Category: 3.5 out of 5 Sting Factor

Hanging by a Thread by Erin Lark

Link to buy Hanging by a Thread

ASIN B00AN2604K

Story Rating: 3.5 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

Synopsis:

When two in bed isn’t enough, you can always add a third.

This is the adage Candice has kept in the back of her mind since her last threesome, and after months of lackluster sex with her husband, she wants nothing more than to reinstate it. Tired of competing with the television for his attention, Candice feels that after six years of marriage, they might be drawing apart.

That is until Piers sets her up with Trevor, one of their closest friends who also just happens to be a certifiable Dom. What she does not expect to find is her husband acting as a butler let alone participating once Trevor’s done with her.

The question is, once play ends, will Candice pick the man she married, or the one who left her back pink from the tails of his flogger?

Review:

Even though this story was only 27 pages, I expected more than I received. This story did not live up to the hype from the summery. First of all, it was very difficult to follow as it flipped from present day to a memory back to present day. I was not fond of the summary writing style either. I like to be shown not told the story.

There was heaps of chemistry between Piers and Candice, but I did not see any chemistry between Trevor and Candice. The sex scenes were very hot and steamy. Overall, this was not a bad story, certainly not the best Ms. Lark has written

Reviewed by Melissa

Restless Spirit by Sommer Marsden

http://www.amazon.com/Restless-Spirit-Lakeland-Heatwave-Marsden/dp/1908262273/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364307409&sr=1-1&keywords=restless+spirit+by+sommer+marsden

ISBN-10:1908262273

ISBN-13: 978-1908262271

Story Rating: 4 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

Synopsis:

Tuesday Cane walks out on her life and her abusive man when she inherits her grandmother’s house at Allister Lake. There she finds plenty of distractions to take her mind off her loss with her sexy neighbor and handyman Shepherd, former TV star Reed and her old flame Adrian. But , as time passes, she senses that something is not quite right with her new life. And no amount of steamy sexual encounters can hide her anxiety. Surrounded by so many interesting men and erotic enticements, Tuesday has no intention of committing to one man ever again. But the more she insists she’s nobody’s girl, the more she wants to be somebody’s girl. Will she continue to be a restless spirit and run from love or will she be won over?

Review:

Sommer Marsden is known has one of the top erotica authors. After reading this story, I can see why that is. She manages to tell a story that comes to life and is realistic at the same time and while being explicit, does it without being crass or vulgar.

Tuesday is a character that fits the title of this book. She is a tough and independent woman who left an abusive ex.

Adrian is an old flame of Tuesday’s. Reed is a former TV star. Shepherd is the local handyman and neighbor. All three men have charisma and chemistry with Tuesday. It is very easy to see why she has trouble settling down with just one.

Tokyo Sex Slave by Lou Antonucci

http://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Sex-Slave-ebook/dp/B00AOUW9QO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361977612&sr=1-1&keywords=tokyo+sex+slave

ASIN B00AOUW9QO

Story Rating: 2 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

In the age of digital publishing absolutely anyone can self-publish a book and have it available to purchase on Amazon. Unfortunately, often that route to becoming a published author is ill advised. Commonly these vanity press ventures are amateurish at best and suffer from unprofessional cover art, numerous proofreading errors, and an overall lack of objective editorial input.

A recent example of this sort of publishing misstep is Louis Antonucci’s Tokyo Sex Slave, a self-published erotic book that was definitely not yet ready to go to market and would have benefited greatly from oversight by a publisher that specializes in erotica. To its credit, this book has a refreshingly novel premise. It chronicles the misadventures of a struggling male model whose dream assignment to Tokyo turns into a nightmare when he discovers his Japanese handlers intend to force him to be a male prostitute serving wealthy and kinky women for an indefinite period. Alas, the execution of that potentially compelling story is woefully flawed.

To begin with, the writing style is somewhat pedestrian. And besides the prose being simplistic and unrefined, the author’s use of language indicates that he is not a native English speaker. The text contains many curious phrases and misuses of idiomatic expressions that interfere with the flow of the story. Plus, there is also unintended humor as a result of the breathless manner in which the narrator describes his sexual excitation and activities.

