Desire isn’t a dirty word 💋

No shame. No judgment. Just love, heat, and the freedom to choose.

Author

Parneet Gosal
October 05, 2025

At Theo Reads, we ask what you want, and who you want to read about. Orientation, gender, tropes. Because your desires deserve to be honored — not policed by algorithms.

Starting this week, we’re using your preferences to serve up personalized story picks so take a minute to update yours in Settings. There’s no shame here. No judgment. No one telling you to tone it down, close the tab, or hide the cover.

💗 We’re also spotlighting a different author every day this month — because without authors, there’s no Theo Reads. Today, we ask our community to show love to our trans author and friend of Theo, Titus Androgynous, who’s moving through a personal milestone this week. I’m so proud to walk beside them. 🏳️‍⚧️💗

Tonight’s stories are short, hot, and hit you where you need it most.
Come take what’s yours.

With love,
Parneet 🤍
Founder, Theo Reads

📲 PS: I made a TikTok about reclaiming my own desires by building a space like Theo. It got suppressed (go figure), but you can still watch it here.

“Absolutely stunning! A masterclass in slow-burn gothic romantasy!”

By Tori Lennox (🌶️🌶️ Regency Romance, Slow Burn, Gothic)

She inherited a haunted house—and a legacy not her own.

In 1808 Yorkshire, young widow Lady Isolde Greaves arrives at Greaves Hollow, an ancient manor whispered to be alive with memory and shadow. As she battles hostile relatives, secret legacies, and a presence that walks the halls, Isolde finds an unexpected ally in Aedan Blackmore—a brooding neighbor marked by scandal, scars, and bloodlines as old as the land itself.

What begins as defiance becomes devotion. But the Hollow watches all. And it only yields to those who belong.

A lush, slow-burn gothic romance of inheritance, desire, and the ghosts that guard us.

“It’s a great story for femdom…and doesn’t disappoint. A must read.”

By Gora Shade (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Love Triangle, Humiliation)

In a bakery after hours, shy Ryan finds himself entangled with his bold coworker, Beth. She teases him, commands him, and ultimately introduces him to a world he never imagined. Their encounter is a mix of pleasure and punishment, leaving Ryan confused and humiliated. Meanwhile, Sylvia, a hotel manager, becomes intrigued by Ryan and Beth's dynamic, setting the stage for a complex web of lust and rivalry.

Read the complete series.

“Pride & Prejudice meets Downtown Abbey - but with spice! “

By Mira Hartley (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Historical Romance, Erotic Romance, Forbidden Love)

A lush, provocative tale of awakening, temptation, and the thin line between servitude and surrender.

She came for a job. She found temptation in every hallway.

When Emily arrives at Laxton in search of honest work, she’s unprepared for what awaits: secret desires, unspoken rules, and a house that thrives on pleasure and power.

Among the maids, one woman captivates her—Lucy, bold, beautiful, and impossible to ignore. But it’s Lord Mills, the enigmatic master, who keeps Emily guessing with every glance.

As the lines between duty and desire blur, Emily must navigate a world that promises liberation—or ruin.

By Fannie Spanker (🌶️🌶️🌶️ Erotic Thriller, Bisexual, Queer)

She lost her badge. Then she lost her shame.

Andrea Bachman was a meter maid—until the force kicked her to the curb. Now she walks the Red-Light District in heels instead of boots, tangled in sheets with the very women she once ticketed. When a beloved antifascist disappears, Andrea takes the case—but to get answers, she’ll have to sell her body, strike a deal with a kinky cop, and betray the only people who trust her. Justice has never been this dirty.

By Nicola Nichols (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Billionaire, Erotic Thriller)

When the cops broke up Tyler's political group, she ran. She had to think fast, and seducing a deckhand to get her on board a luxury mega yacht seemed like a good idea A really good one.​​​​​​​After all, the boat was handy and elegant, and the guy was well built. For Tyler, it was an easy choice. Brad, the boat's owner, is hot, and rich beyond most people's wildest dreams. Like Tyler, he thinks it is fair to use whatever and whoever he wants to achieve his goals. The difference is that he owns everything in sight, including the yacht...and in his mind, anyone aboard it. And now that they are at sea, on his boat, that includes a hot rebellious girl on-the-run named Tyler.

“Beautifully tender and so hot!”

By Titus Androgynous (🌶️🌶️🌶️ Erotic Romance, Queer, Trans)

Waking to a sun-drenched room and a beautiful woman wrapped in their arms, the narrator is overcome by memories of the night before and a hunger for more. As they gently kiss their sleeping lover's shoulder, a dance of intimacy and desire unfolds, blurring the lines between dreams and reality.

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