The Trainer

The long-awaited conclusion of Adamsons stunning Marketplace Trilogy! The ultimate underground sexual realm includes not only willing slaves, but the exquisite and demanding trainers who take submissives firmly in hand. And it is now the time for these mentors to divulge their own secrets, to lay bare the desires that led them to become the ultimate figures of erotic authority. Only Sara Adamson could conjure so complete and bewitching a portrait of punishing pleasure. Five classic fairy tales reemerge as deliciously dark erotica stories with a BDSM twist. These stories describe the many diverse faces of bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism in sexy encounters ranging from haunting to healing, and painful to playful. You'll discover .how a witch really likes to punish naughty interlopers, why Beauty might love her beast more than the prince, how to produce handy bruises when a pea just won't do the trick--and more. Ranging from present day to "once upon a time" settings, each story offers a fresh perspective to both legend and BDSM. Many people know that today's idea of fairy tales is a far cry from the darker, original versions. Like a Thorn explores this underbelly of the fairy tale through the many faces of BDSM. Far from run-of-the-mill handcuffs and dungeons, this diverse palette of tales features BDSM as a vehicle for unorthodox moods, relationships, and dilemmas. Mari Ness' haunting "Cinder Feet" tells us just how high a price Cinderella might have had to pay for not making it home by midnight, yet how worthy that price might be. Next up is "The Princess and Peony" by Mercy Loomis, a charming romp between a princess and her part-time maid, full-time lover who plot to produce princess-ly bruises with a sexier method than sleeping on a pea. Kieran Dewhurst's "The Last Mistress of the Chatelaine" tells of the sweeping yet down-to-earth romance between the dread Bluebeard and his seventh wife, who uses spunk and sense to help her husband face his sins head-on with a deliciously brutal punishment. "That Wicked Witchcraft" by Sunny Moraine follows, a present-day story in which a modern witch discovers two teenage thieves in her house--and comes close to eating them for dinner after she ties them up. Finally, Shanna Germain's lyrical "Skin Deep" tells of a controversial Belle: one who didn't go to the beast as his saving grace, but to revel with him (and often over him) in the darkness of the enchanted castle and the painful price he must pay for her affections. These imaginative retelling captures the complex psychology, emotion, and harmony between pleasure and pain present in every BDSM encounter--and every tale is titillating enough to become any grown-up's first choice for a bedtime story. Includes the stories: Cinder Feet by Mari Ness The Princess and Peony by Mercy Loomis The Last Mistress of the Chatelaine by Kieran Wyn Dewhurst That Wicked Witchcraft by Sunny Moraine Skin Deep by Shanna Germain Circlet Press brings you seven erotic stories of dominance and submission that will return you to the moment when a master, mistress, or slave first stepped out of a story and made you theirs. The submissives, slaves, and bottoms you will meet here are tough and competent. No passive orifices, they are beautifully-realized individuals with the spark that makes them recognizably human. In "KATT," the slave is a beautiful android who fights to hold on to the precious scrap of her life after a disaster. The servant in "Lord of Misrule" knows that his relationship with his master requires something other than obedience. The slave in "Raiders from the Stars" learns that much more is at stake than his personal gratification. In "Personal Benefits," the highly-trained contract slave offers the pleasure of perfect obedience to the powerful woman who owns her. Nor are their tops the well-endowed ciphers who "train" Cindi. They have needs and aspirations. Pleasure may be an important part of their lives, even the most important part of their lives, but they are also seeking love, acceptance and a future for themselves and their slaves in a hard world. The master in "Raiders from the Stars" knows that the safety that humanity takes for granted is rooted in obedience. In "Romans," the master forges a new sort of domestic tranquility for his new slaves. The bureaucrat of a repressive government in "Exceptional Acts" discovers that pleasure is the most powerful form of rebellion. Table of The Lord of Misrule by Kannan Feng KATT by Smotp Romans by Joe Nobel Raiders from the Stars by Jay Starre Exceptional Acts by Argus Marks Personal Benefits by Elizabeth Thorne Scenes in a Beijing Hotel by Jason Rubis Five erotic fantasies of female submission on faraway worlds from BDSM science fiction maven Cecilia Tan. Collecting five pieces of fiction that all take place in the same universe as Tans classic story Telepaths Dont Need Safewords, EDGE PLAYS explores the boundaries between pain and pleasure, love and loyalty, and dominance and submission. Includes: * Master Mind, originally published in the Master/slave anthology * The Game, originally published in No Other Tribute * Passage, original to Edge Plays * The Velderet, Chapter Four from the novel * Royal Treatment, an enticing excerpt from the forthcoming Torquere Press novella * Appendix and Glossary Circlet Press Brings You Seven Erotic Stories Of Dominance And Submission That Will Return You To The Moment When A Master, Mistress, Or Slave First Stepped Out Of A Story And Made You Theirs. Bdsm Fantasy And Science Fiction In The Circlet Mold. Including Stories By Jason Rubis, Joe Nobel, Kannan Feng, Elizabeth Thorne, Jay Starre, And Smotp (essemoh Teepee). The Marketplace series' third volume brings us a new understanding of the dynamics of power exchange within the clandestine society. In the hedonistic sphere of slaves and owners, what motivates those who do neither? This is literature about domination and submission at its best.