Get a double dose of sexy fun with this contemporary romance collection—featuring a Winston novella from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster. Think of the man you’d give anything to be with. Think of what you’d like to do to him…and what you’d like him to do to you. Think of the fun you could have. Now, double it! New York Times bestselling sensations Lori Foster, Deirdre Martin, Jacquie D'Alessandro, and Penny McCall come together to deliver four playful stories of games between friends and lovers in this tantalizing anthology, including a novella featuring Foster's Winston cousins—sexy twins who use their knock-out mirror-image good looks to switch places and tantalize the girls of their dreams.

Do you need help restoring the pleasure to your marriage? Whether you’ve been married a day, a decade, or half a century, if your sexual relationship is marred by pain, tension, or disappointment—you are not alone. Thousands of couples struggle with sexual problems that keep their marriages from being all that God intended them to be. But there is hope! Now, sexual therapists and best-selling authors Joyce and Cliff Penner share their proven methods in this comprehensive, easy-to-follow book of detailed explanations, realistic anecdotes, and clearly written exercises. Providing the biblical basis for the sexual relationship, as well as helpful diagnostic aids, the Penners help you improve communication and educate yourselves about your God-given sexual response. Then they lead you step-by-step through creative (and fun) sexual-retraining assignments to help you overcome various problems. The Penners provide straightforward advice and reassuring encouragement to help you start restoring the pleasure to your marriage. Beginning counselors and pastors will also find this an invaluable resource for helping others overcome their sexual barriers.

This witty, informed, and concise introduction to the principles of drama helps us to experience the pleasure of plays from Oedipus Rex to Endgame. Never losing sight of the interaction between play and spectator, Bert O. States provides a spirited view of works by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Pinter, Brecht, Beckett, Stoppard, Churchill, and many others.

"Engaging, evocative…[Bloom] is a supple, clear writer, and his parade of counterintuitive claims about pleasure is beguiling." —NPR Why is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble and seamy, lofty and mundane, to reveal that our enjoyment of a given thing is determined not by what we can see and touch but by our beliefs about that thing’s history, origin, and deeper nature.

4 Steamy Romance Stories In One Box Set Double Dragons Stacie Simmons has been dreaming of flying. For months she has dreamt of soaring through the clouds, looking down on America. The dreams are so vivid she often thinks they are real, more real than her life as a call-center worker, more real than her mundane life where not much happens. Then Joshua Mathewson and a man named after a Viking, Ragnar, come into her life. They tell her she is a half-scale and they are here to assist her through the transformation. They are hot, muscled, sexy men, and Stacie is intrigued in spite of herself. Her mind tells her to report these strange men, but her body screams out for them. But the dreams sometimes end horribly, with Stacie falling to the earth. And a man at her work, Michael, has begun to stalk her. Through it all, Stacie just hopes one thing; that she can get through the sexy, mysterious men, the crazy co-worker, and the psychotic dreams in one piece. Mated by the Vampires Danielle loves to party. Her weekends are full of booze and drugs and lust, and that’s just the way she likes it. Well, most of the time. There are times when she wants more, when she looks inside herself and finds nothing but an empty void waiting to be filled. She needs excitement, something new to drag her from this endless cycle. And that’s exactly what she finds in Damien. He’s something other than human, and she stumbles across him late one night at a club. He gives her a high better than anything she’s ever experienced before with just his lips pressed against her neck. He introduces her to his roommate, Christopher, and things get even better and more intoxicating. Suddenly she’s delving into a world she’s never known before, a world she wants nothing more than to be a part of - the world of vampires. Claimed by Two Bears Elizabeth is a bright college student at Dillard college in New Orleans, Louisiana on an environmental internship. She’s studying the endangered black bear population when she has her first encounter with Louisiana voodoo culture. She brushes it off as a parlor trick and soon forgets it when she meets Jake, a handsome Louisiana man with a knack for communicating with and tracking bears. While appreciating his talent, Elizabeth soon leaves him because Jake starts making claims that his reason for finding the bears is because he can transform into a bear himself. As a scientist, Elizabeth tries not to let the supernatural undercurrent of the Cajun city dull her judgment. When Jake’s handsome friend Chris enters the picture things get messier as Elizabeth wrestles with the supernatural and her building feelings for two men who may or may not have magical powers. When Elizabeth upsets a voodoo priestess, she and the men must run for their lives into the woods. The time alone in the woods makes Elizabeth wonder if she has to choose between Jake and Chris—or if she can have them both? Wild Ride With Twin Bikers 'I need adventure...' Ferne Trellis wants some excitement in her life, which is why she's taken the job at Jameson's Bike Shop. Perhaps she's bitten off more than she can chew when it comes to the owners, identical twins Steve and Rob Jameson. But it isn't all what it seems... While Ferne struggles to juggle her scandalous feelings for the hot twins who both seem to be interested in her, illegal activities starts to cause problems for the bike shop. Will the danger be worth it, or will the wild ride be the thing that ruins Ferne forever?

Kyla, a 26-year old woman, remains undisturbed within the comfort zone of her supportive family, her loyal sweetheart, and close-knit friends. An admitted late-bloomer, Kyla returns for her eighth year as a part-time student at the local university. An unforeseen, yet heart-awakening physical attraction and emotional bond form between Kyla and Steph, another female classmate. An uncertain and fearful Kyla must decide whether to continue the now lopsided relationship with her trusting boyfriend of four years, or submit to unfamiliar passions felt toward another woman.Brace yourself for this passionate journey for an answer to the common question "who am I?" You'll relate to the comical questions Kyla shares with her friends, connect with her thoughts as she silently questions life's everyday activities, and empathize with her as she struggles with the unknown.Hold on tight, and get ready for the ride of your life.

In this dark and intriguing paranormal romance from New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione, a forbidden romance turns deadly when a slayer is tasked with killing the demon who saved her life. In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life . . . She's a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure-but fears it will always be denied her. Until Tayla Mancuso lands in a hospital run by demons in disguise, and the head doctor, Eidolon, makes her body burn with unslakable desire. But to prove her ultimate loyalty to her peers, she must betray the surgeon who saved her life. Two lovers will dare to risk all. Eidolon cannot resist this fiery, dangerous woman who fills him with both rage and passion. Not only is she his avowed enemy, but she could very well be the hunter who has been preying upon his people. Torn between his need for the truth and his quest to find his perfect mate before a horrific transformation claims him forever, Eidolon will dare the unthinkable-and let Tayla possess him, body and soul...

Examines the social forces that have shaped reading, discusses the nature of reading skills, and suggests connections between reading and dreaming and hypnotic trance