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Books about Desire
Women
by Charles Bukowski
A collection of stories exploring the lives of various women and their relationships with men.
Women focuses on the many dissatisfactions Chinaski faced with each new woman he encountered. One of the women featured in the book is a character named Lydia Vance; she is based on Bukowski's ... (Wikipedia)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
A murder mystery set in 18th century France, exploring the depths of human obsession.
An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of ... (Goodreads)
The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
The story of a young gay man in Thatcher's England, navigating his identity and sexuality.
The novel is set in Britain in three parts, taking place in 1983, 1986 and 1987. The story surrounds the young gay protagonist, Nick Guest. Nick is middle-class and from the fictional market town of ... (Wikipedia)
A Hunger Like No Other
by Kresley Cole
A paranormal romance between a vampire and a shape-shifter, with a love that defies all odds.
In New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Kresley Cole’s sizzling series, a fierce werewolf and a bewitching vampire become unlikely soul mates whose passion will test the boundaries of life ... (Goodreads)
The Viscount Who Loved Me
by Julia Quinn
A battle of wits and wills between a widow and a viscount, culminating in a passionate love.
1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, this author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry.,And in truth, ... (Goodreads)
The Raven Prince
by Elizabeth Hoyt
A forbidden romance between a duke and a governess, set in the backdrop of Regency England.
There comes a time in a lady's life... Widowed Anna Wren is having a wretched day. After an arrogant male on horseback nearly squashes her, she arrives home to learn that she is in dire financial ... (Goodreads)
Wicked Ties
by Shayla Black
An erotic romance novel about a couple exploring the boundaries of their relationship.
She didn’t know what she wanted… Morgan O’Malley has seen a lot of kinky things as the hostess of a cable sex talk show. But she’s never met a man like Jack Cole before. A self-proclaimed dominant, ... (Goodreads)
La Dame aux Camélias
by Alexandre Dumas (Fils)
A young woman's descent into a life of debauchery and its consequences.
One of the greatest love stories of all time, this novel has fascinated generations of readers. Dumas's subtle and moving portrait of a woman in love is based on his own love affair with one of the ... (Goodreads)
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
A teenage girl's journey of love and self-discovery, as she finds her place in the world.
Bella Swan is a seventeen-year-old introvert girl who moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula to live with her father, Charlie Swan , the town's police chief. Her ... (Wikipedia)
Fifty Shades Darker
by E.L. James
A tale of an intense affair between the enigmatic billionaire Christian Grey and the young college graduate Anastasia Steele.
Three days after leaving Christian, Anastasia "Ana" Steele begins her job as personal assistant to Jack Hyde, an editor at Seattle Independent Publishing (SIP). He asks Ana out often which, though it ... (Wikipedia)
Fifty Shades Freed
by E.L. James
A woman's journey of self-discovery as she navigates a passionate, tumultuous relationship.
Anastasia 'Ana' Steele and Christian Grey return to Seattle after a long honeymoon. Christian is upset to find that Ana has kept her maiden name at work. After some resistance, Ana relents and ... (Wikipedia)
Dark Lover
by J.R. Ward
Two powerful enemies must join forces to save their species from extinction.
The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago. But when his most ... (Goodreads)
Laughable Loves
by Milan Kundera
Collection of interconnected stories exploring the complexities of love, relationships and life.
Laughable Loves is a collection of stories that first appeared in print in Prague before 1968, but was then was subsequently banned. The seven stories are all concerned with love, or rather with the ... (Goodreads)
100 Love Sonnets
by Pablo Neruda
Collection of love poems exploring the depths of passion, desire and longing.
Against the backdrop of Isla Negra - the sea and wind, the white sand with its scattering of delicate wild flowers, the hot sun and salty smells of the Pacific - the poet sets the poems in ... (Goodreads)
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
by Pablo Neruda
Collection of poems exploring love, heartache, and the complexities of relationships.
When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwin's incomparable translation faces the ... (Goodreads)
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
A controversial tale of a man's forbidden love for a young girl.
The novel is prefaced by a fictitious foreword by John Ray Jr., an editor of psychology books. Ray states that he is presenting a memoir written by a man using the pseudonym "Humbert Humbert", who ... (Wikipedia)
Immortality
by Milan Kundera
An exploration of the human desire for immortality and the implications of eternity.
