First published 1997
This anthology gathers fifteen stories where desire transcends the boundaries of life and death. The collection opens doors to worlds where lovers undergo strange metamorphoses, where encounters with beings from other realms ignite forbidden passions, and where death cannot extinguish the pull between souls. Each tale pushes beyond conventional romance into territory where the supernatural meets the erotic. Writers like Poppy Z. Brite, Felice Picano, and Perry Brass contribute stories that blur the line between pleasure and terror. The protagonists face transformations that remake their bodies and souls, pursue relationships with creatures that should not exist, and discover that some desires burn eternal. These are not gentle love stories but explorations of passion at its most extreme and otherworldly.
Genres: anthologies, horror, dark-fantasy, erotica, fantasy-romance, paranormal-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: forbidden-love, supernatural-romance
328 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Masquerade Books
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content