Download or read book Dreadful Desires: Collected Stories written by Celia McKinley and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DREADFUL DESIRES: COLLECTED STORIES A bundled set of five short stories and novelettes from the Dreadful Desires collection, featuring fantasy tales of torrid romance and dark erotic encounters with the supernatural, from ghosts and demons to shifters and goblins. This collection includes the original cover art for all five stories as well as a brand new introduction. CEMETERY GIRL: DREADFUL DESIRES #7 A beautiful ghost who roams a lonely stretch of highway and a stalwart investigator concealing a supernatural secret of his own cross paths one stormy night in an old house by the cemetery, drawing them into a frenzy of forbidden and recklessly dangerous passion. Will the beguiling Elizabeth's desire for undying love prove to be David's undoing, or has the temptress met her seductive match? THE HUNGRY FOREST: DREADFUL DESIRES #8 When a pair of researchers arrive in search of a guide through a secluded forest, Jia reluctantly agrees to take the job. But dark and dangerous forces lurk within the shadows of Mingyi Forest, and the beautiful orphan finds herself helplessly drawn into a twisted, irresistibly seductive encounter with its depraved demons, and into a night of erotic revelations that will change her life forever... SPIRIT OF DESOLATION: DREADFUL DESIRES #5 Two hundred years after a devastating war against an alien adversary, the royal daughters of Almaladh use their powers to defend what's left of humanity. Now that power is fading and the day's come for Zoe, raised from birth as a human sacrifice, to journey into the desert and meet her fate. But not every sacrifice is of blood, and the destiny that awaits her is one of desire and self-discovery... THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER: DREADFUL DESIRES The beautiful Helena, locked in a dungeon at the whim of a mad king, finds herself confronted with both the impossible task of spinning straw into gold and a pair of crafty goblins who offer to help. A fairy's bargain is always fraught, but the price of their magic, including the siring of her firstborn child, is one she finds herself more and more eager to pay in this erotic reimaining of a classic fairy tale... GHOST COUNTRY: DREADFUL DESIRES #9 One year after a grisly murder and unsolved disappearance forced the closure of Garrity Hotel, the desert town of Hope Springs lies abandoned. An unusual pair of ghost hunters arrive to investigate reports of a vicious owl monster and instead find a mysterious young woman, kicking off a story of implacable vengeance and supernatural desire in this novelette sequel to "Cemetery Girl."