Master of the Game

Black Lace Classics

Black Lace - the leading erotic fiction imprint for women

Portia Da Costa is one of the most internationally renowned authors of erotica. 
 
She is the author of Continuum, Entertaining Mr Stone, Gemini Heat, Gothic Blue, Gothic Heat, Hotbed, In too Deep, Kiss it Better, Shadowplay, Suite Seventeen, The Devil Inside, The Stranger and The Tutor; as well as being a contributing author to a number of Black Lace short-story collections.

Can a student become the master? 
 
Uninspired by her mundane office job, Joanna Darrell decides to throw herself into a new way of life that revolves around giving and receiving punishment. 
 
Drawn in by a chain of coincidences, like Alice in a decadent wonderland, she enters a parallel world of perversity and unusual pleasure. But can her experimenting really become a way of life? 
 
From Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep and How to Seduce a Billionaire

Magic and Desire

A scintillating collection of novellas featuring the Sunday Times bestselling author Portia Da Costa

Described as 'inimitable' and 'legendary' Portia Da Costa has been writing erotic bestsellers for more years than she cares to remember. She's been with Black Lace from the beginning. 
 
Janine Ashbless is a well-established writer of fantasy, horror and erotic fiction. She lives in York. 
 
Olivia Knight is a graduate from Oxford University and a teacher in that city - a place she magically recreates like Phillip Pullman. She is an enthusiast for old religions, folklore and mythology. Her unique blend of fantasy and reality, of science fiction and magic, makes her the new name to watch in erotic romance.

Three novellas of forbidden desire and otherworldly passions, from the leading names in erotic fiction, including the Sunday Times bestselling author Portia Da Costa. 
 
The House of Dust by Janine Ashbless: 
A young Queen who must descend into the Underworld to bring her lover back from the dead... 
 
Ill Met by Moonlight by Portia Da Costa: 
A handsome, yet enigmatic stranger who yearns to experience human love and desire... 
 
The Dragon Lord by Olivia Knight: 
And a Princess with a sizzling secret which is about to be unleashed...

Hotbed

Black Lace - the leading erotic imprint for women

Portia Da Costa can always be relied on to deliver the erotic goods, and Hotbed doesn't disappoint..."hot" is the operative word

Heartfelt and emotional, Da Costa's writing is about more than just sex; she thoroughly explores the dynamics of attraction and relationships

How the other half live... 
 
Natalie and Patti are two sisters as opposite as can be. While Patti has been voraciously bedding a whole host of hunks, for shy and retiring Natalie, an illicit liaison is something she can only dream of... 
 
That is until she gives in to temptation and initiates a sexy encounter on a train with a complete stranger. Enamoured by the thrill of the chase, she opens herself up to a whole new world of seduction... 
 
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

The Tutor

Black Lace - the leading erotic fiction imprint for women

Lessons in seduction... 
 
When Rosalind Howard takes a job as private librarian for the charming and distinguished Julian Hadey, she soon finds that cataloguing his collection of erotica will be the least of her duties. 
 
Julian requires a tutor for his wife’s cousin. Though young and beautiful, David is extremely sheltered and uninitiated in the arts of erotic love. Can Rosalind teach him all there is to know about pleasure? 
 
A kinky erotic romance from Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep and the Accidental series.

How to Seduce a Billionaire

A brand new erotic romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

A powerfully seductive, modern-day Pretty Woman fantasy - with loads more sex!

The virgin and the billionaire… 
 
Just because Jess Lockhart is a virgin in her late twenties doesn’t mean she isn’t interested in men. In fact, far from it: she fantasies about finding the perfect man who can fulfil her every desire. 
 
Her new boss, handsome billionaire Ellis McKenna, seems perfect for the job. It is clear he is as attracted to her, as she is to him. However, a tragic past has left Ellis vowing to never do ‘serious’ relationships again. Having allowed herself to be seduced by a billionaire can Jess teach him about love? 
 
If you like Fifty Shades of Grey you’ll love this!

Suite Seventeen

Black Lace - erotic fiction for women

Portia writes sex for connoisseurs of quality erotica

The Waverley Grange Country Hotel: where even the most innocent can submit to their deepest desires… 
 
After spying her neighbours having a kinky rendez-vous in their back garden, Annie Conroy is intrigued, and decides to check in to the hotel well known for its erotic and alluring guests. 
 
Under the stern but playful eye of exotic Master Valentino, Annie quickly discovers the hidden depths of her own sensuality, and surrenders herself to his power games. But dare she give her heart to a man who only answers to ‘Master’…? 
 
Give in to temptation with Suite Seventeen, an erotic romance from Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

Entertaining Mr Stone

A Black Lace erotic romance from Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author

She’s a good girl gone bad... 
 
