and concludes that he and Rob may not be related after all. .

Brotherhood

Virginia Crowley

Robert and James are upstanding members of the community. They are young professionals with bigoted, conservative upper-middle-class girlfriends. When Michele - a gorgeous stripper at the notorious club Hot Summer's - sees Robert's shiny red new roadster, she is overcome by a desire to possess it. Manipulating his friends and neighbours with offerings of ever more sordid sexual delights, she engineers Robert's descent into a tangled world of erotic temptation. As his character degrades from that of an altruistic medical researcher into a drooling plaything around the manicured fingers of his keeper, Robert's fiancée and best friend try to help him; unfortunately, their involvement also subjects them to the irresistible lure of pretty toys.

Longing for Toys

Emily Rath

James Corbin, Viscount Finchley, has two goals: guarantee his brother George gets married, and ensure his best friend Burke does not... at least not to the gorgon that is Lady Olivia Rutledge. 
 
Burke is fully onboard with this plan. Together with their friend Renley, the gentlemen concoct an elaborate ruse designed to set Burke free from his matrimonial snare. 
 
George is finally engaged, but as the day of his wedding approaches, secrets from their past emerge, threatening each of their futures. Can James survive his brother's debauchery? Can Burke survive the social politics threatening to confine him? Can Renley… survive? 
 
Rosalie Harrow, a young lady without family, fortune, or title, tears through their lives with plans of her own: save Burke from the altar, save Renley from the ghosts that haunt him, and save James from himself. 
 
For love of Rosalie, the gentlemen must prove willing to try anything, risk anything, and be anything she needs.

His Grace, The Duke

Samantha Young

Four years ago, Jocelyn Butler left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Edinburgh. Burying the grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without any real attachments has worked well for her so far - but when Joss moves into a fantastic apartment on Dublin Street, her carefully guarded world is shaken to its core by her new roommate's sexy older brother. 
 
Braden Carmichael is a man who always gets what he wants. And what he wants is Jocelyn in his bed. Knowing how skittish Joss is concerning any kind of relationship, Braden proposes a sexual arrangement that should satisfy the intense attraction between them without it developing into anything 'more'. An intrigued Jocelyn agrees, completely unprepared for the Scotsman and his single-minded determination to strip the stubborn young woman bare . . . to the very soul.

On Dublin Street

Alison Tyler

Jessica Taylor is an LA girl through and through: ambitious, stylish and not afraid to ask for what she wants. And what she wants more than anything is to become a reporter. Her editor-in-chief Dashiell Cooper holds that key, but is only willing to give it to her at a price. Finding Jess's ruthless nature too enticing to ignore, he uses a whole repertoire of charmer's tricks to try and seduce her, but she challenges him at every turn. 
 
In a game of kinky cat and mouse, Jess finds her pleasure elsewhere through X-rated games with sultry-looking guys who resemble James Dean. But as Dashiell teases her with the life she wants, surrounded by glamourous parties and LA gossip, can Jessica get there herself without giving in to Cooper's erotic obsessions? Can she prove that the only thing naked is her ambition? 
 
Rouge romance - the best erotic romance novels, perfect for fans of Sylvia Day’s Crossfire series.

Sweet Thing: A Rouge Erotic Romance

Johanna Lindsey

It was to be a great adventure for Melissa MacGregor - an escape from the wilds of her Scottish home into the world of the London Season. There she hopes to find a suitable husband who will not be intimidated by her sixteen uncles, six of whom are called Ian. But before she begins her pursuit of a new life, she encounters an intriguing stranger on her grandfather's lands. 
 
Lincoln Ross Burnett, the seventeenth Viscount Cambury, once called Scotland his home, until as a boy of twelve he was sent away to London after his father's death, the subject of a bitter family feud. Now, as he roams the countryside of his youth, he still feels the bitterness of his exile - until he meets Melissa, and is struck by her beauty and liveliness. He pursues her to London, where even their shared passion may not be powerful enough to overcome the devastating hatred of those who have sworn his destruction...

The Pursuit

an escapist package of love, passion, and conflict from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey

Jane Green

Alice knows she should be happy. 
 
After all she has a handsome husband, a beautiful house and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband's skirt-chasing are becoming harder to ignore? 
 
When Joe's indiscretions force a transfer to New York, Alice hopes it might be a fresh start. And when they find a beautiful old house in Connecticut Alice is overjoyed. For a while she and Joe seem as happy as newlyweds. 
 
But then the late nights and unexplained absences start again. What should Alice do? Stay and fight for him? Or leave with her head held high?

Spellbound

Eve Berlin

Connor Galloway is about to meet his match. 
 
Mischa Kennon may be willing to let the sexy Irishman into her bed, but many a dominant man has tried to tame her and failed. 
 
Only for all Mischa’s talk she’s relatively inexperienced when it comes to intimate power games. Can Connor tempt her to surrender to her innermost desires? 
 
A dark sensual romantic novel perfect for fans of E.L. James, from the acclaimed author of Pleasure’s Edge and Desire’s Edge.

