Improper Pleasure

Magazine editor Abby Crenshaw's sex life is pleasant, convenient...and nothing like the exciting stories she hears from her colleagues. But it's her sexy young coworker Ryan who really catches her eye--and who stars in her X-rated fantasies.

Finding herself alone on her fortieth birthday, Abby plans on a quiet night at home...until Ryan reveals that the attraction is mutual! But will Abby stick with her unsatisfying life, or is Ryan's promise of a night of wicked pleasure a risk she's willing to take?

It doesn't take long for new servant Molly to come to the attention of the master of Ashford Hall--starting with a passionate welcoming kiss. Within weeks, Lord Ashford makes innocent young Molly his "personal maid" charged with satisfying all his needs--domestic and sexual.

Molly knows giving herself to Lord Ashford could threaten her future, but he is her master...and she can't deny the desire coursing through her veins. She quickly learns to enjoy the pleasure his body provides...and loses her heart to her rake of a lord. But while Lord Ashford shares her lust, he could never return her love...

"I'd love to be abducted and ravished by some handsome brigand or pirate..."

When the women of the Ladies' Sewing Circle share their private fantasies, some are shocked by Mrs. Prudence Enderby's secret desire. But Prudence cannot image life without such exotic daydreams--especially since they arouse her husband, too!

Yet Prudence never imagined she would actually be whisked off the street by a mysterious masked man who has his wicked way with her in a carriage. Taking her back to a boudoir appointed for pleasure, he continues to bring every one of her fantasies to life. But nothing could be more surprising than when Prudence finally learns who is behind this gentlewoman's ravishment...

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Despite their love for each other, lovemaking has become routine and predictable for the Duke and Duchess of Sutcliffe. Desperate to save their marriage, they begin exchanging passionate, erotic missives detailing needs and fantasies they never before dared to express. Soon, they're acting out those fantasies and discovering a consuming desire like none they've ever known...

The last thing Alexander St. Claire, Duke of Stourbridge, expected was Angelina Hawkins arriving on his doorstep ready to become his mistress! He thought his ward was a little girl, not a beautiful and bold young woman with uncanny knowledge of the arts of seduction. Alexander knows he should resist, for it would be only too easy to lose himself in her forever...

Ireland, 1181

To secure peace for her clan and protection for her mother, chieftain's daughter Auder à Reilly agrees to marry a powerful Norman baron. Though she desperately hopes the alliance will work, Auder worries she won't be able to please her husband in the marriage bed--a fear she admits to her friend, handsome Viking Gunnar Dalrata. Auder has no difficulty imagining sensual delights with Gunnar, but she doesn't believe he would ever think of her that way. Until the night of Bealtaine, when Gunnar whisks Auder away to introduce her to the true pleasure of making love....

When Jack calls and tells me to meet him at the hotel bar, I know two things: he wants to sleep with me, and I will let him.

That's the rule. If I meet him, I do what he asks, when he asks. I'm free to decline his invitation, but if I accept, I'll do what I'm told.

I always accept.

In high school, Caitlyn once got the chance to make out with her crush Drew Hartley in the gym storeroom...until they were interrupted by Drew's friend, Steve.

Now at their ten-year reunion, Caitlyn finds herself sharing another passionate encounter with Drew--with Steve arriving on-scene once again. But this time he's not going to stop them. He's there to join in....

While most of Society views Lady Grace Hannington as a clumsy laughingstock, Atticus Stilwell and Viscount Colin Fitzgerald see their perfect partner-a woman who is more than enough for not just one man, but two. She is well-bred enough to be the wife Colin needs, with a blossoming sensuality both men cannot wait to taste.