From the author of Bellefleur: A “psychologically incisive” glimpse into the mind of a deranged predator and the boy he abducts to be his son (Booklist). Robbie Whitcomb is five years old when he’s taken from his mother in a mall parking lot. In her attempt to chase the kidnapper, she’s left badly injured and permanently disfigured. Such are the methods of the man who calls himself Daddy Love—a man known to the rest of the world as charismatic preacher Chester Cash. For the next six years, Robbie is to be Daddy’s son. That means doing whatever Daddy says—and giving him whatever he wants. Soon Robbie learns to accept his new name, Gideon. He also learns that he is not the first of Daddy Love’s sons. And that each of the others, after reaching a certain age, was never seen again. As Robbie’s mother recovers from her wounds, her life and marriage are a daily struggle. But as years go by, she maintains a flicker of hope that her son is still alive. Meanwhile, Robbie approaches the “bittersweet age” with no illusions about his fate. But somewhere within this tortured child lies a spark of rebellion. And he knows all too well what survival requires. “After all these years, Joyce Carol Oates can still give me the creeps.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review “A lean and disturbing tale that reverberates after its ending.” —The Columbus Dispatch “Oates makes us squirm as she forces us to see some of the action through Love’s twisted and warped perspective.” —Kirkus Reviews “This unsettling tale showcases Oates’s masterful storytelling.” —Publishers Weekly

I knew he would be my Daddy one day. Now I have to convince him. My vision board has three things on it: Move to LABecome a popular directorMeet my idol and make him fall for me What can I say, I’m a dreamer.  My chances of making that last one happen were slim to none, until one day, fate shined upon me and I was standing face to face with the man himself, Legend. A scandal took him out of the spotlight and the dating world, but I’m determined to make him mine AND return him to his rightful spot as the adult industry’s top Daddy. He’s been wronged in the past, but I know I can be his perfect boy. Convincing him to give his career and love life another chance isn’t going to be easy, but if fate is still on my side, our life together could be: Legendary.  Legendary Daddy is a steamy, age gap, Daddy/boy romance with a tenacious aspiring director, a scandal weary performer, a dash of hurt/comfort, and learning that it's never too late to live life on your own terms. It is book 1 in the Love in LA series featuring doting Daddies and sweet boys finding love in Los Angeles.  **

This is a Collection of Four Daddy Daughter Dirty Stories. Stories: 1. Dating My Daddy 2. Hot Loving Dad 3. In Daddy’s Bed 4. Sexy Stepdaughter

Sunday Kemp didn’t exist until the night Marley Locke disappeared—but they are the same woman. A woman recovering from the devastating murder of her lover by her relentless, psychopathic stalker. Now New York news anchor Marley will become Sunday Kemp, a young transcriber working for a reclusive artist in snowy Colorado. Lonely in her new home and in her new identity, Sunday finds herself indulging in a sensual, unforgettable one-night stand with a sexy stranger—only to discover he is in fact the very same artist she now works for. River Giotto is haunted by past and present horrors, but doesn’t count on falling in love with the beautiful new arrival in town. When he has to take in five-year-old daughter by an ex-girlfriend, soon he and Sunday are forging a new kind of family together. But when old ghosts reemerge to haunt then all, River and Sunday must fight to protect their new lives—or risk losing everything. Can their erotic, hot, passionate love overcome the trouble they are about to face?

Sunday Kemp didn’t exist until the night Marley Locke disappeared—but they are the same woman. A woman recovering from the devastating murder of her lover by her relentless, psychopathic stalker. Now New York news anchor Marley will become Sunday Kemp, a young transcriber working for a reclusive artist in snowy Colorado. Lonely in her new home and in her new identity, Sunday finds herself indulging in a sensual, unforgettable one-night stand with a sexy stranger—only to discover he is in fact the very same artist she now works for. River Giotto is haunted by past and present horrors, but doesn’t count on falling in love with the beautiful new arrival in town. When he has to take in five-year-old daughter by an ex-girlfriend, soon he and Sunday are forging a new kind of family together. But when old ghosts reemerge to haunt then all, River and Sunday must fight to protect their new lives—or risk losing everything. Can their erotic, hot, passionate love overcome the trouble they are about to face?

Dinah Whitcomb seemingly has everything. A loving and successful husband, and a smart, precocious young son named Robbie. One day, their worlds are shattered when Dinah is attacked and Robbie is taken in a mall parking lot. Dinah, injured, attempts to follow, but is run over by the kidnapper's van, mangling her body nearly beyond repair. The kidnapper, a part-time Preacher named Chester Cash, calls himself Daddy Love, as he has abducted, tortured, and raped several young boys into being his lover and as well as his 'son'. He confines Robbie in a device called an Wooden Maiden, in essence a small coffin, and renamed him 'Gideon'. Daddy Love slowly brainwashes 'Gideon' into believing that he is Daddy Love's real son, and any time the boy resists or rebels it is met with punishment beyond his wildest nightmares. As Dinah recovers from her wounds, her world and her marriage struggle to exist every day. Though it seems hopeless, she keeps a flicker of hope alive that her son is still alive. As Robbie grows older, he becomes more aware of just how monstrous Daddy Love truly is. Though as a small boy he as terrified of what might happen if he disobeyed Daddy Love, Robbie begins to realize that the longer he stays in the home of this demon, the greater chance he'll end up like Daddy Love's other 'sons' who were never heard from again. Somewhere within this tortured young boy lies a spark of rebellion...and soon he sees just what lengths he must go to in order to have any chance at survival.