Temptation's Edge

Erotic Romance

Jilly Cooper

In Jilly Cooper's third Rutshire chronicle we meet Ricky France-Lynch, who is moody, macho, and magnificent. He had a large crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who was fair game for anyone with a cheque book. He also had the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita couldn't wait to leave her dreary school and become a polo player.The polo set were ritzy, wild, and gloriously promiscuous.Perdita thought she'd get along with them very well. 
 
But before she had time to grow up, Ricky's life exploded into tragedy, and Perdita turned into a brat who loved only her horses - and Ricky France-Lynch. 
 
Ricky's obsession to win back his wife, and Perdita's to win both Ricky and a place as a top class polo player, take the reader on a wildly exciting journey - to the estancias of Argentina, to Palm Beach and Deauville, and on to the royal polo fields of England and the glamorous pitches of California where the most heroic battle of all is destined to be fought - a match that is about far more than just the winning of a huge silver cup...

Polo

Ray Gordon

When young and sexually vivacious Sheena is dumped by her snobbish older boyfriend, she decides to get her revenge. So using her sexual prowess she sets out to seduce his three brothers. Her lewd language and loose behaviour prove irresistible to the men and before long she has bedded them all. But her goal of marrying into the wealthy family remains as distant as ever. In desperation, Sheena sets her sights on the father; but 'the Boss', as he is known by his sons, is determined to regain his family's honour and at the same time teach the wanton young woman a lesson in respect.

Indecent Pursuit

Monica Belle

This is the story of Lucy Doyle, a red-haired and hot-tempered London Irish girl with her eyes on the prize- and young men's trousers. Her family have got her a job in a Parochial House in North London for the summer, between leaving school and going to university, but she signs up as an office temp, faking her reference and chancing her luck. Along with fellow recruits - the ladylike but filthy Bobbie and the completely dirty Sophie - this cheeky 'flower of Erin' carves a swathe of debauchery through London's office land, collecting lovers, outraging her bosses and drinking far too much as she causes havoc in the way only a bad girl can

Office Perks

Aishling Morgan

This novel traces the history of the innocent but wilful Octavia Challacombe as she is corrupted by the wicked Maray family. Along with Polly Endicott and a group of other buxom Devon girls, she is cajoled and teased into providing increasingly perverse services for the Squire and his family. 
Part of the Cream Series. Other titles include Peaches and Cream and Cream Tease.

Devon Cream

Bad girls and beautiful bodies dazzle in downtown LA in this story of naked ambition. 
 
Jessica Taylor is an LA girl through and through: ambitious, stylish and a big fan of old Hollywood movies. What she wants more than anything is to become an ace reporter. Her editor Dashiell Cooper holds that key, but what he wants most of all is her. Jessica is starry-eyed but not as easily pinned down as the cynical Cooper would like. He uses a whole repertoire of charmer's tricks to try and seduce her, but she challenges him at every turn, finding her pleasure playing X-rated games with sultry-looking guys who resemble James Dean. What transpires is a game of kinky cat and mouse set in the hush-hush world of LA gossip columns and glamorous parties. Can Jessica get what she wants without giving in to Cooper's erotic obsessions?

Sweet Thing

Fredrica Alleyn

Scandal and mischief in the aristocracy - a classic romp from Fredrica Alleyn 
 
Ambitious young interior designer Annabel Moss is delighted when a new assignment takes her to Leyton hall - home of the very wealthy Lord and Lady Corbett-Wynne. But the grandeur of the house and the impeccable family credentials are a façade for some shockingly salacious practices. 
 
Lord James is spending an unusual amount of time in the stables while his idle son shows little interest in anything save his step-sister, Tania. Meanwhile, Lady Marina is harbouring dark secrets of her own. Annabel is drawn into a world of decadence where anything is allowed as long as a respectable appearance prevails. In an atmosphere of intensity and sexual secrecy, she becomes involved in a variety of interesting situations.

Dark Obsession

Rosalie Harrow is unmarried, near destitute and faces two choices: snag a wealthy gentleman or take a position as a governess. But headstrong Rosalie sees both futures as a kind of cage. 
 
When Rosalie receives an invitation to Alcott Hall, she believes she’s there to meet the Dowager Duchess of Norland, the mysterious childhood friend of her late mother. Instead, Rosalie is thrust in the middle of a house party of eligible high society ladies all desperate to win the hand of the new, conveniently single duke. 
 
And then there’s the other gentlemen… 
 
Lord James is the duke’s younger brother. 
 
Lieutenant Renley is begrudgingly searching for a bride. 
 
And the tempestuous Mr. Burke, who irks Rosalie to no end. 
 
The clock is ticking until the Michaelmas Ball, when the duke will announce his bride. Marriage is a trap and Rosalie will not be easily snared…but that doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy the chase while it lasts.

Beautiful Things

Brooding hero Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands even the most difficult horse or woman is charmed, is driven by his loathing of the dashing darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black. Having pinched each other’s horses and drunk their way around the capitals of Europe, the feud between the two men finally erupts with devastating consequences at the Los Angeles Olympics . . . 
 
