Haidi's Bookshelf
El & Em
Philadelphia, 1972: All Luke wants is to share his music with the world. When an imposing, slightly older trumpet player called Emmett joins his band, Luke is fascinated – and a lifelong friendship is born. Love and loyalty are forged in the slow burn of tours, shows and recording sessions. Over the years, Luke’s curiosity and Emmett’s indulgence slowly push the two of them into complicated new territory. Emmett tries to keep them safe – but Luke wants it all.
In this monumental romance spanning more than twenty years, there are no heroes and no villains – just people doing their best in a messed up world.
Content Notes:
• Open relationships
• Period-realistic racism
• References to AIDS and period-realistic homophobia
• Mild Dom/sub power dynamics
No use of slurs, no sexual violence, no cheating
This is a work of fiction. All the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Many thanks to my kind, helpful and generous beta readers: Ky K, Morgan Beacham, Leslie Lewis Johnson, Alex Lawrence, Nicola Doyle, and Kelly Salmon. Special thanks to Nicola for proof-reading assistance.
My Mafia Madness
Dante Romano is a highly dangerously and incredibly powerful businessman who always gets what he wants in life… Money, power, women, you name it. As the face of his company and CEO to the multi-billion-dollar industry by day, Dante leads the local Mafia ring by night as an underworld crime boss known as ‘The Reaper’.
To Dante, life seems simple enough and business appears to be booming...
But all that changes when he accidentally crosses paths with the beautiful and fiery twenty-five-year-old personal assistant Alexa Myers during a chance encounter in a company elevator. Without even realising it, the vivacious young woman suddenly becomes his latest craving, and he will stop but nothing to make her his.
Unfortunately, Dante’s rivals have also learned of his latest craving and actively seek out the beautiful Alexa with ulterior motives in mind. When she learns that her life is now in danger Alexa turns to Dante seeking answers to her countless questions.
But will they be answers he can give? And will she want to hear them?
Will the lovers even have the chance to get to know one another in time before they are put in harm’s way?
And of course, will Alexa accept Dante when she eventually learns who and what he truly is? Or will she ultimately reject such a dangerous lifestyle and in turn, reject Dante?
*** WARNING - This story contains scenes of physical and mental abuse, drugs, coarse language, extreme violence, graphic sex scenes and forced sex - R18+ - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ***
Soul Tied
I'm Xirasti a pure demon that lives in hell. When I was a child on accident I found an angel trapped in the bottom of a cavern. From the first moment I saw him he was mystical and enchanting. As I grew older he became beautiful and had me enraptured. Then I set him free. Things did not go as expected.
What I do know is:
I almost died for him.
I burned for him.
I bled for him.
I sacrificed for him.
I deceived for him.
I stole for him.
I longed for him.
Then once he is free I do them all over again and again. Because Sam, I'd follow him anywhere. What better reason is there to sacrifice yourself for someone other than love?
The Red Rose - A Modern Day AU Fantasy
Strapped for cash and living alone in a new city, Ryan makes the plunge into the world of the exotic Red Rose, where one Special Interest Night could make or break his life. One night only, one dance set, and he's home free. It's an offer too good to pass up. Besides, it's totally anonymous, right?...
Can one night change your fortune? Is love real, or just a pipe dream? What happens if your love turns out to be three tyrants out for their own good night on the strip?
Ryan was pretty sure, he had no intention of ever finding that out. Funny how fate can have different plans.~
In this modern-day fantasy, full of thugs, monsters, and mayhem, Ryan's Story of the Exotic, erotic and unexpected just goes to show you never know what's around the corner.~
Prey
In Dominion City, where men hold absolute power, women are mere pawns in a cruel game of dominance, and valued solely for their innoncent and purity, their worth measured by how untainted they are.
Evelyn, a young woman whose innonence marks her as a coveted prize in Dominion City's twisted hierarchy is kidnapped, and forced into an auction where she has to survive the men selling her and buying her.
Marcus, a cunning mafia leader sets his eyes on Evelyn, captivted by her beauty. As he outbids his rivals to claim her, their fates intertwine in a dangerous game of power and desire.
Disclaimer: Artwork is done by an AI
Empyreal Calamities
The past has a strange way of returning to haunt the present. And when this group discovers that certain events in their pasts are connected, it will affect the future…
Lenus is a young man on the run from his family after learning the dark plans they have for him. The only two people he can trust are his older half-brother, Varrick, and his half-brother’s mother. Being sent to Ebonwood, a small town near the edge of the province, Len tries to lay low until they can find a way to get him out. However, being a new person in a small town draws the attention of one of the town’s “guardians”, Dolion.
Dolion, Ilys, and Absalom are siblings who protect their hometown, help its people, and work as independent sellswords. When Dolion sees Len, he can’t help but be attracted and suspicious of the younger man. He just hopes that no trouble will come with this new visitor. Especially after Ilys and their younger sister, Kara found a mysterious orb that showed them a terrifying vision of the world burning.
Kara’s convinced it’s their destiny to stop it. Ilys thinks someone else is meant to. Dolion and Absalom think the orb is something important that’s connected to their past and Len wonders why he feels the orb calling to him. Their pasts are connected in some way and what they uncover might spell doom for everyone around them…and the world.
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