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This first volume of Best Sex Writing of the Year features a number of significant bloggers and some of the most important stories of the past two years. Alexandria Goddard is the blogger who made the important connections in the historic Steubenville Rape Case; Epiphora is the most renowned and saucy sex toy reviewer who has legions of dedicated followers; Lux Alptraum has recently sold the wildly successful Fleshbot and taken an editorial position at Nerve.

Never did I imagine falling for my grumpy, reclusive boss, let alone expecting his child. Especially when no one knows who he really is, including himself. After losing my husband, I vow to protect and give my daughter the best life she deserves. But my heart breaks when I realize I can’t afford her specialized education. Then Marcus appears, offering unexpected hope: a job as his assistant. With each shared moment, he reveals a heart yearning for connection beneath his stoic facade. His broad shoulders carry my daughter, and his tender touch soothes my soul. As the line starts to blur, I...

From gender-bending lab mix-ups to wild outer space alien romps, this exciting collection of three steamy titles features guys transforming into gorgeous young women and having the adventure of a lifetime in exciting and classic science fiction settings! With humorous and familiar gender bending romance, you’re sure to be up listening to this into the late, late hours of the night.

Teacher Stella Marshall’s summer break has just began, but the gossip is already sizzling: Luke Keegan’s back in town! Stella’s high school crush is all grown up and smolderingly sexy. She might even consider a fling with the former Navy SEAL, if she hadn’t already sworn off all romantic entanglements. But there isn’t a single thing she can do to stop the rumor mill whispering about her and Luke being together—unless . . . A showmance!

YOUR LAST MEAL is a James Beard Award finalist for Best Podcast hosted by National Edward R. Murrow award-winning reporter Rachel Belle. Each episode Rachel asks a celebrity (Jewel, Isaac Mizrahi, John Waters, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Danny Trejo, etc) what they would choose to eat for their last meal. Then she consults with chefs and culinary anthropologists, ice cream scientists and hungry astronauts to uncover the history, science and culture of these dishes.

Travel back in time to the boyhood of one of the most popular poets of the early 20th century. Author of "Little Orphan Annie", "The Old Swimmin' Hole", and hundreds more poems, "Bud" Riley spent his childhood in mid-nineteenth century Indiana, where stagecoaches were a common sight, rope swings were the only thrill rides, and telling spooky stories by firelight was the best entertainment of all.

My organized life unravels when my best friend’s brother waltzes back into my life. As a wedding planner, I turn every bride’s dream into a reality. Years ago, my dreams centered around Max. But he left to pursue his music career and never looked back. Now, our careers collide and I‘m stuck working on a destination wedding with him. Being around him reminds me of why I fell for him all those years ago. He brings joy and spontaneity back into my life. Just when my heart is opening to him, Max is offered the chance of a lifetime. Haunted by the past of him leaving before, I fear history...

Between 1929 and 1974, more than 7,600 North Carolinians were sterilized, sometimes without informed consent and frequently under coercion. The victims, poor men and women from around the state, were never compensated for losing the ability to conceive children. Nearly 40 years later, during a rancorous 2013 legislative session in which severe restrictions on abortion, voting rights and funding for public education were passed, the state got another chance to right one of its most shameful acts.

Mike is enjoying being a girl so much that he can’t keep straight whether he’s Mike or Mikala anymore, and now that he’s blurring the lines between Virtnet and reality with his boyfriend, Chuck, he needs to learn a few things about femininity. Good thing for him that his mistress, Amy, is happy to teach, starting with a very personal lesson on proper lingerie selection! But Amy isn’t the only one paying attention to the new girl in town: Christy Parker, Chuck’s ex-girlfriend, has begun poking around where she doesn’t belong and asking some uncomfortable questions.

Captain James T. Mitchell, still trapped in the body of his cocaptain, Lana King, is finding mounting evidence that Lana may have intentionally swapped bodies with him to steal his place as the head of their cosmic space harem, and in doing so, endangered the entire mission to repopulate Earth!

