Master of Secret Desires

Master of Secret Desires
Author: S. L. Carpenter
Publisher: Gallery Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-06-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781416536154

In these three steamy stories, only one person can make their lover's fantasies become a scorching reality.... S. L. Carpenter Broken Lovely Kari Hawkins is just getting over her abusive ex-boyfriend when she meets Jesse Andersen one rainy night. Though he's totally gorgeous and a real gentleman, inside he's shattered by the woman he thought he loved. Yet when Kari and Jesse are drawn together by a powerful, uninhibited passion, everything seems to fall into place. Now they can put their wounded pasts behind them and explore the hungry desire that neither can -- nor wants -- to resist. Elizabeth Jewell 6 Enchanted Princesses Hired by the father of six beautiful identical sisters, P.I. Patrick Fitzcairn must find out where the girls escape to each night. Immediately drawn to the luscious eldest sister, Annabeth, Fitz soon learns that she and her sisters visit a Fairy world of lust and indulgence where sex is an expression of power -- and Annabeth is the prisoner of an evil seducer. But when an explosive night of passion draws them together, Annabeth learns the true meaning of desire with Fitz -- and can finally be free from the dark world that consumed her. Tawny Taylor Dragons and Dungeons Outbid at an auction for a valuable ancient artifact, Kaya Cordova finds herself strangely charmed by the winning bidder. When she decides to talk to the handsome and flirtatious Jestin Draig about selling his prize, Kaya is overcome with aching desire. Following him to his palatial estate, she soon learns a dark secret about Jestin that shakes Kaya to her core. She must put aside her fears and accept him as her master if she wants him to satisfy all her desires. Step inside Ellora's Cave, where passions run wild and the sexiest fantasies come true.... www.EllorasCave.com

Master of Desire

Master of Desire
Author: Jessica Trapp
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821778623

When a woman with a secret past is abducted by a bounty hunter, her bold captor soon possesses her body--and her soul--with his unquenchable passion. Original.

The Master of All Desires

The Master of All Desires
Author: Judith Merkle Riley
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1402270623

"A delightful blend of history, romance, and the supernatural, served with a generous helping of wit and humor."—Booklist Nostradamus, a ruthless queen, and a young poet find themselves in the fight of their lives... Lady Sibille never goes looking for trouble, but trouble always seems to find her. When she inadvertently becomes the master of an ancient cursed head of Menander the Magus—the Master of All Desires—she suddenly has the power to grant any wish, at a steep price. Queen Catherine de Medici is trying to obtain the power of the Master in order to get rid of her husband's mistress. But she does not understand that the Master is malic itself, twisting the wishes that he grants to bring destruction. But only Nostradamus knows that evil befalls all who wish upon this accursed object. Can he stop these determined women before they unwittingly destroy the entire kingdom of France? Praise for The Master of All Desires: "Mixing history and fantasy with élan, Judith Merkle Riley offers a tightly woven, suspenseful, and fiendishly funny novel...Lush period detail and sprightly dialogue laced with humor and courtly pomp anchor Riley's romantic adventure with stylized whimsy and historical plausibility."—Publishers Weekly "Another darling mix of history, romance and the occult from Riley, a writer who excels at getting the background right and creating strong, intelligent heroines."—Kirkus Reviews

The Secret Desires of a Governess

The Secret Desires of a Governess
Author: Tiffany Clare
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2011-05-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312381844

In the scintillating new novel by the author of "The Seduction of His Wife," a young woman longs for the one man she shouldn't--only to find out that the feeling is scandalously mutual. Original.

