Colette Gale

An erotic battle of wills unfolds in an electrifying game of love and vengeance... "Inventive and steamy." --M. J. Rose Betrayed by a group of men he called friends, Edmond Dant s is wrongfully imprisoned for more than a decade. When he finally escapes his captivity, he remakes himself as the wealthy and powerful Count of Monte Cristo. His list of those upon whom he will seek revenge is long, but it is the love of his life, Merc d s Herrera, for whom he holds his deepest loathing-for she, too, has betrayed him. He will do anything to destroy her... Merc d s was devastated when she learned of the death of her beloved Dant s...and circumstances beyond her control have forced her into a loveless marriage. But when the Count of Monte Cristo comes on the scene, she alone sees through his disguise and beyond the harsh, vengeful man to the one she once loved. He is determined to destroy Merc d s and all she holds dear...she is just as determined not to succumb to this mastery. From the seaside town of Marseille to the exotic caves of Monte Cristo Isle...Dumas's classic story of dark revenge is retold from an entirely new perspective...

For all the women who thought Christine should have stayed with the Phantom... this book is for you. "Erotically wicked Spellbinding A unique retelling of The Phantom of the Opera." -Bertrice Small One of the world's most infamous stories of dark passion...now retold in a novel of breathtaking historical erotica. An exquisite obsession... Christine Daa has heard terrifying stories of the man known as The Phantom of the Opera. But, as the Paris Opera House's youngest and most compelling star, Christine has learned the truth about the scarred man. In a lush hideaway beneath the Opera House, she craves the velvet timbre of his arousing voice, and quivers beneath the touch of his leather gloves. The Phantom is real. Her Musique d'Ange. Her liberator. And Christine is his inspiration. An erotic awakening... Condemned to the catacombs beneath the streets of Paris, Erik watches the beautiful, talented Christine from the shadows. He is careful to keep his identity and his secret in the dark, but he cannot resist her beauty and her talent. Her extraordinary loveliness haunts him like no other woman...and only he can pleasure her like no other man. But his sensual power comes with a price-and a risk to everyone who stands between them. For Christine too is succumbing to her most forbidden and dangerous desires...and as she gives everything for the Phantom, her world spirals into the darkest and most dangerous eroticism of all. "...A labyrinth of dark, extravagant eroticism...to the romance at the story's heart. Grandly conceived, wildly inventive in its smallest details...." --Molly Weatherfield, author of Carrie's Story