Four all-new hot tales of yore, by the queens of erotic fiction.USA Today bestselling author Robin Schone shares a tale of a man and a woman in a notorious club, who learn how very dangerous desires of the flesh can be. Claudia Dain heats up this collection with the story of two voyeuristic young courtesans who might just take part in a very public seduction at the theatre. Allyson James has a card-playing, cunning widower and a desperate young widow learn that passion is the ultimate wild card. And finally, Shiloh Walker introduces a short story of a woman saved by a shapeshifter. Now, if only she could think of a way to repay him...Rarely does such blush-worthy, heated erotica exist—and almost never all in one book.

"Schone is one of the groundbreaking writers of erotic romance." --Library JournalWidowed Megan Phillins longs to experience the intimacies shared with a man just once more. Playing the role of a harlot, she travels to the Land's End Inn, where she knocks upon the door of a mysterious stranger. After a night of forbidden passion Megan is shocked to discover the traveler is actually Connor Treffrey, an Englishman who was marooned and sold into slavery. But now Connor has returned to reunite with his well-bred family. And together, he and Megan will embark on a breathless journey of indescribable pleasure...Praise for Robin Schone's The Lady's Tutor"Marvelous." --RT Book Reviews "Be prepared for romantic erotica the way it should be written...truly captivating." --theromancereader.com, 5 Hearts30,000 Words

"Schone tests the boundaries of romance fiction." —The Literary TimesEven Desire Has Its Price. . .Thirty-six year old Anne Aimes is a spinster whose only attraction is her wealth. But her plain looks mask a passionate woman who yearns to know a man's intimate caresses. Michel des Anges—Michael of the Angels—is renowned for his ability to bring women to pleasure. All it will cost her is ten thousand pounds. . . Driven by vengeance, ravaged by tragedy, Michael seeks to lose himself in a woman who will demand only physical pleasure. A woman who won't suspect his own aching needs—or his true motive for accepting her terms. Unable to resist the lure of Anne's guileless desire, he plunges her into a deadly web of deception and revenge where the price of carnal ecstasy is life itself. . . Praise for Robin Schone's The Lady's Tutor"Takes the reader on a sweeping adventure into the very heart of sensuality and the nature of...