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In rural Italy, a priest keeps a dark secret beneath his chapel — a prisoner. Only the elder holy man knows who this prisoner is and even the priest does not know how long he has been there — hundreds of years, perhaps, or even longer. His fear is that anyone in his parish would ever come in contact with his mysterious and unholy charge. But what happens is even worse than he could have imagined. His lovely young daughter, whose innocence and devotion to god he prizes over all else, trails her father into the cavern and catches a glimpse of the prisoner, a beautiful being like the most handsome of men and yet not. She looks in his eyes and sees pain and wisdom and eternity. Unable to keep away from this silent creature chained to an altar stone, she lives in fear that her father will catch her. One day he does and sends her off to America to be raised by her aunt in Boston. But she never forgets her silent love. Cover Him with Darkness is a thrilling story of an archangel banished from heaven and the human woman with whom he falls in love.

The third BL paranormal novella collection. Three top authors writing three otherworldly short novels of fantasy and sorcery.ILL Met by Moonlight - Can it be possible that a handsome stranger met by moonlight is a mischievous fairy out to sample a taste of human love and passion? But what will happen when the magic witching month of May is over?The House of Dust - Ishara must descend into the Underworld and brave its challenges in order to bring her lover back from the dead.The Dragon Lord - In the misty marshlands of Navarone, the Princess is being married. Her parents desperately hope this will cure her lustfulness and tendency to play with fire - she lights fires in the grate with her eyes, when no-one is looking and she is lustful in a land of rigid morality.

"The wayward daughter of Shakespeare's sorcerer Propsero; a runaway slave who becomes king only for as long as he can stay awake; a servant girl whose three dead lovers return for one last tryst; vampire-hunters haunted to the point of madness by what they have been through; warriors in a desperate battle for the survival of humankind; and one very dangerous frog prince. All these and more appear in this collection of erotic stories that will take you to the edge and then pull you over into the glittering darkness beyond. Weaving worlds of fantasy, Janine Ashbless draws from fairy stories, history, myth and the darkest depths of her imagination to bring you tales of passion and desire that will enchant, shock and dazzle you"--Back cover.

An ancient city... a goddess consumed by passion... and a handsome general... This story takes place in the ancient temple city of Mulhanabin, where the voluptuous Malia Shai, thought to be a goddess, is consumed by erotic passions that have no outlet. Into this sacred city comes General Veraine--the rugged gladiator-style leader of the occupying army--and he'll stop at nothing to have her.

"The story Scheherazade told on the One-Thousand-and-Second night." By day, Taqla uses her forbidden sorcery to move freely about the city of Damascus in the guise of an old sage. Her true identity known only by her faithful servant woman, Taqla is content with the comfortable, if restrictive, life that keeps her safe from the control of any man. Until she lays eyes on a handsome merchant-traveler. Suddenly her magical disguise doesn't rest so easily on her shoulders. When long-time widower, Rafiq, hears that the Amir's beautiful daughter has been kidnapped by a scheming djinni--and that she will be given in marriage to her rescuer--he seeks the help of "Umar the Wise" to ensure he will be that man. Yet as he and the disguised Taqla set off, he senses that his prickly male companion is hiding something. In a moment of dire peril, all of Taqla's secrets are stripped bare--her fears, her sorcery and, worst of all, her love for Rafiq. Yet the princess's life hangs in the balance, and there is no running away or turning back. Even though passion may yet betray them all... "Warning: Scary monsters and creepy ruins in the desert--check. Pagan gods that demand blood-sacrifices--double check. A handsome hero who looks good in a robe and even better out of it--oh yeah. Check, check and check. That's worth a heroine dropping a veil or two."

"Named and Shamed" is a dark and dirty illustrated erotic fairy tale, strictly for grown-ups!

Dark, sexy and erotic paranormal romance... Janine Ashbless brings you more breathtaking tales of lust and magic, dark fantasy and even darker desires. An unearthly stranger who pursues a newlywed on her Mediterranean holiday, an opera production where emotions run out of control, and a ghost who wants one thing only from the descendant of her murderer are just three of the seductive and stylishly written stories that will tease, tempt and transport you to fantastic realms where dreams, fantasies - and nightmares - can come true.

Would you defy God, for love? When Milja Petak released the fallen angel Azazel from five thousand years of imprisonment, she did it out of love and pity. Now he wants to release his brethren. Torn every way by love, by conflicting loyalties and by passion, Milja must do things she's never even dreamt ofin order to save those who matter to her."

Melusine is a fem-domme tale, based upon a medieval french fairy story.

Bear skin : Hazel is whisked away from her tedious job and humdrum life by the mysterious Arailt, to be his lover. The only problem is there is more to Arailt than meets the eye - much more.