Drowning on Dry Land: an erotic short story

About this book

Bette Douglas has built a life of quiet devotion and carefully held control. At home, her lover Damian waits with candlelit dinners, dutiful obedience and a hunger that matches her own. Their year together is passionate, tender and perfectly balanced, and yet Bette cannot shake the feeling that it is all too good to last. Then a familiar song, a passing stranger's cologne and the autumn leaves stir memories of another man, someone she once kissed on a bench beneath a replica Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas. Loving him left a wound that has never fully healed, and the past has a way of arriving just when the present feels safest. Drowning on Dry Land is an erotic short story from bestselling-style romance author Megan Hart, blending steamy power-exchange scenes with a bittersweet emotional undercurrent. With around 15,000 words, it is a perfect read for a single evening: sensual, intimate and charged with longing, memory and desire. Expect explicit adult content, including BDSM themes of dominance and submission, chastity play and graphic love scenes. This story is intended for mature readers who enjoy erotic romance with real emotional stakes. Buy now and start reading online instantly in your browser, with no app or download required.

Author

Megan Hart

Length

~56 pages

Reading time

1 h 7 min

Chapters

20

Released

October 24, 2026

Languages

🇬🇧 EN · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇷 PT-BR · 🇲🇽 ES-MX · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UK · 🇨🇿 CS · 🇸🇰 SK · 🇬🇷 EL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 SR · 🇸🇮 SL · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇪🇪 ET · 🇸🇪 SV · 🇩🇰 DA · 🇳🇴 NB · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇯🇵 JA · 🇰🇷 KO · 🇨🇳 ZH · 🇹🇼 ZH-TW · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇻🇳 VI · 🇹🇭 TH · 🇮🇳 HI · 🇸🇦 AR · 🇮🇱 HE

Formats

eBook · Print edition

Print format

Paperback, 13.5 × 21 cm, 64 pages

Age rating

Mature 17+