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Anna and Gustav play together as children, and when they meet again as young adults, their playing takes on new and exciting elements. But the young couple cannot be with each other, because Anna is wedded to the ageing Count von Silfverhuus, and for years Anna lives under his roof and satisfies his urges. One day the Count dies, and Anna makes a decision: Now she will go into the world and take what she wants, and never more have to give anything back. Now it is her time to enjoy herself.

It used to be exciting to sneak out into the workplace-bathroom to have sex with her lawyer-colleague without the rest of the office noticing. But the excitement soon faded for her - as did her lust for him. But when she books a spontaneous weekend trip to Barcelona, with accommodations at the private apartment of a lesbian couple, she suddenly finds her desires returning with full force... This short story is published in collaboration with the Swedish filmproducer Erika Lust.

Stolen glances and dreamy scenarios in a train carriage. Outside, rain drizzles down lightly across the open countryside. Inside, two women sit across from each other, one of them getting more and more interested in the other’s every move. Soon, the fantasy grows so intense that she must do something, anything, to feed her mounting desire. Katja Slonawski writes exciting and charged short stories about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

"Eventually she lost control of herself, and when she kissed me, it was with a passion which felt as if it had been trapped inside her as if she had never been able to release it until then. There was so much love being expressed that my heart almost imploded." Our heroine is walking around the streets of Paris. She is looking for something and wants to experience the heart of the city. And suddenly, outside a bistro, she meets Joanne. Joanne is enigmatic and beautiful, with hair as dark as night.

Helena driver den lilla handelsträdgården Fridakull i Dalarna. Vid ett besök i Stockholm återser hon farmor och farfars gamla gröna kåk, Drömslottet, som ligger uppe på Söders höjder med utsikt över Riddarfjärden. Där vid Drömslottet spenderade hon många härliga somrar under sin uppväxt. Farfar som var konstnär lärde henne att se skönheten i färg och form. Av farmor ärvde Helena intresset för växter och odling. Men nu verkar deras vackra hus vara obebott och trädgården förfallen.

Det är något som inte stämmer i Nackareservatets nybyggen. Husen är sjuka. Människorna som bor där blir också sjuka. Hypokondriker, säger maktens företrädare. När en trebarnsmamma till slut försöker ta tag i saken blir det startskottet på en rad obehagliga händelser. En anlagd brand riskerar livet på en oskyldig flicka som nästan blir innebränd. Var tilltaget tänkt att tysta? Inte långt senare hittas en kvinna död i Söderbysjön, inlindad i en presenning och vriden i en onaturlig ställning. Var hon också någon som behövde tystas?

Labor organizer Padma Mehta is on the edge of space and the edge of burnout. All she wants is to buy out a little rum distillery and retire, but she's supposed to recruit 500 people to the Union before she can. She's only 33 short. So when a small-time con artist tells her about 40 people ready to tumble down the space elevator to break free from her old bosses, she checks it out - against her better judgment. It turns out, of course, it was all lies.

With its backdrop of US Supreme Court corruption and nuclear power plant sabotage, Contract with the Lycanthrope is one wild ride into the grisly dominion of The Lycanthrope, whose ancient origin reveals the source of his otherworldly power.

Gray Horse. The magnificent young Comanche warrior made strong by the medicine of the wolf, skilled at stealing horses and counting coup in the war raids of his people. Through his bravery and his wisdom, he would rally his beleaguered tribe against the tide of white settlers that swept over their land.

Kidnapped from the Earth People as a child, White Ash learns the way of the Sun People as she grows into a beautiful woman. But the disturbing dreams that made her an outcast in her old tribe are becoming stronger and they foretell a frightening future of bitter cold, war, and famine. When a hostile tribe massacres her adopted family, White Ash is raped and left near death, but is miraculously saved by a brave shaman…and falls in love with him.

When Sirena Martell finds herself lost and alone on a backwoods road near the Great Serpent Mound, panic pounds her troubled heart. But when she finally does reach the stranger she is supposed to meet - Enoch - with his clutch of artifact eggs, Sirena breathes a sigh of relief...until the real trouble hatches. With unnerving action from the Great Serpent Mound site to Maysville, Kentucky, and overseas from Paris to Amsterdam, Serpent Egg Rapture is one scorcher of a listen across a harrowing landscape that is wrought from pure evil.

Mandi Ray likes to play it safe. At work, she’s established herself as a trustworthy and dependable assistant. At home, her idea of an exciting night is a bottle of wine and a good romance novel. But Mandi is about to be shaken out of her comfort zone. Her boss needs someone to entertain the sensual, handsome cowboy millionaire, Jake Spence, for a long weekend.

What Newspapers Have Said About Elsie Benedict and Her Work "Over fifty thousand people heard Elsie Lincoln Benedict at the City Auditorium during her six weeks lecture engagement in Milwaukee."-Milwaukee Leader, April 2, 1921. "Elsie Lincoln Benedict has a brilliant record. She is like a fresh breath of Colorado ozone. Her ideas are as stimulating as the health-giving breezes of the Rockies."-New York Evening Mail, April 16, 1914.

Alpha and Omega: Your transfiguration awaits you, my love. Heed the mantra, and live exalted forever. Reject it, and die a mortal death. Haunting relics lure a non-fiction writer into this destiny proclaimed by his tantalizing seductress. He must either claim his revealed identity to start his new life with his soulmate, or else perish in the wake of devastating temptation. Through twists and thrills that test the boundaries of reality, Robb Hoff’s launch of the Eggsquisite Corpse series is an odyssey across a surreal landscape that careens between the earthly and divine.

Carly is not crazy. At least, that's what she keeps telling herself after surviving a failed alien abduction and losing her best friend during a wild weekend in Vegas. When government officials smooth over a terrifying night of alien abductions with a plausible explanation for the citywide blackouts, Carly tries to put the event behind her.

In the midst of a global pandemic, the artist’s words resonate more than ever. Through a series of interconnected stories, we journey to Paris for a glimpse at how it and its residents are adapting to the “new normal". As we traverse Paris' 20 arrondissements, we encounter an eclectic cast of characters who must confront a range of new challenges and emotions provoked by the Covid-19. By daring to overcome anxiety, loneliness and stubbornness, they find courage, love and - most importantly, hope.

Mysteries are swirling like the autumn wind. Is Margaret up to the challenge this time? As Thanksgiving approaches, Margaret finds herself hip-deep in another case. Mr. Stewart, the resident dog groomer, is found dead. He was a cranky old man, but who would use that as a reason for murder?

Join Margaret, an amateur sleuth and candy store owner, as she investigates another grisly mystery that is far from fun and games....

That was the past. Now, is one of the hottest country guitar players around with his brother, Colton. He’s got a career and a peaceful heart. Kitt leads a good life that only gets better when he is introduced to songwriter Raylene Evans. Raylene and Kitt share a manager and a deep passion for music. When the two share the dance floor at Colton’s wedding, the sparks fly. They are inseparable until a call interrupts a date with Raylene. A call from his dark past.

An amateur sleuth in a small town, and a respected school teacher found dead...Will Margaret bring light to his murder and find the killer? The entire neighborhood is shaken when their friend and respected school teacher, Jose Santiago, is found dead by his teenage son, Michael. That’s not the only unnerving threat hitting the streets recently, Margaret has been getting wry letters taped to the door of her candy store. Her son, Zach, and Detective David Graham don’t think it’s a coincidence as an investigation to find the killer gets underway.