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Twenty Tantalizing Tales - Contains 20 Contemporary Romance Stories from bestselling authors writing as the Naughty Literati.
Alice’s Sheikh ~ Suz deMello
A virginal English noblewoman finds herself under the complete control of an autocratic sheikh–an unexpectedly sexy one who will do whatever he must to have her.
Step Benefits: Cinderella Scandal ~ Nicole Austin
It was a onetime indulgence—a random encounter between strangers. A good girl’s dirty little secret with her bad boy stepbrother. Anything else is forbidden. Or is it?
Buying Adam ~ Marianne Stephens
Under false pretenses, Jessica wins Adam at a Charity Bachelor auction. Secret desires for each other ignite into passionate lovemaking. Will the truth divide them?
The Loch Ness Monster, Romeo, and Julio ~ Berengaria Brown
Fraser Campbell and Cameron MacDonald are sent to Glasgow on business. Cam’s determined to see the Loch Ness monster. Fraser just wants Cam.
Chasing Flavorgasms ~ Francesca Hawley
When food blogger, Taylor Simmons writes a scathing review of his restaurant, John “Doc” Holliday challenges her to return so he can give her the flavorgasm she’s been chasing her entire life.
My Wish Come True ~ Tina Donahue
Baby, it’s hot inside…
For Laurel, Christmas so sucks. She’s out of a job, money, and luck until her neighbor Scott plays Santa. This tall, dark, and sexy hunk delivers sweet decadence and holiday magic that makes being bad oh-so good.
The Lake by Moonlight ~ Katherine Kingston
Julie Forrester returns to Lake Como in Italy to evaluate some paintings for a former professor–and to re-evaluate her relationship with the man.
Naughty Balls ~ Suz deMello
Two college basketball players find themselves alone on V-Day evening.
Step Benefits: Dirty Princess ~ Nicole Austin
I’m sure there’s a rule in the friend code that makes lusting after your bestie forbidden. But if giving in to this off-the-charts chemistry is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Back in Your Arms ~ Marianne Stephens
Liz blames Brian’s family for the loss of her family’s Inn. Seeking revenge, she contracts Brian to restore it. Will rekindled love spark between them?
Chocolate-Coated Reunion ~ Berengaria Brown
Jake refuses to talk to Matt after he was very late on Christmas Eve. Matt’s determined to reconnect with Jake on Valentine’s Day.
Silent Sky ~ Regina Kammer
I watched in horror as the twin towers collapsed, trying to remember if I’d told Scott I loved him before he left for New York.
Hot Buns ~ Marianne Stephens
Angela offers to pay Vinnie to use his bakery ovens until hers are delivered. For financial reasons, he agrees. Being near her threatens his determination never to forgive her betrayal. When the truth surfaces, both must share the blame. Can smoldering love between them flame into passion once again?
The Ride of Her Life ~ Tina Donahue
Maddy’s so desperate for fun, she’s signed up for speed dating. Ew. Before she can ditch the event, Ben, her sexy driver, arrives. After one sinfully hot kiss, they’re breaking all the rules, and then some, on a sensuous spring night.
Fireworks At The Lake ~ Berengaria Brown
Andrew didn’t want to spend the Fourth of July long weekend with the people from the office so he goes to Lake Superior instead. There he sees Luke, a blond Viking who arouses every craving for love and lust inside him. But can he overcome his low self-esteem from when Rory rejected his love and open his heart to another man?
Step Benefits: Royal Brat ~ Nicole Austin
Loving two men, my stepbrothers, got me exiled to a foreign country. Without them I’m lost and alone, cast adrift on turbulent seas without a compass or rudder. In order to finally be together we’ll have to navigate a course through the landmine infested waters of my traumatic past.
Saving Sophia ~ Suz deMello
“It doesn’t matter” is cynical Sophie Fortune’s motto. Then her best friend is killed and Sophie herself is attacked. Can Detective Inspector Nick Wendell keep her safe and heal her heart?
Window Display ~ Regina Kammer
The apartment in Zurich was supposed to be the perfect disruption-free place to finish my dissertation. Trouble is, my room came with a very distracting view.
Dear Santa…I Want A MAN For Christmas ~ Marianne Stephens
Frustrated with untrustworthy men, Melissa orders a man doll. When delivery guy, Nick, shows up, she has second thoughts about how to satisfy her needs.
Fist Me ~ Berengaria Brown
Maeve nearly fell off her barstool when sexy Taryn asked her to fist her. But is it the right thing to do?
*These titles have been previously published in earlier Naughty Literati boxed-sets.*
REVIEW
Alice's
Sheikh by Suz deMello - Alice's well known parents are found dead, with
needles in their arms
in Trevi Fountain. When the children meet with the
Estate Attorney, they find out a caveat to their
inheritance. We follow Alice
in this story, her brother taking the title handed down by their father.