When Maria Lewis moves back to her hometown, the quiet life she is looking for is quickly disrupted by the enigmatic presence of her new boss, Robert Stone. 
 
A sexy, powerful older man, he seduces Maria into a deliciously erotic underworld. But will she ever be more than Mr Stone’s plaything? 
 
A tantalizing erotic romance from Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep and The ‘Accidental’ Trilogy

The Gift

It’s going to get hot and steamy this Christmas... 
 
Sandy Jackson still dreams of the sexy stranger who came to her rescue years before. 
 
And when she meets Jay Bentley again she doesn’t recognise him. Horrifically wounded in a car crash, Jay has both physical and psychological scars and is more Beast than Prince Charming. 
 
But he has not forgotten their earlier encounter either... And all he wants this Christmas is Sandy in his bed... 
 
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep and the ‘Accidental’ series 
 
(previously published as Kiss it Better)

The Accidental Bride

The third part of the 'Accidental' trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

Portia Da Costa is one of the most internationally renowned authors of erotica. 
 
She is the author of Continuum, Entertaining Mr Stone, Gemini Heat, Gothic Blue, Gothic Heat, Hotbed, In Too Deep, Kiss it Better, Shadowplay, Suite Seventeen, The Devil Inside, The Stranger and The Tutor; as well as being a contributing author to a number of Black Lace short-story collections.

Marrying a billionaire? 
 
It’s every girl’s fantasy but ever since meeting brooding sexy tycoon, John Smith, Lizzie has never been entirely sure of his true feelings for her. 
 
Has he proposed marriage because he truly loves her or just to keep her in his bed?

The Accidental Mistress

The second part of the 'Accidental' trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

Seduced by a billionaire… 
 
After being mistaken for a high-class call girl when they first met, Lizzie now enjoys a fiery relationship with John, her gorgeous and incredibly rich older man. Devoted, romantic and devilishly kinky, John knows exactly how to satisfy her every need. 
 
But John has a dark side – and a past he won’t talk about. He might welcome Lizzie in his bed – and out of it – but will she ever be anything more than a rich man’s mistress?

The Accidental Call Girl

Part 1 of the 'Accidental' trilogy by the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

It’s the ultimate fantasy: 
When Lizzie meets an attractive older man in the bar of a luxury hotel, he mistakes her for a high class call girl on the look-out for a wealthy client. 
 
With a man she can’t resist... 
Lizzie finds herself following him to his hotel room for an unforgettable night where she learns the pleasures of submitting to the hands of a master. But what will happen when John discovers that Lizzie is far more than she seems...? 
 
A sexy, thrilling erotic romance for every woman who has ever had a “Pretty Woman” fantasy. Part One of the ‘Accidental’ Trilogy.

The Red Collection

A collection of erotic short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Portia Da Costa

Portia Da Costa is one of the most internationally renowned authors of erotica. 
 
She is the author of Continuum, Entertaining Mr Stone, Gemini Heat, Gothic Blue, Gothic Heat, Hotbed, In too Deep, Kiss it Better, Shadowplay, Suite Seventeen, The Devil Inside, The Stranger and The Tutor; as well as being a contributing author to a number of Black Lace short-story collections.

Step into the red collection… 
 
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep, this collection brings you a stunning array of Portia Da Costa’s short fiction – brought together in one volume for the first time. 
 
The Red Collection includes three new hot short stories and two Black Lace novellas. 
 
Discover why Portia Da Costa is the queen of erotic romance.

The Stranger: Black Lace Classics

Black Lace Classics: our most popular erotic fiction ever.

Once she had got over the initial shock of the young man’s nudity, Claudia allowed herself to breathe properly again... 
 
When Claudia finds a sexy stranger near her home she discovers that he has lost his memory along with his clothes. 
 
Having turned her back on relationships since the death of her husband, Claudia finds herself scandalising her friends by inviting the stranger into her home and into her bed... 
 
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep

In Too Deep

If you liked Fifty Shades of Grey, you'll love In Too Deep

(Portia Da Costa) hurls dead sexy scenes and language at the reader which touches on deepest fantasy, but kicks it up so it's even better than what we could come up with on our own.

all the shameless shenanigans one would expect in a Portia Da Costa story

...who is her secret admirer? And how long until he reveals his true identity? Get stuck into this consuming novel that will have you guessing the whole time

I just want a taste of you. Or a touch. My fantasies about you plague my every waking hour. My only comfort is imagining that similar fantasies might obsess you too. 
 
When young librarian Gwendolynne Price finds increasingly erotic love notes to her in the suggestion box at work, she finds them both shocking and liberating. 
 
But who is her mystery admirer and how long will he be content to just admire her from afar...? 
 
A dark sensual romance to fuel your fantasies, as recommended in Tracey Cox’s ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ steamy reading list in the Daily Mail.

