Bloomsbury presents Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare, read by Sara Novak.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY VOGUE, ELLE, NYLON, NPR, PURE WOW, SHONDALAND, BOOK RIOT and more!In the vein of Luster and Queenie, an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of the internet—an intoxicating, bold debut from a dazzling new voice.Sugar, Baby follows Agnes, a mixed-race 21-year-old whose life seems to be heading nowhere. Still living at home, she works as a cleaner and spends all her money in clubs on the weekends searching for distractions from her mundane life. That is until she meets Emily, daughter of one of her cleaning clients, who lives in London and works as a model . . . and a sugar baby, dating rich older men for money.Emily's life is the escape Agnes has been longing for—extravagant tasting menus, champagne on tap, glamorous hotels with unlimited room service, designer gifts from dates who call her beautiful. But this new lifestyle is the last straw for her religious mother Constance.Kicked out of her family home, Agnes moves in with Emily and the other sugar babies in their fancy London flat and is drawn deeper and deeper into their world. But these women come from money: they possess a safety net Agnes does not. And as she is thrown from one precarious relationship to the next—a married man who wants to show off the glamourous, exotic girl on his arm; a Russian billionaire's wife who makes Agnes central to a sex party in Miami—she finds herself searching for fulfillment just as desperately as she was before.A compelling journey of self-discovery that offers sharp commentary on race, beauty, and class, Sugar, Baby is an electric, original, spellbinding novel that will keep readers turning the pages until the very end.

Die Entführung des Kolibris: Auf einer BDSM-Party wird Mona von Leon entführt. Leon macht es sich zur vergnüglichen Aufgabe, sie in seine Welt des BDSM einzuführen - in eine aufregende, liebevolle und leidenschaftliche Welt, die sich Mona in ihren wildesten Träumen nicht hätte ausmalen können ... Kein Safeword für die Fledermaus: Niemals wieder will Ella einem dominanten Mann vertrauen, doch als sie den charmanten Tim trifft, kann sie ihm nicht widerstehen. Tim findet heraus, dass Ella Passanten in einer Fußgängerzone anbettelt und in einem Supermarkt Lebensmittel stiehlt. Tim lässt sich nicht abwimmeln. Er holt Ella gegen ihren Willen zu sich und bringt sie dazu, ihm zu vertrauen. Sie erleben prickelnden Sex und aufregende SM-Spiele. Doch plötzlich ist echte Liebe im Spiel und beide müssen sich fragen, ob sie einander genug vertrauen. Die Zähmung der Haselnuss: Kira gibt sich hart und ehrgeizig. Aus Angst vor ihrem gefährlichen Bruder sucht sie Schutz bei Pascal Engel, der Bodyguards ausbildet und offen seine sexuellen dominanten Neigungen lebt. Es prickelt zwischen Kira und Pascal, doch Kira wehrt sich gegen die Anziehung. Ein Umstand der Pascal allerdings ziemlich egal ist, als er beschließt, Kira zu erobern. Ein Macho fürs Mäuschen: Anna sieht auf ihrem Fortbildungslehrgang Max, ihre Jugendliebe, der sie in eine peinliche Situation gebracht hat, was sie ihm nicht verzeihen kann. Max freut sich sehr über das Wiedersehen, doch Anna begegnet ihm mit Abneigung. Während sie als falsches Ehepaar einen Dieb überführen sollen, will Max will Annas harte Schale knacken und liest heimlich in ihrem Tagebuch. Ein Gorilla für die Nachtigall: Pia hat eine Zwangsstörung und Panikattacken. Nachdem sie als Mordzeugin vor Gericht aussagen soll, muss sie beschützt werden. Finn ist Trainer für Personenschützer. Er ahnt nichts Schlimmes, als er mit Pias Bewachung beauftragt wird. Als er Pia abholt und sie bei seinem Anblick mit einer Blumenvase nach ihm wirft, ist es "Liebe auf den ersten Blick", und Finn fragt sich, ob es legitime Selbstverteidigung ist, eine Sub bereits vor der offiziellen Einverständniserklärung übers Knie zu legen. Die Auster in der Löwengrube: Doreen fühlt nichts. Sie weiß, dass sie der Ursache auf den Grund gehen sollte, wagt sich jedoch nicht. Als ihre Freundin Pia sich keine besondere Mühe gibt, zu verstecken, dass ihre Beziehung zu Finn BDSM-Spiele enthält, wird Doreen eifersüchtig. Sie will fühlen, und wenn es nur Schmerz ist. Im Rosenclub, Henrys BDSM-Resort, taucht eine junge Frau auf, die geschlagen werden will und anschließend alleine eingesperrt. Henry ist fasziniert von dieser jungen Frau, aber auch misstrauisch. Er bittet seinen Freund Pascal Engel, Nachforschungen über Doreen anzustellen. Doch was er erfährt, lässt ihm keine Ruhe. Fesseln für die Feuerkröte: Julie lässt sich beim Sex gerne fesseln - bis ein schreckliches Erlebnis während einer BDSM-Session alle Lust an diesem Spiel beendet. Nach Jahren ohne Sex will sie einen Neuanfang wagen und besucht einen BDSM-Club. Jack spielt gerne. Als er die forsche Julie trifft, schwebt ihm nichts anderes als ein vergnüglicher One-Night-Stand mit prickelnden BDSM-Elementen vor. Doch es kommt anders, als erwartet. Bodyguard und Schleiereule: Alicias Job und Wohnung sind futsch. Da fühlt es sich wie ein Wunder an, als ihr auf dem Hamburger Kiez ein Diplomatenkoffer mit Banknoten in die Hände fällt. Es ist das Geld von Verbrechern, doch Alicia will endlich die Verliererstraße des Lebens verlassen. Personenschützer Silas soll die Tochter eines arabischen Scheichs beschützen. Doch die Dame ist nicht gerade pflegeleicht - und schon gar nicht arabischer Herkunft, sondern eine freche Göre, die sich in gewaltige Schwierigkeiten manövriert hat. Alle acht Bände der "Hard & Heart"-Reihe im Sammelband zum Sonderpreis.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY VOGUE, ELLE, NYLON, NPR, PURE WOW, SHONDALAND, BOOK RIOT and more! THE TIKTOK SENSATION In the vein of Luster and Queenie, an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of the internet-an intoxicating, bold debut from a dazzling new voice. Sugar, Baby follows Agnes, a mixed-race 21-year-old whose life seems to be heading nowhere. Still living at home, she works as a cleaner and spends all her money in clubs on the weekends searching for distractions from her mundane life. That is until she meets Emily, daughter of one of her cleaning clients, who lives in London and works as a model . . . and a sugar baby, dating rich older men for money. Emily's life is the escape Agnes has been longing for-extravagant tasting menus, champagne on tap, glamorous hotels with unlimited room service, designer gifts from dates who call her beautiful. But this new lifestyle is the last straw for her religious mother Constance. Kicked out of her family home, Agnes moves in with Emily and the other sugar babies in their fancy London flat and is drawn deeper and deeper into their world. But these women come from money: they possess a safety net Agnes does not. And as she is thrown from one precarious relationship to the next-a married man who wants to show off the glamourous, exotic girl on his arm; a Russian billionaire's wife who makes Agnes central to a sex party in Miami-she finds herself searching for fulfillment just as desperately as she was before. A compelling journey of self-discovery that offers sharp commentary on race, beauty, and class, Sugar, Baby is an electric, original, spellbinding novel that will keep readers turning the pages until the very end.

