A divorcée empty-nester begins a consuming affair with a younger jazz musician in "After David", Catherine Texier’s novel about the potency of midlife longing. Eve’s life story can be compartmentalized into periods: her... Read More

While New York City prepares for a hurricane, the staff and patients of a headache clinic brace against a storm of their own making in Amy Grace Loyd’s novel "The Pain of Pleasure". A doctor unpacks the consequences of prescribing joy... Read More

Evocative and erotic, Corinne Hoex’s "Gentlemen Callers" seduces its audience with dreamy vignettes. The unnamed narrator shares her dreams via thirty-three short stories, each preceded by a suggestive epigraph. She dreams of seduction... Read More

A goth librarian falls for a handsome married chef in Cassondra Windwalker’s novel of obsessions, "Hold My Place". Snarky, dark Sigrun is secure in her identity. She loves her career, horror movies, and choosing materials for her... Read More

"Malkah Job" is a slow-burning thriller in which an Israeli spy has erotic encounters with men from her past. In Vasilissa Wladowsky’s erotic novel "Malkah Job", a hardened spy embarks on a mission to save her husband from the bosses... Read More

"Secrets Revealed" is a steamy romance novel in which two people fall in love despite their brokenness. Francis Dane’s erotic romance novel "Secrets Revealed" is about the tormented attraction between a young woman and her boss.... Read More

The visceral novel Wanda’s Tower follows two broken people through their carnal encounters—possibly toward love. In Robert Beatty’s erotic novel Wanda’s Tower, a phone technician masters the art of one night stands and finds... Read More

Science fiction and erotica both make their way into this complicated novel. Mark Kingston Levin’s novel 30th Century: Revived combines elements of science fiction, erotica, and a political thriller into a novel that sometimes seems... Read More