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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


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If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


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She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


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He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

Red Velvet And Absinthe by Mitzi Szereto

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Oysters and Pearls: Collected Stories, November 2016
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Phantom: The Immortal, February 2016
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Love, Lust, and Zombies: Short Stories, October 2015
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Darker Edge of Desire, October 2014
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Wilde Passions Of Dorian Gray, November 2013
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Thrones Of Desire: Erotic Tales Of Swords, Mist And Fire, September 2012
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Normal For Norfolk, July 2012
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Red Velvet And Absinthe, September 2011
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Pride & Prejudice, July 2011
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In Sleeping Beauty's Bed, September 2009
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Silk Sheets, November 2008
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The New Black Lace Book of Women's Sexual Fatasies, June 2008
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Getting Even, June 2008
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Dying For It, August 2006
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The World's Best Sex Writing 2005, December 2005
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Foreign Affairs, August 2004
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Erotic Travel Tales 2, March 2003
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RED VELVET AND ABSINTHE
By: Mitzi Szereto

Cleis Press
September 2011
On Sale: September 13, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 1573447161
EAN: 9781573447164
Kindle: B005OVJMVI
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Romance Erotica Sensual | Romance Paranormal

Red Velvet and Absinthe explores love and lust with otherworldly partners who, by their sheer fantastical nature, evoke passion and desire far beyond that which any normal human being can inspire. Although the greats such as Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, and Daphne du Maurier are long dead, these contemporary authors keep the Gothic spirit alive and well by interpreting it in new and exciting ways. Red Velvet and Absinthe offers readers a collection of unique and original stories that conjure up the atmospheric and romantic spirit of the Gothic masters (and mistresses) but take things a bit further by adding to the brew a generous dosage of eroticism. Lie back and listen to the wind howling outside your window as you read these stories in the flickering light of a candle, the absinthe you’re sipping warming your body like the caressing touch of a lover’s fingers . . .

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