Welcome to The Mile High Club, the scandalously sexy sky-high playground where anything can happen...Flirty, dirty, and utterly delicious, Sky High Obsession is the sizzling conclusion to Zach & Bethany's love story. Perfect for fans of Sadie Kincaid, Jodi Ellen Malpas, Sylvia Day, Navessa Allen and S.T Abby When Bethany finds herself back on board the Indigo Lounge, this time for work purposes, she knows her life is about to once again slide into free fall. Zachary Savage has branded himself onto her senses, and despite her attempts to protect her heart, she's pulled right back into his sizzlingly intense orbit of indulgence, seduction and dark secrets. As they fly from New York to Paris, there is no escaping their chemistry. Because once you've joined The Mile High Club, there is no going back. But even out of this world sex won't save Beth's heart when Zach is finally ready to reveal the truth...but is she ready for the fall out when she does? Mile High Addiction and Sky High Obsession are two halves of one whole and best read consecutively. 5 panty-melting stars! **** Intense, addictive, and off the scale sexy! ~ Kitty French, USA Today best-selling erotic author.* 'This was very much one of the top ten in erotic books I have read. Great over the top, fantastic,steamy, just some of the few adjectives I give this book,and will be reading the next one just as soon as I hit send. Thank you Ms. Cox, you have exceeded my expectations.' Reader Review 'Hot and completely un-put-downable!!!' Reader Review

