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MOMENT OF TRUTH Anne did not want money, he thought. She wanted marriage ... as Beth wanted affection, as Janet wanted confidence in herself as a woman, as Veronica wanted the violent release of passion. And he, Willard Remsen? He was the other man in every woman's life, the lover who kissed their bruises and salved their pride. There was no substance behind such a man. He was superficial, surface bright, lacking character and responsibility. He was something to each of these women in the instant of their need, but nothing to himself ... He rumpled the paper in quick irritation. “It's the...

Originally printed in 1965. HELEN Queen of Sparta, daughter of Aphrodite, a disciple of Eros “Never has there been such a woman as you...? Words whispered in the perfumed shadows of a palace bedchamber, before the altar of a pagan god, within the seclusion of a forest glade ... words were spoken in awed adoration by kings and generals and heroic warriors, to a woman whose uncontrollable passion would change the course of history! Cover illustration by Kurt Brugel

Barbaric India, land of languor, intrigue, strange appetites, exotic women, cruel and scheming men! It was in this India that the woman of Kali spun her silken web. She was Sharita, high priestess of the cult of death, mistress of forbidden rites, who used her strange powers in a plot to seize the throne of this great Eastern empire and destroy the foreign invaders. Then she met the tall, blond Pritchard, captain of the Madras Light Horse, whose great strength and fame as a soldier had traveled the length and breadth of India. In her pagan temple, with every wile of the Orient, Sharita ...

THE COXEMAN GETS A BUG UP HIS BRAIN Rod Damon – The Coxeman – learns of an enemy plot to murder world leaders by planting a remote-controlled "bug' in the brain of a number of agents. The "bugs” are programmed to have the agents kill on demand. Rod's job is to try to join the enemy force, HECATE, in order to destroy it. But first, he must pass a series of tests, one of which is a test of virility. Rod is finally accepted and "bugged" for murder. But HECATE has outsmarted Rod. He finds that he cannot neutralize the assassination orders. More important, he finds that he has lost his ...

This book is #1 of 23. They were published in the late 1960's using the James Bond super spy model. BLOW YOUR MIND My name is Eve Drum—The Lady From L.U.S.T.—the sexiest spy in the world. Anything you do I can do better. They call me Double Oh Sex, because sex is my favorite weapon, but I'm just as good at Karate, safe-cracking, knife throwing, scuba diving—you name it. Don't tangle with me: I have a license to kill and I don't care if I use my body—or a Beretta. Swing along as I go into action against a super-villain who wants to wreck N.A.T.O. and heat up the Cold War to the flash...

The flat-cart rattled and bumped along the dirt road, the donkey moving at a sedate walk, in as little hurry as myself, apparently, to come to Innismore. I sat huddled on the boards, hands clasped and eyes roving the marshlands and bogs on either side of me, wondering what had possessed me to leave Dublin and come west into Connemara, this wild and rocky country that seemed as inhospitable as an Englishman’s musket. Seamus McCarty, he of the black scowl and the curious gray eyes, who drove the flat-cart and glanced at me from time to time with a quirking of his bushy eyebrows, was almost ...

"I AM RUSSIA!" the young giant cried, and he set out to bathe the land in blood... This was Red Ivan, Russia's first Tsar, a tempestuous titan not yet out of his teens, yet spoken of in awe and fear throughout the world. - Ivan the Terrible, a savage dreamer clutched in the cruel hand of destiny, a man as wild and mysterious as the land he ruled – A devoted husband who led his court in frenzied orgies that scandalized the world - A seeker after wisdom and justice who destroyed an entire Russian town to punish a threat of defiance. Saint, madman, lover, tyrant, he smashed his enemies with ...

Sensualist, hedonist, voluptuary! She lived on the Isle of Lesbos in reckless pursuit of passion's most wanton pleasures. Her mountaintop orgies, her untamed revels lifted men to the peak of ecstasy - or drove them mad. No man meant more to Sappho than an exotic release that flamed briefly, brilliantly, then faded away - until she met Pharon, mighty Athenian warrior: Pharon, a flesh-and-blood man in every sense of the word.... This is a novel of Sappho and Pharon— an intimate love story unmatched in the annals of Erotica. SAPPHO lavished pleasures upon him. such as no man had ever known ...

LOVE, POWER and HONOR In the turbulent days of fifteenth-century Italy, a professional soldier could win undying glory if he had a quick sword and a strong arm. Bartolommeo Colleoni had both—and a fabulous stolen treasure to go with them. But, like every soldier, he had a chink in his armor. Colleoni's weakness was women. Bart found himself torn by his passion for two beauties-one dark, one fair-each intensely desirable in her own way, and both as treacherous as they were bewitching.

Commander John Craig is a new kind of science-fiction hero: worldly, daring, incredibly ingenious. Beyond The Black Enigma presents him with one of his most devilish challenges: to pierce and destroy an insidiously growing menace to the future of Earth itself. Even the most jaded science-fiction reader will thrill to Commander Craig's dangerous exploits as he risks his life in strange worlds never before invaded by men from earth! The black Enigma could be anything from a mere vibration to the gaping maw of a hideous space beast. Whatever it was, special agent John Craig of the Alert ...

