A Naughty Nooner Times Edition

THE MIDNIGHT NOON - Almost too hot to touch — but still R-rated.

In the dead of winter, a frozen clock holds time hostage—and two strangers find themselves trapped in a library of whispers. Elara, a curator of rare books, discovers a violet velvet ribbon tying the hands at midnight. Julian, a private investigator hunting lost things, arrives looking for more than a manuscript.

As a blizzard seals them inside, the silent stacks become a stage for a different kind of search—one for heat in the cold, for secrets in the shadows, for a connection that burns through the stillness. In a world of stopped time, their desire is the only thing moving... and it is racing toward a truth neither expects.

Heat SCORCHING (R-Rated+)
Secret Identity / Second Chance

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EXCLUSIVE DEBUT BONUS
SHADOWS AT LUNCH - Unrestrained, carnal, and boldly intimate.
By Mimi Wilde

In a museum where every statue watches, two experts find themselves the subject of a different gaze. Hana, an art historian with silver in her hair, notices the cameras following her—but it is Sterling, the security consultant with gold-rimmed glasses, who sees what is really lurking.

A rival historian is stalking her work, but the real breach is the desire they have kept locked down for months. In the restoration lab, velvet shadows peel back more than layers of paint; they strip bare every restraint. Against classical marble and cold surveillance feeds, their passion is a live wire—explicit, urgent, and central to unmasking the danger closing in.

Heat EROTIC (NC-17)
Forced Proximity / Workplace Romance

Each Naughty Nooner Edition is a standalone story designed to be read in a single sitting.