*** A COSMOPOLITAN BEST SUMMER READ *** 'I'm in awe' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Devastating and alluring' Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually 'Impossible to put down' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Smart, sad, sexy' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do To Be Me _____________________________ Los Angeles, 1982. Best friends Jude and Winnie are eighteen and working at a strip club . Soon they progress to modelling for Penthouse and Hustler, then to shooting hardcore porn. Dazzled by the drugs, sex and parties their new life offers, they are also beset by sexism, bitter competition and the precarity of life on the margins. When their friendship ends in recrimination and a dramatic act of betrayal, Jude goes missing and Winnie can find no trace of her. Thirty years later, newly divorced and down on her luck, Winnie is ready to face her past. Determined to solve the mystery of what happened to Jude, she sets out to brave the dark underbelly of the adult industry. What follows is a gutsy, propulsive look at sex and power that builds to an unforgettable revelation about love. _____________________________ PRAISE FOR LOVERS XXX 'Allie's writing possesses a rare combination of deep compassion, prescient insight, and just plain coolness that I'm in awe of.' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Lovers XXX is Persona set in the 80s porn world - thrillingly literate; thrillingly sleazy.' Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz 'You're thrown right into Lovers XXX and it doesn't stop. Allie writes about desire, survival, intimacy and exploitation with a kind of feral tenderness. She turns stick-ups, strip clubs and motel rooms into a fever dream that makes ruin look romantic. Impossible to put down!' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Exciting and gritty without feeling lurid, and a moving ode to the value of a female friendship. It's a knockout.' Publishers Weekly 'A propulsive and surprisingly tender novel.' Grazia 'An extraordinary, sordidly exciting, fascinating and original story . . . biting but archetypal, sleazy and uneasy, dangerous and ambitious.' Bidisha 'Smart, sad, sexy, and at times surprisingly sweet . . . it casts a humanising spell, transforming the women at its centre from mere naked flesh into something more like real flesh and blood.' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have To Do To Be Me 'Pulsing and propulsive, Lovers XXX is a fever dream and love song.' Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters

*** A COSMOPOLITAN BEST SUMMER READ *** 'I'm in awe' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Devastating and alluring' Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually 'Impossible to put down' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Smart, sad, sexy' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do To Be Me _____________________________ Los Angeles, 1982. Best friends Jude and Winnie are eighteen and working at a strip club . Soon they progress to modelling for Penthouse and Hustler, then to shooting hardcore porn. Dazzled by the drugs, sex and parties their new life offers, they are also beset by sexism, bitter competition and the precarity of life on the margins. When their friendship ends in recrimination and a dramatic act of betrayal, Jude goes missing and Winnie can find no trace of her. Thirty years later, newly divorced and down on her luck, Winnie is ready to face her past. Determined to solve the mystery of what happened to Jude, she sets out to brave the dark underbelly of the adult industry. What follows is a gutsy, propulsive look at sex and power that builds to an unforgettable revelation about love. _____________________________ PRAISE FOR LOVERS XXX 'Allie's writing possesses a rare combination of deep compassion, prescient insight, and just plain coolness that I'm in awe of.' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Lovers XXX is Persona set in the 80s porn world - thrillingly literate; thrillingly sleazy.' Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz 'You're thrown right into Lovers XXX and it doesn't stop. Allie writes about desire, survival, intimacy and exploitation with a kind of feral tenderness. She turns stick-ups, strip clubs and motel rooms into a fever dream that makes ruin look romantic. Impossible to put down!' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Exciting and gritty without feeling lurid, and a moving ode to the value of a female friendship. It's a knockout.' Publishers Weekly 'A propulsive and surprisingly tender novel.' Grazia 'An extraordinary, sordidly exciting, fascinating and original story . . . biting but archetypal, sleazy and uneasy, dangerous and ambitious.' Bidisha 'Smart, sad, sexy, and at times surprisingly sweet . . . it casts a humanising spell, transforming the women at its centre from mere naked flesh into something more like real flesh and blood.' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have To Do To Be Me 'Pulsing and propulsive, Lovers XXX is a fever dream and love song.' Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY VOGUE, ELLE, NYLON, NPR, PURE WOW, SHONDALAND, BOOK RIOT and more! THE TIKTOK SENSATION In the vein of Luster and Queenie, an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of the internet-an intoxicating, bold debut from a dazzling new voice. Sugar, Baby follows Agnes, a mixed-race 21-year-old whose life seems to be heading nowhere. Still living at home, she works as a cleaner and spends all her money in clubs on the weekends searching for distractions from her mundane life. That is until she meets Emily, daughter of one of her cleaning clients, who lives in London and works as a model . . . and a sugar baby, dating rich older men for money. Emily's life is the escape Agnes has been longing for-extravagant tasting menus, champagne on tap, glamorous hotels with unlimited room service, designer gifts from dates who call her beautiful. But this new lifestyle is the last straw for her religious mother Constance. Kicked out of her family home, Agnes moves in with Emily and the other sugar babies in their fancy London flat and is drawn deeper and deeper into their world. But these women come from money: they possess a safety net Agnes does not. And as she is thrown from one precarious relationship to the next-a married man who wants to show off the glamourous, exotic girl on his arm; a Russian billionaire's wife who makes Agnes central to a sex party in Miami-she finds herself searching for fulfillment just as desperately as she was before. A compelling journey of self-discovery that offers sharp commentary on race, beauty, and class, Sugar, Baby is an electric, original, spellbinding novel that will keep readers turning the pages until the very end.

