Spider by Aurelia T. Evans

Oh, what a tangled web she weaves…

One moment, Elizabeth is the modest, religiously devout nanny who accidentally brings her four charges to a slightly inappropriate circus filled with all the things a phobic like her could ever fear. The next, she's sucked into the demonic world of Arcanium and transformed into Arcanium's newest oddity, the Spider.

Her anxieties and phobias quickly attract the attention of the Creature, the gargoyle-like guardian of the haunted funhouse, who feeds on fear—and she offers a veritable feast from which he can relieve her, especially after she's been locked in a glass box with giant spiders crawling over her eight-limbed body all day.

However, she also catches the eye of her jealous ex-lover, who helped make her into the scared, secretive woman she's become, a woman who wrapped herself in the piety of her childhood cult just to escape him.

Between Arcanium and her own personal demons, Elizabeth has all four of her hands full.

Reader Advisory: This book contains plot-driven dubcon, monster sex, arachnophobia, public sex, extreme violence and horror-related gore, accounts of noncon and sex trafficking, double penetration, sex addiction, alcoholism and religious guilt.

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Shelby – ☆☆☆☆☆
I have been waiting FOREVER for this book... in human time, not jinni time.

The Arcanium is a magical/demonic place, full of wonder and fascinating characters all lead by Bell, the jinni. Each installment in this series hits on a different nerve. Each new inductee to the circus has their own demon to slay, if you will. Each has their own story to tell, and with each and every story I get drawn deeper into the Arcanium.

Elizabeth's story, also known as Spider, is a darker tale. When one is afraid of everything, how can they continue to live? If the unknown is just as scary as the known, what is there to fear? You will need to read her story, see what her life has been built upon, watch as she figures out how to navigate a world that has always been beyond her reach.

Is Bell the bad guy? I have to admit that I found myself angry with him at times, his machinations seemed evil and humiliating. Trying to find the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel proved difficult, if there even is one!

This story was fantastic! It is dark and depraved but has breaks of light. For the first time we see another evil, not the demons we know, but another outside force trying to find a foothold. This story has depth and levity, it has humor and crassness, there's romance and eroticism – it has everything I've come to expect from Aurelia T. Evans’ Arcanium series. This story just has a lot more...

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Aurelia T. Evans is an up-and-coming erotica author with a penchant for horror and the supernatural.

She’s the twisted mind behind the werewolf/shifter Sanctuary trilogy, demonic circus series Arcanium, and vampire serial Bloodbound. She’s also had short stories featured in various erotic anthologies.

Aurelia presently lives in Dallas, Texas (although she doesn’t ride horses or wear hats). She loves cats and enjoys baking as much as she dislikes cooking. She’s a walker, not a runner, and she writes outside as often as possible.

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Contortion by Aurelia T. Evans

Arcanium’s getting a little more twisted…

After one too many demons leave her for other women, Valorie, the circus contortionist, is thinking about quitting Arcanium. It’s not that she hates performing, but she’s been in Arcanium for almost twenty years. She’s bored, feeling neglected and rejected, and there’s nothing keeping her there anymore.

Until ex-lover Bell, the fortune teller and owner of Arcanium, gives her the fire-eater—bound and gagged—as a present and a bribe to convince her to stay.

John—cursed into Arcanium and heavily scarred from fires gone out of control—turns out to be an adequate distraction. He’s almost sweet, in spite of the bad person he used to be—a decent enough pet willing to work his way to redemption in Valorie’s collar and under her command. Valorie’s just not sure whether he’s enough.

Especially when her former fiancé from twenty years ago stumbles upon the circus and discovers where his would-be wife disappeared to.

Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of violence and horror; features femdom, flexible autoerotica, collaring, bondage, spanking, orgasm denial, adultery, voyeurism, a scene of non-human sex, and a scene of demon/human FMF ménage.

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Shelby – ☆☆☆☆
I really, really want to visit the Arcanium Circus. I feel like I know these characters and, of course, Kitty is my favorite. I was very excited to have a story featuring her as a main character!
The beginning of this story was relatively slow moving, but not boring in the least bit.

We get to meet one of Kitty's off-site suitors, Victor. Steaminess ensues, and we get to see a little into Kitty's persona and the abuse she's been dealt. Where Kitty has been living with a (I hate to call it) disability that the world can see, Victor has also been dealing with a chronic, terminal condition. They're able to connect on this point. Kitty may've invited Victor to Arcanium....and Victor might have considered her proposal – but you really need to read to find out what May or May Not have happened ;)

The Ringmaster also has a prominent place in this story, but again I'm not going to give it away. I will say that he's Dark, Dangerous, insanely Demonic (go figure). If you've been following this series – you NEED to read this installment. That's all I can say.

