Neil MacGregor was Director of the National Gallery, London from 1987 to 2002 and of the British Museum from 2002 to 2015, and Chair of the Steering Committee of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin from 2015 to 2018. His previous books include A History of the World in 100 Objects, Shakespeare's Restless World and Germany: Memories of a Nation, all available in Penguin and now between them translated into more than a dozen languages. In 2010, he was made a member of the Order of Merit, the UK's highest civil honour. In 2015 he was awarded the Goethe Medal and the German National Prize. In 2018 the radio series Living with the Gods received the Sandford Saint Martin Award for Religious Broadcasting.

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Jan Smith

Disillusioned following the break-up of her marriage, Claire finds her sexuality reawakened by the mysterious Stuart MacIntosh. He draws her into a sensual intrigue involving one of his rich clients, and her best friend. Then Claire's ex-husband appears on the scene. Who can she really trust?

Palazzo

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

Alaine Hood

Lori is the owner of a New England boutique that specialises in vintage sexy clothing. She spends more time hunting for treasures from the past than enjoying the present. But when she meets Gavin MacLellan, her desires explode into action. Soon, Gavin is introducing Lori to the pleasures she craves but also helping her to confront a family scandal. 
 
Lori's glamorous great aunt Lorelei Price was an erotic photographer who vanished in Paris during the Nazi occupation. Gavin and Lori trace the steps of this enigmatic woman and uncover a dangerous web of seduction and intrigue. As they peel back the layers of mystery, they discover that bondage and domination were prominent in Lorelei's world. Lori's search takes a risky turn when she sets out on her own to relive her great-aunt's adventures. How will the very modern Lori deal with such revelations?

Hard Blue Midnight

Freddie Spencer

Feel is the story of how a small-time boy from humble beginnings in Louisiana rose to the pantheon of greats, to win the 500cc and 250cc GP Championship in the same year – an historic achievement over three decades ago which has never been repeated. 
 
Growing up at the time of the assassination of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Freddie judged by feel, not by colour. Blind to prejudice and discrimination, he formed dynamic connections with people and events, but only years later during his racing afterlife could Freddie come to understand the true power of the things he learned. 
 
Spencer is an articulate and compassionate guide as he describes the thrill and horror of racing in an era when death was a perennial threat. He recalls in pin-sharp detail the frenetic high-octane racing duels with the ‘King’ Kenny Roberts, but also describes a parallel internal journey as he struggled to make sense of it all. 
 
Driven by a search for the personal fulfilment that comes through finding your purpose, Freddie’s story is a universal one. In its message of hope, Feel transcends its genre to offer a story for everyone. Part thriller, part philosophical self-exploration, it is a remarkably insightful account of what it is like to have it all, but wonder why. 
 
“For the first time I will talk about the traumas of my childhood, the contrast between the leaf fire burns, the mistrust and discomfort and the peace and purpose I felt when riding my bike. I didn’t tell my parents about something that happened to me. Why? I felt ashamed, but when I rode I felt connected to everything and the pain in my hand and heart would go away. It gave me the feeling of hope”.

Feel

My Story

In 1314, as a bitter Highland winter draws in, Lady Blanche McNaghten, the young widow of a chieftain is rediscovering her taste for sexual pleasures. Then fate throws her into the path of Black McGregor, a sworn enemy. 
 
Can their mutual lust for each other diminish the natural antagonism?

To Take A Queen

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

Melissa Macneal

1890s New Orleans keeps its secrets like a sultry courtesan, but when the prim and proper Miss Eve spied Chapin, her husband, with a little blonde secret of his own, her anger turns to longing. How can she learn to ignite her husband's passion? Her brother-in-law, the enigmatic Dewel, suggests the highly skilled maids from the School of Domestic Endeavour. They arrive, along with the bewitching Monique, to train Eve in the ways of Seduction. However, things spin rapidly out of control. The maids are not what they seem, and lessons in deportment soon turn into a spanking party! When Chapin discovers these curious trysts, Eve fears she will lose her prestigious place in New Orleans society. Then Chapin's covert life unravels to reveal the biggest secret of all. 
 
Mc MacNeal is the undisputed queen of kinky erotica set in the world of corsets and chaperones.

Evil's Niece

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

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

William Doughty

The young servant girl slid helplessly into the foaming water which filled her mistress's marble bath.Her black and white maid's uniform was instantly drenched and clung to her in a way that outlined every part of her curvaceous body. 
 
"We may, in the seclusion of this home, begin to explore what most people would think of as forbidden pleasures." 
 
With these words Robert Shanescrosse introduces his young and beautiful wife to the peculiar delights he shares with his carefully selected servants at the most peculiar house in Victorian England. Yet he has an even darker secret which requires everyone at the manor to work hard to satisfy the strange desires of three men of dubious integrity. 
 
Why does the puritanical Mr Blanking send young ladies into muddy pond wearing only theit hats? Can the wicked Sir Horace ever obtain the satisfaction he craves through cruelty? And why is David making such strange demands? How can Robert, Jane and their servants offer pleasures extreme enough to please them?