There is another sibling. They have to 'do' something for someone else to get
their inheritance. What
does Alice decide to do? What helps her make that
decision? When she is at Barr Aghrib, the King's
brother brings his
girlfriend over from Rak'hat. Not knowing who the girlfriend is, she is
surprised to
see her friend of 10 years, Noor. When Alice receives word that
her order she has placed has come in
in Rak'hat, the Sheikh flies her over in
the helicopter. While they are there, they stay at the Palace of
the Kings of
Rak'hat. Noor's father is the current King. When Harry, the Sheikh of Aghrib,
takes Alice
to another room to talk with her, what happens? By the time they
are ready to head back to Aghrib,
what is their situation? You are going to
have to read and find out. I laughed when I saw what
happened. This is
however a very passionate filled romance.
Step Benefits: Cinderella Scandal by Nicole Austin - Carly is on a
flight to see her mother at Spring
Break in Denver. She is flying from NY
where she goes to university at NYU. She's struggling to get
her bag into the
overhead compartment which folks have not left her enough room for her bag.
Nolan
comes up and stands behind her, helping her shove her bag into the
overhead bin. Who is Nolan? What
does he do? Why is he going to Denver? Carly
is going because her mother has some news for her. At
one point during the
flight, she gets up to go to the restroom and things heat up between her and
Nolan
as she tries to climb over him. He is in the aisle seat and her the
window seat of the same row. What
happens as she is washing her hands? When the flight lands, Nolan gets her
bag down for her and then
leaves. What happens when she meets up with her
mother outside of baggage claim after bundling up?
Things are a little freaky
at times in this story. Especially when Carly's ex-boyfriend stalks her to
Denver and tries to get back with her after a post on FB. Read this to see
what happens.
Buying Adam by Marianne Stephens - Adam's family owns and runs the
company he works for. He
has just come back from Europe to find something on
his desk that enrages him a bit. When he storms
into his mother's office,
what happens? After her assistant helps Adam with some things, she's heading
to lunch when his mother calls her into the office. What does his mother ask
Jessica to do? Angela,
Adam's ex-fiancee tries to get control of him for the
weekend, what happens that prevents her from
doing so? What do Jessica and
Adam do? What happens when Adam takes his mother's checkbook
from her desk to
balance it for her over the weekend? What happens when he listens to 9 missed
voice
mails from his mother? What does he find in her checkbook? What does
Jessica say when he confronts
her? Read and find out!
The Loch Ness Monster, Romeo, and Julio by Berengaria Brown - Who are
Fraser and Cameron? What
kind of a relationship do they have if you can call
it that? One of them wants more, but the other one
will not let it happen,
why? Where are they from and where are they going? What convention are they
going to? When one wants to go to Scotland during a couple of free days and
the other wants to go to
Paris, we clearly know where they go from the title
of the story. What happens at the Loch? When they
go to a pub on the second
night of their time in Scotland, they go to the same one they ate at the
night
before. What happens while they're there? What are they gold about
Glencoe? This story has some bits
of real life history in it. Fun read.
Chasing Flavorgasms by Francesca Hawley - What happens when a foodie
who writes reviews and
rates restaurants regularly gets an experience like
none she has had before, given the chef that is
cooking the food? Who is
Taylor? Who is Kath? Who are Chris, Jodi, and John? You really need to
read
this Flavorgasmic experience, because God knows right now I wish I had been
Kath and Taylor
on their second trip to Holliday's. Read and see what I mean.
HAWT and HOT!!!!!
My Wish Come True by Tina Donahue - Who is Laurel Austen and what has
happened to her on this
particular night? What is the shriek she keeps
hearing? Where does she live and what draws Scott
Quinn to be pounding on her
door on this particularly snowy evening? What kind of work do each of
them do
professionally? Reading about how differently their Christmas traditions were
growing up
surprised me. This is one of those HEA Christmas stories we all
wish we could have. You'll have to
read it to see what I mean.
The Lake by Moonlight by Katherine Kingston - Julie is in the art
world, she can appraise art. She has
been called by Professor Antonio Farnese
to assess a group of paintings. Why did he ask for her
specifically? What
does she think is going to happen? What does she want to happen? She finds
herself
in Milan, ready to see the artwork and the professor. Imagine being
in Milan, with a beautiful view
from the house of the Professor of the lake
and the flotilla of ships/boats that float there and move
about. Can they
find an everlasting love?
Naughty Balls by Suz deMello - It is Valentine's Day, all the
sweethearts are out and about doing the
V-Day thing, and Penny is wishing her
roommate to have a good night. She is a women's basketball
player for their
University. She decides to head to the gym to practice. When she gets there
she finds
Oscar there practicing as well. He's only the best ball player of
the men and the most 'wished' after.
What is he doing there? Why is he there
if he has a girlfriend? What happens with Penny and Oscar?
Read to find
out.
Step Benefits: Dirty Princess by Nicole Austin - We meet a young woman
named Hallie and a man
named Ry. When Hallie gets an early morning, well 2:00
p.m. phone call from her mother, why is she
still in bed? What does she tell
her mother? What news does her mother have that causes her to call
Hallie?