Overall, this installment of the Arcanium series was an awesome look into two well-known characters. We're treated to some humorous banter, very erotic scenes both tame and super Dark (BDSM laced), and just a touch of romance.

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Aurelia T. Evans is an up-and-coming erotica author with a penchant for horror and the supernatural.

She’s the twisted mind behind the werewolf/shifter Sanctuary trilogy, demonic circus series Arcanium, and vampire serial Bloodbound. She’s also had short stories featured in various erotic anthologies.

Aurelia presently lives in Dallas, Texas (although she doesn’t ride horses or wear hats). She loves cats and enjoys baking as much as she dislikes cooking. She’s a walker, not a runner, and she writes outside as often as possible.

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Ringmaster by Aurelia T. Evans

He’s the master of the ring, but he cannot master her.

Kitty has been part of Arcanium as Pretty Kitty the Bearded Lady for over fifteen years, taking care of the circus’ inhabitants—both human and demon—when the curtains close.

But she’s kept a dark secret from the rest, one that she shares with the sadistic demon known only as the Ringmaster. Though it would be a stretch to call the arrangement he and Kitty share tender, the Ringmaster finds himself curiously drawn to the kind but dark heart of Arcanium.

When Kitty convinces a long-time lover of hers from outside Arcanium to join the circus—Victor, a sweet, handsome, charming man in love with every square inch of hair on Kitty’s body—the secret between Kitty and the Ringmaster not only risks coming to light, but the strange relationship itself threatens to crumble and throw Arcanium into chaos.

Reader Advisory: This book contains horror-related violence and gore, assault and threats of sexual violence, a rough D/s relationship, sex with a well-endowed demon, multiple partners, bondage, sadomasochism (including an intense biting moment), fisting, mild breathplay, and both BDSM and non-BDSM whipping.

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Shelby – ☆☆☆☆
I really, really want to visit the Arcanium Circus. I feel like I know these characters and, of course, Kitty is my favorite. I was very excited to have a story featuring her as a main character!
The beginning of this story was relatively slow moving, but not boring in the least bit.

We get to meet one of Kitty's off-site suitors, Victor. Steaminess ensues, and we get to see a little into Kitty's persona and the abuse she's been dealt. Where Kitty has been living with a (I hate to call it) disability that the world can see, Victor has also been dealing with a chronic, terminal condition. They're able to connect on this point. Kitty may've invited Victor to Arcanium....and Victor might have considered her proposal – but you really need to read to find out what May or May Not have happened ;)

The Ringmaster also has a prominent place in this story, but again I'm not going to give it away. I will say that he's Dark, Dangerous, insanely Demonic (go figure). If you've been following this series – you NEED to read this installment. That's all I can say.

Overall, this installment of the Arcanium series was an awesome look into two well-known characters. We're treated to some humorous banter, very erotic scenes both tame and super Dark (BDSM laced), and just a touch of romance.

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Aurelia T. Evans is an up-and-coming erotica author with a penchant for horror and the supernatural.

She’s the twisted mind behind the werewolf/shifter Sanctuary trilogy, demonic circus series Arcanium, and vampire serial Bloodbound. She’s also had short stories featured in various erotic anthologies.

Aurelia presently lives in Dallas, Texas (although she doesn’t ride horses or wear hats). She loves cats and enjoys baking as much as she dislikes cooking. She’s a walker, not a runner, and she writes outside as often as possible.

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Aerial by Aurelia T. Evans

Friends are supposed to stick together, but now they can never let go.

Seth and Lars are drawn into the dark world of Arcanium when Seth makes a throwaway wish in front of the circus fortune teller Bell Madoc, who decides that Arcanium needs a little something extra in the ring. The jinni tears Seth and Lars from their lives of university soccer, on-campus parties and bright futures, cursing them to remain in contact at all times.

Now they perform beautiful aerial acts for the circus, but these two otherwise straight men must also adjust to living their lives always touching, sleeping together in the same small bed and never having any privacy.

The curse also alters the way they express and experience desire for others, like conjoined twins Joanne and Jane.

And, to their horror and confusion, each other.

