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Since the premiere of the first book in the series, Laura Antoniou's Marketplace series has occupied a unique place in BDSM fiction. Instead of simply focusing on a series of sexual encounters, the novels examine the complexities of a hidden slave-holding society and the motives and the inner quandaries of slave-holders, trainers and slaves, while still delivering an enticing, passionate and hot story. Here we present the first four books in the Marketplace series...

The Reunion

[The Marketplace Series - Book 5]

by Laura Antoniou

In The Reunion, two of the most popular characters in the The Marketplace series are re-united. Robin (The Slave, Book Two in the Marketplace Series), recently released from her contract, meets her old trainer Chris Parker on a trip to Ireland where they will join dozens of other slaves for a week at a centuries-old Castle (now 4-star hotel), at a Marketplace-sponsored Reunion.

For Robin, now a veteran slave, the week at Kaleigh Castle will give her time to consider whether she is ready to return to the auction block. During the Reunion, she will meet slaves from all walks of life, as well as their spouses, significant others, and even children. Some of her new friends are also struggling with their own futures, whether they are still in the Marketplace, retired, or returning to service.

As for Chris, it will be a trip back in time to a place where he learned many of the skills that made him so valuable to the Marketplace. But never completely on holiday, he hopes to meet with a handsome young Earl and his millionaire American bride, whose talents for slave-training have gained them special attention. . . including the attention of a nosy tabloid reporter, who is hoping for the biggest story of his career -- a real-life international slave trading ring.

Mystic Rose Books, ISBN: 0964596075

The Academy:
Tales of the Marketplace

[The Marketplace Series - Book 4]

by Laura Antoniou

In an entirely new form of literature, The Academy is a full length novel incorporating independent short stories written by Guest Authors. Karen Taylor, Cecilia Tan, Michael Hernandez, david stein and M. Christian delve into the world of the Marketplace and turn up tales of power, sex, and surrender, the kinds of stories Trainers tell each other to inspire, teach ... or warn.

Taking up where The Trainer left off, as Chris Parker and dozens of other Trainers journey to Okinawa for the annual meeting of Trainers and Spotters, this book explores both the strict, hidden order behind the men and women who train the exquisite Marketplace slaves and the mysteries behind the life of Mr. Parker himself.

What is Chris Parker's mission during this Academy, and why is the Trainer of Trainers, Anderson, not there? Who are the top slave Trainers in the world, and how do they work? Will Michael LaGuardia, now in service as a junior trainer, ever understand the essence of submission or ownership? In addition, in a special novelette begun for this book, when did Chris Parker first meet Anderson, and how did he enter the Marketplace?

Mystic Rose Books, 408 pages, ISBN: 09645960-3-2

The Trainer

[The Marketplace Series - Book 3]

by Laura Antoniou

"This is domination and submission at its best - a very well-written work that holds from page to page . . ." - Shiny International

In the third book of Laura Antoniou's Marketplace series, would-be trainer and spotter for the Marketplace, Michael LaGuardia, learns there is more to the art of commanding respect than meets the eye. Moreover, iconoclastic master trainer Chris Parker doesn't seem to appreciate Michael's potential. What can he do to get his attention? What does Michael really want from Chris? And when will Chris finally divulge his long-hidden sexual secret?

The Trainer turns to the world of Slave Trainers, by following Michael LaGuardia, a junior trainer, as he joins the training house of the enigmatic American trainer, Anderson. Confident and self-assured, Michael soon learns that his natural dominance is no match for Anderson's second-in-command, Chris Parker. In this new edition of The Trainer, Antoniou expands on the Marketplace's slave training houses, exploring the hedonistic lifestyle of a West Coast training facility, a rigidly hierarchical training house in Great Britain, and the ascetic and highly demanding dominant/submissive training style of the most sought-after American trainer, Anderson.

Mystic Rose Books, 408 pages, ISBN: 0-9645960-6-7

The Slave

[The Marketplace Series - Book 2]

by Laura Antoniou

"There's a new voice in S/M fiction these days, and none too soon . . . Thank goodness [Laura Antoniou] has exploded onto the scene!" - Kate Bornstein

Second in the Marketplace series, The Slave describes the experiences of Robin, an exceptionally sensitive submissive who longs to join the ranks of those who have proven themselves worthy of entry into the sexual training ground of the Marketplace. Follow Robin as she is educated in the arts of submission and service by the meticulously ethical Chris Parker, the person in whom she will confide her deepest sexual secrets.

With a new short story created especially for this edition of The Slave, the novel follows Robin's story from her first dominant/submissive sexual fantasies to her sale at the auction block, and her new life as a full-fledged Marketplace slave.

Mystic Rose Books, ISBN: 0-9645960-5-9

The Marketplace

[The Marketplace Series - Book 1]

by Laura Antoniou

"Compelling, charged with electricity . . ." - Kitty Tsui

The first volume in the landmark Marketplace series, the series that set the standard for contemporary SM erotica. After Sharon, Brian, Claudia, and Robert are accepted for training by Marketplace representatives, they struggle to overcome their shortcomings; pride, selfishness, immaturity and perfectionism. Who among them will survive the training meted out by the rigorous and unrelenting Chris Parker? And who will uncover the truth of his or her own sexual need to submit?

The first in the groundbreaking series, The Marketplace follows four inductees as they transition from their former lives into the world of the Marketplace. Guided under the firm hand of two slave trainers and their majordomo, Chris Parker, each of the novices struggle with and against their internal desires to become Marketplace slaves. For readers familiar with the previous edition, Antoniou has added additional material, including a sizzling short story that takes up where the novel leaves off!

Mystic Rose Books, ISBN: 0-9645960-4-0

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