Jessica Jenkins means business. She is the powerful CEO of a multi-million dollar company. At work, she runs a tight ship. People jump when she walks by and tend to cower in corners when she walks by. But once she gets home, it's an entirely different story. There, it's her husband Thomas who is in control. In every way. At home, Jessica has to bow to his every whim and submit to his every desire. Bound, gagged, trussed. She exists purely for his pleasure, no matter how degrading it happen...

From early childhood, Annie Sawyer has been plagued by nightmares that awaken her, drenched in sweat and desperately seeking the comfort of her mother's presence. Although she remembers little, the sensation of being watched lingers far after the light switch bathes her room in comfort, and her mother's soothing words ease her fears. The sense that someone is waiting follows her into adulthood, but what are 'they' waiting for?As the latest young Sawyer woman comes of age, the genera...

'Groundbreaking... a must-have.' Independent'A worthwhile tutorial in how to write lyrics.' Evening Standard*What makes a song work?What element causes us to stop, to listen, to listen again? Is it a melody? Is it a beat? Is it the words that are sung, or spoken? Is it what they speak to in us? Is it a combination of all of the above?*Jermaine Scott – aka Wretch 32 – is one of the most important and...

Kat is the nightmare that keeps mothers up at night. They don't want their daughters to be like her, and worse yet, their sons to date her, not that 'dating' is her style. Her ravenous sexual appetite propels her from one conquest to another, with whomever she chooses, be it man or woman, and often times several of each at the same time. No one is off limits to her and no one can resist her charms. But her proclivities and extreme deviant sexual nature have led her to perhaps one lay too m...

Obsession is the story of a lonely house-wife seemingly trapped within a loveless and sexless marriage, working hard every day just to get to the end of the day. She doesn't realize just how lonely and passion-starved she has become until one day, quite out of the blue, she receives a call from an unknown caller who proceeds to blow her mind and expand her sexual horizons with amazing aural sex. He rapidly captures her heart and her lust, to the point where he is all she can think about. H...

Being at the right place at the right time is the theme of this debaucherous tale of lust and passion. Thea becomes the willing participant in a night of unbridled passion and taboo-breaking sexual escapades as she happens to peer through her upstairs window down into her next-door neighbor's backyard. There, illuminated by the lights of the pool, she happens to spy two sexy men engaged in a heated argument and before she realizes what she is doing, she finds herself in their midst playing...

Eight incredibly steamy stories about a hot wife's journey from timidly seeking pleasure outside of her marriage with her husband's consent to increasingly more indulgently seductive experiences. With her husband's approval, and usually in his presence, she embarks upon a journey of self discovery deep into a sexually charged world of limitless possibilities.It begins with Masquerade, where she and her husband begin her journey with a mysterious stranger involved in an intimate enc...

Brought to you by Penguin.A revelatory work of non-fiction from one of the most popular and influential musicians of today: part autobiography, part guide to creativity and part cultural history.What makes a song work? What element causes us to stop, to listen, to listen again? Is it a melody? Is it a beat? Is it the words that are sung, or spoken? Is it what they speak to in us? Is it a combination of all of the above?Wret...

Brought to you by Penguin.Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void.Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, Blackness in museums, Blackness in feminist art movements, as well as Blackness in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective...

Brought to you by Penguin.'That night, I'd survived my life flashing before me, with my dignity intact.Yes, this chaotic life has always been a gamble.... But what a gamble.'Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, a quizzing mastermind and a happily-married husband. But for much of his life none of these seemed remotely imaginable.As a boy, Paul struggled to find his place in...

Brought to you by Penguin.What are words? They're the beginning of our stories: portals to treasured memories, to the strange sayings that seem to be unique to our own families and the beloved people that say them to us. So, what was your gran's favourite word for a time-waster? How did your dad answer the question 'What's the time?'? And just how many responses are there to the daily query 'What's for dinner?' Even better, how do these words change as they travel ...

All my life I have dreamed of retreat. Of letting go each responsibility and cutting every tie. And I know I’m not the only one. But, when I learnt about the creative figures who left their lives behind, I began to ask myself: what is gained and what is lost when we withdraw from the world?To answer this question, Guy Stagg tells the story of three of the twentieth century’s most original minds: the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, the poet and painter David Jones, and the...