<b>E L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe.</b><br /> <b>聽</b><br /> <b>Look for E L James鈥?passionate new love story,聽<i>The Mister</i>, available now.</b><br /><br />Christian Grey exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty鈥攗ntil the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs and tumbling brown hair.聽He tries to forget her, but instead is swept up in a storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist.聽Unlike any woman he has known before, shy, unworldly Ana seems to see right through him鈥攑ast the business prodigy and the penthouse lifestyle to Christian鈥檚 cold,聽wounded heart.聽聽<br /><br />Will being with Ana dispel the horrors of his childhood that haunt Christian every night? Or will his dark sexual desires, his compulsion to control, and the self-loathing that fills his soul drive this girl away and destroy the fragile hope she offers him?<br /><br />This book is intended for mature audiences.

<div><b><i>NYT and USA TODAY BESTSELLER</i></b></div> <b>An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling.</b>聽<br />Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate--and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.<br /><div><br />Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family's massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who'd been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative--<i>completely infuriating</i>--creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he's never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe's so tempting he's willing to bend the rules--or outright smash them--if it means he can have her. All over the office.聽</div><div><br />As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they're willing to lose in order to win each other.</div><div>聽 <br />Originally only available online as <i>The Office</i> by tby789--and garnering over 2 million reads on fanfiction sites--<i>Beautiful Bastard </i>has been extensively updated for re-release.</div>

I owe him a debt.<br /><br />A big one.<br /><br />The payment can't be settled with money or favors.<br /><br />He only wants one thing.<br /><br />Me.<br /><br />Every action gets a reward. A button. Once I fill his jar with three hundred and sixty-five buttons, he'll let me go. <br /><br />He'll let me walk away.<br /><br />But I have to earn every single one.<br /><br />By submitting to the darkest, cruelest, and most beautiful man I've ever known.<br /><br />** TRIGGER WARNING ** There are some dark and disturbing scenes of abuse and punishment.

The second the whip was placed in my hand, I snapped.<br /><br />I couldn't turn away.<br /><br />I needed this.<br /><br />The man I fought for so long has returned, more feral than before. <br /><br />Will Rome still love me?<br /><br />Or will she leave?

<b>Before E.L. James鈥?Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's <i>Bared to You</i>, there was Anne Rice鈥檚 <i>New York Times</i> best seller <i>The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty</i></b><i> </i><p>In the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. In the first book of the trilogy, Anne Rice (author of聽Beauty's Kingdom), writing as A.N. Roquelaure, retells the Beauty story and probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince awakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him . . . as Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes, with her skillful pen, a compelling experience. Readers of <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> will indulge in Rice鈥檚 deft storytelling and imaginative eroticism, a sure-to-be classic for years to come.<br /><br />Praise for <i>The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty</i>:<br /><br />"Articulate, baroque, and fashionably pornographic." 鈥?lt;b>Playboy</b></p><p>"Something very special . . . at once so light and yet so haunting." 鈥?lt;b>The Advocate</b></p><p>聽</p>

<i> Have you ever wondered what happens to two souls destined for each other before they even meet? Well, this is it...</i><br /><br />Gavin had believed himself untouchable. There wasn't an inch of his body that hadn't been taught to eliminate any threat, both to himself and others, as a Navy SEAL. Not only had he been trained to be a warrior, but a strategist who could accomplish any mission that he was given...<br />Until the day he was blindsided by a brother with his own agenda and was forced to accept that everything he had believed in had been an illusion.<br />An illusion that he was capable of love.<br />An illusion of the woman who had kept him sane during his darkest days.<br />An illusion that The Last Riders would always have his back.<br /><br />Now he was being forced to accept the man they had created. A man who didn't care about anything or anyone, living a life without reason, joy, or peace. A soul so broken that it couldn't be fixed, searching for the one reason to keep himself breathing.<br />How was he supposed to know it was a song?

