Welcome to the pleasures of the night ... and to the hot, sexy world of Adam Carpenter. In these eight short stories and one novella, you'll be taken to dizzying new heights of erotic pleasure and romantic entanglements. You'll be transported to some of the most exciting cities in the world and even some fictional settings that you may wish you could just visit. Same for some of the characters you're about to meet, men who not only love other men, but lust after them. Who do such wonderful, wondrous things to them and with them. In these pages, sex may be the game but love is the prize.

A few of these tales represent my initial forays into the world of erotic fiction--published a couple years ago and under a different name, now retired. So I'm thrilled to have them all published under the Adam Carpenter name. As you'll see, one early story, "In a City of Eight Million People," is focused more on the romance between two men who happened to meet ... and then meet again; than the explosive heat between them. But it is no less sexually charged with desire. "The Spy Who Did Me" was written as a piece of whimsy, a spy caper set aboard an overnight train from Paris to Zurich--a journey I experienced, but alas, there was no sexy guy like Francisco to keep me company. And "Switching Positions," is pure fantasy between a fan and a player, one that just fed off my love of baseball--you know, our other favorite past-time.

A couple of the other stories here have helped inspire my full-length novels. "The Cactus League Society": a mix of east-coast high society and classic western, complete with cowboy lust, while set in the 1800s, helps set up the contemporary WONDERLAND trilogy, which includes "Desperate Husbands," "Desperate Lovers," and "Desperate Enemies." (With thanks to Curtis C. Comer and Jeff Wilcox for their great contributors to those novels.) As for "Prelude to a Fling," it's the perfect jumping off point for the exotic EUROPEAN FLINGS trilogy, featuring the romantic pull of "Passion in Paris," the indulgent fantasy of "Rapture in Rome," and the intrigue and danger of "Lust in London." You'll also notice my appreciation for European destinations in the sexy short, "Arezzo Development," another story set on a train with a sexy stranger, yet quite different in its approach than "Spy."

Another contribution included here is "Hot Hot Hot," an odd tale that was actually the very first story published under the Adam Carpenter name. It's a cute piece about a guy in West Hollywood who must own a particular pair of sexy shorts; I like to think I've grown considerably since that early story.

Finally, there are two pieces that I wrote specifically for this collection. The stand alone story, "The Sexiest Package,"--never before published in any form--again set in West Hollywood, concerns a contest at a gay bar on Santa Monica Boulevard with a big prize at the end. It's just good old fashioned sexy fun and it's a sure-fire start to this anthology. And finally there is the novella-length, steamy "A Yearly Tryst," which Ravenous Romance has released as a special single. It's the longest piece in the collection and the final entry, showcasing one of my favorite, sexiest creations--Johnny Lee Capstone of "Dude Ranch." But a surprise awaits readers near the end, as Johnny Lee encounters a cutie from another novel, "Secret Flames." I just love when Adam's fictional worlds collide--the "world of Adam Carpenter" indeed. (There's even a quick mention of Johnny Lee in "Desperate Enemies.)

If there's a common theme among these stories, it's that Adam Carpenter likes his men to be ... men. They are fiercely independent, determined, and confident in expressing their passions and indulging their unquenchable desires. From hot cowboys to hotter fireman, buttoned-up city boys and country cuties, the sexy men of Adam Carpenter's world are virile and vital, handsome and hunky, and quite often hairy. Ultimately, Adam Carpenter's men are filled with an insatiable zest for life, love, and lust.

Enjoy the delights that await you, whether nocturnal or not.

--Adam Carpenter