CANDIE LUCIANI – LUST BETWEEN PAGES 1 – by DAVID MENICH (130) TLE

Gorgeous French brunette Candie Luciani seems like the studious type – her bedroom doubles as a private library. Shelves crammed with books stand within easy reach of her comfortable, queen-size bed, and she will often spend all weekend in there. Door closed against the real world, she escapes into a realm of fantasy.

Look a little closer, however, and her secret is revealed: in among the classic novels and modern page-turners sit many works of erotic literature. Again, some are old and some new, but most are on a certain theme – darker than the vanilla romances she initially discovered.

She keeps returning to one book in particular: its heroine is slender with dark-brown eyes and hair, and a penchant for leather lingerie. Candie emulates her look and behavior, playing with a carefully curated collection of props, as detailed in the pages.

A couple chapters in, she lets out an involuntary cry, and she can’t help but feel guilty as part of her retreat’s decor – a vintage library sign, insisting on silence – catches her eye. Luckily for her, the book suggests the perfect solution, and peace and quiet are soon restored, no matter how deeply immersed she becomes in the story…