Divided into seven parts, Immortality centers on Agnes, her husband Paul and her sister Laura. Part One: the Face establishes these characters. Part Two: Immortality depicts Goethe 's fraught ... (Wikipedia)
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
A woman's struggles to find meaning in her life, leading to tragic consequences.
Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. When ... (Goodreads)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence
A working-class man's affair with an aristocratic woman, and their coming to terms with the strictures of society.
Lawrence's frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of its central characters caused this controversial book, now considered a masterpiece, to be banned as ... (Goodreads)
Secrets of a Summer Night
by Lisa Kleypas
A romantic comedy of manners, full of misadventures and unexpected love.
Four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no matter what it takes., Proud and beautiful Annabelle Peyton could have her pick of suitors—if only ... (Goodreads)
It Happened One Autumn
by Lisa Kleypas
A forbidden romance between a wealthy gentleman and a working-class woman.
It happened at the ball., Where beautiful but bold Lillian Bowman quickly learned that her independent American ways weren't entirely "the thing." And the most disapproving of all was insufferable, ... (Goodreads)
The Rainbow
by D.H. Lawrence
Exploration of sexuality, love, and relationships between men and women in early 20th century England.
Set in the rural Midlands of England, The Rainbow (1915) revolves around three generations of the Brangwens, a strong, vigorous family, deeply involved with the land. When Tom Brangwen marries a ... (Goodreads)
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
A young writer's journey of self-exploration in Paris, confronting life, love and lust.
Now hailed as an American classic Tropic of Cancer , Henry Miller’s masterpiece, was banned as obscene in this country for twenty-seven years after its first publication in Paris in 1934. Only a ... (Goodreads)
Snow Country
by Yasunari Kawabata
A story of forbidden love between a Tokyo sophisticate and a geisha in the secluded depths of a mountain village.
Snow Country is a stark tale of a love affair between a Tokyo dilettante and a provincial geisha that takes place in the remote hot spring (, onsen, ) town of Yuzawa . , (Kawabata did not mention the ... (Wikipedia)
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho
A young woman's journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.
Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never ... (Goodreads)
Fifty Shades of Grey
by E.L. James
A woman's journey of self-discovery, exploring her sexuality and desires in a BDSM relationship.
Anastasia "Ana" Steele is a 21-year-old college senior attending the Vancouver branch of Washington State University in Vancouver, Washington . Her best friend is Katherine "Kate" Kavanagh, who ... (Wikipedia)
When a Scot Ties the Knot
by Tessa Dare
A Scottish duke and an English lady must choose between loyalty and love.
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller, On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shy, pretty, and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. ... (Barnes & Noble)
Fantasy Lover
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
A modern-day woman discovers a mystical world of secrets, and a love that transcends time.
Cursed into an eternity of slavery by his own brother, Julian of Macedon has spent centuries in hell, where the only respite he knows is measured in a handful of weeks whenever he’s summoned through ... (Goodreads)
Lover Unbound
by J.R. Ward
A vampire warrior and a doctor battle their inner demons as they fight for their love.
The ruthless and brilliant brother Vishous possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the ... (Goodreads)
Lover at Last
by J.R. Ward
A vampire romance filled with action and suspense, exploring the power of love and redemption.
Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against ... (Goodreads)
Lover Awakened
by J.R. Ward
A vampire warrior's passionate journey to find his destined mate.
In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, ... (Goodreads)
Born in Fire
by Nora Roberts
A romance between a fiery blacksmith and a reclusive artist that sparks a passion they never expected.
Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland... The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning. Margaret Mary is ... (Goodreads)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
by Julia Quinn
A forbidden romance between a wealthy gentleman and a lower-class woman in Regency England.
,, From, New York Times, bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the fourth novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Duke and I
by Julia Quinn
A tale of forbidden love and unexpected romance between a duke and an ordinary woman.
A #1 New York Times bestseller From, New York Times, bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Dhammapada
by Anonymous
A collection of Buddhist teachings and wisdom, focusing on the path to enlightenment.
