Elves aren't the only sexy ones, you know. In these modern post-Hobbit days, it is high time we culture acknowledged one simple truth: dwarves can, in fact, be smokin’ hot. From the deep, rich and remote places of the world come legends of these fascinating beings: earthen men and women, fae kings, great metal workers and miners, mighty warriors, they are compact but virile mythological figures.In Hard as Stone, editor Julie Cox brings together erotic stories of brawny builders and...

Raven Black is no martyr, but she has a secret she deems worth protecting. Placed into the care of Zadkiel, the Archangel of Mercy, Raven Black tries with all her might and main to hide her deadly secret. It's difficult to know who to trust or who to confide in, but Raven knows she's unwilling to be exploited to get the Archangels' greatest enemy. She seals her lips, refusing to speak and enduring the ensuing torture in silence.After centuries of nothing but duty, Zadkiel is torment...

Stolen from her mansion in the middle of the night Tharissa Bax finds herself in a precarious position; she has become embroiled in a political rift between three races of the great forest. The Shifters, a race of men who become wolves, Dragon Lords, a race of men who become dragons, and humans, a race without any seeming advantages...her race. But her father has set out to change that, to pass a law that would void a thousand year old treaty that offers human women to the Dragon Lords in ...

Join Lana, a newly escaped courtesan, as she learns to ride the dragon, Thrax, with her new lover, Drago. When she learns of the thrilling power she can unlock in Thrax, her relationship with Drago takes on a new, three-dimensional aspect. Romance awaits all three in this new erotic tale.

*This is the first book (novella-length) in The Darkling Chronicles series*At the age of four, Patrick Benjamin Solomon becomes Anka Rehmling's human charge. By eight, he can SEE her. At thirteen, he breaks her heart, and by eighteen, she finds herself fighting for his life.As a darkling shadowcaster, Anka casts shadows in the human world, harnessing some of the earth's UV light to bring back to Montenai—a world full of darklings, nymphs, satyrs, phantoms, and dragon lords....

A 10,000-word dark romantic fantasy set in the world of Russian fairy tales. This is the short story version of Anna Kashina's award-winning novel, "Mistress of the Solstice".

Jasmine is a poor farm girl, stuck in a poor village. Nothing ever happens in her home, the only excitement being the stories of the adventurers that seldom make their way through.One night, having given up on hunting to bring food for her family, Jasmine decides to wander a little farther out. Realizing her mistake, she tries to make her way home. She is intercepted by a group of cruel looking men, wanting her for themselves. Just before they gain the upper hand, Jasmine is whiske...

Alanna in a High Elven scholar who has studied the strange ways of the Dark Elves for over a century. But the uneasy peace between their people is shattered when the elf maiden is taken prisoner by her dark and twisted brethren!Alanna has long studied their forbidden practices, spent many long nights absorbed in contemplation of their sexual rites and proclivities. She shows the rumours, the whispered tales - knows them so well she dreams of them, sometimes. Always in the past, she...