Pleasing Them

Katrina Vincenzi-Thyne

Historian Julia Symonds is beginning to lose her patience with David, her patronising and overbearing fiancé, as they cruise around the Mediterranean. Then she is approached by the charismatic - and sexually sophisticated - Rupert and Merise, who need her help in their quest for the lost treasure of Ancient Troy. 
 
The exact location of the city's remains is a secret, known only to a ruthless criminal fraternity, and Julia must call upon her powers of seduction to extract the necessary information from its ringleader. Her previous shyness and inhibitions forgotten, she soon finds herself relishing the ensuing game of sensual deceptions - and the numerous other pleasures to which her new associates introduce her.

Odyssey

Robert Black

Three men are committed to Her Majesty's Prison Cairncrow on the same day. There's Paul - a young, tough inner-city robber. Simon, by contrast, is gentle, feminine, and obviously gay, and the third, John, is an ex-vicar. The prison is a corrupt and cruel institution, run by sadistic officers and bullying hard men. It's also a sexual minefield - the old-timers prey on the newcomers and the guards prey on everybody. Will the three new inmates find their niche in this brutish new environment?

Hard Time

Deanna Ashford

In the kingdom of Harn, a marriage is arranged between Rianna - a beautiful daughter of the warrior woman Kitara - and Lord Sarin, ruler of the rival kingdom of Percheron. Rianna has inherited her mother's rebellious spirit and begs her father that she be spared from the marriage as Sarin is notorious for his voracious sexual appetite. 
 
Her pleas are ignored and Rianna is taken on the epic journey to Percheron. En route, she meets Tarn, a young nobleman who has been captured by Sarin's brutal guards for attempting a rebellion. Their desire for each other is instant and Rianna is only too keen to submit to Tarn's seductive charms. On arrival in Pecheron, however she finds that Sarin's world is one of orgiastic indulgence and he plans to use both Tarn and Rianna as his pleasure slaves. Can she find a way to save Tarn without causing unrest between the kingdoms?

Savage Surrender

K Grahame

Janet and Lisa are very special girls. Blessed with astounding good looks and libidos bordering on nymphomania, their mission is a simple one; to have as much naughty fun as possible. But a powerful guardian is keeping a watchful eye over proceedings. Only when the girls have performed every lascivious act known to mankind will he reveal his true identity. 
 
It's a challenge they accept with relish!

Fallen Angels

Juliet Hastings

Kidnapping is a particularly cruel crime. Wealth and the friendship of the chief Constable are of no help to Robert and Joanna Hamilton when their young son and his nanny are held to ransom by an anonymous and ruthless gang. The Hamiltons insist that their case merits the attention of a senior police officer. John Anderson gets the job, and arranges the exchange of the hamiltons’ cash for young Robbie. 
But nothing is a straightforward as it seems. Disloyalty and betrayal are everywhere; in the Hamilton household; in Anderson’s squad; in the kidnappers’ triangular affair of love and lust. Even the new woman in Anderson’s life can’t be trusted. The police operation goes catastrophically wrong, and Anderson has to take the blame. He sets out single-handed to track down the kidnappers, and finds himself in deadly danger.

A Waiting Game

Without time to draw breath from the dignities already heaped on them, the three sisters of Disciplined Skin - blonde Anna, redhead Beth, raven Gwen - are plunged into the new tortures and humiliations gleefully devised for them by their mysterious leather-clad captor Herr Abraham Barengelt. Putting its heroines through ordeals that range from mild to perversely bizarre, Beast is sure to confirm the reputation its author has already established for surreal erotic depravity that entertains as much as it arouses.

Beast

Sedalia Johnson

It's 1750. Orphaned Amelia, headstrong and voluptuous, goes to live with wealthy relatives. During the journey she meets the exciting, untrustworthy Marquis of Beechwood. She manages to escape his clutches only to find he is a good friend of her Aunt and Uncle. Although aroused by him, she flees his relentless pursuit, taking up residence in a Covent Garden establishment dedicated to pleasure. When the marquis catches up with her, Amelia is only too happy to demonstrate her new-found disciplinary skills.

Pleasure's Daughter

Rev'd Dr Eramus St Jude Croom DD

The best libraries in Victorian Britain kept this tome under lock and key, permitting access only to doctors and professors. Scotland Yard had a copy in their reference library, and even Sherlock Holmes may have had recourse to a copy in certain investigations. In private collections across the English speaking world, it was kept on top shelves, or safely stowed in locked cabinets, beyond the reach of minors, domestics and spouses. Any woman who gazed upon its pages was said to have fainted away. The church campaigned to have it banned and the German translation was burned at Nuremberg. Many antiquarian book sellers believe the book to have been a myth, others claimed it changed hands at enormous cost, and some are certain all original copies are now lost. But Curious Pleasures does exist and is back in print - nearly a century since it's last apocryphal edition. This encyclopaedic treasure of adult pleasures, dysfunctions and unacceptable female behaviour has been fully restored with the original illustrations intact. In modern hands, this forbidden work of scholarly madness will prove hilarious.