The Dhammapada (Pāli; Prakrit: धम्मपद Dhammapada; Sanskrit: धर्मपद Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist ... (Goodreads)
The Bridges of Madison County
by Robert James Waller
An unexpected and passionate love affair between a married woman and a traveling photographer.
The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood ... (Goodreads)
Slightly Dangerous
by Mary Balogh
A woman's struggle to rebuild her life after a scandalous past.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress. All of London is abuzz over the imminent arrival of Wulfric Bedwyn, the reclusive, cold-as-ice Duke of Bewcastle, at ... (Goodreads)
When He Was Wicked
by Julia Quinn
A tale of forbidden love between a duke and a governess, testing societal conventions.
Everything was so much simpler... when he was wicked. In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For ... (Goodreads)
Beautiful Bastard
by Christina Lauren
A steamy love affair between two ambitious professionals, full of unexpected twists and turns.
Beautiful Bastard is a romantic comedy that follows Chloe Mills, a hardworking intern and MBA student that works underneath her demanding yet attractive boss Bennett Ryan. , The two are constantly at ... (Wikipedia)
What Belongs to You
by Garth Greenwell
An exploration of intimacy, desire, and the power of secrets in a foreign city.
Longlisted for the National Book Award in Fiction • A Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction • A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the James Taite ... (Barnes & Noble)
Sweetbitter
by Stephanie Danler
A young woman's coming-of-age story in the restaurant industry of New York City.
Tess is twenty-two when she packs up her things in her car and moves from Ohio to New York City. Knowing nothing and no one she stumbles her way into a job at a semi-prestigious restaurant as a back ... (Wikipedia)
Reflected in You
by Sylvia Day
A passionate romance between two damaged individuals, traversing the highs and lows of a tumultuous relationship.
Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay ... (Goodreads)
Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser
A young woman's journey of ambition, navigating the opportunities and pitfalls of urban life.
Late 1889. Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home, 18-year-old Caroline "Sister Carrie" Meeber takes the train to Chicago , where her older sister Minnie, and Minnie's husband, Sven ... (Wikipedia)
Castles
by Julie Garwood
A passionate romance between a medieval knight and a beautiful young woman.
Orphaned and besieged Princess Alesandra knew that only hasty marriage to an Englishman could protect her from the turmoil in her own land. To the amusement of her makeshift guardian, Colin, younger ... (Goodreads)
Guardian Angel
by Julie Garwood
A romance between a powerful man and a young woman, set amidst a family feud.
An alternate cover edition can be found here The Emerald flew across the seas, carrying the pirate Pagan – despised by the ton, whose riches he plundered, and beloved by the poor, whose plight was ... (Goodreads)
Dark Desire
by Christine Feehan
A tale of forbidden love between a woman and a mysterious stranger with a dark secret.
The book begins with Jacques Dubrinsky, younger brother to Mikhail, being tortured and buried alive by members of the same fanatical group that attacked Raven and killed his sister some 25 years ... (Wikipedia)
The Beast
by J.R. Ward
A forbidden love story between a vampire and a human, testing their courage and loyalty.
Fan favorite couple Rhage and Mary return in this gripping novel in the #1, New York Times, bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Garden of Eden
by Ernest Hemingway
A couple's love story, caught between the beauty and danger of paradise.
The novel is fundamentally the story of five months in the lives of David Bourne, an American writer, and his wife Catherine. It is set mainly in the French Riviera , specifically in the Côte d'Azur ... (Wikipedia)
Colters' Woman
by Maya Banks
A woman's journey of self-discovery, finding love with a group of four brothers.
Adam, Ethan and Ryan aren't looking for women. They're looking for a woman. One woman to share their lives and their beds. They don't want a casual romp in the hay, they want the woman who will ... (Goodreads)
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami
A surreal exploration of love and longing, as two people struggle to come to terms with their feelings.
Sumire is an aspiring writer who survives on a family stipend and the creative input of her only friend, the novel's male narrator and protagonist, known in the text only as 'K'. K is an elementary ... (Wikipedia)
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
by Esther Perel
An exploration of the challenges and opportunities of maintaining desire and passion in committed relationships.
Esther Perel takes on tough questions, grappling with the obstacles and anxieties that arise when our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. She invites us to explore the ... (Goodreads)
The Governess Affair
by Courtney Milan
A romance between a governess and a duke, as they confront the social conventions of their time.
