Flame

A collection of five short stories in a variety of genres with varying degrees of spice. Genres in this volume include fantasy, dark romance, dystopian, contemporary, and thriller.*The following five stories contain foul language, sexually explicit scenes, and have multiple trigger/content warnings to include: mentions of blood; threats of death, murder (mentioned not acted out); mutilation (mentioned not acted out); breath play; face-slapping; mention of drugs (not taking drugs); dubious consent; bone breaking from sexual activity; breath play/asphyxiation; sadism; bondage; anal sex; and limit-pushing. These stories are meant for persons 18 years of age or older.THE RABBIT & THE HUNTSMANIn the middle of the woods, Sera comes upon a man almost as frightening as the one chasing her. With no belongings and no idea where she is, her only option is to stay with the stranger for the night. Everything about the burly mountain man’s demeanor says he doesn’t want her there, but as the two spend more time together, Sera begins to grow on the quiet, gruff man who’s hell-bent on not letting anyone in. Until her.THE FLAMINGO CLUBTwo detectives are tasked with posing as customers of a sex club to find information about where the head crime boss is storing the city’s energy supply. The detectives agree to keep their relations professional inside the Club, but things quickly heat up when a new ’experience’ is unveiled.DAISYWhen her date rejects her in the middle of a restaurant, Laney is left heartbroken and decides to wander around the city before heading home. When she does make it back to her apartment, something surprising greets her. As the line between roommate, friend, and something else begins to blur, Laney finds herself wondering if what she’d been looking for was right under her nose all along.KNOCK, KNOCKA stressed-out money launderer for the country’s largest cartel seeks a woman to fulfill a fantasy of his. With the pressures of his job near unbearable, Sven wants someone else to take control for once. He wants her, the silver-eyed Fae with electric blue wings, to dominate him. He wants to submit, but her price is steep, and she’ll take more than just his money before she’s done with him.THE DEVIL’S BARGAINIn a bar in the middle of nowhere, a down-on-her-luck woman seeks out a stranger whose been sitting in the shadows all night. He makes an offer to better her life, but there’s a catch. She is to accompany him to a party, but this party is unlike any other. In an underground world where angels and demons mingle, Keri finds herself in the clutches of a man more dangerous than all of them combined. And to fulfill her end of the bargain, she must put herself on display for all of them, and hope to survive the night.