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She took the job. She lost her innocence. 🫦🖤🫦🖤🫦🖤🫦🖤

Victorian scandal, vampires, and kink dungeons—tonight’s stories don’t have a fade-to-black.

I read this full-length book in one sitting. You’ll want to, as well.

In Victorian England, shy Emily takes a post at the decadent Laxton estate. Amid daring maids, a bold beauty named Lucy, and the imposing Lord Mills, Emily is drawn into a world of sensuality and scandal far beyond her upbringing. Found exclusively on Theo, Elegance & Ecstasy by Mira Hartley is 🥵🥵🥵 (🥵🥵!). Look for another scorcher from her soon.

If you like your MCs morally grey, tonight’s lineup is full of heat and heart.

🗝️ A stolen artifact—and a manticore—pull her back into a hidden city of danger and desire.
🧛🏽‍♀️ A brand-new vampire, a haunted house, and one very hot immortal.
⛓️ A queer sub’s disappointing kink con turns into a dungeon fantasy fulfilled.
🖤 Haunted mansions. Stern mistresses. Slow-burn gothic yearning.
💔 Religious trauma, wasteland magic, and a cinnamon-roll love triangle.
📚 A maid risks it all for a widowed lord—and his library.
🧨 A 1920s gangster’s girl uncovers more than secrets.

Almost every story tonight is a Theo exclusive. That wasn’t planned—but it speaks volumes about how our authors’ trust and support have shaped everything we do. It means everything. 🥹

With love,
Parneet
The Duchess of Smut (aka Co-founder, Theo Reads)

Featured Author

Mira Hartley writes spicy romance. Spicy spelled d-i-r-t-y. Mira delivers no-holds-barred romance for readers who like their stories hot, their characters wickedly irresistible, and their tension deliciously drawn out. With a flair for emotional depth and just the right amount of trouble, Mira has to ask, ‘What’s fade-to-black?’ and why would you ever want it?

I’m thrilled to introduce Mira to Theo readers; look for another exclusive scorcher from her soon!

Theo Exclusive

Elegance & Ecstasy

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

Emily is a young woman in need of an occupation in late nineteenth-century England. Her father has an acquaintance at the estate of Laxton, more than a hundred miles across the country. But Laxton proves far more libertine and sophisticated than Emily had expected. She is thrust into a world that pushes her limits and spares no blushes. Among the other maids, Emily soon makes friends—but it is Lucy who stands out: perceptive, beautiful, uninhibited, and direct. Yet it is Lord Mills, the master of Laxton, who seems to take an interest in her. Why must all their interactions be so very complicated?

Fan Fiction

You Never Truly Leave the Nightside

Fan Fic by Natalie Bartley (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Fated Mate, Erotic Romance, Fan Fic)

Working quietly in a London museum, she’s spent years burying the secrets of her past. But when a mysterious theft pulls her back into the hidden city she swore she'd never return to, old alliances—and rivalries—flare to life. With a former flame at her side and a new, tempting ally watching her every move, Calista must navigate dangerous magic, shifting loyalties, and a city that never forgets. The stolen artifact is powerful, the clock is ticking—and if she can’t recover it, the consequences could unravel everything.

Theo Exclusive

Immortality For Beginners

By Jules Behrens (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Vampires, Paranormal Romance)

Donna is bored with her life. But being turned into a vampire and moving into a haunted house with her bestie and a hot immortal? That is swinging the pendulum too far the other way. Hunted by her maker, tormented by a a powerful local crackpot, and struggling with her new fangs and hungers, Donna is eyeballs deep in magic and danger and arousal. Meanwhile, she's definitely having more trouble with the practical DIY of fixing up the house than with the ghosts who guard it. She's going to be fine, of course, just fine! She has to be! They all have to be! But how are they going to get there safe and sane?

Theo Exclusive

Fraternity Alpha

By Lauren Burka (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Alpha, Shifters & Werewolves)

“I read this story and absolutely loved it. A great feel-good, queer story.” (reviewer on Theo Reads)

Amy attends a disappointing kink convention. Despite the chaos and the long lines, she feels safe expressing her inner boy. She reconnects with a retired professional dominant, Ms. Jess, who offers Amy the business card of a gay professional dominant who is making use of Ms. Jess's well-equipped dungeon. Amy is offered a chance to live out some of her fantasies. All it will cost her is money.

A Dark, Cold Touch

By Megan Hart (🌶️🌶️ Gothic Romance, Slow Burn, Ghosts)

The position at Hemford House was meant to save Estelle Glass from scandal—but the eerie mansion, its childlike mistress Ginny, and the stern, enigmatic Mrs. Blackwell offer more questions than refuge. As Estelle uncovers the house’s secrets and wrestles with her growing feelings for Mrs. Blackwell, she’s drawn into a web of rules meant to keep Ginny “safe”… but safe from what—or whom?

Theo Exclusive

Counsel of the Wicked

By Liz Butcher (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Cinnamon Roll, Love Triangle, Dark Romance)

The bastard child of a fallen woman, Matthias has known nothing but judgment and hatred from the harsh, religious people of his enclave—except for Balthazar. The son and heir of the High Elder, Balthazar shows Matthias kindness, love... and desire. But when the High Elder discovers them, Matthias is arrested and sent to an isolated prison known as the School. There, and in the wastelands beyond, Matthias learns the truth about his world, his heritage, his power, and love.

Theo Exclusive

The Earl’s Indecent Proposal

By Sophia Hawthorne (🌶️🌶️🌶️ Love at First Sight, Historical Romance)

In the quiet grandeur of a manor house, young maid Georgette finds solace in the beauty of the library, indulging in a moment of peace and a hidden longing for the widowed Earl. Their worlds collide when he catches her unaware, leading to an unexpected connection and an offer of companionship that could blur the lines between them. As Georgette grapples with her desires and the risks involved, she must decide whether to embrace the passion or remain a respectable girl.

Tough Guy’s Tomato

By G.G. Wylde (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Mafia, Historical Romance, Dark Romance)

In 1926 Toronto, Gloria Winters, tired of being sidelined, eavesdrops on her mobster boyfriend, Frank, and his right-hand man, Tony. She uncovers a sinister plot, revealing the dark reality of Frank's business and the ruthlessness of the man she loves. Frank suspects she knows more than she lets on and Gloria must conceal what she does know, all while grappling with her feelings for both Frank and Tony.

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