Estimated reading time: 14 – 23 minutes

Claudia D. Christian

DARLING – Book 1 of 5 in Beloved Series

Fear perverts love.

“Vampires should not love, Mistress. Their love is dangerous, expressed in a way humans do not understand. It could bring out the worst in both of you.”

From birth, Cassandra has been groomed to be the Beloved of Lord Constantine. Deeply in love with her lord, she is obsessed with being his wife and mother of his future Half-Blood children. As the Pureblood Vampire King of Nightmares, Lord Constantine is obsessed with keeping Cassandra sheltered from the necessary cruelty of his world.

Even if that means keeping Cassandra a perpetual maiden.

Unfortunately good intentions and love are not enough when Cassandra cannot be protected from the one man capable of destroying her—Lord Constantine himself.

DEVIL’S DESCENT I: purgatory – Book 1 of 6 in Devil’s Descent Series

Love kills.

Lily Walker—a human with dangerous ancestry. Julian Douglas—a vampire with pureblood legacy.

She hated him, loved him, left him, and now waits for the night for her misery to end.

He hated her, needed her, abandoned her, and now exists solely for the night for his misery to end.

Julian finds Lily.

Lily lets Julian inside.

May their hell begin once again.

WARNING: If you like your romance sweet, your vampires gentle, and your heroines flawless—this isn’t for you. This is a dark, unconventional love story meant for readers who prefer morally ambiguous tales. There is explicit content within and is not suitable for minors. Meaning Julian is one psychotic, fucked up mess. Lily is so beyond broken it’s nearly impossible to believe she could’ve ever loved Julian. There. Now you’ve been warned.

DEVIL’S DESCENT II: impure – Book 2 of 6 in Devil’s Descent Series

I’m so sick of you.

Volume I sees Julian Douglas, a Pureblood Vampire among other obsessive, psychotic things, finding Lily Walker, an unstable wreck of a girl among other pitiful, lamentable things, before abandoning her in an uncharacteristic moment of conscience. Volume II takes us two years before to when their twisted love affair began… 

Lily Walker, resident Resurrector for a town that doesn’t exist, finds herself contemplating murder. Julian Douglas, Pureblood Vampire and Lily’s former love, finds himself contemplating the same.

However, attempted murder leads Lily and Julian to unwanted realizations in the span of one day. Love and hate aren’t so simple when sanity is a fleeting condition and obsession cannot be killed.

No matter how badly Lily and Julian would like to believe otherwise…

 

VICIOUS BLISS: fallen (2010 Revised edition)

The dead do not forget.

Katherine Merror has spent the last seven years passing through the night with a blissful smile and vicious heart. She cares for no one and expects the same in return. When she wakes up alone in a white room Katherine morbidly wonders if her reckless flirtation with violence and death has finally caught up with her.

Unfortunately for Katherine it’s a lot more complicated than that.

The man who walks through the door is Azer, a doppelganger for Mikhail DeMontier—the creature who broke Katherine’s heart. Gentle and kind, Azer seems to be all that is innocent and missing from Katherine’s life.

However, love and vengeance brew within his ancient soul. The desire for freedom is an obsession in his mind and only Katherine holds the key to his release.

The night is long and Azer’s charm is terribly tempting. Will she be able to conquer the specters of the past or will Azer finally seduce Katherine into the pleasures of Hell?

LOVE UNFORTUNATE – A Dark Love Story

Even a monster can love.

What sins would you suffer for love?

Locked alone in a tower, Liana waits for Laurent, her vampire lover, to visit each night. Tender, vicious, adoring, and spiteful, he pushes Liana to the edge time and time again. Yet beneath Laurent’s cruelty exists the gentle man Liana first fell in love with.

Trapped in a dark and dysfunctional romance of their own making, Liana and Laurent desperately struggle to overcome a past filled with unintended betrayal and unspoken lies.

Unfortunately not all love stories have a happy ending…

WARNING: This story is dark, angsty, and morally ambiguous. There is explicit sexual content within. Some scenes include bloodletting, physical violence, and mental anguish. Please read with an open mind.

SUICIDE DOLL – A Dark Love Story

Not all broken dolls are made of porcelain.

Narcissus was once given a little doll named Lisette. He enjoyed making her do depraved things for his selfish amusement. One day Narcissus pushed Lisette too far and he found her dangling from a cord.

He tried to fix what he had broken but Lisette no longer belonged to him.

Narcissus kept after his doll, chasing it through the centuries, begging to put all the pieces back together. Will Narcissus ever earn her forgiveness or will Lisette keep breaking for his punishment?