Bloomsbury presents Va-Va-Voom by Tom Williams, read by Luis Soto.'Excellent' – Simon Kuper, author of the bestselling FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY'The definitive story of how French football came of age' – Christian KarembeuTHE PLAYERS, THE TEAMS, THE GOALS, THE GAMES, THE SCANDALS, THE GLOOM AND THE GLORY: THE STORY OF FRENCH FOOTBALL'S TURBULENT EVOLUTION OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS.French football is an enigma: a mixture of brilliance and farce, flair and frailty, stunning success and abject failure. Its domestic league is mocked on social media as an uncompetitive 'Farmers League' and its clubs ridiculed for underachieving in European competitions. But France have reached four of the past seven men's World Cup finals, French players star for the world's best clubs and at its best – the roar of the Vélodrome, the glamour of the Parc des Princes, the shimmering brilliance of Zinédine Zidane, Éric Cantona and Kylian Mbappé – French football has few equals. When it comes to scandal, meanwhile, the French are the best in the business, from sensational match-fixing affairs to squabbles over sex tapes and meltdowns within the national squad.Tom Williams brings to life French football's evolution over the last 40 years. He details how the idealistic romanticism of the national team in the early 1980s gave way to an Italian-style pragmatism that would lead Les Bleus to the summit of the international game, and examines how several star-studded club sides grappled with the thorny notion of how to win. By delving into French football's rich history, the book explains the myriad ways – tactical, technical and cultural – in which France has shaped the game's evolution around the world.Featuring exclusive interviews with great figures of the French game such as Alain Giresse, Jean-Pierre Papin, Emmanuel Petit and Blaise Matuidi, and with a cast of characters that also includes Michel Platini, Thierry Henry, Karim Benzema, Chris Waddle and Lionel Messi, it's a book no football fan will want to miss.

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A GRAZIA BOOK OF THE YEAR SELECTED FOR MALALA'S BOOK CLUB 'Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People' MEG MASON, author of SORROW AND BLISS 'Haunting and bleakly compelling ... A writer of promise' SUNDAY TIMES 'An absorbing debut about sex and power' GUARDIAN 'Elegant and witty ... A precursor to great things' THE TIMES 'One of the buzziest debut novels this spring' VOGUE CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY VOGUE AND ESQUIRE _____________________________________________________________________________ A bitingly hone st, darkly funny debut about love, sex, power and desire, by a major new British talent Anna is struggling to afford life in London as she trains to be a singer. During the day, she vies to succeed against her course mates with their discreet but inexhaustible streams of cultural capital and money, and in the evening she sings jazz at a bar in the City to make ends meet. It's there that she meets Max, a financier fourteen years older than her. Over the course of one winter, Anna's intoxication oscillates between her hard-won moments on stage, where she can zip herself into the skin of her characters, and nights spent with Max in his glass-walled flat overlooking the city. But Anna's fledgling career demands her undivided attention, and increasingly - whether he necessarily wills it or not - so does Max... _____________________________________________________________________________ 'Touching on feminism, power, finances and the pleasures and dangers of a new relationship, this book is an assured debut' CLAIRE FULLER, author of the Women's Prize-shortlisted UNSETTLED GROUND 'Imogen Crimp captures the glittering thrill of being young and choosing your own life with a dark, unflinching undercurrent of desire, power and control' JESSICA ANDREWS, author of SALTWATER 'A blazing, darkly funny debut that captures a young woman's search to find herself ... It has an honesty and tenderness that will stay with me for a long time' RACHEL JOYCE