He ruled by the sword—She by her caresses His sword for love- Out of the grandeur and pageantry of 14th-Century England, a master storyteller weaves this powerful tale of a lonely titan and the woman who loved him. Men spoke in awe of The Black Prince, the greatest swordsman of his day women whispered in wonder of the man who could claim the thrones of England and France, but who would trade both for one forbidden night in the arms of a raven-haired goddess. Love Has A Wild Cry The Black Prince lay staring vacantly upward at the tent pole. "Broth,” the gypsy whispered. "Take it away; I ...

A daring soldier-of-fortune is caught in the web of lust, treachery and intrigue during the time of the Borgias Handsome, ambitious Adrian knew there were only two ways a lowly-born soldier of fortune could win riches in the turbulent days of Renaissance Italy on the battlefield or in the arms of an influential woman. Never one to overlook an opportunity for advancement, Adrian used his incredible strength in both arenas-hoping to find power in his appetite for passion and glory. His daring, dangerous intrigues in love and war make THIS SWORD FOR HIRE! a furiously exciting novel for every ...

Fleet Commander Alden Slater came to Gothon to recuperate and found himself on the side of a minority · in a full-scale civil rights battle. All he did was come to the defense of a pretty girl named Aldatha Te—who happened to be a colly. And collys, the original human settlers of Gothon and worshipers of a god called Dromm, had always been treated as slaves by the Terran representatives. Slater learned, soon enough, that he was making powerful enemies in the monolithic Interplanetary Development Corp. who "ruled” Gothon, and wanted lands that the collys held sacred to Dromm. But he ...

THREE DEAD MEN Though they didn't know it, they were dead men. They'd robbed Abel Kinniston of more than money. They'd taken from him his one chance to lead a decent life. An outlaw with a price on his head, Kinniston didn't care how many more notches he carved in his gun.

Adventurer Rod Damon—The Coxeman—has always believed the adage "When in Rome...." So when an undercover mission takes him to the Eternal City, he's ready to "do as the Romans do," and then some. Especially since his assignment is to penetrate the most complete palace of pleasure ever created. There is something for everyone in this supermarket of lust, plus a nasty extra: photos to remember it by. The Opposition is using the pictures to blackmail prominent politicians. If The Coxeman doesn't stop them, Rome may fall again. No one is better equipped than big Rod; he feels at home in any ...

This book is #12 of 23. They were published in the late 1960's using the James Bond super spy mold. Miss Eve Drum In Worlds To Come. When evil powers from Outer space attack Earth to wipe Out human sex, the Lady From L.U.S.T. takes a trip into a time 3000 years away. There, the all-girl master Spy finds that she's the Only living female in a unisex World Where men and Women have forgotten how to make love except in artificial Pleasure Domes and state-run Mating Huts. Eve's Curves and Crevices mark her as a throwback even in the dictator's harem. Only Eve can change the future. Sci-fi ...

This book is a thrilling historical fiction set in the 15th-century Renaissance Italy. It centers around Ilarion della stalla, who emerges as a formidable swordsman and a sword-for-hire to the infamous Cesare Borgia. His sword, a masterpiece crafted by none other than Leonardo Da Vinci, becomes a symbol of his prowess. Alongside Ilarion is his traveling companion, the artist Pietro Torrigiani. The story weaves through the intricacies of court intrigue and adventure, against the backdrop of a vibrant and tumultuous period in history. Ilarion's encounters with various Italian beauties add a ...

"Madame Buccaneer" sweeps you into the Golden Age of Pirates, where the New Americas are a tumultuous stage for high seas adventures. This historical fiction masterpiece thrills with the escapades of Lizzie Hollister and Martin Chandos, two rebels defying the might of the Spanish Empire. Lizzie, an English beauty as tempestuous as the seas she navigates, becomes a coveted prize for any man daring enough to tame her wild heart. Martin, a renegade Irishman, pairs his formidable seamanship with a gallant sword, carving a notorious reputation across the Spanish Main. Together, they lead a crew ...

Cherry Delight, the girl from N.Y.M.P.H.O. (N.Y. Mafia Prosecution And Harassment Organization) concocts a Chinese menu uniquely her own: mix a lovely, red-headed sex pot with an arsenal of deadly weapons. Stir with three members of the Mafia who try to hide in China. And like any good Chinese meal, you'll be hungry for more right after you've finished. I'm Cherry Delight and I'm good at what I do. No boast, just fact. With revolver or automatic I can put six out of six in a bullseye, or a body. My hair is naturally red-hence the Cherry—and a Delight is what I am for people I like, or ...

ENGLISH BOUNTY FOR AMERICAN SCALPS It was 1777, in a country torn by revolution. Promised gold for every American scalp, the Indians ran amok in an orgy of rape and murder. Nowhere was the carnage more terrible than in Kentucky. A handful of American frontiersmen challenged the combined forces of redcoats and red men, and first in their ranks was Alan Brant. He swore to kill with his own hands the renegade who had sold a settlement to the Indians and abused the woman Alan called his own. But the vengeance path did not run straight for the young woodsman. Death in the form of a murder charge...