WARNING: If you are NOT a reader who enjoys visiting a world where depravity is mistaken for love, and obsession is the only hope a man can have against hatred, then this story isn’t for you. Content can and/or will include hints of: S&M, oral, anal, humiliation, necrophilia, violence, suicide, orgies, and whatever other sins Narcissus is guilty of against Lisette.

FRACTURE – A Miserable Love Collection

Four ways to break a heart.

The fracture in a damaged heart knows only one torment…love. Mercy, Fate, Paradise, and Family are four short stories that explore the consequences of giving a heart away.

MERCY – Straddled above her sleeping lover, Aurora must decide between a sovereign’s pride and a woman’s love. As she succumbs to the rage churning inside, what will Mercy guide–her hand or her heart?

FATE – Mikhail DeMontier arrives in a new country with only the clothes on his back and a picture in his pocket. Little does he know that instead of leaving his wrecked past behind, he has just sealed his own sad fate…

PARADISE – Isa lives in a perfect world. So why does another life haunt her? Desperate to keep her secret, she denies the ugly truth–only to find Hell a kiss away.

FAMILY – Missions. Apocalypses. Debriefings. It’s just an expression of duty for Cynthia Santiana. However, this night the lines between lust and love become blurred, entangling two lonely people in the unbreakable bonds of family.

PARADISE – A Miserable Love Story

Every addiction runs its course.

Isa lives in a perfect world. So why does another life haunt her? Desperate to keep her secret, she denies the ugly truth—only to find Hell a kiss away. NOTE: This story is also included in Fracture.

WARNING: Explicit sexual content is present in this short story. Sexual addiction and drug use is also insinuated throughout. Please read this tale with an open mind.

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Charlotte DeCorte

CRY FOR ME – A Dark Erotic Novella

Hurt me and I’ll love you forever.

Ava is emotionally complicated. Sevastian is emotionally repressed. To ease the burdens of their high-stress lives, they like to play violent dominance and submission games. However, one night things go too far. How will Ava and Sevastian come to terms with the dark knowledge that it’s not all just fun and games but a new way of life?

***This 13,000 word novella contains violent sex, spanking, light bondage, along with psychological dominance and submission themes. It is meant for adults who enjoy reading about unconventional relationships.***

 

 

 

YES, MR. COLLINS – Book 1 of 4 in Natasha and Mr. Collins Series

A wolf and bunny’s adventures in love, lust, and discipline.

“Take off your clothes, Natasha.”

Natasha Reynolds has worked well under her brilliant yet demanding boss, Mr. Collins, for over a year. One night he accuses her of making a mistake and their dynamics take a dark but erotic turn. When Mr. Collins confesses to seeing Natasha as his prey she is forced to admit her submissive side can no longer be completely confined to their working relationship. Just how well will this bunny survive being a wolf’s carnal plaything?

***This 10,000 word novella contains spanking and light bondage, along with dominance and submission themes. It is meant for adults who enjoy reading about unconventional relationships.***

D. Cristiana

DARK DESIRES: BOUGHT – Book 1 of 3 in Dark Desires – Owned Series

Oh, my beautiful whore…

“Who do you belong to?” 

Arthur Westerfield has secretly taken his wife, Madeline, to a villa where wealthy men mix business with the pleasure of expensive escorts. When Madeline disobeys him and is accosted by a business associate, Arthur punishes his beloved wife by letting her explore the dark desire of being his personal whore…

WARNING: This 5,500 short story is intended for open-minded adults. Crude language and explicit sexual acts are contained within.

DARK DESIRE: SOLD – Book 2 of 3 in Dark Desires  - Owned Series

My life led me to you.

Two years ago a chance encounter brought together Marguerite Grey, a woman with a distinct lack of care for the world, and Marcus White, a man who makes a lucrative living as an assassin. In a moment of uncharacteristic spontaneity, Marcus offers Marguerite half a million dollars a year to be his woman.

She accepts.

Now secreted away on a desolate mountain, Marguerite finds her humanity and true love in the arms of a conscience-deficit killer…

WARNING: This 6,400 word short story is intended for open-minded adults. Crude language and explicit descriptions of sexual acts, to include oral and anal, are contained within.

DARK DESIRE: KEPT – Book 3 of 3 in Dark Desires  - Bewitched Series

I’ll unravel without you.

Leah and Kiyoshi have been inseparable since they were children. As best friends they turned into lovers and eventually soul mates. Life was beautifully simple until Kiyoshi had to go back to Japan and become heir to the same aristocratic family that disowned his mother over 20 years before for marrying his American father.

Even though Kiyoshi brings Leah to Japan with him, the distance between them is growing ever wider. Confused, lonely, and abandoned, Leah runs away from her beloved, only to have Kiyoshi catch her and force her back into her pretty cage. Soon familiar arguments turn into blazing passion as they seek to find their way back home in one another’s arms. . .