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Her boss wants to make Jade hers. Can she handle the heat without getting burned?Small-town girl Jade Fisher has sacrificed everything for her dream of a high-powered career in Los Angeles. Fresh out of grad school, she's one step away from landing the perfect job as executive assistant to Simone Weiss, LA's hotel queen. So when her friend invites her to the opening night of Club Velvet, a luxury club for women to explore their wildest desires, Jade decides to let loose a little, just this once.She isn't expecting an encounter with a commanding older woman who makes her heart race and her body burn. And she's even more surprised to come face to face with the same woman days later. Simone Weiss. Her new boss.CEO by day, part owner of Club Velvet by night, Simone built her hotel empire from the ground up. She knows what she wants. She'll stop at nothing to get it. And now, she has her sights set on her curvaceous new assistant.One sensual night of surrender is all it takes for Jade to fall under her spell. Neither woman is looking for romance. Both bear scars from the past. But the more Simone awakens Jade's submissive desires, the harder it becomes to ignore the feelings between them. Can love conquer all, even the walls around their hearts?

Für April Reid bricht alles zusammen. Ihre letzte Beziehung ist in die Brüche gegangen und die Bibliothek, die sie leitet, wurde an ein skrupelloses Unternehmen verkauft, das sie abreißen will. Alles, was sie will, ist, ihre Probleme zu vergessen. Aber als sie eines Abends in einer Bar Vicki Blake begegnet, merkt April, dass ihre Probleme gerade erst begonnen haben. Vicki Blake ist selbstbewusst, faszinierend und sieht einfach zum Sterben schön aus und ist bekannt dafür, dass sie Frauen aufreißt. Obwohl April das Lächeln der blondhaarigen Verführerin durchschaut, beschließt sie, nur dieses eine Mal mit Vicki nach Hause zu gehen. Und als ihr One-Night-Stand Aprils unterwürfiges Verlangen erweckt, wollen beide mehr. Aber April findet bald heraus, dass die Frau, mit der sie eine unvergessliche Nacht verbracht hat, die Vizepräsidentin des Unternehmens ist, das ihre Bibliothek abreißen will. Vicki ist fest entschlossen, das Projekt durchzuziehen. April ist entschlossen, sie aufzuhalten. Jedes Mal, wenn sie aufeinandertreffen, kann keine der beiden der glühend heißen Anziehung zwischen ihnen widerstehen. Wird Aprils und Vickis unbeständige Hassliebe dazu führen, dass alles, wofür sie gearbeitet haben, in Flammen aufgeht?

Lindsey hatte große Pläne für ihr Leben nach der Kunsthochschule ¿ eine erfolgreiche Künstlerkarriere, Reisen, Romanzen. Sie hätte nie gedacht, dass sie sich auf einer Sugar-Baby-Website anmelden würde, um ihre Schulden loszuwerden. Und sie hat definitiv nicht erwartet, dass ihre erste Kundin eine verführerische ältere Frau namens Camilla sein würde. Camilla unterbreitet Lindsey einen ungewöhnlichen Vorschlag ¿ sie soll für drei Monate als ihre Lebensgefährtin in ihre Villa einziehen und Lindseys finanzielle Probleme werden sich in Luft auflösen. Für Lindsey ist es die perfekte Lösung ihrer Probleme. Und wie könnte sie zu drei Monaten Luxus und Genuss jenseits ihrer kühnsten Träume Nein sagen? Camilla hat ihr deutlich gemacht, dass es nur ein Arrangement ist. Ein schwieriges Leben hat dazu geführt, dass die verschlossene Frau zögert, jemanden in ihre Nähe zu lassen. Es ist alles nur eine Scharade. Bis es das nicht mehr ist. Als Lindseys Gefühle für ihre Herrin so intensiv werden, wie sie es nie für möglich gehalten hätte, riskieren sie, alles zu verlieren. Können beide Frauen ihre Herzen für die Liebe aufs Spiel setzen?

Melanie hat ihr ganzes Leben damit verbracht, sich in der Welt nach oben zu arbeiten. Tagsüber studiert sie Jura, nachts serviert sie Drinks in einem exklusiven Club, um ihr Studium zu finanzieren. Aber die ehrgeizige junge Frau wird niemals ihr wahres Verlangen zugeben: ihrem schnelllebigen, stressigen Leben zu entkommen, wenn auch nur für einen Moment. Als Melanie Vanessa kennenlernt, eine glamouröse Geschäftsfrau und Stammkundin im Club, fühlt sie sich zu der rätselhaften, schwarzhaarigen Schönheit hingezogen. Vanessa ist unerbittlich, wenn es um das geht, was sie will ¿ und das ist Melanie. Schon bald ist Melanie in Vanessas sinnliche Spiele der Unterwerfung verwickelt. Melanie besteht darauf, dass ihre Affäre rein körperlich bleibt. Doch schon bald verschwimmt die Grenze zwischen Lust und Liebe und die beiden sind gezwungen, sich mit den Schatten der Vergangenheit auseinanderzusetzen. Kann Melanie Vanessa alles geben, oder sind alte Wunden zu tief?

