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Wish Me Up, Rub Me Down
With no love life to speak of, BBW Anya Bartholomew lives only for
her job. This dedication has paid off. As a successful advertising
agent, she has risen in the ranks of her firm to be the top
money-maker.
But at the insistence of her two best friends, who claim she needs
a break from work, Anya takes a weekend vacation to the small town
of Pleasant, Maine. While shopping at an antique shop, she rubs a
lamp that looks as if it could belong to Aladdin
himself.
Things will never be the same.
Back at work on Monday morning, Anya finds that her boss has given
her a new account…for a lamp factory. However, her clients—two very
handsome, very sexy men—are more than what they seem.
They’re Pleasure Djinn. And they have come to fulfill five of
Anya’s most secret sexual wishes.
Aliya Baban and the Cave of Pleasure
Advertising agent Aliya Baban is beautiful with a capital B.
Unfortunately, she’s also a witch with a capital B. In her
twenty-eight years of life, she’s managed to offend almost every
woman she has ever met.
But she doesn’t care, really. That’s just the way life
is.
When her boss tells her to get the Cave of
Pleasure account, or else get a new job, Aliya takes her party
invitation—and the strange lamp she’s received—and attends the
nightclub’s grand opening, ready to do battle for her
livelihood.
Matuse is more than just the owner of the Cave
of Pleasure…he’s a pleasure djinni. And Aliya has rubbed his
lamp. For the next thirty days, she belongs to him. Though he
intends to bring intense pleasure to her body, it’s also his job to
make sure his “she-devil” changes her wicked ways.
Will Matuse be able to help Aliya overcome her painful past? Or
will Aliya fail to make the five heartfelt apologies she needs to
make to the five women she has hurt the most.
To Rub, Honor and Obey
Moreen McGee is a perfect example of how poor decisions made in
youthful rebellion can haunt someone for life. Now on probation for
ten years, she serves her court-ordered community service at a
center for troubled teens, in the hopes of stopping other kids from
taking the wrong path.
But when one of her young charges pickpockets a wallet from her
high school nemesis, Aliya Baban, Moreen decides to put the illicit
skills she learned as a teenager to good use...by breaking into
Aliya’s apartment to return the stolen wallet, thus keeping the kid
who stole it out of trouble and out of jail.
However, once she’s in the opulent Manhattan flat, Moreen can’t
resist the urge to take one small token from the woman she still
blames for her own downfall—an old, neglected oil lamp that she’s
sure Aliya will never miss.
Moreen accidentally summons a gorgeous demon-turned-pleasure djinni
named Paran...and he’s not too thrilled with the theft of his
property. Moreen has rubbed his lamp, the contract is sealed. For
the next thirty days, she belongs to him. And Paran intends to use
this time to help his little felon learn some very important
lessons, including the true meaning of the words honor and obey.
Smoke, Fire and Desire
Scientist Rhylie Dawson works hard, but when it comes to play she’s
pretty reserved. Until her friends take her to the Cave of Pleasure in New York City. She’s there to
celebrate her birthday, and maybe, just maybe, get
lucky.
What Rhylie doesn’t know is the Cave of
Pleasure is run by Pleasure Djinn, and they’re eager to show
her that there’s more to life than just work. On stage in front of
a bevy of male dancers, Rhylie is told to choose one for her
special birthday dance.
She picks the fireman, and quickly learns that where there’s smoke,
there’s fire, and a great deal of desire.