Reader Advisory: This book contains horror-related action and violence, homophobia, racist language, non-sexual whipping, hot MM sex between straight-identified men, MFMF ménage à quatre and an MFM scene with two female voyeurs. There are also scenes of double penetration and anal sex and some scenes of dubious consent due to magical influence, but all depicted sex scenes in the Arcanium series are ultimately consensual, no matter how dangerous.

Publisher’s Note: This book is part of a series but can be read as a standalone. Events in this book take place three years before those of book one, Fortune.

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Shelby – ☆☆☆☆
The previous books feature a character that's already a part of the Arcanium circus family who comes in contact with a newbie – someone that has recently been "wished" into it. Book 3 in the Arcanium Series is slightly different than the previous books, but it can be read as a stand-alone.

Aerial's main characters, Seth & Lars, have been introduced in the previous books as the Aerial/Trapeze artists. This is their story...and what a story it is!!
Best-friends and jocks, both are visiting the Circus as recommended by a mutual friend of theirs. Upon visiting Oddity Row (and appreciating all it has to offer), Seth and Lars get into a heated argument – one that will drastically change their lives.

The Arcanium is NOT your normal circus – the performers are much more then they seem. Nightmares come to life in this world: demons, magic, jinni, humans all together to learn, live, love, and destroy. Each character has their own past, we see their present, and can only guess at their future.
Seth and Lars have been forced into an unusual situation and I could feel their despair, anxiety, and questions – everything they've known about themselves has been flipped/turned upside down.

I wouldn't classify this as romance, although it does have erotic scenes (and some are scorching!): m/m, m/f/m, and m/f/m/f.

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Aurelia T. Evans is an up-and-coming erotica author with a penchant for horror and the supernatural.

She’s the twisted mind behind the werewolf/shifter Sanctuary trilogy, demonic circus series Arcanium, and vampire serial Bloodbound. She’s also had short stories featured in various erotic anthologies.

Aurelia presently lives in Dallas, Texas (although she doesn’t ride horses or wear hats). She loves cats and enjoys baking as much as she dislikes cooking. She’s a walker, not a runner, and she writes outside as often as possible.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Aerial (Arcanium #3) by Aurelia T. Evans to read and review.

Carousel by Aurelia T. Evans

These days, she’s traveling in some unusual circles…

Before her father can kick her out of the house, Caroline runs away to join the circus. She’s far from the oddity or performer that Arcanium is known for, but the fortune teller grants her wish to become a part of his circus and assigns her to run the carousel.

It’s repetitive work and the quarters are cramped, but it’s the perfect job while Caroline figures out what the hell she’s going to do with her life.

Then some of the creepy carousel mounts—the ones that look like tormented human men—start coming to life at night. At first she thinks they’re just dreams, but she quickly discovers that Arcanium is no ordinary circus.

Caroline must not only come to grips with the shady motivations and affections of her new colleagues, but also with the driven desire inside her for Riley and Colm—the men bound to the carousel to atone for their sins, who beg her to save them.

Reader Advisory: This book contains horror-related gore and violence, a scene of miscommunication where sexual assault almost occurs, but all sex scenes within Arcanium are consensual. Includes MF and MFM sex scenes and multiple partners. Warnings for demon clown sex (it’s just as weird but hotter than you think— avoid if coulrophobic), sex with well-endowed demons, and voyeurism.

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Shelby – ☆☆☆☆
Carousel is the 2nd book in the Arcanium series. I believe it could be read as a standalone, as all of the previous characters are established and this is about a different set of "people."
Caroline is a young adult who is trying her damnedest to find a summer job, her father is upset with her lack of employment and is constantly harping on her. She decides that she wants to join the circus, little does she know the secrets that The Arcanium holds.
As her luck would have it, the Carousel is in need of an operator – and she is the perfect person for the job! She agrees to 1 year of employment and the story starts – Arcanium isn't your normal, run-of-the-mill circus though – as she will soon find out!!
As Caroline assimilates into her new life, she learns many things about herself and those around her.
Jinni are real, demons are real, and humans aren't as they appear.

Overall, this was a spicy story with 2 men and 1 woman whom turn to each other to find comfort and care. The road isn't always smooth and the bumps are quite exciting.
I really love the cast of characters and will continue this series as I want to see how they develop. I will warn – this story just kind of dropped off and I need to know how the rest of Caroline's servitude will play out.

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Aurelia T. Evans is an up-and-coming erotica author with a penchant for horror and the supernatural.

