Charlotte, a young military widow, decides to move North to the Scottish Border Hills, in search of a new life, some independence, and hopefully, a new love.  She meets David, and after several months they find that they are mutually attracted and they merge together in a surreal relationship.       By some bizarre twists, Charlotte emulates the Scots’ ability to blend barley and water, by distilling David into a perfect u...

In the first novel of this series, Charlotte a young widow, moves to the Scottish Borders in search of a new independence and freedom.  She meets David and after a great deal of prevarication she tries him out with a demand, for reasons which she fully explains, for hard core bondage sex. Having enjoyed the experience, in this volume their relationship develops into a deep loving respect, built at Charlottes insistance around an erotic bondage lifestyle experiment.

May traces Brahms’s early years in Hamburg, Germany, where he was born in 1833, detailing his musical upbringing and formative experiences. The biography offers an intimate look at Brahms’s family background, his initial education in music, and his early influences, including his relationship with the famous Hungarian violinist Ede Reményi and composer Robert Schumann. May provides context for Brahms’s development as a composer, highlighting his struggles and determination to establish him...

May traces Brahms’s early years in Hamburg, Germany, where he was born in 1833, detailing his musical upbringing and formative experiences. The biography offers an intimate look at Brahms’s family background, his initial education in music, and his early influences, including his relationship with the famous Hungarian violinist Ede Reményi and composer Robert Schumann. May provides context for Brahms’s development as a composer, highlighting his struggles and determination to establish him...

TO THE MANY KIND FRIENDS WHOSE SYMPATHY HAS HELPED ME DURING THE WRITING OF THESE VOLUMES, THEY ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED The biographical materials from which I have written the following Life of Brahms have, excepting in the few instances indicated in footnotes, been gathered by me, at first hand, chiefly in the course of several Continental journeys, the first of which was undertaken in the summer of 1902. Dates of concerts throughout the volumes have been authenticated by reference to o...

Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for LiteratureREAD WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR""A vibrant coming-of-age story."" — Charmaine Wilkerson""I was completely immersed.” — Nita ProseFrom the acclaimed author of Wahala, a stunning reimagining of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park: Split b...

Brought to you by Penguin.When Funke’s mother dies in a tragic accident in Lagos, she’s sent to live with her maternal family in England. Traumatised by grief and against a backdrop of condescension and mild neglect, conformist Funke strives to fit in, determined to become one of them.Free-spirited Liv has always wanted to break free of her joyless family, resolved to be nothing like them. Fiercely protective of Funke, she ...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

This is the story of an ambitious, but struggling college student whose life changes one night when a wealthy, much older man offers her a tip she can't refuse. It starts off like a dream come true, as she gets pampered with luxurious gifts, vacations, even her own house, all from a man who’s old enough to be her father. Things really heat up in the bedroom as she realizes his sexual experience makes for the perfect relationship with whom she thinks is a perfect gentleman.

When a white slave owner's wife decides to spend the night with three black slaves, the entire area is changed to crave big black men... This hot bundle pulls together the Plantation 1, 2 and 3 into one extremely hot trilogy.The PlantationSamson is a slave to a brutal and unfaithful plantation owner. When he prevents his owner from slapping his beautiful white wife, he is punished badly. Susan, the owner's wife is compelled to help Samson while at the same time getting reve...

Mischievous Susan Ross, now at Vassar, continues to exasperate Anthony Newton, while pursuing other dominant men. Heroically proportioned Michael Flagg proves capable but bossy, while handsome Marcus Gower has one too many demands. Dominating her girlfriend Diana brings Susan unexpected satisfaction, but playing top is work and she soon turns her charmingly compliant submissive over to the men. Spanking, sex and intensely erotic anal discipline are delineated with exquisite sensitivity in ...

Jana and Ray are happily married and enjoy a healthy and satisfying sex life—even if it has become a little boring. When Ray confesses that he would like to see her with another man, she is hesitant, but secretly aroused. She relegates the thought to the back of her mind until she meets Jack; the newest Jr., partner at the law firm where she works. He is handsome, athletic and sexy as hell, and he makes it known to Jana that he wants her too. She becomes determined to hook up with Jack, bu...