Purr by Paisley Smith

http://www.amazon.com/Purr-ebook/dp/B009RQV228/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361625267&sr=1-1&keywords=purr+by+paisley+smith

ASIN B009RQV228

Story Rating: 4 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

Review:

All writers engage in a sort of internal pitch meeting as they struggle to decide which ideas they want to develop into a story, book or screenplay. It would have been interesting to be present at the one for Paisley Smith’s erotic novella, Purr. Here is a fanciful version of what may have transpired:

“What we’re going to do is write a story about sexual awakening and forbidden desires that morphs into a romance with a happily ever after ending. To make it au currant the lovers are lesbians… but so it doesn’t seem too stereotypical the setting is Europe during the 1700s and the principals are forced to dress and act like cats. What are we going to do for conflict, you ask? How about an amoral, slightly sinister and debauched aristocrat who exploits young lesbians for her own pleasure, then throw in a scheming stepmother that betrays one of the girls in order to benefit from her absence in the household?”

When summed up in that manner, the premise for this story seems ludicrous and destined for disaster, but all kidding aside, Ms. Smith did an amazing job of pulling those exact elements together and creating an entertaining, erotic, and imaginative tale. For me, what stood out about this book was its effortlessly beautiful descriptive prose. Whether it was bringing the physical aspects of a setting to life or eroticizing sexual activities to arouse the reader, the author’s exceptional command of English was exquisitely apparent. In almost any other writer’s hands this story likely would have fallen flat.

A Brown Eyed Handsome Man by DC Juris

http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Eyed-Handsome-Man-ebook/dp/B008UYO2GQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361222252&sr=1-1&keywords=a+brown+eyed+handsome+man

ASIN B008UYO2GQ

Story Rating: 5 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

Review:

(may contain spoilers…read with caution)

Drake aka Angela is a transgender man. From my understanding transgender means a person that’s one gender but feels and wants to live as another gender. In this story Angela is married and her husband is quite rude to her about discussing her transgender issue. She meets Rocky at a bar, when she is dressed as Drake.

This is a novella so there is little background but the book does not suffer. You get a glimpse into the mental and emotional suffering about Angela’s Indecision but in the end she ultimately decides what’s best for her and Drake. Quite a lovely piece and I will look for more stories by this author.

Reviewd by Sizzling Miss Kim

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Duty and Desire edited by Kristina Wright

http://www.amazon.com/Duty-Desire-Military-Erotic-Romance/dp/1573448230/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360851999&sr=1-1&keywords=duty+and+desire+wright

ISBN-10:1573448230

ISBN-13: 978-1573448239

Story Rating: 4 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

Review:

This book is about military erotic romances by eighteen authors and a forward by Cat Johnson.  The stories range from World War II, contemporary, futuristic, heterosexual and LGBT scenarios. While I enjoyed reading them, I wanted a few to be longer as I wanted more about both the storyline and the characters.

Some of the stories were very steamy but some were also the very sweet romantic ones. A few were definitely BDSM.  I was really surprised by the variety of stories in the book. I will say that there were quite a few that knew about the military and some of the rules and regulations. I appreciate when an author does as I served in the Marine Corps and this happens to be one of my pet peeves when an author does not get it right so I tend to get very critical when that happens.  One story bordered on this as it revolved around two enemy soldiers. I’m not sure this would have been feasible during that time period, but the story itself was interesting.

Some of my favorite vignettes in this book included “Night Witch”, “Wilco” and “Snake Dance”. These were also among those I wanted more information. All in all, each author did a good job with a sometimes difficult subject.

 Reviewed by Iron Mistress

 

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Tangled and Bound by Emily Ryan-Davis

http://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Bound-Taken-Bondage-ebook/dp/B009ETFXJQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360680231&sr=1-1&keywords=tangled+and+bound+by+emily+ryan-davis

ASIN  B009ETFXJQ

Story Rating: 4 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

Review:

When I ran across an end-cap display selling copies of Fifty Shades of Grey in a major chain grocery store last year, I realized the degree to which BDSM has been assimilated into our culture. Whatever the merits of that particular book are in terms of literary importance or accurately portraying the BDSM lifestyle, its popularity certainly has benefited the genre in general – all boats rise with the tide. Perhaps as an acknowledgement of or an homage to its pervasive influence, the opening scene in Emily Ryan-Davis’ Tangled and Bound subtly incorporates Fifty Shades of Grey into the story merely by mentioning the iconic man’s tie on the cover of a book one of the main characters is reading on a flight from New York City to Las Vegas.

