Sue Jones is a spacebus driver from a nowhere colony. Yearning for adventure, she pilots a shuttle into uncharted regions—and crash-lands in a harsh world. Kara is an alien whose people are Outcasts who have been banished to this world and survive in Rings above the storm-swept surface.When Kara rescues her and brings her to the Rings, Sue soon learns that the Outcasts believe humans belong on the surface. As Sue discovers her protector’s secrets, Kara struggles to keep Sue safe an...

Courtesan Cailyn Derys serves the passions of the noble classes—but she’s never served anyone like Teran Nivrai. Everyone whispers about the reclusive noblewoman, indulging her penchant for cruel passions on a private, hidden planet. She’s even modified her body with retractable steel claws. Drawn by curiosity, Cailyn can’t resist a meeting. Is Lady Nivrai the demon everyone whispers about, or have gossip and scandal made a monster of her?Sex and pain draw Cailyn in, but the loneli...

A girl encounters a beast.A man invites a vampire in.A woman calls a storm.A cyborg walks into a magic-only bar.An eldritch horror falls in love.Elysium is a collection of five erotic short stories that span space and time by Alexa Black, also writing as A. M. Hawke. Men loving men and women loving women are represented.

**Alea liebt ihren Plus-Size Körper, die Freiheit, sie selbst zu sein. Bis Titus ihr Herz in Gefahr bringt.Basierend auf Alexas wahrer Geschichte.**Alea liebt ihren Plus-Size-Körper, die Freiheit, sie selbst zu sein. Das verbreitet sie auch auf ihrem Body-Positivity-Account auf Social Media. Die Resonanz ihrer Follower bestärkt Alea, mit ihrer schwierigen Vergangenheit Frieden zu schließen. Aber es ist ein wackliger Frieden, den sie nur aufrecht erhalten kann, indem sie im ...

The Downpour Anthology from Supposed Crimes started as a "butch women and thunderstorms" challenge. A throwback to classic lesbian erotica. The resulting stories are a mix of sexy, sweet, and downright dangerous. Women of all types tackle the storms of nature, magic, or mystery. Victorian times through the future of outer space. The classic pretty girl stranded by the side of the road in the rain, along with a pickup or two, ghosts, and, well, we won't spoil all the surprises.Proli...

He looked fierce now. Had since I'd mentioned occasionally dying. To be…cherished like that. To have someone who cared about my deaths, it…it had been a very long time.Cursed with immortality, the man known as the Black Shuck by some, as Bennet by others, has resigned himself to a lonely, endless existence. Long days are interspersed with death, dying, and the odd assassin job.During one of these jobs, he dies and comes back to life in front of ver...

With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential implications of those images, messages, and roles. Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues provides such a comprehensive analysis. Using an array of theoretical frameworks and methodologies, this collection features cutting edge research from scholars interested in the relationsh...

"All you must do is sign on the dotted line, and all your romantic dreams will come true," the Fairy Godmother says with a twinkle in her eye.This is what happens when you do not read the fine print in a very detailed contract. You miss all the things that are immediate deal breakers.Viola, a proud resident of New Orleans, lives on the top floor of an old Victorian mansion on a very normal street. But normal is no longer a word she can use to descr...

Brian Hawkins has had the worst year. He watched his girlfriend marry another man, lost his job and his apartment, and after a summer under his parents' roof, has taken refuge with his younger sister. A quiet few months in Philadelphia are just what he needs to clear his head. But he's barely unpacked before the bane of his existence, his sister's best friend, shows up. There's only one extra bed, and there's no way he's sharing it with her.Sarah Webb didn't think anything could be...

Fairy Godmother Inc. is a secretive organization keeping the forces of good and evil in balance with true love’s kiss.After a drunken night and a sloppy signature on a dotted line, Crystal is tasked with taming a bad boy Elven prince. Unfortunately for her, relationships between elves and humans are strictly forbidden. To get close to the sexy Prince Ajax, she must fight for her life in a cutthroat, publicly televised competition. Will he break the Elven l...

Unknowingly, Alika and her friends, Ruth and Heather, stumble into a world they didn’t know existed and their destinies now hang in the balance. Alika's loyalties are tested when she is forced to choose between saving her friends and fulfilling an oath that she never meant to take. Alika Clark is a klutzy fourteen, soon to be fifteen, year old who is homeschooled. She spends most of her free time reading, daydreaming, and hanging out with her two best friends Ruth and Heather. One leisurel...

The Bug and His Light tells the story of an unlikely friendship between six-year-old Judd and a little lightning bug named Mark. While searching for lightning bugs on a summer evening with his mother, Judd accidentally brings one of the little fireflies home. Afraid, sad, and far from home, Mark the lightning bug loses his glow. Thinking he is broken, Judd and Mark work together to find a way to fix Mark’s light. “I know what I’ll do! I’ll fix you up, then you’ll be brand new!” said Judd. ...