Parting with danger… Abby Freeman is thrilled that, at last, she's landed herself a fantastic job as a TV chat-show host. But she needs to prove herself with a ratings-pulling interview. Who better to grill than thefamous, darkly handsome journalist Max Harding? He has an intriguing scandal in his past that has never been fully explained… Max is happy to let Abbyget close—but only in private; he, and his life, are not for public consumption. Now Abby has two dilemmas: she doesn't want to lose Max's story… but she's in danger of losing her innocence! Because, clearly, Max doesn't realise that the apparently worldly Abby is still a virgin…

A Greek billionaire meets his match in a “terrific heroine” who “shines with her beliefs and strong will”—from the USA Today–bestselling author (RT Book Reviews, 4 1⁄2 stars). 2008 Reviewers’ Choice Award Nominee—Romantic Times At Angelos Zouvelekis’s command, café waitress Chantal will play the part of his bride-to-be. He will shower her with exquisite jewels and silks—and she will repay him in kind . . . He wants his recompense in the bedroom. Angelos worships Chantal’s body, although he thinks she’s a devious gold digger. But his arrogance is shattered when he discovers Chantal is a virgin . . . Angelos bought this innocent, and now he intends to keep her—whatever the cost! Praise for Sarah Morgan “A masterful storyteller.” —Booklist “Jane Green meets Sophie Kinsella.” —Jill Shalvis, New York Times–bestselling author “Escapist fiction at its absolute best, full of warmth, humour and heart.” —Katie Marsh, author of Unbreak Your Heart

"Rachel Clairborne is a blonde beauty but, tired of being judged on her appearance, she's never let a man close. For the moment she's focused on finding her mother, who abandoned her family for the sultry paradise island of St. Antoine. But soon St. Antoine works its dark magic on Rachel, too, in the shape of irresistible Matt Brody. For the first time ever, she wants to give herself to a man. But Rachel can only look, not let herself be touched ... because Matt clearly knows something about her missing mother."--P. [4] of cover.

It's not until Sydney finally loses her virginity, at age eighteen, that she realizes all the pleasure and fun she's been missing out on. She immediately decides that she's going to make up for lost time, and with her new boyfriend Jason's help she sets out on a mission to have as many new sexual experiences as possible.But, for a formerly innocent virgin, Sydney sure has some wild ideas! Even Jason is shocked by how far this sexy college girl is willing to go - but he's also not about to protest either!This steamy and sensual, good-girl-goes-bad erotica story is the much-anticipated new book by emerging author, Fern Freeman. Highly explicit sex scenes are described in every tantalizing detail and Freeman's sexy style takes her readers deep into a fantasy that's certain to satiate all of their desires.This story contains her first time, self-stimulation, exhibitionism, backdoor action, and elements of light BDSM. For the enjoyment of adults only. Not intended for minors or those who are offended by erotica.

Italian tycoon Angelo Emiliani wants to buy Anna's French château, but it seems she'll do anything to stop him. So he'll take Anna captive on his yacht, and show her he's not to be toyed with. But as cabin fever sets in, passions erupt, and Anna realizes the price of stopping Angelo has just gotten higher. Now there's more at stake than saving the château—Anna's at risk of losing her virginity, and more!

A member of a British-American surveillance team in Cold War Berlin finds himself in too deep in this "wholly entertaining" work (The Wall Street Journal) from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement. Twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham’s intelligence work—tunneling under a Russian communications center to tap the phone lines to Moscow—offers him a welcome opportunity to begin shedding his own unwanted innocence, even if he is only a bit player in a grim international comedy of errors. His relationship with Maria Eckdorf, an enigmatic and beautiful West Berliner, likewise promises to loosen the bonds of his ordinary life. But the promise turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening—a night when Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed. Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, Lessons.

A confident and mesmerizing fiction debut, from the winner of the Plimpton Prize Set in the South, at the crossroads of a world that is both secular and devoutly Christian, April Ayers Lawson's stories evoke the inner lives of young women and men navigating sexual, emotional, and spiritual awakenings. In "The Negative Effects of Homeschooling," Conner, sixteen, accompanies his grieving mother to the funeral of her best friend, Charlene, a woman who was once a man. In "The Way You Must Play Always," Gretchen, who looks young even for thirteen, heads into her weekly piano lesson in nervous anticipation of her next illicit meeting with her teacher's brother, Wesley. Thin and sickly, wasting from a brain tumor, Wesley spends his days watching pornography and smoking pot, and yet Gretchen can only interpret his advances as the first budding of love. And in the title story, Jake grapples with the growing chasm between him and his wife, Sheila, who was still a virgin when they wed. At a cocktail party thrown by a wealthy donor to his hospital, he ponders the intertwining imperatives of marriage--sex and love, violation and trust, spirituality and desire--even as he finds himself succumbing to the temptations of his host. Self-assured and sensual, Virgin and Other Stories is the first work of a young writer of unusual mastery.