To break free, she auctioned off the one thing she's been saving... Mia Brooks needs money, fast. Deep in debt to help pay her sister's medical bills, her loan shark is coming to collect. Her solution? Auctioning off the one thing she's been saving-herself. The highest bidder is Cassandra Lee, self-made businesswoman and CEO. Her heart hardened by a past she keeps buried, Cassandra doesn't want a relationship. What she wants is a woman who takes pleasure in serving her. And Mia is the perfect prize. She's enthralled by Cassandra and the sweet surrender she commands. For the next 30 days, Mia is hers. As the chemistry sizzling between them intensifies, so does their connection. But a figure from Cassandra's past has returned, determined to destroy her no matter who gets hurt in the process. As the end of the month draws near and Cassandra's dark secrets threaten to tear them apart, will Mia and Cassandra be able to put it all on the line, including their hearts?

A headstrong bodyguard. An heiress who expects to be treated like a queen. A dangerously hot combination.Bodyguard Carmen Torres is a professional. She gets the job done, she doesn't get attached to her clients, and she does not mix business with pleasure. When she gets a job as personal bodyguard to domineering heiress Amber Pryce, she has no intention of breaking those rules, no matter how enticing she finds her client. But Amber has other ideas.As the sole heir to the Pryce family fortune, Amber is accustomed to being treated like royalty. Anything she wants, she takes. That includes Carmen, the stubborn bodyguard Amber hired to protect her from a mysterious stalker. Amber is determined to have Carmen bow to her. And even though Carmen won't allow herself to admit it, she craves the sweet surrender that Amber commands.Engaged in a fiery game of seduction, tensions heat up between the two women. But with an unhinged stalker on Amber's trail, the stakes keep rising, putting both women's lives at risk, along with their hearts.

Twenty-eight-year-old Zoe is heartbroken. Her career as a principal dancer in a prestigious London ballet company has just been brought to a screeching halt by an injury. Needing to re-evaluate her future and make sense of life away from center stage, she returns home to the States, where she runs into her former ballet teacher-and once forbidden love-Natasha. Ten years older, and the ice to Zoe's fire, Natasha captured Zoe's heart a decade earlier. Undeniable sparks danced between them, yet they were never able to give in to temptation. When Zoe moved to London, both were left shattered. Neither woman has been able to move on since. Now, they find the same heat smoldering between them, with no reason to resist it. However, the specter of how they last parted still casts a dark shadow on them-one neither woman can seem to let go of. Secrets from the past, desires of the present, and the uncertainty of the future might keep Zoe and Natasha from having their chance at true love. Or perhaps they'll realize fate brought them back together to dance the ultimate pas de deux.

Everything is falling apart for April Reid. Her latest relationship has self-destructed, and the library she runs has been sold to a ruthless corporation that plans to tear it down. All she wants is to forget about her problems. But when she meets Vicki Blake at a bar one night, April finds that her problems are only just beginning.Vicki Blake has a reputation for her womanizing ways. She's confident, captivating, and has looks to die for. Although April can see right through the blonde-haired seductress's smile, she decides to go home with Vicki, just this once. But when their one-night-stand awakens April's submissive desires, it leaves both of them wanting more.However, April soon discovers that the woman she shared an unforgettable night with is the vice president of the company that wants to demolish her library. Vicki intends to see the project through. April is determined to stop her. But every time they collide, neither can resist the pull of their attraction.As the heat between the two women mounts, so do the stakes. Will April and Vicki's volatile love-hate relationship cause everything both of them have worked for to go up in flames?

Melanie has spent her entire life working her way up in the world. By day, she studies at law school, and by night, she serves drinks at an exclusive club to afford her tuition. But the hard-working Melanie will never admit her true desire: to escape from her fast-paced, high-pressure life, if only for a moment. When Melanie meets Vanessa, a glamorous executive and a regular at the club, she is drawn to the enigmatic black-haired woman. Vanessa is relentless in pursuing what she wants-and what she wants is Melanie. Soon, Melanie finds herself caught up in Vanessa's sensual games of submission. Melanie insists that her affair with Vanessa remain purely physical. But as her limits are tested, so is the line between lust and love. When ghosts from the past reappear, both women must face their deepest fears. Can Melanie surrender her everything to Vanessa, or will old wounds prove too great?

Emma Cole has left behind her family and an ex-fiancé to move to Chicago and start over. When a mix-up lands her a job at a high-profile law firm, Emma is determined to meet this new challenge head-on. What she didn't count on was working for a woman like Lillian White, and it doesn't take long for Emma to realize that she might be in over her head in more ways than one.As beautiful as she is ruthless, Lillian has worked hard to build a reputation for herself that commands respect from everyone she meets. She's sacrificed everything for her career, and she doesn't have room in her life for romance. But there's something about her sweet yet feisty new assistant that Lillian can't resist, and Emma finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of new desires that she never thought possible. Soon, the two women are embroiled in a scorching-hot forbidden affair that threatens to consume them both.While both women grapple with their unexpected feelings toward each other, things at the office start to unravel. The future of Lillian's firm is in turmoil, and something sinister lurks behind the scenes that forces both women to reexamine their lives and decide whether their relationship is worth fighting for.