Twelve sexy novels from the 1950s and early 1960s, out of print for decades and now collected in one volume.Known for their lurid covers and daring themes, these vintage paperbacks pushed taboos around sex, same-sex desire, adultery, exploitation, and female autonomy. Mild by today’s standards, they were provocative in their time. Presented unedited and complete.

Kate wants out—out of her parents’ beatings, out of Newark, out of the gray grind of her teenage life. But freedom comes at a price. Lured by a sleazy truck driver with promises of glamour, she winds up in a rundown motel north of New York—and in the middle of a blackmail and baby-selling racket run by the sinister Mrs. Wembley.