Gothic Blue

An erotic paranormal romance... 
 
At an archduke's reception, a handsome young nobleman falls under the spell of a malevolent but irresistible sorceress. Two hundred years later, Belinda Seward also falls prey to sensual forces she can neither understand nor control. Stranded by a thunderstorm at a remote Gothic priory, Belinda and her boyfriend are drawn into an enclosed world of luxurious decadence and sexual alchemy. Their host is the courteous but melancholic André von Kastel; a beautiful aristocrat who mourns his lost love. He has plans for Belinda - plans which will take her into the realms of obsessive love and the erotic paranormal.

The Devil Inside

Black Lace - the leading erotic fiction imprint for women

When the usually conventional Alexa Lavelle suffers a minor head injury whilst holidaying in the Caribbean she unleashes a devil inside of her. 
 
In order to satisfy her strange and voluptuous new appetites, she is compelled to seek the enigmatic and sophisticated doctors at an exclusive medical practice in London. Their specialist knowledge of psycho-sexual medicine takes Alexa into a wolrd of bizarre fetishism and erotic indulgence. And one particularly attractive doctor has concocted a plan which will prove to be the ultimate test of her senses...

Kiss it Better

Hot erotica from Portia da Costa - grande dame of Black Lace 
 
Jay Bentley is a man with issues. Haunted by physical and psychological demons, he seeks solace and sexual oblivion in the pursuit of an exquisite erotic daydream from his youth, and the reality of a woman who has illuminated his inner fantasies since a brief meeting years ago. 
 
Sandy Jackson has always known that a certain magic is 'missing' from her life. She's feisty and philosophical, but her dreams are filled with heated images of a handsome Prince Charming she once encountered, a man who will kiss everything better and thrill her with glorious, dangerous pleasure. 
 
But the past is an illusion, and the present fraught with conflict and uneasy compromise ... can two passionate lovers reconcile their differences and slake their burning sensual hunger for each other in a wild and daring liaison?

Gemini Heat

As the metropolis sizzles in early summer temperatures, identical twin sisters Deana and Delia Ferraro are cooking up a heatwave of their own. Surrounded by an atmosphere of relentless humidity, Deanna and Delia find themselves rivals for the attentions of Jackson de Guile - a wealthy entrepreneur and master of power dynamics - who draws them both into a web of luxurious debauchery. Their erotic encounters become increasingly bizarre as Deanna and her twin vie for the rewards that pleasuring him brings them...

Gothic Heat

The long-awaited sequel to Gothic Blue 
 
Paula Beckett has a problem. The spirit of the wicked and voluptuous sorceress Isidora Katori is trying to possess her body and Paula finds herself driven by dark desires and a delicious wanton recklessness. 
 
Rafe Hathaway is irresistibly drawn to both women. But who will he finally choose? Feisty and sexy Paula, who's fighting impossible odds to hang on to her very existence or sultry and ruthless Isidora who offers him the key to immortal life?

Lust Bites

Black Lace: the leading erotic imprint for women

No other publisher is so upbeat and uninhibited when it comes to the 
kind of erotica female writers - and readers - crave

Every month, Black Lace titles attract more attention than any other erotica imprint available on the market today

Kristina Lloyd is a professional author and historian whose two Black Lace novels have attained cult status with our readers. 
 
Described as 'inimitable' and 'legendary' Portia Da Costa has been writing erotic bestsellers, both raw and romantic, for more years than she cares to remember. But despite her long and colourful track record, she's constantly surprised by the outrageous new story ideas that continue to pop into her head from the creative area she likes to call her 'dark side'. 
 
Mathilde Madden is a talented young author of erotic fiction who specialises in writing stories about contemporary urban culture.

Three erotic novellas with a vampire theme. 
 
Zachary Trevelyan is a vampire but a mishap involving kisses and necks leads him to fall in love with his best friend, Teresa. And not only that, he really wants to bite her... 
 
For centuries, Billy has been yearning for the woman he accidentally killed as a novice vampire in Constantinople. Now she's back, reborn as Esther, the explorer. Exiled in the Arctic, Billy is already battling his lust to devour her all over again. 
 
The only way that Merle Cobalt can save her father's life is to spend twenty five days living with renegade vampire Darius Cole. But vampires are known for their mind controlling powers and Merle knows that after spending so long with Cole her free will might become a thing of the past.

Portia Da Costa

The Accidental Trilogy brings together three of renowned erotica author Portia Da Costa's most successful and seductive novels: 
 
The Accidental Call-Girl 
The Accidental Mistress 
The Accidental Bride. 
 
Follow innocent Lizzie's journey into the dark, erotic world of billionaire tycoon John Smith, into a life beyond her wildest dreams...

Portia Da Costa

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