When Ry's father calls him, what happens? Where does Hallie end up taking off
to? Who are
Vi and Lucille? What happens when Hallie gets back? Read and see.
Lots of grins from me on this one.
Back in Your Arms by Marianne Stephens - Brian appears to be a general contractor of
sorts in a small
town. Years before, his father was the banker in that town,
and a girl he loved, Liz and her parents
owned a B&B there in town. The
bank had to foreclose on it. One day, Mrs. Morton comes in, wanting
to buy
the former B&B, and has stipulated in the contract that Brian be on hand
every day, he does the
work, and oversees everything. Who is this Mrs. Morton
that comes in, and is making him jump
through all these hoops to get this
former B&B back to it's glory days?
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Chocolate-Coated
Reunion by Berengaria Brown - Who are Clauson and Matt? Who do they work for?
Who is Jake? What does Clauson do to Matt at 4:37 on the night before the
holiday? What events
happen that keep Matt and Jake from being able to meet
up on Christmas Eve? What does Jake feel
when he keeps getting just text
messages from Matt? What did Clauson dump on Matt? What happens
when Matt
finally leaves work and heads for the bus? Why does he have to go back to
work? How long
does it take Jake to finally agree to get together with Matt?
What happens when they finally talk? Read
and find out!
Silent Sky by Regina Kammer - Jennie and Scott meet at her 30th
Birthday party when her friends
throw a "Bring a Single Guy" party
for her birthday. He's late, due to working on class work for his
MBA. What
happens next between them is something I think most little girls dream about
finding.
Suddenly, her world is turned upside down as 9/11 hits. She watches
the second tower crash down.
What happens to her? What happens to Scott? Is
he one of the lucky ones or does she lose her chance
for kids and loving the
love of her life for the rest of their lives?
Hot Buns by Marianne Stephens - Who is Angela Regino and why is she at
Vinnie Calano's? Who is he
to her? What happened 5 years ago between their
families? What business propositiondoes she have
for Vinnie? What happens on
the first night of the agreement between them? What does she get out of
the
agreement? How does it benefit Vinnie? Are these two star-crossed lovers? Are
they more?
Are they less? Read and find out
The Ride of Her LIfe by Tina Donahue - Maddy is on her way out for a
date, well, a speed dating event.
She calls for a ride, similar to an Uber
car. What happens to her during the trip that causes her not to
make it to
her event? This truly is a love story in the making. A fun, and quick
read.
Fireworks at the Lake by Berengaria Brown - This was a quick read.
Andrew and Luke are both single
men at the beach, eyeing each other, but too
nervous to make the first move. Once the tide starts
coming in, one of them
speaks to the other. It is the Fourth of July weekend, fireworks will be
happening that night in the sky. Will fireworks be going off for these two
strangers as well? You really
need to read this one to find out.
Step Benefits: Royal Brat by Nicole Austin - We find a young woman
named Mackenzie standing
outside of her childhood home, feeling dread. Why is
she feeling dread? Why is she even there? Who
are Sawyer and Grady? What is
happening at the house when Mackenzie gets there? Why did
Mackenzie end up in
England? What happened? While parts of this story are heartbreaking for me to
read, I understand Mackenzie some more when we come across Gail's purpose in
her life. I will tell
you this one is extremely hot and erotic! Whew! Where's
the fan?
Saving Sophia by Suz deMello - Who is Sophia? What does she do for a
living? Who is Tink? When
the police knock on Sophia's door bright and early
in the morning, what do they want? What has
happened? Was it one of Sophia's
siblings or someone else she knows? When she takes over working at
a shop for
a friend, as she leaves one night about 6:00 p.m., something happens to her.
What is it and
who did it? Who is Nick? What has he vowed to do? What happens
when a man named Duff shows up
on Sophia's doorstep? What does she think?
What does she do when he leaves at noon and she's around
a whole bunch of
other people? This was a cute little romance.
Window Display by Regina Kammer -
Imagine working on your PhD, traveling from California to
Switzerland
to get away from things and find a quiet place, while watching a friend's
cats when they
are away on a trip, and meeting the one that would turn out to
be the love of your life. What would you
do? Say? Think? Want? Would you move
there to live with the love of your life, or would you beg for
them to come
home with you? What would you do? Read this story and see what Laurie
does.
Dear Santa...I want a MAN for Christmas by Marianne Stephens - For
years, Melissa has gotten
nothing that she has asked for at Christmas. Others
always thought they knew better what she needed
or wanted. This year, she
decides to buy something for herself. What does she buy? When Nick shows
up
at her door with a box, he asks if she would like his help in setting Rex up.
What is Rex? When she
has to call Nick the next day because there is a
problem with Rex, what truths come out? This is a
sweet, but naughty
Christmas tale.
Fist Me by Berengaria Brown - This story starts off with a very
interesting order or command if you
will. Between two women, Maeve and Taryn.
Taryn being the one that gives the order. Who is Ben?
Which one of the girls
is or was dating him? What is it that is found out about Ben and his lady?
What
is she asking her friend for and why? You're going to have to read this
story to see what happens.
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