The Ezra Klein Show Reading List: Books Recommended By Guests On The Podcast (part 1 Of 3)

Cassandra Salvatore never thought herself to be interested in the world of BDSM. She'd heard of it, of course. She'd also seen it in shows, but just didn't find an interest in it. Not until her friend, Jules, drags her to a BDSM club for just one night. There, she encounters the owner of the club, who happens to be a master and is searching for a slave. Will she become his sex slave, despite arguing that she's just a submissive and would be so for just one night? How about when she goes for her interview and realizes there are two of them? The Valentino twins. "You'll refill the forms." He stepped closer to me. "And if I find out you lied about your answers previously, I'll punish the fuck out of you." I didn't know whether to take it as a threat or a promise. On one hand, I was scared because I knew just how brutal his punishments were. On the other hand, I was anticipating it because I'd retake the test and he'd find out that I lied about a lot of things I thought was embarrassing. BOOK ONE IN THE VALENTINO SERIES

She was afraid to fall in love. He never lowered the walls of his heart, afraid to face betrayal. Both were busy chasing away the demons of their sleepless nights not knowing when their lives entangled and they crashed into each other, seeking solace from the treacherous world. Valerie Ambrose bumped into Damon Lysander at a downtown club. Eyes met, sparks flew, heat rose, and they ended up having a one-night stand. _ "I don't have cash on me. I forgot my wallet." He slurred, his crystal blue eyes bloodshot red as he stared directly into my eyes, for a moment I thought he was sober, but then he leaned in and whispered in my ear, his breath fanning my neck. "Now are you still interested?" Although the music was blasting through the speakers, but I caught up on his hidden implication. I shook my head in exhaustion "You're drunk Damon. Come I will drop you home." "I don't want to go back there. It hurts Val." He mumbled dryly, but his moist eyes said it all, and I couldn't help but pity him. When I failed to respond he pressed his lips to the side of my neck and inhaled deeply. "Please don't leave me alone." He was barely audible and looked like a mess, a beautiful mess. "I can't bear this anymore." And with that said, he pressed his lips to mine.

Marco’s presence was overwhelming, his body heat making it hard to breathe. His dark eyes locked onto mine, making my heart race. “Why do you fight me, Sarah?” he whispered, his breath hot against my ear. I tried to step back, but the counter trapped me. “I won’t be your plaything, Marco.” He smiled, a dangerous, seductive curve of his lips. “Is that so?” He pulled me close, his hand burning through my dress. His lips brushed my neck, sending shivers down my spine. “I think you like this more than you admit.” I wanted to resist, but when his mouth claimed mine, I melted into the kiss, my body betraying me. Every touch ignited a fire I couldn’t control. When he pulled back, his eyes were full of desire. “You can’t deny what’s between us, Sarah” Sarah’s simple life turns dark when she catches the eye of dangerous mob boss, Marco De Luca. To settle her father’s debt, Marco forces her into an arranged relationship. Sarah fights to resist his control, but their fiery clashes spark undeniable passion.

“I want to go home,” “You think you can come into my territory without my permission and then decide when you leave?” He said, “That is not possible,” “Please Let me go,” I pleaded. “You are mine now,” ~•^•*•^•*•^•*•^•*•^•*•^•*•^•*•^•*•~ Blue Winter had entered into the most feared and ruthless wolf pack territory with a burning desire for vengeance against those who had taken her father’s life. But what she doesn't know is that she is mated to the Alpha of the pack responsible for her dad’s death.

“Isabella Morgan’s marriage to Xavier Thompson was meant to be a dream come true, but she quickly learns she’s merely a pawn in a game of betrayal and ambition. After a devastating divorce and a rise to legal prominence, Isabella finds herself defending Xavier in a murder trial. As secrets unravel and their past resurfaces, can they turn their broken love into a story of redemption and hope?”

The rare combination of love of fire and ice, when two opposite poles collide, a hot sizzle arises “Do you think you can escape from this trap, my dear little love” He gripped her chin while pinning her body to the wall, “Please let me go” she pleaded him, He replied with a smirk on his face, “you turned me on, now you have to bear the consequences.” She gulped hard in fear, listening to his words, his blue eyes had more darkness than any black eyes she had ever seen. “You're perfect to be mine” his words echoed in the whole room, while his lips landed on her rose petals like lips, “you're meant to be mine always.” The man is none other than, Her enemy in society, Her professor at university, Her boss in the office, Finally, her husband in bed. He is the realistic meaning of dangerous. She is the realistic meaning of innocence with cunningness. He can make people shiver in hot summer. She can make people to sweat in peaks of winter He is her rain to cool her anger and ego, she is his fire to give warmth in his cold heart. Both love dominance, but she became his submissive mysteriously. She hated him, she hated his existence once, but now he is her everything. Currently, she has two missions to fulfill; Mission A : to escape from him. Mission B : to find him before he finds her, make him to fall in love, and make him to dote on her. Can these missions change her life, or her destiny remains the same? Additively Dark and Seductively Sexy. Dramatic and full of Suspense that will have you guessing at every turn, to know more, get ready for an exciting roller coaster ride.

Blackmailed and caught in a very tight corner, James had no option but to do as Isaac had said– force the daughter to become his permanent mate else, he exposes James' secret. Lilith is a random not-so-weak member of the Blue Moon pack who has been overtaken by the love she had for her father that she had to agree to his impossible request so his life would be spared. What happens when Isaac finally knows who killed his father, will he be able to punish whoever this person was even if it was the person he trusted the most? " Who is my father ?" Isaac asked as he formed a fist with his hands. He didn't know how long he could control his wolf so it wouldn't cause havoc.

Kayla’s perfect life begins to crumble when Lucius, the Alpha of the neighboring pack, chooses her to be his mate on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. How can she marry him when she’s sworn herself to her one true love, Sebastian?Despite her begging, Kayla’s father insists that she must marry Lucius. The pack is what matters, not her true love.But Kayla refuses to give in so easily. Can she run away and escape with Sebastian?Will Sebastian kill Lucius and save her from a doomed marriage?Or will Kayla never see her true love again?

After Jasmine’s father puts their pack in debt, the Lycan kings offer her father a deal to pay off the pack's debt in exchange for his daughter. Unfortunately, her father doesn’t hesitate in selling her off to the Lycan kings and she has no choice but to obey her father’s order. The rumors she has heard about the powerful and wealthy Lycan kings who ruled over all four groups of packs were beyond terrible! Things get more twisted when she finds out she’s mated all three of the Lycan kings! Can she soften the hearts of the cruel Lycan kings? Or will the new life she's thrust into completely ruin her?

Ella found herself caged by an Alpha. Unbeknownst to her that the man she spent a night stand with was an alpha of the cruelest state in the whole of America. He was called the King alpha, alpha of all alpha. He has spent years searching for his better half, his mate and then he found her but won't let go. Ella found everything crazy because never in her right mind had she thought she was going to spend the night with the King alpha of all people . It all started at a party, she was forced by her bestfriend to go for a party which then marked the change of her life.