A classic bestseller, Riders takes the lid off international show jumping, a sport where the brave horses are almost human, but the humans behave like animals. 
 
‘Sex and horses: who could ask for more?’ Sunday Telegraph

Riders

The classic book from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Wendy Swanscombe

Three sisters. Anna, Beth, Gwen. Blonde, red, raven. They are hired as secretaries by a wealthy European artist and collector who seems obsessed with their hair - and the whiteness of their skin. They travel to his remote château in the Black Forest, and are sucked into a vortex of erotic obsession and S&amp;M as they learn that their employer means to change their lives - and their bodies - for ever.

Disciplined Skin

HelenKay Dimon

James Patterson

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Ruin me. 
 
Annie Sullivan has spent her life running from her past, until she meets her soul mate, Jasper Monroe. But she isn't willing to settle down with him yet, because there's just one thing missing – one last erotic experience – that may define her relationship... or destroy it.

The Experiment

BookShots

E L James

More than 100 million copies sold worlwide, this is a series that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

In Christian's own words, and through his thoughts, reflections, and dreams, E L James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled hundreds of millions of readers around the world. 
 
CHRISTIAN GREY exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty - until the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs and tumbling brown hair. He tries to forget her, but instead is swept up in a storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist. Unlike any woman he has known before, shy, unworldly Ana seems to see right through him - past the business prodigy and the penthouse lifestyle to Christian's cold, wounded heart. 
 
Will being with Ana dispel the horrors of his childhood that haunt Christian every night? Or will his dark sexual desires, his compulsion to control, and the self-loathing that fills his soul drive this girl away and destroy the fragile hope she offers him?

Grey

The #1 Sunday Times bestseller

Karen S Smith

Four weddings and a seduction… 
 
Emma is not looking forward to her cousin’s wedding: the usual awkward guests, the endless small talk, the bad dancing... But a chance encounter with Kit, a very sexy stranger, leaves her breathless. 
 
Without a chance to say goodbye, Emma resigns herself to the fact that their incredibly hot encounter will be just an erotic memory. But then she meets Kit at another wedding... 
 
A dark, sensual love story perfect for fans of E L James and Sylvia Day.

Wedding Games

Young, gifted and falling for Mr Wrong... 
 
Poppy Miller is an exceptionally bright and ambitious student at a top British university. Determined to make her mark in politics, she has her mind set on finding a husband with similar aspirations to herself. Stephen Mitchell, a second-year law student seems to fit the profile and the young pair begin a tender love affair and plan a future together. But then Dr James McLean, a rakish don, appears on the scene. 
 
Poppy can't help feeling drawn to the older man, and the campus stories about his colourful past and masterful character only increase her fascination. She knows that a liaison with the darkly seductive McLean will change the course of her life, but perhaps deep down that is what she wants after all? Poppy has to make a choice: should she go with her head or with her heart? Her romantic notions or her baser instints...

The Choice

Ivy Fairbanks

The unmissable TikTok sensation! The perfect opposites attract, grumpy x sunshine romance to fall in love with this summer. 
 
He has to marry by his thirty-fifth birthday. She’s sworn off love… 
 
Painfully shy Callum Flannelly would rather dive into an open grave than take a stranger to dinner. But he can only inherit the family undertaking business under one condition: He must marry before his thirty-fith birthday. Texan animator Lark Thompson moved to Galway, Ireland, to restart her life and career, not be reminded of losing her husband by moving in next to a funeral home. 
 
But when she learns of Callum’s dilemma, Lark’s certain she can help him find The One, even if she’s sworn off love herself. Though as the dating project progresses and Lark spends more time with straight-laced, sarcastic Callum, he starts to crack the ice around her grieving heart. And the more joy that vivacious Lark brings to Callum’s grey existence, the less he can imagine letting her return to Texas.

Morbidly Yours

Wendy Harris

Selina is in lust with Matt, the good-looking young man that her stepmother Miranda wasted no time in replacing her father shortly with after his premature death. 
 
When Miranda has to visit the US for three weeks, Selina hatches a plot to seduce Matt. But there are obstacles, including Miranda's older brother - the annoyingly astute Gervaise - who turns up unexpectedly, and Harry, Selina's old flame, who retains a sexual hold over her and is determined to win her back. Sexual mayhem ensues...

The Wicked Stepdaughter

Jack Gordon

When Robert McLeod and his flatmate Angelo travel to a remote Scottish island, they anticipate a relaxing holiday in Robert's newly inherited cottage. Kelpie Island has a strange, rocky beauty, the natives are friendly, and welcome the blond Englishman and the coffee-skinned Argentinian with open arms. 
 
But all is not what it seems. Robert's secret feelings for the handsome Angelo continue to grow, whilst Kelpie Island and its inhabitants are keepers of a more ancient secret, their hospitality hiding a deeper motive. 
 
As Angelo becomes increasingly beguiled by the domineering rulers of the island - and Robert wrestles with pangs of jealousy while assuaging his desires with its willing inhabitants - it becomes apparent that there is more to the island's traditions than either man could ever imagine.

Dark Rider

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