Curious Pleasures

A Gentleman's Collection of Beastliness

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

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

Michelle M Pillow

Just what the Doctor ordered...? 
 
Super smart Dr Victor Richmond doesn't make time for women or dating. He is obsessed with his research. 
 
Kat Matthews is a free spirit who believes that life is an adventure. When she meets an eccentric, rich couple they make her a bizarre proposition. They want to hire her to date their son. And not just date him. They want her to train him in how to date so he'll continue doing so afterward. 
 
But underneath his super-nerd exterior this scientist is super hot...and Kat's about to get more than she bargained for... 
 
Book one in the Matthews Sisters series.

Bit by the Bug: A Rouge Erotic Romance

Yolanda Celbridge

Having taken up residence as principal of St Agatha's Academy for Young Ladies, the elegant and perverse Miss Constance de Comynge is determined to make her establishment the envy of all others. 
 
The most beautiful and lascivious of her students join the select 'swish' club where they learn the art of administering and receiving a variety of invigorating punishments. Their passion for discipline soon finds favour with a number of gentlemen in the locale.

The Governess at St Agatha’s

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

Fleur Reynolds

A lush, erotic historica novel set in 16th century Peru... 
 
Left in the care of a debauched viceroy , the young princess lnez is determined to find an escape route from her guardian's vile clutches. She leaves her palatial home and sets off into unknown territory, hot on the trail of her lover, the insatiable Lorenzo. Rescued from certain death by a group of Amazonian warriors, Inez is recognised as a tribal queen and is initiated into the ways of the forest people. 
 
Simultaneously, a young English woman is searching for her brother: the licentious adventurer, Lord Andrew Parsons. Deep in the heart of the forest, the young princess has discovered a young man whose capacity for the more esoteric physical enjoyments seems unlimited. Very soon, all their paths will cross.

Conquered

Stephanie Calvin

Inspired by her grandfather's memoirs, the young and beautiful Amelia decides to begin an erotic adventure of her own. Soon all around her are drawn in to her schemes, acting out her darkest fantasies - from her best friend, Alice, who loves to be commanded, to her shy aunt, Susan, who needs gentle persuasion. All of them will join in her games, before her final, most lewd drama unfolds, in the summerhouse. 
 
Follow the adventures of the bold Amelia, as she and her young friends stretch the boundaries of erotic role-playing. Let them show you how it can be when the most perverse impulses are allowed free rein, with no controls, no conditions, no limits.

Disciples Of Shame

Tasker Dean

Sam has waited all his life for the man he knows waits for him somewhere. When he visits the island of Skate to do some work for Denton, a mysterious young aristocrat, he is taught how to submit to other men; acting out an elaborate fantasy in which the young men become wrestling slaves as in ancient Rome and Denton their master. 
 
At first, Sam is reluctant, but before long he is submerged in a world where sex and status are interwoven. He must learn how to win and how to lose. If he is to have his beautiful prize - the wrestler Robert - he must learn how the Romans played their games.

Roman Games

Morgana Baron

As Charlotte travels to Europe to claim her share of her father's legacy, her thoughts turn inevitably to Veronica, her sensual, sadistic stepsister, whom she will be seeing again for the first time in years. Charlotte's fear and hatred of Veronica is tempered by insurmountable lust, and by her taste for submission, bondage and masochism. 
 
The sisters' destination is Steinreich, a tiny self governing principality which, for centuries, has been a haven for some very unlikely refugees. Its inhabitants seem happy to live according to its bizarre laws and customs and Veronica, too, seems quite at home there. 
Charlotte, however, dreads to think of what she will be forced to endure for the next month, in order to qualify for her inheritance.

Rue Marquis De Sade

Zoe Le Verdier

Anna Caplin is an ambitious TV reporter. When her boss offers her a chance to infiltrate a secret medical institute, she grabs the opportunity, not realising the institute specialises in sexual experimentation. It isn't long before Anna finds herself involved in some highly unorthodox situations with Doctor Galloway - the institute's director. 
 
The she meets the attractive but melancholy Frank, Doctor Galloway's son, who knows the secrets on the institute. Will Anna discover them before her taste for games of submission and control grows into an insatiable hunger?

Undercover Secrets

Antoinette Powell

Julia is an art conservator at a prestigious museum in New York. She lives a life of designer luxury with her Wall Street millionaire husband until, that is, she discovers the dark and criminal side to his twilight activities - and storms out, leaving her high-fashion wardrobe behind her. 
 
Staying with her best friends Zoe and Jack, Julia is initiated into a hedonistic circle of New York's most beautiful and sexually adventurous people. 
 
Meanwhile, David, her husband, has disappeared with all their money. What transpires is a high-octane manhunt - from loft apartments to sleazy drinking holes; from the glitziest nightclubs to the criminal underworld.

Manhattan Passion

Innocent orphan Sophia joins the House of Rodings, a maid's training school deep in the Essex countryside, where she meets a cast of submissive and dominant females, all adoring or envious of her voluptuous bottom. Sophia thrives amidst the complex ranks, rules and punishments of her House's heirarchy until, saved once from poverty and penury, she willingly embraces degradation of a different sort.

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