Sehnst du dich nach großartigen erotischen Geschichten, die die Kraft haben, dich über alle Lustempfindungen zu schicken? Und dich nicht aufhören lassen, in eine neue Welt des Sexrausches hineinzuziehen? Möchtest du die heißesten sexuellen Empfindungen und unzensierten Anziehungskräfte erfahren, die dich verführerisch geil und erregt machen? Möchtest du all deine wildesten sexuellen Fantasien verwirklicht hören und sie immer und immer wieder erleben, wann immer du willst? Bist du aber gleichzeitig auch genervt von langweiligen und nervigen Hörbuch-Sprecherinnen, sehnst dich also endlich nach einem Audible Hörbuch-Erlebnis wie im (Kopf-)Kino? Dann ist dies genau das richtige Hörbuch für dich! Nimm dir endlich eine Auszeit vom hektischen Alltag und lausche einfach diesem Meisterwerk der Erotik. Lasse dich von den schmutzigsten sexuellen Fantasien mitreissen, die du dir schon immer erfüllen wolltest. Diese Geschichten werden dich so geil machen und zum Orgasmus bringen, dass du keine Ahnung hast, was dich getroffen hat. Sie werden dich auch dazu inspirieren, unglaubliche, sehr schmutzige und heiße neue verbotene Ideen und Dinge selbst auszuprobieren. Ausserdem beweisen Forschungen seit Jahrzenten, dass Menschen, die erotischen Geschichten lesen oder anhören, einen gesteigerten Sexualtrieb und ein viel besseres Sexleben haben... Fragst du dich, welche Arten von Sexgeschichten du in diesem Hörbuch finden wirst? Du findest insgesamt 12 Erotische Sexgeschichten, als Sammelband zusammengestellt, für nur einen einzigen Kauf. Die sexy, geilen und erregten Frauen in den Geschichten nehmen sich, was sie wollen. Tabulose Erotik und hemmungsloses Verlangen kombiniert mit feinster Qualität durch die weibliche Sprechstimme erwarten dich. Tabulos und ungezügelt – die gnadenlos unzensierte Version ab 18! Du wirst die Lust der weiblichen Protagonisten förmlich spüren können und in eine Welt entführt, in der alles, was ansonsten tabu ist, plötzlich erlaubt ist. Breche alle inneren Tabus auf und entdecke die wundervolle, unzensierte und stimulierend perverse Seite der Erotik und der intensiven körperlichen Liebe kennen. Die eine erfüllt sich einen lang ersehnten Wunsch und erlebt ein Abenteuer im Swinger Club. Die andere angelt sich ihren gutaussehenden Chef und lässt sich heimlich von ihm verführen und konsumieren. 12 geile, feuchte und unzensierte Geschichten in einem Buch! Hier nur ein kleiner Vorgeschmack: - Verbotener Sex in der Sauna - Ein prickelnder Frauenabend artet aus - Verbotene Geilheit von Lesben (Lesbensex) - Mitarbeiterin wird von dominantem Chef verführt und gefickt - Verbotene Animalische Gangbangs und anale Begegnungen - Dominanz, Unterwerfung und Rollenspiele, BDSMS, Sexspielzeug: Bondage, Halsband und Leine - Urlaubssex, Frauenarzt Sex, Dreier mit 2 älteren Männern - Verbotene spontane Quickies - ... und so viel mehr! Lehne dich einfach zurück, mache es dir bequem und lasse dich und deinen Körper voller Leidenschaft in den Bann dieser Sammlung der erotischsten Geschichten, die du jemals hören wirst, entführen und deinen Körper zum Glühen bringen. Komm, spielen wir! Los geht's. Worauf wartest du noch? Scrolle jetzt nach oben und höre dir diese wertvolle Hörbuch-Sammlung prickelnder Lust und Erotik mit toller Qualitäts-Sprechstimme an.

*** A COSMOPOLITAN BEST SUMMER READ *** 'I'm in awe' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Devastating and alluring' Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually 'Impossible to put down' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Smart, sad, sexy' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do To Be Me _____________________________ Los Angeles, 1982. Best friends Jude and Winnie are eighteen and working at a strip club . Soon they progress to modelling for Penthouse and Hustler, then to shooting hardcore porn. Dazzled by the drugs, sex and parties their new life offers, they are also beset by sexism, bitter competition and the precarity of life on the margins. When their friendship ends in recrimination and a dramatic act of betrayal, Jude goes missing and Winnie can find no trace of her. Thirty years later, newly divorced and down on her luck, Winnie is ready to face her past. Determined to solve the mystery of what happened to Jude, she sets out to brave the dark underbelly of the adult industry. What follows is a gutsy, propulsive look at sex and power that builds to an unforgettable revelation about love. _____________________________ PRAISE FOR LOVERS XXX 'Allie's writing possesses a rare combination of deep compassion, prescient insight, and just plain coolness that I'm in awe of.' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Lovers XXX is Persona set in the 80s porn world - thrillingly literate; thrillingly sleazy.' Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz 'You're thrown right into Lovers XXX and it doesn't stop. Allie writes about desire, survival, intimacy and exploitation with a kind of feral tenderness. She turns stick-ups, strip clubs and motel rooms into a fever dream that makes ruin look romantic. Impossible to put down!' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Exciting and gritty without feeling lurid, and a moving ode to the value of a female friendship. It's a knockout.' Publishers Weekly 'A propulsive and surprisingly tender novel.' Grazia 'An extraordinary, sordidly exciting, fascinating and original story . . . biting but archetypal, sleazy and uneasy, dangerous and ambitious.' Bidisha 'Smart, sad, sexy, and at times surprisingly sweet . . . it casts a humanising spell, transforming the women at its centre from mere naked flesh into something more like real flesh and blood.' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have To Do To Be Me 'Pulsing and propulsive, Lovers XXX is a fever dream and love song.' Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters

*** A COSMOPOLITAN BEST SUMMER READ *** 'I'm in awe' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Devastating and alluring' Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually 'Impossible to put down' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Smart, sad, sexy' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do To Be Me _____________________________ Los Angeles, 1982. Best friends Jude and Winnie are eighteen and working at a strip club . Soon they progress to modelling for Penthouse and Hustler, then to shooting hardcore porn. Dazzled by the drugs, sex and parties their new life offers, they are also beset by sexism, bitter competition and the precarity of life on the margins. When their friendship ends in recrimination and a dramatic act of betrayal, Jude goes missing and Winnie can find no trace of her. Thirty years later, newly divorced and down on her luck, Winnie is ready to face her past. Determined to solve the mystery of what happened to Jude, she sets out to brave the dark underbelly of the adult industry. What follows is a gutsy, propulsive look at sex and power that builds to an unforgettable revelation about love. _____________________________ PRAISE FOR LOVERS XXX 'Allie's writing possesses a rare combination of deep compassion, prescient insight, and just plain coolness that I'm in awe of.' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Lovers XXX is Persona set in the 80s porn world - thrillingly literate; thrillingly sleazy.' Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz 'You're thrown right into Lovers XXX and it doesn't stop. Allie writes about desire, survival, intimacy and exploitation with a kind of feral tenderness. She turns stick-ups, strip clubs and motel rooms into a fever dream that makes ruin look romantic. Impossible to put down!' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Exciting and gritty without feeling lurid, and a moving ode to the value of a female friendship. It's a knockout.' Publishers Weekly 'A propulsive and surprisingly tender novel.' Grazia 'An extraordinary, sordidly exciting, fascinating and original story . . . biting but archetypal, sleazy and uneasy, dangerous and ambitious.' Bidisha 'Smart, sad, sexy, and at times surprisingly sweet . . . it casts a humanising spell, transforming the women at its centre from mere naked flesh into something more like real flesh and blood.' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have To Do To Be Me 'Pulsing and propulsive, Lovers XXX is a fever dream and love song.' Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters

*** A COSMOPOLITAN BEST SUMMER READ *** 'I'm in awe' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Devastating and alluring' Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually 'Impossible to put down' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Smart, sad, sexy' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do To Be Me _____________________________ Los Angeles, 1982. Best friends Jude and Winnie are eighteen and working at a strip club . Soon they progress to modelling for Penthouse and Hustler, then to shooting hardcore porn. Dazzled by the drugs, sex and parties their new life offers, they are also beset by sexism, bitter competition and the precarity of life on the margins. When their friendship ends in recrimination and a dramatic act of betrayal, Jude goes missing and Winnie can find no trace of her. Thirty years later, newly divorced and down on her luck, Winnie is ready to face her past. Determined to solve the mystery of what happened to Jude, she sets out to brave the dark underbelly of the adult industry. What follows is a gutsy, propulsive look at sex and power that builds to an unforgettable revelation about love. _____________________________ PRAISE FOR LOVERS XXX 'Allie's writing possesses a rare combination of deep compassion, prescient insight, and just plain coolness that I'm in awe of.' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'Lovers XXX is Persona set in the 80s porn world - thrillingly literate; thrillingly sleazy.' Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz 'You're thrown right into Lovers XXX and it doesn't stop. Allie writes about desire, survival, intimacy and exploitation with a kind of feral tenderness. She turns stick-ups, strip clubs and motel rooms into a fever dream that makes ruin look romantic. Impossible to put down!' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs 'Exciting and gritty without feeling lurid, and a moving ode to the value of a female friendship. It's a knockout.' Publishers Weekly 'A propulsive and surprisingly tender novel.' Grazia 'An extraordinary, sordidly exciting, fascinating and original story . . . biting but archetypal, sleazy and uneasy, dangerous and ambitious.' Bidisha 'Smart, sad, sexy, and at times surprisingly sweet . . . it casts a humanising spell, transforming the women at its centre from mere naked flesh into something more like real flesh and blood.' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have To Do To Be Me 'Pulsing and propulsive, Lovers XXX is a fever dream and love song.' Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters

George Jacobs is generally considered 'the last of the Rat Pack', a member of the exclusive club that has fascinated us for decades. He was Sinatra's valet and confidant from 1953, when Ava Gardner had just left him, until the end of his marriage to Mia Farrow in 1968. Racy and revealing, this is a record of one of the longest and most outrageous mid-life crises ever as George helped Sinatra juggle his many mistresses - women like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Grace Kelly and Peggy Lee. Hollywood stars and Mafia bosses, the Kennedys and European royalty also all had a major part to play in Frank's glory years. But above all there was the Rat Pack who accepted George as one of their own. Dean Martin tried his comedy routines out on him and Peter Lawford did his drugs in front of him. MR S gives an insider's view of the highs and lows of life with the Rat Pack - the spectacle, the sex, the unrecounted brawls, violence, tensions and hatreds among the revellers at the wildest moveable feast of the century.'Explosive' Mail on Sunday'Scorching' Sunday Mirror nOriginalBarCode: 9780330412292

A widow's eyes open to a whole new way of loving when she moves to a gated community, but will one man be enough for her new-found appetite for life?When Jane, a wealthy young widow, complains of her sexual frustration in her online support group she gets a little more than she bargained for. Beverley, another widow, suggests that what Jane really needs is a change of scene and she knows just the place.Within a month, Jane has sold her house in Florida and moved upstream to Winchester Drive, an expensive, gated community in Massachusetts. On the outside it looks like anywhere else, but this charming seaside community holds myriad secrets.With a mysterious sex club, a very helpful workforce and a new psychology professor who's just moved in around the block, this place has more than enough men to help Jane move to the next phase of her grieving process.All she wanted was a little sexual relief, but she gets way more than she bargained for. Jane must move on from her past, learn what she really wants from the new men in her life and find a way to make it work so that everybody gets their happily ever after.

