Colette's irresistible depiction of a childhood in rural France, in a lush new translation‘I will never be able to help anyone imagine the splendour, bound up in my memories’Claudine lives in a large house with a rose-filled garden and a vegetable patch smelling of tomato leaves and apricots. Beyond it is the village, where travelling performers stop for the night and wedding feasts take place under a bright summer moon. Inside her house are Mama, ...

FOR MATURE OVER 18 READERS ONLY.The first in a serialized collection of the sexy adventures of Jane in the jungle. Inspired by the stories of Tarzan and Jane, this serial is a creative, edgy, and yet romantically erotic Tarzan and Jane collection.Darker and more intense than Fifty Shades of Grey, Entwined--and the subsequent volumes--are not for the faint of heart.When not-as-proper-as-one-would-think Victorian woman Jane Clemons convinces her father to tak...

‘Fine teeth, my girl. With teeth like that I’d have gobbled up Paris and the rest of the world.'Gigi, a teenage girl in fin-de-siècle Paris, is being groomed by her family to become a high-class courtesan, just like her aunt and grandmother before her. But despite their best efforts, their timid protégée may have other ideas for her future...Colette's famous novella is a sly and delicate depiction of exploitation and resistance, and is paired here with the...

A collection of the serialized episodes of The Erotic Adventures of Jane in the Jungle.This novel-length volume includes the first three parts from Colette Gale's bestselling erotic take-off on a Tarzan inspired character, and is the first time the Jane books have been made available in print or in a boxed set.COLLECTION I includes:ENTWINED: Jane in the JungleENTANGLED: An Unexpected MenageENTHRALLED: The Se...

Chéri: spoiled, petulant, beautiful, aged twenty-five. Léa: magnificent, brilliant, remorseless, aged forty-nine. They are in love, but their relationship exists beyond the bounds of social acceptability and must one day come to an end, no matter the cost.A succ**ès de scandale on publication for its depiction of transgressive love, Colette’s celebrated novella is also a profound and compelling exploration of the passage of time, the body and ageing, mirrors, self-percepti...

For the first time, the complete collection of the sexy adventures of Jane in the jungle. Inspired by the stories of Tarzan and Jane, this collection is a creative, edgy, and kinky erotic retelling.When not-as-proper-as-one-would-think Victorian woman Jane Clemons convinces her father to take her on an expedition in the jungle, her only goal is to find her lover Jonathan, who disappeared three years earlier. She and her father, along with Jonathan’s trusted friend ...

Colette's subversive and witty tale of a woman's bid for freedom in Belle Époque France, in a fresh new Penguin Classics translation‘It’s definitely me there, covered in purple rouge, eyes ringed with a halo of blue greasepaint that’s beginning to melt’Renée, aged thirty-three and divorced from her serially unfaithful husband, reinvents herself as a dancer and mime artist in France’s music halls. When a wealthy suitor appears promising marriage and...

Constant check-ins are not proof of devotion-they are often a substitute for the clarity you have not yet builttogether. Colette Ainsworth's insightful book explores the anxiety that arises when physical distance transformsroutine connection into performance, and presence becomes something measured in screen time.When you cannot see your partner daily, every text shifts from simple contact to evidence you analyze forreassurance. The Long-Distance Relationshi...

From the acclaimed author of Unmasqued and Master comes a new twist on the beloved legend…A Robin Hood story filled with intrigue, desire, and lust.Maid Marian, now Lady of Leaford, is sent to the court of Prince John—not to take part in the dark debauchery of his Court of Pleasure, but to spy on him for the queen. Yet, unbeknownst to Marian, this secret mission will thrust her into a whirlwind of intrigue, terror, and the most carnal of temptatio...

The Gulf of Mexico, 1702: When pirates of the square-rigger Original Sin steal ashore to abduct a doctor to tend to their wounded, they end up settling for the doctor’s attractive fianceÑCelia Pierce, the town seamstress.Together with Gayle Malvern, daughter of wounded pirate captain Madman Malvern, Celia becomes a reluctant participant in an unexpectedly thrilling journey through the Caribbean. For Gayle, Celia’s presence is at first a welcome and shapely distraction, but as her ...

Remember the person you sat next to on your first day at school? Still your best friend? Or disappeared from your life for good? In PRECIOUS THING, Rachel and Clara promised theirs would last for ever.They met when Rachel was the new girl in class and Clara was the friend everyone wanted. Now in their late twenties Rachel has everything while Clara's life is spiralling further out of control. Then Clara vanishes.Imagine discovering something about your oldest friend that fo...

The career pivot that feels impossible isn't waiting for more credentials-it's waiting for you to translate theones you already have into a language hiring managers can decode in eleven seconds. Colette Norwood'sinsightful book explores the unique pressure of changing careers when financial urgency and market realityconverge, and conventional job search advice no longer applies.Career Change Fast is not a career quiz, a passion discovery guide, or a long-ter...