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Illicit Desires: Volume 1

By: April Cross, Lacey Cross
Narrated by: Aleks Esquire
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Publisher's summary

Sometimes happily ever after doesn't look like you think it should.

Includes books one to three of the Illicit Desires series, a dark romance that travels a twisted path as three people work toward an unconventional happily ever after.

Illicit Desires: Volume 1 includes:

  • Emily's Secret Dom
  • Mastering Emily
  • Controlling Emily

Emily's Secret Dom: Sometimes temptation can be more than a person can resist.

Emily’s life is boring, and at 35, she assumes this is as good as it’s going to get. She has a decent job and a loving, if passionless, husband, but knows she should be grateful for all her blessings. Until a chance encounter in an online game introduces her to Aiden.

Aiden thrills her like no other man has before, and she doesn’t understand what is so special about him until he tempts her with an offer that she knows she should refuse.

Journey with Emily as she grapples with hidden desires she didn’t know she had and travels down a darker path than she ever thought possible.

Mastering Emily: Is the risk worth the reward?

Emily desperately wants to meet up with her dom in real life and experience everything he has to offer, but she knows she shouldn’t. This choice could shatter her marriage, and she has a good life. She has a big decision to make and Aiden isn’t making the choice any easier when he thrills her at every turn.

Emily craves the control that Aiden can provide, but is it worth risking her marriage?

Controlling Emily: Can a marriage survive a betrayal?

Can Emily and Nate's marriage be salvaged after such a betrayal? Emily must navigate the new reality, while Nate grapples with the decision he made.

But there is a third person in this triangle that they never considered. How is Aiden going to respond to the changes in all their lives?

Emily is so close to having everything she wants and she'll do anything to keep it.

©2021 Lacey Cross (P)2024 Lacey Cross
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  • Categories: Erotica

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Nate and Emily

So before devouring this series be fully aware there is cheating. What makes it ok for me is that the husband is aware pretty much the whole time but also it some how fixes a few of their marital problems. As they have an open and honest communication about the problems and the other man. Plus watching someone discover more about themselves is really a cool thing to watch.

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Meeting the Dom

Short erotic stories. This book starts off with a lot of setup, so the reader is in the right frame of mind, as the story unfolds. Sex life of long married couples can become humdrum, especially if one partner is not getting the fulfilment needed. Emily meets Aiden online. Aiden may be able to provide for her unfulfilled needs. This is very realistic, and something I can see happening. Then meeting Aiden in person, is it worth risking her marriage? I could not help but envision how life would be, if I was Emily. Nate knows something is up, and catches an eyeful through a window, which he felt was hot! Now there are three, and they have to work out how that relationship will be. Some hot and exciting scenes. Well written and good narration.

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Aidan, Emily, and Nate

Emily and Nate have been married for years and lately their sex life has been less than satisfying for Emily. She finds herself turning to Aidan whom she met in an online game which morphed into an online D/s relationship. After a time, Aidan and Emily are meeting IRL, meanwhile her sex life with Nate has been picking up. Nate becomes aware of the relationship between Aidan and Emily and secretly watches the two together. Things are heating up among the trio as Nate lets Emily know he wants to be involved in her relationship with Aidan who wonders if Emily and Nate are the couple for him.

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just a bit boring

story felt like it was missing something, didn't believe the romance between the characters

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Illicit Desires! Ménage! Gaming! BDSM!

I’m not usually one for books with cheating but this was written well. The FMC is in a sort of rp relationship with someone from her online game. He knows she’s married but they continue anyways. She finds out he’s basically in her city and it all gets a little too real. She hasn’t told her husband that she still loves dearly. It has emotional depth from the characters that I really enjoyed. It builds up fast and I’m looking forward to see where the story goes. its not a dual narrated book but the narrator still did alright with the female voice.

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The Start of Nate, Emily & Aiden

This is the story of Nate, Emily, and Aiden. Nate and Emily have been married for 10 years and something seems a little off – they both love each other like no other, but for Emily, something seems to be missing. Emily starts flirting with a man (Aiden) on a game she is playing and one thing leads to another. They end up meeting up, and Emily finding out that she needs to be dominated. Nate feels like something is up, and ends up finding out that Emily has been discussing meeting up with Aiden – he ends up following Emily and gets turned on by what he sees. Nate is confused by what he is feeling, and Emily has become more attentive. When the affair is revealed, Nate is afraid that Emily will choose Aiden over him and then Emily reveals that she wants to keep them both. Meeting up, Aiden and Nate have a moment. Again, Nate is confused, but wondering what could be…

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This was soooo hottt

I could only listen in privacy even with headphones on. I wasn't sure I would like it because of the online gaming part but oh my it got good really good.

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loved it

I loved this. I loved the fact that Nate and Emily have been married and decided to engage Aiden. This story has lots of heat and is enjoyable for sure.

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1-14

This is how the story or Emily, Nate, and Aiden take place from the beginning.
This was a great story and I enjoyed listening to the chapters together .

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enjoyable

Very Enjoyable. I wasn't sure at first but the narrator's voice fits. I wasn't a fan in the beginning but as the story flows your drawn in. I cant wait for more.

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