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DESIGNED FOR SIN - Dorothy Starr

'But you're my master,' she said, in awe.

'Yes, but I've been a slave in my time.'

Lukas freed her hands, then drew her up into a sitting position with him. 'I give the power to you now, Clover,' he said quietly, 'The tables are turned. Do with me what you will.'

Almost before the words were out of his lips, he climbed gracefully out of bed and knelt down, his head bowed.

Harshly dumped by her fiancé, Clover Wetherby leaves the country for London, bent on a life of fun and sensual self-indulgence. Lodging with Olivia Foxe, exotic fashion designer and old family friend, Clover quickly discovers she's in exactly the right place to achieve her goals.

Olivia is an unashamed hedonist and part of a group of daring sexual sophisticates who break every rule in the pursuit of extreme pleasure. Manoeuvred into the thrall of this dark association and its enigmatic leader Francis Black, Clover is schooled in sin by the beautiful bad boy supermodel Lukas and soon finds herself pushing the erotic envelope...

... a familiar fairytale, retold for the sweetness of recognition and the satisfaction of its conclusion... Dorothy Starr manages to push all the buttons... the mix of cruelty and tenderness is enough to make one swoon... ~ Lisabet Sarai, Erotica Readers and Writers Association

... a well crafted tale of sexual power games... ~ Elizabeth Coldwell, Forum

... imaginative, playful and a lot of fun. ~ For Women

Dorothy Starr... is as multifaceted as a gemstone, her prose sparkles with the eyecatching brilliance of a diamond, and Designed for Sin is her latest masterpiece... There’s tension, excitement, treachery and deception, all melded together with some innovative sex scenes that are exquisitely portrayed... Click here for a full review of Designed for Sin by Lisette Ashton, writing in the International Journal of Erotica

Published by XLibris/XRated, December 2003, ISBN 0751534129

Designed for Sin  is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

FORBIDDEN - Megan Paul

What happens when you fall in love with a forbidden man? A man who thinks he's your guardian, your protector and your buddy, but never your lover? This is the dilemma that faces Chloe Scott when she realises she loves family friend Kittrick Maynard, the man who's set himself the task of overseeing her moral welfare in the fast, bright world of London fashion...

Large Print editions of this book are now available:-

Thorndike Large Print [US], February 2004, ISBN 0786259787
Chivers Large Print [UK], March 2004, ISBN 0754076903

Forbidden [Large Print] is available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
[It may currently be listed as unavailable, but this should change shortly]

Also available direct from Chivers Large Print

Originally published by Heartline Books, December 2001, ISBN 1903867258

Forbidden is available from Amazon.co.uk and all good bookshops.

THE TUTOR - Portia Da Costa

When Rosalind Howard becomes Julian Hadey's private librarian, she soon finds herself attracted by his persuasive charms and distinguished appearance. He is an unashamed sensualist, a man of wealth and intellect who, together with his libidinous wife, Celeste, has hatched an intriguing challenge for their new employee.

As well as cataloguing their extensive archive of erotica, Rosie is expected to educate Celeste's young and beautiful cousin in the arts of erotic love. Having led a sheltered life, the young man is simmering with youthful passion. In luxurious surroundings, they find themselves drawn into increasingly decadent scenarios where experimental sex is on the menu and likeminded libertines reap the rewards of unbridled desire.

The Tutor is a Black Lace Special Reprint and will be available from 7th August 2003 in the UK and in the USA in September - ISBN 0352329467

The Tutor is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

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SHADOWPLAY - Portia Da Costa

When wayward, sophisticated Christabel is forced to take an extended country holiday she foresees only long days of bucolic boredom and sexual ennui. But she has reckoned without the hidden agenda of Nicholas, her deviously sensual husband, and the presence of unexpected stimuli within the grounds of a brooding old mansion house.

Almost immediately, she is drawn into a web of transgressive eroticism, where power and pleasure shift and change like the shadows playing across Collingwood's secretive walls. Swept in with her are the delusional but libidinous Daniel, a prisoner of his own obsession with the past; his beautiful wild-child sister, Augusta; and the golden, ambiguous Jamie, personal assistant to the all-controlling Nicholas.

As the summer passes, and ever darker and more challenging liaisons unfold, Christabel quickly comes to relish her enforced sabbatical.

'this searingly scrumptious novel!'  -  Click here for a review of Shadowplay by Kathee S. Card, Associate Editor, Under the Covers

'swelteringly hot sex... beautifully literate... absolutely delicious!'  -  Click here for a review of Shadowplay by Hazel Weldon for the Erotica Readers Association

A Black Lace Special Reprint, August 2002, ISBN 0-352-33313-8

Shadowplay is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

Signed copies available via Amazon Marketplace.

