Fling: A BDSM Erotica Anthology

Fetish Week at the Mancusi Resort in Italy serves as the backdrop for these quick-read male dom/female sub stories. In Fawkes’s “Take Me,” Kate Swansea, dumped by her fiancé via text message, arrives at the resort on what was supposed to be her honeymoon. Suave and darkly sexy hotel manager Alexander Stavros takes an immediate interest in the submissive redhead, and sexual fireworks ensue (without condoms, alas). Fox’s stronger “Teach Me” throws together worldly department store mogul Luca Mancusi and innocent fashionista intern Josie Pelletier in what becomes a slow, breathless seduction into the BDSM life. In Hawkeye’s “Tame Me,” pop singer Ariel Monroe can let her wild side show freely at the private resort, but she’s not sure if she can trust hot CEO Marco Kennedy with her secrets or her heart. Kink-curious romance readers drawn in by the understated cover and the Avon brand will find these stories satisfying. (July)