You�ve never read bedtime stories like these. RITA Award finalist Sharon Lynn Fisher blends dark erotic romance, fantasy, and science fiction in these bold tales of seduction and sensual awakening. . . .
**THE GARDEN RULES**
After swallowing an acorn sweetmeat, Sylva is transported to a fantastical forest and begins training as a nymph at the behest of her faun master. But before she earns the right to please him, she must complete three tantalizing trials.
**THE DRAGONMAID�S SECRET**
On the king�s orders, a mercenary has come to ransack the village of Roussillon. But when he confronts the town�s defender, the dragonmaid Isabeau, he is overwhelmed by the most fiery passions�for this rogue is, in fact, a dragon-shifter.
**RAVEN TAKES A PEARL**
Pearl is a captive of Master Raven�part man, part crow, part machine. And as she submits to the curious probing of the dark-winged inventor, Pearl discovers that her body responds with an all-too-human demand: desire.
**THE KELPIE�S PRIZE**
Dragged beneath a fairy pool by a mechanical horse, Vivi finds herself held prisoner by an alchemist claiming to be Merlin himself. Now, to escape an ancient curse, she must play the wanton seductress�and use her body to secure the release she craves.
**WILLA AND THE WISP**
In the bayou that covers the long-ago flooded city of New Orleans, Willa uses light to keep her safe from the creepers. She never expected that light to take the form of a brightly glowing man�an enigmatic lover who ignites the flame within.
**THE DRAGONFLY PRINCE**
In post-apocalyptic Ireland, a virgin gives her hand in marriage to broker peace with a genetically modified race. But when a human rival challenges the dark prince�s claim, so begins a duel that will push the fair maiden to the limits of pleasure.
***Before She Wakes *is intended for mature audiences. This ebook includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title.**