<p>They call him many names, but Angelic isn't one of them . . . </p><p>Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters"鈥攁nd <em>he</em> wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best鈥攕in and sin again鈥攁nd all that's going swimmingly, thank you . . . until the day a shop door opens and <em>she</em> walks in.</p><p>She's too intelligent to fall for the worst man in the world . . . </p><p>Jessica Trent is a determined young woman, and she's going to drag her imbecile brother off the road to ruin, no matter what it takes. If saving him鈥攁nd with him, her family and future鈥攎eans taking on the devil himself, she won't back down. The trouble is, the devil in question is so shockingly irresistible, and the person who needs the most saving is鈥攈erself!</p>

<b><i>A charming British Playboy. A girl determined to finally live. And a secret liaison revealed in all too vivid color. Book two in the NYT Bestselling series.聽</i></b><div><b><i></i></b><div><b><i></i></b>Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon's moved to New York City and is looking for excitement without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night's fun. But the manner--and speed--with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger.<br /><br />The whole city knows Max Stella loves women, not that he's ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it's not until Sara--and the wild photos she lets him take of her--that he starts wondering if there's someone for him聽outside聽of the bedroom.<br /><br />Hooking up in places where聽anybody聽could catch them, the only thing聽scarier聽for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.</div></div>

Zoe was a snob, a rich snob. Or at least, her father was rich, and that was good enough. She didn't have to work, so she didn't. Instead she flew to London to do some shopping. But in her hotel's exercise room late at night she came across an incredibly well-built, aggressive, and slightly scary man she thought was very hot. In trying to seduce him, just to sate her jaded curiosity, she got more than she bargained for. The man had no time for the niceties of such things, and seemed determined to teach her what sex with a rough, scary stranger was all about. He leads her into a thrilling game of domination and submission, and she is overwhelmed by the dark heat and hunger he rouses within her. But just how dangerous is he, and how much of his game might be real?!

Grab the first three books in the Pub Fiction series in this box set. Includes an extended scene from On the Rocks! <br /><br />My Mind鈥檚 Eye (Book 1)<br /><br />Ryker<br /><br />This is my game: I choose the players, and I never play for keeps.<br />I don鈥檛 believe in fate. I make my own destiny. I work hard and play harder. <br />Meeting her messed up my plan, threw me off my game. She鈥檚 the epitome of the girl next door, but with a feistiness that drives me crazy.<br />I鈥檓 now face to face with my karma. <br />Her name is Kat Rollins.<br /><br />Kat<br /><br />Ryker Eddison is the epitome of a player. You know the type: Mr. Get In and Get Out.<br />He鈥檚 all about the chase, wanting just one night. Everyone knows this鈥擨 know this. Still, I find myself craving him in spite of what my heart and mind already know: he will only bring me pain.<br />He鈥檚 the guy girls like me should avoid. I鈥檓 smart. I know better. But when I鈥檓 with him, I feel things I鈥檝e never felt before, things I never knew I wanted.<br />I can鈥檛 deny it...this high is explosive. But I鈥檓 afraid if I give in, I may end up losing more than I can handle: my heart.<br /><br /><br />On the Rocks (Book 2)<br /><br />Braunwyn<br /><br />Losing the love of my life almost destroyed me.<br />Years of being labeled and looked upon with disdain by everyone in my hometown almost wrecked me.<br />Four years ago, I became a mother and together we were enough...until I met him. He wanted to rebuild my heart 鈥擨 just didn鈥檛 know how to let him.<br />This is the story of how one man鈥檚 love changed everything I thought I knew about life, love, and myself.<br />Can Levi Eddison prove to be my restoration?<br /><br />Levi<br /><br />Everything in my world changed the day Braunwyn Daniels walked into my pub. She was a woman of many contradictions. I recognized both happiness and sorrow trying to fight their way to the surface.<br />Behind her chestnut brown hair, long legs, and beautiful eyes was a damaged soul. I needed to change that 鈥擨 just didn鈥檛 know how.<br />In the end, it turned out I knew nothing about true happiness until Braunwyn Daniels let me love her.<br />This is the story of how I vowed to make a broken girl whole again.<br /><br />One Last Shot (Book 3) <br /><br />Claire<br /><br />People say I鈥檓 the female version of a player: a boyslayer, if you鈥檙e fluent in urban dictionary speak.<br />I hate long-term relationships. I鈥檒l never commit to sticking around long enough to get attached to the notion of love, marriage, or the proverbial two point five kids.<br />No sirree. Not this girl.<br />There鈥檚 no way I鈥檒l let myself get hurt by losing someone I love ever again. Been there, felt that.<br />Consider me damaged goods if you will, but I'm happy.<br />Or so I thought, until my path crossed his again...<br />