The Wings of the Sphinx is the eleventh book in the wickedly funny Inspector Montalbano series by Italian author, Andrea Camilleri.Things are not going well for Inspector Montalbano. His long-distance relationship with Livia is on the rocks, he feels himself getting even older and he's growing tired of the violence in his job.Then the dead body of a young woman is found in an illegal dump, with half her face missing. Her identity at first unknown; a tattoo of a sphinx moth on her left shoulder links her with three other girls bearing the same mark, all recent Russian immigrants to Italy. Victims of an underworld sex trade, these girls have been rescued from the Mafia night-club circuit by a Catholic charity organization. The problem is, the other girls can't help Montalbano with his enquiries. They are all missing.As his investigations progresses, it seems that not everyone wants Montalbano to discover what really lies behind the organization's charitable façade. And not only does Montalbano have a case to solve, he has a demanding stomach to feed, and he must save his foundering relationship with Livia . . .The Wings of the Sphinx is followed by the twelfth gripping mystery, The Track of Sand.

Von A wie Aliens II bis Z wie Zurück in die Zukunft – 100 Filme der 1980er präsentiert die cineastischen Highlights einer spektakulären Dekade, eine repräsentative Auswahl vom Blockbuster- und Popcornkino bis zum künstlerisch ambitionierten Arthouse-Film, auf 820 opulent bebilderten Seiten. Die 1980er-Jahre waren ein an Schauwerten überreiches Kinojahrzehnt, das mit einigen verblüffenden technischen Innovationen aufwartete. So sorgte etwa George Lucas mit seiner Firma Industrial Light & Magic dafür, dass die Kinogänger Dinge zu sehen bekamen, die vorher unvorstellbar gewesen waren: vollständig am Computer generierte Figuren und Szenen, Übergänge von Trick- zu Realfilm, das Morphingverfahren und immer neue digitale Spezialeffekte. Die 80er waren auch das Jahrzehnt, in dem einige heute weltbekannte Regisseurinnen und Regisseure ihren internationalen Durchbruch schafften, so etwa Aki Kaurismäki, die Coen-Brüder, Kathryn Bigelow, John Woo, Pedro Almodóvar, Tim Burton, Susan Seidelman oder, kurz vor dem Ende des Jahrzehnts, Steven Soderbergh mit Sex, Lügen und Video. Jim Jarmusch heimste für seine Indie-Komödie Down by Law internationale Preise ein, David Lynch zeigte in Blue Velvet, wie brüchig die heile Welt sein kann, und Wolfgang Petersen bahnte sich mit seinem submarinen Nervenzerrer Das Boot den Weg nach Hollywood. Also, feiern Sie ein Wiedersehen mit Filmen wie Scarface, Blade Runner, Fitzcarraldo, I hired a Contract Killer, Indiana Jones und der letzte Kreuzzug, Leben und Sterben in L. A., Querelle, Es war einmal in Amerika, Brazil, Zurück in die Zukunft, Zimmer mit Aussicht, Lethal Weapon, Rain Man, Der Club der toten Dichter, Terminator, Batman, Robocop, u. v. m. Neben einer ausführlichen Inhaltsangabe und Kritik gibt es zu jedem Titel eine Vielzahl an Fotos, Zitaten und zusätzlichen Hintergrundinfos – kurz, alles, was Filmfreaks und Nostalgiker glücklich macht.