Captain James T. Mitchell is now trapped in the body of his co-captain, Lana King, and has successfully undergone the first step of their mission to repopulate Earth! The aliens that have resurrected them have confirmed that he is definitely expecting a little bundle of joy, despite still adjusting to the new realities of life as a woman. But that's not the only adjustment he has to make - living as Lana brings a whole host of other complications, such as having to obey the wishes of his new, male companion.

Tommy and his two best friends, Allen and Jim, bring in the new harvest season by drinking bourbon under the Nebraska night sky. It’s an age-old tradition of getting trashed - and trash talking - from their reckless youth, but this one is a little different. A giant meteor shower sends brightly burning comets their way, the biggest event in nearly 300 years. Hungover and aching, Tommy wakes up the next morning and finds their wish has come true! There is one dateable girl in town, now…and to his surprise, it's him.

When the moon is full or the gods feel whimsical, mortal forms become malleable and men find themselves experiencing all-new perspectives! Alyson’s latest three-book bundle focuses on romantic transformations spurred by curses and gods, where men learn what life is like for a whole different gender and may even come to like it before their lesson is over.... Curl up with these steamy romances and bring a little magic into your life!

Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004 Belle charted her day-to-day adventures on and off the field in a frank, funny, and award winning web diary. Now, in her Intimate Adventures, Belle elaborates on those diary entries, revealing (among other things) how she became a working girl, what it feels like to do it for money, and where to buy the best knickers for the job.

From their first thrilling encounters to their wildest power fantasies, this fun and hilarious collection of four steamy titles features guys transforming into gorgeous young women and having the adventure of a lifetime in exciting and surreal situations inspired by some of your favorite games and media! With humorous and familiar gender-bending romance, you’re sure to be up listening to this into the late, late hours of the night.

Set in the manic world of New York real estate, High Maintenance is the story of Liv Kellerman, a young woman who's just left her husband and, more important, their fabulous penthouse apartment with its Empire State Building view. On her own for the first time in her life, she relocates to a crumbling Greenwich Village hovel and contemplates her next move. Before long she finds her true calling: selling real estate. With her native eye for prime properties and an ability to lie with a straight face, Liv finds success and is soon swimming with the sharks.

Prince Eric has been been dreading his 18th birthday for years because he's finally old enough that his father is demanding he marries the woman he's been betrothed to all his life. The one time he tried to speak out against this, his father said, “Come back with your new queen, or don’t come back at all." So, when a charming and mysterious woman offers Eric a way to escape his fate, he leaps at the chance!

Belle de Jour has, as they say, been around a bit. When Brooke Magnanti was unveiled as the author and former call girl behind the bestselling series, she turned her hand to a new game: newspaper punditry. In this collection of funny, fabulous, and touching entries spanning several years, she lifts the lid on everything from sexy romps in the Pentagon, to the unexpected death of a beloved uncle, how to blog anonymously (and how not to), and why she is Fifty Shades of Done With This S**t. Belle is as trenchant as ever and proof if proof were needed that you can't keep a good woman down. "She...

"An enlightening must-read for anyone exposed to the press" THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY "Should be read by anyone claiming an interest in sex and, especially, sex equality" EVENING STANDARD "An important book... exactly the kind of level-headed analysis that could help to dispel some of the hysteria surrounding the sex industry" THE TIMES "As entertaining as it is erudite" THE OBSERVER As Belle de Jour she enthralled and outraged the nation in equal measure. Now her real identity is out in the open, Brooke's background as a scientist and a researcher can come to bear in her fascinating ...

Entering a fake engagement contract to a grumpy billionaire football coach for the sake of his adorable daughter may have been the plan, but now it seems all too real. As a football team’s nurse, I’ve strived to keep a professional working relationship with the team players, especially with the grumpy, jaw-dropping handsome head coach, Thomas Everlyn. That is, until he kisses me. Now I can’t get him out of my mind. When his daughter falls severely ill and wishes for a mom, he proposes an engagement contract. Out of my love for the little girl, I can’t say no. But as we break the ...