Fittingly, the book she later refers to as mommy porn becomes the gambit for a conversation between Melanie and the passenger seated next to her, Sam, a lifestyle dom who oozes self-confidence and sexuality. In true erotic novel fashion, the conversation quickly escalates to the extent that the newly acquainted travelers slip off to the plane’s restroom and join the kinky contingent of the mile high club. Unfortunately, their rendezvous is followed by awkwardness during the remainder of the flight as Sam experiences the equivalent of morning-after regret.

Birthday Bash by Kelli Scott

http://www.amazon.com/Birthday-Bash-Edge-ebook/dp/B00AZBY62W/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359895755&sr=1-1&keywords=birthday+bash+by+kelli+scott

ASIN B00AZBY62W

Story Rating: 4 out of 5 paddles

Sting Facor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

Synopsis:

Juli Falzone is stuck at home for her thirtieth birthday after the TSA puts her on the no-fly list…until her doorbell rings and she finds two hot cops standing on her porch with a warrant for her arrest.

Are they a practical joke from her well-meaning friends, the best birthday gift ever, or has her identity been stolen? Wanting answers and maybe a little more than curious, she lets them in. Can she talk her way out of the situation or will they make her come along peacefully?

Review:

Spicy Hot Read!  What a fabulous friend Dara is!  There needs to be more friends like this.  The author did a great job making it very realistic with Juli being very reluctant to go with what Dara set up. The sex was very hot and spicy.  The ending was great. I love happy endings. Overall this is a great quick read at 30 pages that gives you so many ideas.

Reviewed by Melissa

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Hot Shots by D.X. Luc

http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shots-ebook/dp/B008SNT3FE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359206919&sr=1-1&keywords=Hot+Shots+by+D+X+Luc

ASIN B008SNT3FE 

Story Rating: 4 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

This is a pair of very short stories, one involving BDSM, the other not.  In Spring Cleaning, Leanore wakes up to a spring day that just cries out for cleaning, but she can’t bring herself to do it-until she decides to clean and organize her “toy” collection.  She begins by using one of the toys-only to discover the hot man she has been fantasizing about is actually in her apartment and begins helping her use the toys.

In Summer’s Break, Gordon Summer resents the verbally abusive coach who is in charge of his summer volunteer position and can’t imagine what to expect when he goes to pick up the coach’s wife from the airport.  What he finds is a cougar who uses mild BDSM, including orgasm denial, to provide him with a memorable afternoon.

Both stories were very hot, and worked as short stories with HFN in each case.  I always feel like short stories never tell me enough about the people involved, but as short stories go, these are both complete within themselves.  The author brings the reader straight into the story and provides hot action and likeable characters.  I would like to read longer books by this writer.

Reviewed by Karen H

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Cheeky Spanking Stories edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

http://www.amazon.com/Cheeky-Spanking-Stories-Rachel-Kramer/dp/1573448184/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358774990&sr=1-1&keywords=cheeky+spanking+stories

ISBN-10:1573448184

ISBN-13: 978-1573448185

Story Rating: 3.5 out of 5 paddles

Sting Factor (kink): 3.5 out of 5

If you are looking for some quick hot reads this spanking anthology may be just what you are looking for. With over twenty stories from just as many authors one would be hard pressed not to find at least one engaging story.

I enjoyed seeing so many different variations to spanking stories, not just bend over and take it. From new adventures to old practices these characters all enjoyed themselves. The trust is evident in all that they do. From those who want to be punished to those who want to try new things this anthology has it all. Each story is fast paced and pulls the reader into its world. The characters and their worlds are brought vividly to life  and some stories are so short that they leave you wanting to return for more. These stories are fun and engaging reads meant to entertain the reader. It was nice to be able to try out so many new authors finding new favorites along side the old ones.

Reviewed by Gabrielle

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