HOTEL OF LOVE - Dorothy Starr

He was one of the sexiest, most desirable men she'd ever met... As Dani considered this, a piquant idea occurred to her; something she knew she should dismiss out of hand, yet which felt more irresistible as every second passed...

The luxury hotel of Bouvier Manor nestles near a spring whose mineral water is reputed to have potent aphrodisiac qualities. Whether it's powers are real or not, Dani Stratton, the hotel's feisty receptionist, finds concentrating on work rather tricky, particularly when the muscularly attractive Mitch is around.

And even as a mysterious consortium threatens to take over the Manor, staff and guests alike seem quite unable to control their insatiable thirsts...

'Hotel of Love' is a reprint of Dorothy Starr's classic 1995 novel 'Hotel Aphrodisia'.

Published by X Libris, April 2001, ISBN 0751531472

Hotel of Love is available from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and all good bookshops.

Also available direct from X Libris.

WICKED WORDS 4 - a Black Lace anthology

Another red hot collection of erotic Black Lace short stories which features 'Screen Dream' by Portia Da Costa.

Wicked Words 4 is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

Also available direct from Virgin Publishing - click here for contact details.

HOTBED - Portia Da Costa

This was not what Natalie had expected. The angry thing she held in her hand didn't seem to belong to the mild, shy man she'd believed she was sitting next to. He felt powerful. Primal. Dominant in a way that bypassed all words. She wanted to get down on her knees and...

Pride comes before a fall... but what if the descent becomes the wildest ride of your life? Two sisters - Natalie and Patti - become rivals when they challenge each other's daring on a dark, downward spiral where nobody is quite who or what they seem, and where transgressing sexual boundaries is the norm.

'This dark journey into the world of... sexual mindgames is Portia Da Costa's most shocking and arousing Black Lace novel yet.'

'Portia Da Costa can always be relied on the deliver the erotic goods and Hotbed doesn't disappoint... hot is the operative word!'  -  Forum

'Not so much hot as scorching!'  -  For Women

Published by Black Lace, April 2001, ISBN 0352336145

Hotbed is available from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and all good bookshops.

Also available direct from Virgin Publishing - click here for contact details.

EROTICA OMNIBUS THREE - X Libris

This omnibus contains three full length erotic books, including MIDNIGHT STARR, a short story collection by Dorothy Starr.

This collection has been out of print for a while and lots of people have been asking for a reprint!

Erotica Omnibus Three is available from Amazon.co.uk.

THE BEST OF BLACK LACE 2 - edited by Kerri Sharp

This is an 'editor's choice' of extracts from the most engaging and unique books of the past three years of the Black Lace imprint.

It contains an extract from HOTBED by Portia Da Costa, and in her introduction to the selection the editor, Kerri Sharp, describes Portia as 'The Queen of S/M Fiction'!!!

The Best of Black Lace 2 is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

GOTHIC BLUE - Portia Da Costa

'What are you going to do to me?' Belinda asked defiantly. 'Beat me or something? Smack my bottom? I'm sure that's what you decadent aristocrats live for - a chance to humiliate the lower orders.' Even as she was speaking, this idea - which should have seemed horrendous - was becoming highly exciting.

At an archduke's reception, a handsome young nobleman falls under the spell of a malevolent but irresistible sorceress.

Two hundred years later, Belinda Seward also falls prey to sensual forces she can neither understand nor control. Stranded by a thunderstorm at a remote Gothic priory, Belinda and her boyfriend are drawn into an enclosed world of luxurious decadence and sexual alchemy.

Their host is the courteous but melancholic Andre Von Kastel; a beautiful aristocrat who mourns his lost love. He has plans for Belinda - plans which take her into the realms of obsessive love and the erotic paranormal.

'the sex is relentlessly intense!'  -  Forum

A Special Reprint published by Black Lace, March 2000, ISBN 0-352-33075-9

Gothic Blue is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

NO SWEETER CONFLICT - Megan Paul

Jacob Trevelyan was the latest media sensation. A handsome hero with talent and charm to match. What could be more natural than for his 'kissing cousin' Florence Trevelyan to interview him? She tried to act with journalistic detachment, but for better or worse, she still remembered a time in the past when she and Jacob had been more than 'just good friends'.

'With gratifying skill and a stimulating parallel of artistic, creative performance and reality, Megan Paul keeps the lack of communication between the lovers surprising and absorbing' - Romantic Times.

Published by Scarlet, May 1997, ISBN 1-85487-999-5

No Sweeter Conflict is available from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, the Internet Bookshop and all good bookshops.