As the editor of over 60 erotica short story anthologies, I’m often asked what I look for in the stories I select. It’s a good question, but a challenging one to answer. I don’t want to sound flip by saying "I know it when I see it,” as the famous Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart quote about pornography goes, but that’s pretty accurate. I have a sense of when a story will suit the vision I had in my head when I was simply staring at a blank page. When it came to making selections for my Continue Reading
Smexy December TBR
Kini: First of all, how in the world is it December? 2019 has been the longest year but also it feels like it has flown by. There are a handful of books I am really excited about this month. Best Women's Erotica of the Year #5 12/10- I have had this on my TBR and I just waiting for a good moment to read it. It is edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel and has stories by Sierra Simone, Sabrina Sol and many more. Husband Material by Emily Belden 12/30- Nothing appeals to me quite like a blurb Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday – So Wild by Eve Dangerfield
Heroine: Sam DaSilva. Tattoo artist. Life is in disarray. Her arch nemesis from childhood has just moved back to town....and his stuffy, posh attitude is making her think naughty things. Hero: Scott Sanderson. Banker. Was pranked by the DaSilva daughters while growing up, more times than he can count. But he is still drawn to that girl next door.... “I used to picture you doing it to me at school,” he said. “You’d meet me in the change room after football training. You’d kneel in front Continue Reading
Mandi’s Monday Musings
I feel like I've been away from the romance community for way too long! Two weeks ago we went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, one of my absolute favorite places to go. Several families join us and we do NOTHING for seven days, but sit on the beach. It's glorious. You would think I would have hours upon hours to read while sitting on the beach, but I never seemed to be able to pick up my Kindle for long. (I played a lot of Kan Jam and drank a lot of margaritas). I did read a bit of the Continue Reading
Review: Headmaster by Tara Sue Me
Headmaster by Tara Sue Me Series: Lessons From the Rack, #2 Erotica/BDSM January 16, 2018 Berkley Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “Let’s face it,” she said. “I work at a BDSM academy. Most scenes I’m in, I’m working with newbie Doms who wouldn’t know they were being topped from the bottom if I told them that’s what I was doing.” Mariela is a submissive dance teacher and student adviser at an exclusive academy that educates and trains Doms and Subs in the art of BDSM. The new Continue Reading
Review: Follow by Tessa Bailey
Follow by Tessa Bailey Released: October 30, 2017 Erotic Contemporary Self Published Reviewed by Mandi In general, I love Tessa Bailey books. This is her first venture into self pubbing and I say, give it all to me! But this was a time that one of her books did not work for me. The quick set-up - Teresa is our heroine and growing up her dad was involved with mobsters/crime lord - he eventually gets out of that life and heads west with his family, but unfortunately for Teresa, now as Continue Reading
Joint Review: Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfield
Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfield Contemporary Erotic September 27, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi and Tori Tyler Henderson, a 45 year old former golden boy with the personality of the grinch, just wants to be called daddy but isn’t sure how to ask without sounding like a pervert. Kate ‘Middleton’ McGrath, a 25 year old engineer who looks and dresses like Lolita just happens to be looking for a daddy. Kate knows Ty would be the perfect daddy for her fantasies, but Continue Reading
Review: Sanctuary by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Sanctuary by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Beards and Bondage #2) Released: August 29, 2017 Erotic BDSM Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I quite enjoyed Haven, book one in this series earlier this year (both are stand alones) and Sanctuary was a hit for me as well. As in Haven, this book starts with quite a suspenseful scene. Our heroine, Liz, an attorney, who goes home one day after a long day of work, to find a man in her apartment, waiting to kill her. Liz is able to eventually take the heel Continue Reading
Review: The Lady of Royale Street by Thea deSalle
The Lady of Royale Street by Thea deSalle NOLA Nights, #3 Erotic Contemporary Romance Pocket Star Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I won’t judge you for your coffee choices.” When Sol DuMont asks his brother Alex to be his best man at his wedding to socialite Adrianna (Rain) Barrington, Alex is at a loss as to why but reluctantly agrees. Alex and Sol are like oil and water; Alex is uptight, devout, serious, and regimented in his professional and personal life while Sol Continue Reading
Review: Disorderly Conduct by Tessa Bailey
Disorderly Conduct by Tessa Bailey The Academy, #1 Romance Contemporary/Erotic August 29, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “No one moves like us, Ever. No one talks to each other without words like us. Don't you know that?” Charlie Burns figured he found the elusive unicorn of all relationships when he meets and engages in a no strings affair with the most beautiful and sexually enticing woman in the whole state of New York-Ever Carmichael. A police cadet currently at the Continue Reading