Maxine Douglas

Two women. One shop. A legacy of forbidden desire. When Cassandra Jameson and her best friend, Paige Matteson, open Eternal Pleasures in the oldest quarter of town, they expect curiosity and adventure-but not the dark, sensual secrets that come with the name. For Cassandra, passion has always been a private indulgence, until she discovers a weathered book of Victorian erotic tales. Within its pages lurks Garrett Alexander, a man of impossible desires who once owned a shop called Eternal Pleasures centuries ago.
Now awakened by Cassandra's longing, Garrett is determined to show her ecstasy beyond mortal imagining. Passion is never without a price. Paige finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Russell Canterbury, a man who promises to unlock pleasures she never dreamed of. Yet Russell hides a darker purpose-vengeance for a friend's death, or perhaps a jealous hunger for the woman Garrett has claimed. As past and present collide, Cassandra and Paige must face the truth.
Desire can awaken love, but it can also summon dangers that have waited in the shadows for centuries.