Master of Desire

Master of Desire
Author: Kinley MacGregor
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061747394

With the success of Kinley MacGregor's latest New York Times Expanded and USA Today bestseller A Dark Champion, we are in the perfect position to republish her backlist gem Master of Desire. A Dream of Desire Awakened . . . Beautiful Lady Emily dreams of the rapture of love and the joys of marriage. The youngest daughter of an English lord at war, she is shaken by the arrival of a mysterious stranger to her father's castle. Could this breathtaking man be Emily's yearned-for lover? Indeed, Draven de Montague, Earl of Ravenswood, has come for Emily . . . but romance has nothing to do with it. In the Tender Embrace of an Enemy . . . Draven would never have entered the home of his most hated adversary had not the King himself ordered him to take in his foe's daughter for a year to forge bonds of peace between their two feuding houses. Worse still, here is a lass whose exquisite loveliness could tempt Draven to betray his sworn vow never to let anther close to his heart. Emily knows the searing heat of her passion could burn down the defenses of this proud warrior. But will the surrender of the sweet nectar of his lips and his bold, sensuous caress ignite a blaze so hot it consumes them both?

Secret Desires

Secret Desires
Author: J. L. Regen
Publisher: Joan Regen
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-01-25
Genre: Man-woman relationships
ISBN: 9780998409917

Nothing in Margo Simmons' life comes easy. She has to be employed for a year in order to claim her inheritance. She anguishes over a relationship with the man of her dreams because he is tied to his deceased wife. She becomes guardian to a recently orphaned child she had been tutoring. Margo evolves from insecurity to a determined woman.

Everlasting Desire

Everlasting Desire
Author: Amanda Ashley
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1420119907

Desire Burns Forever The clientele at Shore's clothing store includes some of L.A.'s sexiest bachelors. But none of them affects Megan DeLacey as deeply as the dark-eyed stranger who strides into her boutique one evening--and keeps returning, night after night. Megan is drawn to Rhys Costain even as she fears him. Because his reason for being there is clear--he wants Megan, with an intensity that's both tempting and terrifying. . . For almost five centuries, Rhys has lived alone, using women as it pleased him and never wanting more. As Master of the West Coast vampires, it's his duty to eliminate the ancient vampire who's draining humans on his turf, putting all of their kind at risk. But Megan's lush beauty and vibrant warmth is blinding him to a danger that will soon engulf them both--and tear him from the only woman who can satisfy his darkest hunger. . . "Master storyteller. . ." --Christine Feehan

Meeting the Master (Modern Erotic Classics)

Meeting the Master (Modern Erotic Classics)
Author: Elissa Wald
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2012-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472106040

In Wald's darkly erotic stories, characters enact the intricate and subtle ways that dominance and submission play a role in their daily lives: a young girl dreams of submitting to a boy who's not interested in controlling her, an ex-convict is so accustomed to serving his cellmate that he cannot adjust to the outside world, a professional dominatrix is beaten at her own game by a psychiatrist, and a student lies his way into the home of an army recruiter in order to become his houseboy. Meeting the Master is a provocative exploration of the pleasures and rituals of dominance and submission.

Anorexia and Mimetic Desire

Anorexia and Mimetic Desire
Author: René Girard
Publisher: MSU Press
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1628950374

René Girard shows that all desires are contagious—and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling new book, Girard ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls mimetic desire: a desire imitated from a model. Girard has long argued that, far from being spontaneous, our most intimate desires are copied from what we see around us. In a culture obsessed with thinness, the rise of eating disorders should be no surprise. When everyone is trying to slim down, Girard asks, how can we convince anorexic patients to have a healthy outlook on eating? Mixing theoretical sophistication with irreverent common sense, Girard denounces a “culture of anorexia” and takes apart the competitive impulse that fuels the game of conspicuous non-consumption. He shows that showing off a slim physique is not enough—the real aim is to be skinnier than one’s rivals. In the race to lose the most weight, the winners are bound to be thinner and thinner. Taken to extremes, this tendency to escalation can only lead to tragic results. Featuring a foreword by neuropsychiatrist Jean-Michel Oughourlian and an introductory essay by anthropologist Mark R. Anspach, the volume concludes with an illuminating conversation between René Girard, Mark R. Anspach, and Laurence Tacou.