Inhalt: Die junge Angela sucht aus Neugier ein Sado-Maso-Club auf und trifft dort auf den selbsternannten Maquis de Douleur. Sie liefert sich ihm aus und erlebt mit ihm und einem seiner Freunde orgiastische Szenen in einem Gothic-Ambiente. Die zwei geilen, potenten Stecher nehmen sie richtig ran und testet dabei ihre Grenzen von Schmerz und Geilheit neu aus. Sie lieben harten Sex und Femsub-Geschichten. Dann lassen sie sich entführen in eine fremde Welt der aufregenden Gothic SM Praktiken! Eine exotische BDSM Geschichte mit Niveau und ohne Tabus! Auszug: Gehorsam legte sie das Kleid zur Seite. Ihr junger, straffer Körper in den hochhackigen Schuhen und dem Minislip bewegte sich anmutig. Noch immer trug sie ihre Maske. Sie trat hinter ihn und massierte seine Schultern, seinen muskulösen Rücken. Er genoss ihre Berührungen und ihre knetenden, streichelnden Hände. Nach einer Weile griff er ihre Hand, zog sie hinter sich weg, winkte ab und zeigte auf die Wanne. Sie sollte zu ihm kommen. Sie zog die schwarzen High Heels aus und streifte sich den Slip ab, dann stieg sie zu ihm ins Wasser. "Gib mir Wein", sagte er. Sie nahm das Glas und hielt es an seine Lippen. Er trank. Dann bedeutete er ihr, dass sie auch trinken dürfe. Angelique nahm tiefe Züge des jungen, süffigen Weines. "Verwöhn mich ein wenig mit dem Mund." Er deutete auf seine Brust und dann an sich herunter. Er nahm selber noch einen Schluck, legte den Kopf in den Nacken und genoss ihre Zunge auf sich. Sie küsste und leckte seinen straffen Oberkörper. Er griff in ihr Haar und schob ihren Kopf weiter runter. Sie hielt die Luft an und tauchte unter, knabberte an seinem Sixpack herunter zu seinem strammen Milord, saugte an ihm, massierte seine Schenkel. Er stöhnte und bäumte sich auf. Dann zog er sie von sich.

Kurven, Kutten und ein verdammt heißer Fehler Grim Kings MC Ein Fehler. Eine Nacht. Und ein Rocker, der niemals die Kontrolle verliert - bis er ihr begegnet. Lucy ist curvy, schlagfertig und absolut nicht auf der Suche nach der großen Liebe. Sie lebt ihr Leben nach eigenen Regeln, weiß, was sie wert ist, und hat keine Geduld für Männer, die glauben, sie wüssten besser, was gut für sie ist. Dass sie ausgerechnet in einer Nacht voller Neonlichter und falscher Entscheidungen auf den Enforcer der Grim Kings trifft, war nicht geplant. Dass sie Sex haben - allerdings schon. Cole ist Enforcer des Grim Kings Motorcycle Clubs. Mitte dreißig, hart, kontrolliert und gewohnt, dass seine Regeln gelten. Nähe ist für ihn ein Risiko, Gefühle eine Schwäche, und Frauen, die ihm gefährlich werden könnten, hält er auf Abstand. Zumindest normalerweise. Was mit einem gnadenlosen Fight beginnt, endet in einem Moment, den beide sofort als Fehler erkennen - und trotzdem nicht vergessen können. Für Cole ist es ein Ausrutscher, den er abhaken will. Für Lucy ein verdammt heißes Chaos, das sie nicht ignorieren kann. Als sich ihre Wege erneut kreuzen, wird klar: Dieser Fehler hat Folgen. Lucy lässt sich nichts vorschreiben - schon gar nicht von einem Rocker mit Besitzansprüchen. Cole merkt zu spät, dass Lucy die Einzige ist, die seine Kontrolle ins Wanken bringt. Zwischen Asphalt, Clubregeln und einer Anziehung, die keiner von beiden geplant hat, stehen sie vor der Entscheidung: Bleiben sie bei dem, was sie kennen - oder riskieren sie alles für etwas, das verdammt falsch angefangen hat, sich aber erschreckend richtig anfühlt? Enemies to Lovers. Wortgefechte, Humor und explosive Nähe. Und ein Fehler, der alles verändert. Die Reihe besteht aus drei in sich abgeschlossenen Romanen: 1. Kurven, Kutten und ein verdammt heißer Fehler, 2. Kurven, Kutten und ein verdammt heißer One-Night-Stand 3. Kurven, Kutten und ein verdammt heißer Rocker Jeder Teil ist unabhängig lesbar und erzählt eine eigene Liebesgeschichte.

Her wrists. Her ankles. Her neck. She was going to be sold. Like an object. Voluntarily. Forever. But the sacrifice was worth it. Her father had debts. Her mother cancer. That would solve their lives. She was afraid. And then she saw it. Polished gleaming black shoes. Bespoke businessman suit. Wide back. Strong shoulders. A beautiful face like God. Lips that melted her. And a look that made her bow her head. Elena: Marcos is everything to me. He is my man. My Sir. My master. My owner. And I am his. I belong to him. In body. In mind. In soul. And my chains are proof of it. But what if Marcos is much more? Marcos: I''m not a good guy. But he had never done something like that. It was my 37th birthday. He was a giant. In every sense. High or tall. Strong. Muscled. Gifted. Multimillionaire. Successful. Funny. Owner of the night. Pubs. Clubs. Discs. And even more private premises. Sex. BDSM. It was my first and last purchase. He could have whoever he wanted. But I chose her. It was perfect. And she was mine. 100% mine. More about this source textSource text required for additional translation information