A young Frenchwoman goes to work in a butcher's shop during her college vacation. Every day the butcher whispers obscenities in her ear, describing their imagined lovemaking. And as the summer heat takes hold, so does her lust. A tremendous sensation when first published in Europe, The Butcher has sold over half a million copies in France alone, was a best-seller in England, and has established Alina Reyes as a major new voice in erotic fiction. Here it is coupled with Reyes's second novella, Lucie's Long Voyage, which also features her irresistible blend of sensual earthiness and the dreamlike imagery of a fractured fairy tale.