Ancient Pleasures: FORBIDDEN FRUIT
By Alecia Monaco
ISBN: 1-59596-241-2
Changeling Press
Release Date: June 2006
Copyright ©2006 Alecia Monaco

Ancient pleasures await Adam, the first man, and Lilith, the first woman, in the mythical Garden of Eden.

But there's trouble in paradise when Lilith flees the Garden and Adam in search of greener pastures.

When Adam is given a second chance with Eve, will a sexy Serpent come between them? Or will a taste of forbidden fruit lead them to unbelievable delights?

She was the first woman ever created, and she was lying beneath him, every inch of her bare skin touching his.

The world was a new creation, and his entire life of a few brief days had been spent in the Garden, with only the plants and animals as his companions.

Until she had come along.

The mists rose from the ground as they did every afternoon, surrounding him and the woman with a cocoon of blessed coolness. A good thing, since his body had long since overheated.

Adam looked down at her, feeling the same rush of need he’d been riding since the second she flew into the Garden on wings shaped and feathered like those of an owl, a gift from the Mother and the Father.

“Lilith.” He whispered her name, stroking long spirals of ebony hair back from her face.

Everything about her fascinated him -- surprising, since he’d seen all the wonders of creation in the past few days. He’d named each creature that crawled on the ground, swam through the deep waters or flew through the skies.

But none of them could compare to her. Her.

His Lilith.

She shifted beneath him, a smile forming at the corners of her lips. “Touch me.” She took his hand in hers and placed it on her breast, the ripe fruits that seemed to beg for his attention.

He palmed the warm globe in his hand and sighed. She arched against him, a throaty moan falling from her lips. Her nipple, several shades darker than the rest of her skin, hardened beneath his hand. The sight filled him with a vast feeling of heat and desire.

Of all creations, she was the most beautiful. With her dusky complexion, so different from his own lightly tanned skin, and eyes that flashed silver in the sunlight, he couldn’t tear his gaze away.

And her body… round where he was flat, soft where he was hard, as if she’d been formed for his pleasure alone.

Speaking of hard…

“You’re ready to be joined with me.” Lilith’s voice was like the purr of the little creature he’d named cat. She reached a hand down and wrapped it around the hard staff between his legs, and Adam groaned with a rapture he’d never experienced before.

“Yes… yes.” He put his hand over hers with the intention of showing her how he’d like to be stroked, but she was one step ahead of him. Her smooth palm glided up and down the length of his hardness, as if she knew every secret of his body.

Suddenly a sensation tore through him, a torrent of bliss that rivaled a glimpse of heaven, and he spent himself on the soft skin of her belly.

“Oh, Lilith.” He sighed and collapsed on his side, taking her in his arms. “Bless you for what you’ve given me.”

Within seconds, the first man ever created fell asleep.

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