She’s the twisted mind behind the werewolf/shifter Sanctuary trilogy, demonic circus series Arcanium, and vampire serial Bloodbound. She’s also had short stories featured in various erotic anthologies.

Aurelia presently lives in Dallas, Texas (although she doesn’t ride horses or wear hats). She loves cats and enjoys baking as much as she dislikes cooking. She’s a walker, not a runner, and she writes outside as often as possible.

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Fortune by Aurelia T. Evans

He’s the reason to be careful what you wish for.

After her jealous boyfriend makes an angry, careless wish, Maya DeLuca finds herself trapped in a traveling demonic circus and at the mercy of a devious jinni, Bell Madoc. She joins the other lost souls of Arcanium who suffer in perpetual purgatory under the weight of their wishes, all making the best of a cursed situation under the rule of Bell and a sadistic Ringmaster.

But Maya’s not even cursed because of her own wish, which means she still has three for Bell to grant.

He may be fond of her—the passion they share as hellfire hot as it is wrong—but that doesn’t mean she’s safe from his endlessly inventive, wicked imagination. He might twist her wishes at his whim for his own pleasure. Or he might just give her what she wants…which could be even worse.

Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of exhibitionism and voyeurism, as well as graphic horror-related violence, including dismemberment. There are references to clown, incubus and succubus murder, scenes of BDSM and non-BDSM related whipping. All sex scenes are consensual in Arcanium apart from one brief scene of sexual assault and attempted rape. Scenes of ménage, both MFM and FMF, with multiple partners. There is also reference to needle play, graphic biting during sex and some talented tentacles in a sex scene.

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Shelby – ☆☆☆☆☆
This story completely caught me off-guard. I'd like to mention that I went to the circus with my 5yr old about a week before reading this, and that may have affected my enjoyment of this story (in a good way).

Arcanium is unlike any circus/human oddity show I've ever witnessed, but it isn't so far out of the realm of possible. Clowns, trapeze artists, lion tamers – you name it, this show has it. The question is, who – or more appropriately – What are the real performers?

We start the story as Maya and her longtime boyfriend, Derrick, visit a fortune teller, who just so happens to be part of the Circus that's located in a Renaissance Faire. Upon setting eyes on Bell, the fortune teller, Maya is enthralled. Derrick? Not so much - but that doesn't keep them from enjoying the main attraction: The Circus!
It's amazing how just 1 teeny, tiny moment in time can be responsible for so many branches the road of life can take.
One insignificant sentence, uttered in the "heat of the moment" can irreversibly change one person's life forever – without their knowledge of what's going on!

The Arcanium is a magical place, one filled with magic – golems, jinn, incubus and succubus, demons – oh my! So many characters, so little time!
I was utterly hooked by the 2nd Chapter – I liked Maya and was confused, excited, and completely sympathetic toward her. Upon learning her fate, I was angry but titillated by the possibilities this afforded her.
Bell, the one who made wishes come true was an enigma.

Interesting, unique, exciting, and at times quite steamy – this story transported me to a different world where wishes can come true, not all demons are evil, and love can still conquer all!

Aurelia T. Evans is an erotic writer with a fondness for horror and the supernatural. In addition to writing, Aurelia enjoys baking, taking late night walks, and listening to almost every genre of music.

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Arcanium Series by Aurelia T. Evans

Welcome to Arcanium, the Circus of Lost Souls. Stay a while and feast your senses on the world-famous collection of human oddities and marvels, with death-defying daredevil acts and breathtakingly beautiful performances of strength and skill.

Unbelievable talent, undeniable passion, unspeakable horror! You won’t believe your eyes!

Just take care not to make a wish in front of the fortune teller or threaten any of the cast, or else the denizens of this demonic circus will ensure there is hell to pay. Literally.

These are the stories of the cast of Arcanium—and the wishes that bind them there.


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Aurelia T. Evans is an up-and-coming erotica author with a penchant for horror and the supernatural.

She’s the twisted mind behind the werewolf/shifter Sanctuary trilogy, demonic circus series Arcanium, and vampire serial Bloodbound. She’s also had short stories featured in various erotic anthologies.

Aurelia presently lives in Dallas, Texas (although she doesn’t ride horses or wear hats). She loves cats and enjoys baking as much as she dislikes cooking. She’s a walker, not a runner, and she writes outside as often as possible.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of the Arcanium Series by Aurelia T. Evans to read and review.