Some Like It Hot: Urban
A guide to steamy romance and erotica at the Valley Cottage Library.
Anthologies
- Honey Flava byHoney Flava features an erotic feast of short stories with enough flava to ignite fireworks. With an African American and Asian mix of sexy characters, Zane picks the most clever and bold male and female writers to deliver a collection like no other.
- Succulent byA collection of buck-wild erotica presented in a series of mind-blowing tales handpicked by Zane. Also includes three original stories by the queen of erotica herself.
- Z-Rated Chocolate Flava byChocolate Flava III is a collection of outstanding erotic fiction edited by Zane, the reigning queen of erotica. Based on the Featured Erotica section of her website, this steamy collection gathers 26 sizzling tales from some of the most talented and dedicated writers of erotica working today.
Wahida Clark
- Golden Hustla byAll of Georgia law enforcement is aware that WMM Advertising-also known as "We Make Millionaires"-is one of the biggest and hardest-to-penetrate fraudulent telemarketing firms in the state. But when a tape recording of a man's death surfaces that may involve WMM, Atlanta homicide detective Danny Houser realizes that he may actually have the smoking gun needed to go after the firm. All he needs is someone inside WMM to sniff out the company's secrets. Soon he sets his sights on Alexis Greenspan, aka Nina Coles, the telemarketer's top sales associate. Approaching retirement, Houser will do everything in his power to manipulate Coles and solve this one last case...no matter who gets hurt in the process.
- Thug Matrimony byAngel is trying to pull herself out of the ghetto - and bring her heart up to higher ground along the way. Now she has started her own law practice and a new life with her man, Kaylin. But when an unwanted guest crashes their wedding, all the rage and bloodlust from the hood comes breaking out - and Angel's going to need all the prayers she can muster to make it to the altar alive...
Noire
- Unzipped byPearl puts her FBI training and tactical skills to work in a murderous mission designed to do what her father wasn't able to: take down Mookie Mason, and his entire crew, one at a time.
- Dirty Rotten Liar byWith the conniving Philadelphia stripper Dy-Nasty seeking to dip her fingers into the same pot of gold, Mink knows she has to play her hand right and hustle at the very top of her game. But when Mink is suddenly called back home to be at the bedside of her sick mother, she is forced to leave Dy-Nasty alone at the mansion to work a solo scam on the Dominions and possibly claim the entire jackpot for herself. Will Dy-Nasty lie her way into the hearts of the Dominions and be declared a rightful heir to the vast family fortune? Or will fate throw a cruel twist in the game?
- Red Hot Liar byNow that Mink LaRue has pushed her way to the front of the queue to capture the Dominion family's oil billions, her life has become a luxurious cruise of easy money, fine whips and sparkling jewels. But she'll need to come out of a whole new bag of sizzling tricks in order to outsmart and hustle Suge. He is going toe-to-toe with the Dominion family's oldest adversary, whose shameless mudslinging could ruin their name and good fortune forever. His chosen ally is a gorgeous ex-girlfriend - a woman Mink will need to use all of her weapons to defeat.
Zane
- Zane's Addicted byThe New York Times bestseller Adapted into a major motion picture distributed through Lionsgate From the Queen of Erotica, Addicted tells the provocative story of one married woman's struggle to deal with the fall-out of her forbidden desires. The world of Addicted is continued in the New York Times bestseller Nervous, and Zane's highly-anticipated upcoming novel Vengeance, available May 24, 2016. For successful businesswoman Zoe Reynard, finding the pleasure she wants, the way she wants it, is not worth the risk of losing everything she has: a charmed marriage to her childhood sweetheart, a thriving company, and three wonderful children. But Zoe feels helpless in the grip of an overpowering addiction...to sex. After finding a compassionate therapist to help her, Zoe finally summons the courage to tell her torrid story, a tale of guilt and desire as shocking as it is compelling. From the sensitive artist with whom she spends stolen hours on rumpled sheets, to the rough and violent man who leads her toward destruction, Zoe is desperately searching for fulfillment--and, perhaps, something darker and deeper. As her life spins out of control and her sexual escapades carry her toward a dangerous fate, Zoe races to uncover the source of her "fatal attraction." Chilling secrets tumble forth and perilous temptations build toward a climax that could threaten her sanity, her marriage...and her life.
- Heat Seekers byWhen Dvon talks Geren into going clubbing, fate leads them to Tempest and Janessa. Attractions flare, connections are made, lives are changed -- and secrets come to light. Together, they are the heat seekers, four daring hearts willing to play with fire -- and take the risk of getting burned.
- Sex Chronicles byZane crafts stories about everyone from the sensual housewife who wants her husband to experiment more to a secret underground sorority of women that organizes some rather unconventional social events. By turns tender and outrageous,The Sex Chronicles is a pleasure from beginning to end.
- Total Eclipse of the Heart byA tragic event forces Brooke and Damon to become a part of each other's lives. Through the darkest of times, they find the courage, strength, and perseverance to discover the true meaning of unconditional love as they experience a total eclipse of the heart.