She will not give up… Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. Unable to find new work, she’s demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, ... (Goodreads)
Love in the Afternoon
by Lisa Kleypas
A young woman struggling to reconcile her ambitions with the conventions of society finds solace and passion in an unexpected romance.
Love in the Afternoon, continues the Hathaways series by Victorian romance author Lisa Kleypas., As a lover of animals and nature, Beatrix Hathaway has always been more comfortable outdoors than in ... (Barnes & Noble)
Again the Magic
by Lisa Kleypas
A young woman falls for a charming aristocrat, learning about love and family.
She gave him her innocence., Lady Aline Marsden was brought up to marry a man of her own class, but from the moment she meets John McKenna, she risks everything to be with him., He gave her his ... (Goodreads)
Beautiful Disaster
by Jamie McGuire
A romance between two complex individuals, struggling to balance love and danger.
The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her ... (Goodreads)
Addicted
by Zane
A story of a woman's struggle to overcome an addiction to drugs, alcohol and sex.
For successful African-American businesswoman Zoe Reynard, finding the pleasure she wants, the way she wants it, is not worth the risk of losing everything she has: marriage to the man she has loved ... (Goodreads)
The Passion
by Jeanette Winterson
A story of love, loss, and enduring passion between two people across time and space.
Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. The Passion is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms ... (Goodreads)
Crush
by Richard Siken
A lyrical exploration of love and loneliness, weaving together vivid imagery and intense emotion.
Finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry—an erotic, powerful collection “One of the best books of contemporary poetry.”—Victoria Chang,, Huffington Post, “Vital, immediate, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Heart of Obsidian
by Nalini Singh
A dangerous, passionate love affair between a Psy-Changeling and a powerful human.
Step into New York Times bestseller Nalini Singh’s explosive and shockingly passionate Psy-Changeling world . . . , A dangerous, volatile rebel, hands stained blood-red. A woman whose very existence ... (Goodreads)
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
by Kresley Cole
A dark romance between two unlikely lovers, exploring a forbidden love.
This seductive paranormal series continues with a brutal Highland werewolf and an exquisite young witch, adversaries with a blood vendetta between them. Her breathless kiss haunts him... Bowen ... (Goodreads)
Envy
by Sandra Brown
A romantic suspense novel following the intertwined lives of a wealthy family and the woman they have wronged.
New York book editor Maris Matherly-Reed knows a best seller when she sees one - even if it is just a tantalizing partial manuscript submitted by a writer identified only as P.M.E., with the return ... (Goodreads)
First Love
by Ivan Turgenev
A young man's exploration of romantic love and the emotional struggles that come with it.
This vivid, sensitive tale of adolescent love follows a 16-year-old boy who falls in love with a beautiful, older woman and experiences a whirlwind of changing emotions, from exaltation and jealousy ... (Goodreads)
Entwined with You
by Sylvia Day
A passionate romance between two people with a painful past and uncertain future.
From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn't resist. I saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside–so much like my own. I was drawn to it. ... (Goodreads)
Dark Desires After Dusk
by Kresley Cole
A paranormal romance about a woman's forbidden love for a vampire.
RITA Award-winning author Kresley Cole continues her bestselling, Immortals After Dark, series with this electrifying tale of a ruthless demon mercenary and the lovely young halfling who enchants ... (Goodreads)
Dark Needs at Night's Edge
by Kresley Cole
A forbidden love story between a vampire and a mortal woman.
Bestselling author Kresley Cole continues her seductive Immortals After Dark series with this tale of a vampire shunned even by his own kind and a beautiful phantom, bound together by a passion they ... (Goodreads)
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
A young French girl's exploration of passion, love, and relationships in French Indochina.
Set against the backdrop of French Indochina , The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricacies of a clandestine romance between a pubescent girl from a financially strapped French family and an ... (Wikipedia)
The Warlord Wants Forever
by Kresley Cole
A romance between a warlord and a vampire princess, set in a world of immortal battles.
Nikolai Wroth, once a ruthless human warlord in the 1700s and now a general in the rebel vampire army, needs to find his bride, the one woman who can render him truly alive. As a turned human, he ... (Goodreads)
Kiss of Midnight
by Lara Adrian
A vampire warrior and a human woman fall in love, entangled in a dangerous and forbidden romance.
He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell’s deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night—or this man—is what it seems. For when ... (Goodreads)
Hush, Hush
by Becca Fitzpatrick
A supernatural romance, exploring the dangerous power of forbidden love.
Nora Grey is an average sophomore student living in Coldwater, Maine. Her life is largely uneventful until she is seated next to a mysterious senior named Patch Cipriano in biology class, who had ... (Wikipedia)
Black Rose
by Nora Roberts
A romance story of a woman seeking her own strength and identity while navigating a dangerous and passionate love affair.
A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing ... (Goodreads)
Women in Love
by D.H. Lawrence
Two sisters explore their innermost desires as they search for true love and self-fulfillment.
Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are sisters living in The Midlands in England in the 1910s. Ursula is a schoolteacher, Gudrun a painter. They meet two men who live nearby, school inspector Rupert Birkin ... (Wikipedia)
No Rest for the Wicked
by Kresley Cole
A dark fantasy romance of love and danger between a vampire and a half-demon.
alternate cover edition of, ISBN 9781416509882, In this next installment in the Immortals After Dark Series , USA Today Bestselling author Kresley Cole delivers a scorching tale about a forbidding ... (Goodreads)
Dreams of a Dark Warrior
by Kresley Cole
A dark warrior and his powerful opponent embark on a passionate journey of love and destiny.
From #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole comes this gripping tale of a battle-maddenend warrior driven by revenge and the Valkyrie temptress who haunts his dreams. He Vowed He'd Come For Her... ... (Goodreads)
The Deal
by Elle Kennedy
A romantic comedy about a businesswoman and a professional hockey player who make a pact to have a no strings attached relationship.
New York Times, bestseller Elle Kennedy brings you a sexy new standalone novel!, She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy…, Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Mistake
by Elle Kennedy
A college student navigates a complicated relationship as she discovers her true identity.
He’s a player in more ways than one… College junior John Logan can get any girl he wants. For this hockey star, life is a parade of parties and hook-ups, but behind his killer grins and easygoing ... (Goodreads)
The Alexandria Quartet
by Lawrence Durrell
Four novels exploring the intricacies of human relationships in the exotic city of Alexandria.
Lawrence Durrell's series of four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1940s. The lush and sensuous series consists of Justine (1957) Balthazar (1958) Mountolive (1958) Clea (1960). Justine , ... (Goodreads)
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy
by A.N. Roquelaure
Erotic reimagining of the classic fairy tale, exploring themes of power, freedom and desire.
Celebrate the daring gifts of Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, with this beautifully repackaged boxed set of the three erotic novels in her acclaimed Sleeping Beauty trilogy. ... (Goodreads)
Tempt Me at Twilight
by Lisa Kleypas
A regency romance about a Lady and a Lord who must overcome their pride and prejudices in order to find each other.
He was everything she'd sworn to avoid., Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional family, though she longs for normalcy. Then fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an enigmatic hotel owner and ... (Goodreads)
Midnight Awakening
by Lara Adrian
A vampire and a human woman fight their forbidden attraction as they search for a missing girl.
With a dagger in her hand and vengeance on her mind, Darkhaven beauty Elise Chase prowls Boston’s streets in search of retribution against the Rogue vampires who took from her everything she ... (Goodreads)
Delta of Venus
by Anaïs Nin
Exploration of female sexuality and intimate relationships in a changing world.
Fifteen short stories by Anaïs Nin published posthumously in 1977 - though largely written in the 1940s as erotica for a private collector. In Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin penned a lush, magical world ... (Goodreads)
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
by Pablo Neruda
A collection of lyrical verses that evoke emotion and explore themes of love, nature, and the human condition.
The most comprehensive English-language collection of work ever by "the greatest poet of the twentieth century - in any language" - Gabriel García Márquez "In his work a continent awakens to ... (Goodreads)
Lips Touch: Three Times
by Laini Taylor
Three tales of forbidden love spanning different times and places.
Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls: Goblin Fruit: In Victorian times, goblin men had only ... (Barnes & Noble)
Fallen Too Far
by Abbi Glines
A young woman's journey of self-discovery, navigating the complexities of love and life.
To want what you’re not supposed to have… She is only nineteen. She is his new stepfather’s daughter. She is still naïve and innocent due to spending the last three years taking care of her sick ... (Goodreads)
Succubus Blues
by Richelle Mead
Urban Fantasy novel about a Seattle-based succubus navigating the supernatural world.
When it comes to jobs in hell, being a succubus seems pretty glamorous. A girl can be anything she wants, the wardrobe is killer, and mortal men will do anything just for a touch. Granted, they often ... (Goodreads)
On Love
by Alain de Botton
A philosophical exploration of love, exploring its nature and forms.
"The longing for a destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life" we are told at the outset of Alain de Botton's On Love, a hip, charming, and devastatingly witty rumination on the thrills ... (Goodreads)
Rules of Attraction
by Simone Elkeles
A forbidden romance between two students from different worlds, overcoming obstacles of family and society.
Carlos Fuentes doesn't want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him in Boulder, Colorado. He wants to keep living on the edge, and carve his own path-just like Alex did. ... (Goodreads)
The Virgin's Lover
by Philippa Gregory
Historical fiction about the turbulent relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley.
The book opens in the autumn of 1558, just after the death of Mary I, and bells are heralding the fact that Mary's half-sister, Elizabeth, is now queen. The book is told from four main perspectives: ... (Wikipedia)
The Winner's Curse
by Marie Rutkoski
A fantasy romance set in a world of warring empires, as two people from opposing sides fall in love.
Winning what you want may cost you everything you love... As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she ... (Goodreads)
Kiss of the Night
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
A daring saga of love, power, and passion between two immortals in an ancient world.
What do you get when you have an immortal Viking warrior no one can remember five minutes after he leaves their presence, and a demon on the run for her life who is being pursued by one seriously ... (Goodreads)
Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks
Two strangers find solace in an unlikely romance while weathering a fierce storm.
The story begins in 2002 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina . Adrienne Willis, a part-time librarian and divorced mother of three, is helping her daughter, Amanda, cope with depression. Amanda is having ... (Wikipedia)
Fifty Shades Trilogy
by E.L. James
A story of an unlikely romance between a naive college student and a powerful, wealthy businessman.
Now available in a single volume, E L James's New York Times #1 bestselling trilogy has been hailed by Entertainment Weekly as being "in a class by itself." Beginning with the GoodReads Choice Award ... (Goodreads)
Kiss of Heat
by Lora Leigh
A passionate tale of forbidden love between two people from different worlds.
They've waited a decade to come together. Long years filled with unbearable pain and soul-wrenching torment that have changed them both and left wounds that have laid their souls bare. Wounds that ... (Barnes & Noble)
Lothaire
by Kresley Cole
A vampire prince must choose between his fate and the woman he loves.
Number-one New York Times best-selling author Kresley Cole continues her electrifying Immortals After Dark series with this thrilling tale, revealing secrets of the Lore, fierce realm of the ... (Goodreads)
Beauty's Release
by A.N. Roquelaure
A tale of a young woman's awakening to the power of her own sexuality.
In the first chapter of the story, Beauty is awakened from her hundred-year sleep by the Prince, not with a kiss, but through copulation, initiating her into a Satyricon -like world of sexual ... (Wikipedia)
First Drop of Crimson
by Jeaniene Frost
Vampire romance with a paranormal twist, as two lovers face their darkest fears.
“,First Drop of Crimson is a passionate and tantalizing tale, filled with dark sensuality and fast-paced action. The lead couple is irresistible—a gutsy heroine to cheer for and a smoldering hero to ... (Barnes & Noble)
Tall, Dark & Hungry
by Lynsay Sands
A vampire and a mortal woman in a passionate and dangerous love affair.
It bites: New York hotels cost an arm and a leg, and Terri had flown from England to help plan her cousin’s wedding. The new in-laws offered lodging. But they were a weird bunch. There was the ... (Goodreads)
Maitreyi
by Mircea Eliade
A passionate story of two star-crossed lovers from different backgrounds who are determined to make their relationship work.
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